October 2022

How meth saves lives and why it’s rational to ignore every (drug) policy

Aimo Koivunen and his story Try to put yourself in the shoes of a Finnish soldier navigating the harsh Lapland wilderness on a freezing winter’s day. It’s about 10 a.m., your unit has been on the move almost continuously for more than two days, skiing in knee-deep snow. Everyone is already completely exhausted, the temperature

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Dehydrated oxygen-hacking bacteria and blue-light-blocking glasses

One and a half billion years ago, more or less the whole Earth was covered by a single warm ocean. The air outside the ocean was filled with oxygen, a violent poison that uncompromisingly killed most living organisms that were exposed to it. But a few species of bacteria hacked this killing system and learned

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