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Artificial intelligence continues stirring things up in chemistry. To wit: Y Combinator-backed Cambridge, U.K.-based ...

Tennessee has paid nearly $600,000 for lethal injection drugs in recent years, but the details are shrouded in secrecy.

The Virginia Department of Corrections has made drug abuse prevention a priority, spending millions of dollars to help prison inmates recover from addiction. Even so, prisoners at some correctional ...

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Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent problems facing humanity, but it’s been decades since we last developed a new ...

A popular over-the-counter (OTC) acne treatment sold at Walgreens and other U.S. retailers is being recalled because it was ...

Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying ...

Irish government mounts a St. Patrick’s Day diplomatic offensive to try and calm Trump anger at ‘massive’ trade surplus.

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Although officially banned for human consumption by the FDA, alkyl nitrites — commonly known as poppers — have been sold ...