Toxic plant on Ming dynasty-era surgical tools may be world’s oldest chemical evidence of topical anesthetic

Toxic plant on Ming dynasty-era surgical tools may be world’s oldest chemical evidence of topical anesthetic

A 600-year-old set of surgical tools discovered in a burial place in China has actually exposed the world’s very first chemical proof of a topical anesthetic. Utilized to numb the…

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4chan may be dead, but its toxic legacy lives on

4chan may be dead, but its toxic legacy lives on

My earliest memory of 4chan was staying up late during the night, typing its URL into my internet browser, and scrolling through a thread of LOLcat memes, which were new…

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