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It looks like it’s going to happen: Ketamine has been an off-label use for depression so far. But a panel of experts voted that the benefits of approving this new drug outweighed the risk.The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes. By Ed Yong in The Atlantic.
“They became literal footnotes in scientific history, despite helping make that history.”More than 26 million people have taken an at-home ancestry test. By Antonio Regalado in MIT Tech Review.
That is… a lot of people. “If the pace continues, the gene troves could hold data on the genetic makeup of more than 100 million people within 24 months,” Regalado writes.Big Bang May Have Created a Mirror Universe Where Time Runs Backwards. By Tim de Chant in Nova.
It’s always fun to read something that I barely understand, and this piece on the forward motion of time fits the bill.Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of Tonic and This Week in Science delivered to your inbox.