Marijuana may be effective for neuropathic pain

From ScienceDaily comes this article.

I’m not sure which is more awesome–the fact that weed may really work as a painkiller, or that there is a real journal called The Journal of Pain.

Jeffrey D. Sachs on controlling malaria in Africa [Scientific American]

I find myself impressed by almost everything Sachs does. This article is no exception.

Changing the conversation [Sciencewomen]

How can we improve the image of engineering?

Science philanthropy

The press about Bill Gates’s retirement and second career as philanthropist has me wondering whether the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation might be interested in supporting basic science.