The Legal Smoking Age In The US Is Changing To 21
The number of teens using e-cigarettes has nearly doubled from last year.
NASA's Plan For A 2024 Moon Landing Just Got Way Less Likely
Vice President Mike Pence first proposed the idea in March.
This Was The Decade Drug Overdoses Killed Nearly Half A Million Americans
It was also the decade we finally started treating drug addiction like a disease, spurred by an overdose epidemic that ravaged white, rural America.
Trump Is Giving In To The Vaping Industry On A Flavor Ban, Lawmakers Say
A bipartisan letter to the White House is slamming President Trump for backing off a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes thought to be driving the teen vaping epidemic.
This Mom Is Buying Mutant Mice From China To Find A Cure For Her Son’s Rare Genetic Disease
“The only option was for me to create our own miracle,” said Amber Freed. “Nobody else was going to help.”
Elon Musk's WiFi Satellites Are Blocking Astronomers' Views Of The Sky
SpaceX launched 60 WiFi satellites last week, and hopes to launch thousands more.
CDC Investigators Have Linked Vitamin E To Deadly Vaping Injuries
“For the first time, we have a definite contaminant of concern,” the CDC said.
A Fight Over Vaping “Bots” Is Blazing While E-Cigarette Bans Loom
“Dehumanizing opposition by calling people ‘bots’ is just a way to attack vaping,” said one vaping advocate.
Juul Will Stop Selling Most Flavored E-Cigs — But Its Competitors Won’t
“Juul should speak for itself,” said one of the e-cigarette maker’s competitors. A lack of trust in the vaping industry “is a direct result of its deceptive marketing activities.”
Dozens Of YouTube Videos Are Showing People How To Make Potentially Dangerous Vape Oil
After being contacted by BuzzFeed News, the platform took down some of the videos. Vaping-related injuries continue to climb by the day.
Three Scientists Have Won The Nobel Prize In Physics For Astronomical Discoveries
James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz will split the prize of 9 million Swedish kronor, about $908,000.
Addiction Experts Are Outraged A Pharma Lobbyist Is On A Federal Drug Abuse Panel
Recovery advocates fear the move will give the pharmaceutical industry a prominent seat at the table for shaping drug policy and addiction treatment.
Smoking Experts Are Scared A Vaping Ban Will Increase Cigarette Sales
Vaping bans are happening left and right, but some experts worry they’ll drive ex-smokers right back to cigarettes.
The Mysterious “Sonic Attacks” In Cuba Might Have Actually Been Caused By Zika Pesticides
The US State Department is coordinating with Canada on investigating the finding.
NASA Finally Wants To Launch A Satellite To Spot Dangerous Asteroids — After We Narrowly Missed Getting Hit By A Dangerous Asteroid
“We are finally going to rely on knowledge, rather than luck, as our plan for dealing with hazardous asteroids,” said one outside expert.
A “Sneaky” Asteroid Narrowly Missed Earth This Summer. Internal Emails Show How NASA Scientists Totally Missed It.
"This one did sneak up on us," one NASA expert wrote in an internal email, two days after the football-field-sized asteroid narrowly missed the planet.
Experts Have A Few Different Theories For What’s Behind The Outbreak Of Vaping Illnesses
A hidden epidemic, Vitamin E, tariffs on Chinese vaping pens? “It’s not like we can say Product X is causing this,” said one expert.
The Vaping Lung Illness Has Now Broken Out In At Least 33 States
Five people have died in the nationwide outbreak of deadly lung injuries connected to black market vaping liquids.
The Vaping Lung Illness Outbreak Has Now Spread To 25 States
No single vaping product explains the severe lung illness outbreak, health officials said, although THC and cannabinoid use has been reported in many cases.
The First Person Has Died As A Result Of The Recent Vaping Lung Injury Outbreak
More than 190 people have suffered severe lung injuries in 22 states in an outbreak that started this summer.