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How central is dopamine's role in this familiar morality play? Scientists are still trying to sort that out. It is no accident, they say, that people are attracted to drugs. The major drugs of abuse, whether depressants like heroin or stimulants like cocaine, mimic the structure of neurotransmitters, the...
Ever since the appearance of Thomas Pynchon's epic, mind-bending Gravity's Rainbow (1973), rumors have circulated among the faithful that the elusive author was working on two new projects: a novel about Japanese monster movies and one dealing with the 18th century drawing of the Mason-Dixon line...
He claimed that there is already a lot of self-censorship, labeling it "bending for the wind before the wind arrives."
There are lots of reasons to root for these companies. High stock prices raise more money to seek important treatments. But after much exposure, I've been able to develop a resistance to the biotech bug. And until the gene-bending gods can separate the hype from the glory, they...
Last semester, in the heat of the Undergraduate Council elections, I went to a meeting of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered Supporters Association (BGLTSA). The meeting started out innocently. Some announcements were made; a few business items were discussed. And then came the feature presentation: seven or eight council...