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...Dreyer believes pictograms on packages can improve accuracy, showing just what 5 ml or any other proper quantity looks like in a cup or a syringe. One thing almost no one recommends is adding warnings to packages explicitly advising consumers against using spoons. "If at some time the dosing cap is missing, they may just instead drink off the bottle," says Duke University's Ruth Day. "That's the absolute worst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spoonful of Medicine: Too Often the Wrong Dose | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

Caputo earned a measure of retribution in his fifth-place bout, dominating a rematch with Keddy’s teammate Grant Gambrall. The Crimson standout earned a 5-0 decision to cap his Midland career, finishing with the third-highest win total all-time in the tournament’s 184 lb. weight class...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Caputo Returns in Midland Championships | 1/1/2010 | See Source »

Given that the world is warming due in large part to business practiced as usual, it might seem unwise to let corporations take the lead on climate. And without at least the threat of government carbon caps and other regulatory action, it is hard to believe that all industries would take the initiative to reduce emissions - especially as the world staggers out of a recession. But with the current U.N. climate system looking dysfunctional in the wake of Copenhagen, and the prospects of cap-and-trade uncertain in the U.S. Senate, Branson might be playing the only game in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming: Why Branson Wants to Step In | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...result of "our campaign's growing momentum, voters are starting to realize that there are vast differences between me and Charlie Crist on a number of important issues." But Crist ads will question that assertion - as well as Rubio's record on matters like immigration reform and cap-and-trade policies to limit companies' greenhouse-gas emissions, issues where Rubio, while Florida's House Speaker, didn't exactly follow the Rush Limbaugh path. (He has blasted Crist for supporting cap-and-trade, for example, but voted for it himself last year, and both he and Crist have generally ignored conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Crist Survive a Right-Wing Uprising in Florida? | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

...like most stable explosives it's not easy to ignite - it requires an initial explosion. Usually that would be accomplished with a detonator like a blasting cap, but that device would have almost surely shown up on any airport X-ray machine or metal detector. Instead, Abdulmutallab allegedly brought along a syringe, which could have been filled with a liquid explosive like nitroglycerin. If done correctly, the primer explosion could have set off the PETN, which might have blown a hole in the side of the plane. "It looked like he was trying to use a chemical initiation, and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Not Easy to Detonate a Bomb on Board | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

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