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After the first-ever explosion of an atomic bomb on July 16, 1945 near Socorro, N.M., J. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, recited a line from the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Less than a month later, a quarter of a million lives were lost to the … Read more
Rising demands in the global cephalopod trade have encouraged the Spanish aquaculture company Nueva Pescanova to push forward with their plans to open the world’s first octopus farm sometime next year. Proponents of the venture claim the breeding programs will ease pressure on overtaxed fisheries and provide local jobs. But ethicists, zoologists, and environmentalists … Read more
Drugs to help people fall in love are increasingly becoming viable, but they could cause harm as well as happiness, says Anna Machin Comment | Comment 9 February 2022 By Anna Machin Simone Rotella LOVE is unpredictable and complex. After spending many years researching its layers, I remain in awe of how it engages every … Read more
In 2019, Kate Folladori spent a month sitting in a hospital room hoping she’d have a seizure. Since her diagnosis with epilepsy nearly 20 years earlier, a series of medications had failed to bring relief. Now, a team at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center had placed wire electrodes into her brain to record neural activity. … Read more