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  • National Affairs Editor, Salon
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Covers:  science, chemistry, drugs, health, space, tech, insects, biology, neuroscience, cannabis, psychedelics, opioids, climate change, microbes.
Doesn't Cover: holidays, celebrities, dumb apps, wellness scam products, business, money, capitalism, real estate, glamour, food, dumb movie remakes.
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Drugs from Bugs: Bioprospecting Insects to Fight Superbugs

Drugs from Bugs: Bioprospecting Insects to Fight Superbugs

Discover Magazine — Somewhat like looking down the barrel of a gun, antibiotic resistance is a looming threat to modern medicine. The rise of MRSA, super drug-resistant gonorrhea and other " nightmare" bacteria risk rendering our microscopic defenses useless. What to do when your last-last- last resort fails to kill these pathogens?
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Why Did a Venomous Fish Evolve a Glowing Eye Spike?

Why Did a Venomous Fish Evolve a Glowing Eye Spike?

Smithsonian Magazine — smithsonian.com In 2003, Leo Smith was dissecting a velvetfish. Smith, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Kansas, was trying to figure out the relationships between mail-cheeked fishes, an order that includes velvetfishes, as well as waspfishes, stonefishes and the infamous lionfish.
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The Psychedelic Tale of Terence McKenna's Forgotten Music About DMT

The Psychedelic Tale of Terence McKenna's Forgotten Music About DMT

Noisey — Illustration by Nicole Teitel/Photo by Jon Hanna Terence McKenna, the late ethnobotanist and author, was a true polymath. In addition to his research on metaphysics and hallucinogenic shamanism-which earned him the dubious honor as the " Timothy Leary of the '90s "-he was a lecturer, briefly a hashish smuggler, and even once a professional butterfly hunter.
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Should Pregnant Women Have Access to Supervised Injection Sites?

Should Pregnant Women Have Access to Supervised Injection Sites?

UNDARK — W hen Sara learned she was pregnant two years ago, she simply assumed her baby would die. She was a sex worker and active drug user at the time, shooting both cocaine and heroin, and the news came at a Baltimore hospital where she'd landed after being beaten and robbed in the city.
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The latest dangerous drug trend doesn't actually exist

The latest dangerous drug trend doesn't actually exist

The Outline — Naloxone is a drug that reverses opioid overdoses, bringing a heroin user back from the brink of death. Known by the brand names Narcan or Evzio, this meek little opiate antagonist resuscitated approximately 27,000 people in the United States between 1996 and 2014.
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The Plan to Test Cities' Sewage for Drugs Is a New Form of Mass Surveillance

The Plan to Test Cities' Sewage for Drugs Is a New Form of Mass Surveillance

Vice — Scientists are testing feces and urine in wastewater to find trends in illegal drug use, but their work could lead to a privacy violation.
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Arizona Sheriff's Warning to Hikers About 'Mexican Drug Assassins' Is Probably Bullshit | VICE Ne...

Arizona Sheriff's Warning to Hikers About 'Mexican Drug Assassins' Is Probably Bullshit | VICE Ne...

Vice — An Arizona sheriff has issued a dire warning to anyone planning to enjoy the outdoors near the US-Mexico border over Memorial Day weekend: Watch out for "Mexican drug assassins."
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Here's How Trump's Proposed NEA Budget Cuts Will Affect Arizona Music Organizations

Here's How Trump's Proposed NEA Budget Cuts Will Affect Arizona Music Organizations

Phoenix New Times — EXPAND The Mesa Arts Center is one of several Valley organizations that have received money from the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts, an independent federal agency that - as their name implies - finances fine arts programs, just celebrated its 51st birthday.
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