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  1. Health & Medicine

    Pharmaceutical abuse sent more than 350,000 people to the ER in 2016

    The misuse of pharmaceuticals sent an estimated 350,000 people to U.S. emergency departments in 2016.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  2. Science & Society

    Nine companies are steering the future of artificial intelligence

    In ‘The Big Nine,’ futurist Amy Webb explores the political and economic factors that are shaping artificial intelligence.

    By Maria Temming
  3. Health & Medicine

    Stroke victims with busy immune responses may also see mental declines

    A small study links an active immune response soon after a stroke with a loss in cognitive ability a year later.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, doctors lamented a dearth of organ donors

    Fifty years ago, surgeons’ supply of heart donations was woefully low.