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Here’s something you probably don’t know: over 90% of drugs that prove safe and effective in animal trials fail when they’re tried on humans. In 30% of those cases, the failure is because of harmful side effects, but the other 60% flop simply because humans are different from mice, dogs, and other species widely used […]
Scrambling for Solutions to Stop the Spotted Lanternfly Invasion
The spotted lanternfly is invading New York, and so far, an array of countermeasures — from vacuums and insecticides to official recommendations to stomp the bugs on sight — don’t seem to be helping much. On a recent Sunday afternoon on a rooftop restaurant in Lower Manhattan, a swarm of the black-and-red winged plant-hoppers, originally from […]
Athlete to Paralyzed to Walking Again: A Journey Through a Rare Autoimmune Disease
It was the summer of 2017, and 19-year-old Avery woke up unable to move her arm. Half of her body felt like it had caught on fire; the other half felt like it was dumped in an ice bath. Sharp, tingling pain started to spread across her legs and arms. She got herself up, stumbled […]
Parler is Banned from Apple, Google Play, and Amazon: What is the Future of Far-Right Social Media?
Apple has denied the right-wing social media app Parler from returning to the App Store once again. The company, according to chief policy officer Amy Peikoff, has adopted protocols to flag content that incites violence or is an attack on “immutable and irrelevant characteristics such as race, sex, sexual orientation, or religion.” However, Apple still denied […]