In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
How to fight wildfires with science
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How to fight wildfires with science
Thursday 14 December 2017, 11:09 AM
Wildfire threatens a home near Possum Kingdom, Texas, April 19, 2011. State Farm, CC BY
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Albert Simeoni, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
In the month of October nearly 250,000 acres, more than 8,000 homes and over 40 people fell vict