Science Etcetera Saturnday, 20071208
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
The FDA has warned that a drug used to control bed-wetting in children can cause seizures and death. I’m stuck trying to process the fact that there is a drug to control bed-wetting in children. Maybe someone should invent a drug that cures children of being children so long as we’re over-medicating.
Over a period of eight months, 11 Workers at a slaughterhouse who were exposed to vaporized pig brains developed neurological disorders.
A package of energy measures took a step toward certain presidential veto, while this political cartoon sums up the Bush administration’s misplaced priorities.
“Science is international. So there is no Chinese science, no German science, no American science. That means that all the free exchange of results between the different countries is necessary,” said a 2007 Nobel Prize winners this week speaking on why science must transcend borders.
Bite me Tickle-Me-Elmo, TickleMePlant is a breed of mimosa that responds to touch.
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