/oss/taxonomy/term/3606/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/quack-clinics-mexico-bet-big-experimental-immunotherapy <p>Despair is a powerful motivator. While some people travel to Mexico for pleasure and relaxation, others are prompted by despair. If you have been diagnosed with stage IV cancer and your doctors have run out of solutions, but you hear that a state-of-the-art clinic in Mexico can help where conventional treatments have failed you, why wouldn’t you pay for the trip? After all, what do you have to lose?</p> Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:09:16 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9478 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-environment/did-you-know-border-wall-between-us-and-mexico-would-cause-mass-ecological-damage <p>President Donald Trump wants to “build a wall” between the U.S. and Mexico that, depending on your political allegiances, will either keep out dangerous undocumented immigrants or will serve little purpose outside of wasting taxpayers’ money.</p> <p>One potential effect not receiving much media attention, however, would be felt by plants and animals local to the areas surrounding the border.</p> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:32:40 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7541 at /oss