F YEAH SCIENCE
For millions of Americans with heart disease and failure, a breakthrough development could save their lives.
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SNIFF SNIFF
A groundbreaking study on the popular club drug shows its massive potential in treating depression, with a ketamine spray coming to market as soon as 2019.
UNDER WATER
Faced with severe flooding, Louisiana could be in for another disaster: Zika. But experts say it isn’t time to panic yet.
UNMOVED
The federal government had a big chance, but wouldn’t budge on moving marijuana away from Schedule I. It did, however, bend a bit on research.
Life Choices
Extend Fertility, a new private clinic in Manhattan, offers egg freezing at half market price. It’s also the first standalone practice of its kind in the U.S. How beneficial will it be for women?
HIGHER POWER
One Rhode Island group claims that when they’re lighting up a joint, it’s for religious reasons. Are they genuinely devout, or do they just want to get high?
DOOMSDAY
As the RNC and DNC approach, hospitals in Cleveland and Philadelphia are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
GMO
Genetically modified mosquitoes could stop the raging Zika virus, but Floridians are standing in the way.
Yabba Dabba Goo
Tespo says it will turn your vitamins into a daily drink—but the science behind liquid supplements remains murky.
Pot Patrol
A North Carolina cop was allegedly caught growing pot plants and got off with a misdemeanor. A black man sold $20 of weed to an officer and got life in prison.