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Ketamine touted as depression cure
Johnson & Johnson is apparently on the verge of a major breakthrough in psychiatry, with an unusual twist. It believes it could use ketamine, a popular street drug, to treat depression.
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First contact could lead to interstellar war
Many people have assumed that our first contact with an alien race will be peaceful and mutually beneficial. -
Science journalists are full of crap
A review by a professor on behalf of the BBC Trust has looked at the organisation's coverage of science and found it wanting. -
Would you have sex with an arsenic based lifeform?
Strapped for cash organisation NASA claims that research it funded will, er, fundamentally change the shape of biology textbooks to come. -
Halliburton's hydraulic-fracturing will set world on fire
The Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex contains roughly 6.5 million people. While the name "Metroplex" certainly conjures up images of a vast cyberpunk sprawl, the truth is somewhat less fun.
