As space travel[1] gains traction and astronauts spend increasing amounts of time[2] in space, studying its effects on health has become increasingly critical.
Is space travel truly safe? Far from it – research has shown that the effects of space radiation and microgravity on the human body are both detrimental and long-lasting[3]. Creating...
On a typical day, you can’t turn on the news without hearing someone say that Congress is broken[1]. The implication is that this dereliction explains why the institution is inert and unresponsive[2] to the American people.
There’s one element often missing from that discussion: Congress is confounding in large part because its members...
Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969[1]. You’ve likely encountered Red 3 before. It’s a common additive to many candies, beverages, baked goods, cereals, maraschino cherries and gelatin desserts, as well as certain...
In 1980, two children and 29 crew members[1] aboard a grain freighter became ill. They had been exposed to phosphine – a chemical used in fumigation to kill pests in and on grain – for four days. In the end, one child died.
More recently, in 2024, a family in the Dominican Republic was poisoned with phosphine gas after fumigation...