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Submission + - SPAM: Finally, Things Are Looking Up For Space City

Submitted by gallifreyan99 on Thursday November 13, 2014 @07:36PM

gallifreyan99 writes: When the shuttle program was ended, and manned space exploration was put on hold, the people of Titusville, Florida were left in big trouble.

"Just 20 miles northwest of Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it used to have a proud nickname: Space City USA. The dizzying boom of the 1950s and ‘60s helped create myriad jobs by giving work to nearby aerospace companies. Unfortunately, the past 15 years have seen everything dry up By December 2010, Titusville had one of the America’s highest unemployment rates, 13.8 percent."

But even though there's been plenty of bad news recently, the city hopes that the private space industry can save it from destruction.
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Submission + - The Terrifying Truth About How The Drugs You Take Get Tested (medium.com)

Submitted by gallifreyan99 on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @01:21AM

gallifreyan99 writes: Every drug you take will have been tested on people before it—but that testing process is meant to be tightly controlled, for the safety of everyone involved. Two chilling investigations document the horrifying extent—and that lack of oversight the FDA seems to have over the process. First, drugs are increasingly being tested on homeless, destitute and mentally ill people. Second, it turns out many human trials are being run by doctors who have had their licenses revoked for drug addiction, malpractice and worse.

Submission + - Does crime leave a genetic trace? (medium.com)

Submitted by gallifreyan99 on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @01:46AM

gallifreyan99 writes: Scientists have spent decades trying to understand and fix social problems like violence and alcoholism, usually focusing on the poor and disadvantaged. But now a small band of researchers is claiming that biology plays a vitally important role—because trauma can change you at a genetic level that gets passed on to kids, grandkids, and perhaps even beyond. Astonishing story.

Submission + - How the web makes a real-life Breaking Bad possible—and legal (medium.com)

Submitted by gallifreyan99 on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:29PM

gallifreyan99 writes: The real revolution in drugs isn't Silk Road—it's the open web. Thanks to the net, almost anyone with a basic handle on chemistry can design, manufacture and sell their own narcotics, and in most cases the cops are utterly unable to stop them. This piece is kind of crazy: the writer actually creates a new powerful-but-legal stimulant based on a banned substance, and gets a Chinese lab to manufacture it.

Submission + - There's a huge energy scandal happening right underneath your feet (medium.com)

Submitted by gallifreyan99 on Thursday January 16, 2014 @03:03PM

gallifreyan99 writes: Researchers from Duke revealed today that they had discovered nearly 5,900 gas leaks under the streets of Washington DC, including 12 that posed a serious risk of explosion. And it's not just Washington: a gas industry whistleblower who is part of the team showed this was happening in cities all over America. Why is that a big deal? Leaky pipes cause death, destruction —and the data means natural gas could actually be one of the worst fuels around.

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