The prospect of getting around in cities of the future by flying car was a sci-fi trope in movies and TV spanning from The Jetsons and Blade Runner to The Fifth Element. Now, the ride-sharing service Uber, still currently on the ground, is unveiling its plans to offer a kind of subway of the air, by which commuters and travelers…
Pharmacist Responsible for ‘Largest Public Health Crisis Ever’ Given Lenience, Sentenced to 9 Years
The owner of the Massachusetts-based drug compounding center who was blamed for a meningitis outbreak that sickened hundreds and killed dozens nationwide was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Monday. Barry Cadden, the head of the New England Compounding Center, was responsible for “the largest public health crisis ever caused by a pharmaceutical product,”…
Trump Removes U.S. from the Paris Climate Change Agreement
Bucking the findings and beliefs of the vast majority of the international scientific community, President Donald Trump has unilaterally withdrawn the United States from the Paris climate change agreement reached in 2015. The move reverses the pledge made by then-President Barack Obama to limit carbon emissions and other environmental impacts, as part of the 192-nation…
