Sporting events give people the opportunity to relax, have a good time and join thousands of others in cheering for their favorite team. It is precisely because of the crowds and the relaxed atmosphere that sporting events have become a target for terrorists. The two bombs that went off on April 15, 2013 near the finish line of the…
This week we feature research done by someone I actually know. Trevor Vannatta, whose parents are members of my church, is trying to figure out why moose are dying off in Northern Minnesota as part of his graduate work at the University of Minnesota – Duluth. Turns out the giant liver fluke, a parasite that has a…
Here’s what Michigan Tech professor Jeremy Goldman has been doing to improve a common medical procedure: Blocked artery, the doctor says. Too much plaque clogging the inside, curbing the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart and raising the risk of blood clots. Better widen the opening with a balloon-tipped catheter and insert a stent—a…
One of the most fascinating books I’ve read recently is called Kidding Ourselves by Joseph Hallinan. The book is basically a long litany of studies showing that people did just as well with a placebo or a fake treatment as they did with real drugs or treatments. What made the difference time and again was whether…
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