Things Are Good

Smoking is obviously very bad for your health, tobacco cultivators, and even the environment. WIth that in mind, it’s great to see that research into a nicotine vaccine is underway and is seeing some success.
Rennard said patients who produced the most anti-nicotine antibodies were also the ones most likely to stop smoking for longer. And [...]

The CBC has a neat article about the use of satire to deal with complicated issues, primarily armed conflict, and how satire can help us reason through the complexity. A neat way to approach news, that’s for sure.
Indeed, most satires of war don’t lampoon the enemy; rather, the central characters inevitably question their own side. [...]