Chemicals & Chemistry

Like there aren't enough ways to get yourself high? Yet, that isn't stopping certain people who need a little extra kick–frog licking (no joke).

Join our directors of bio-sciences and medicine, Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein, as they break down these stories on episode 27 of the Science Dispatch podcast.

“Since my kids at the time were basically mainlining apple juice and applesauce, and I was fairly celebrated for my pies, this did alarm me,” Streep said.

A "friend" of mine is having some cosmetic surgery. He/she/her/him/them/it has been given a take-home kit for post-surgical care.

The evidence is quite clear at this point. Properly used, pesticides do not pose a serious risk to human health or the environment.

Almost three decades ago, activist groups began making all sorts of troubling predictions about the dangers of growing genetically engineered (GE) crops.

Join our directors of bio-sciences, chemistry, and medicine Cameron English, Dr. Josh Bloom, and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein as they break down these stories on episode 23 of the Science Dispatch podcast.

So, after dodging it for nearly three years (and precisely 14 days post-omicron booster), the little SOB finally got me. Pretty crappy timing if you ask me.

As marijuana use proliferates, so does the science behind it. But unlike single psychotropic drugs such as oxycodone, Prozac, or LSD, the pharmacology of cannabis is far more complex. Why?

If glyphosate is such a deadly pesticide, why do activist groups have to lie about it?