In September 2022, NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos&
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Just about every major law school is incorporating climate change lawsuits in its curriculum.
Last September, I wrote about how New York City residents face the highest combined state and local excise taxes on cigarettes in the country, p
In late December 2024, Bryce Martinez filed a lawsuit against 11 major food ma
Paul lost his health insurance after being laid off. When his chronic pain worsened, he couldn’t afford a doctor. He turned to pills from a friend, then a dealer.
Glyphosate is one of the most widely used herbicides worldwide. Because it kills weeds cheaply and effectively, food availability increases, and costs decrease.
Secretary Kennedy has been talking a lot about “shared decision making.” The phrase sounds democratic, humane, empowering; a rebuke to paternalistic medicine and a promise of respect for patient autonomy. But in today’s clinics a
In November 2015, ten-year-old Maya was rushed to the emergency room with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a central nervous system disorder causing chronic pain.
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