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Suffering for science: why I have insects sting me to create a pain index

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageSmoky, almost irreverent. Justin Schmidt

Over the past 40 years (but in reality since I was five years old), I’ve been fascinated with insects and their ability to sting and cause pain. In graduate school, I became interested in why they sting and why stings from such tiny animals hurt so much.

To answer these questions, we first needed a way...

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How shaky are the twin pillars of the case for e-cigarettes?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageThe odds of quitting cigarettes are 28% lower in those who use e-cigarettes compared with those who don't.pryzmat/Shutterstock

The central arguments made for the importance of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are that they are an exceptionally good way to quit smoking and that they represent trivial risk to health compared to the stratospheric...

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