"I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end." (Margaret Thatcher) "It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own." (Herbert Samuel) ...

If you consume any substance enough, you’ll notice the jolt wears off after a while. It takes more caffeine to become alert, more alcohol to get buzzed. But is the same true for cannabis? As with ...

Figure 1: Characteristic drug responses of resistance, tolerance and persistence. Experimental discrimination between the different strategies used by bacterial cells for survival during exposure to ...

An international group that includes researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has identified 124 genetic variants associated with a person’s willingness to take risks, as ...

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Human disturbance drives the decline of many species, both directly and indirectly. Nonetheless, some species do particularly well around humans. One mechanism that may explain coexistence is the ...

In every workplace, whether it's an office setting or a construction site, the concept of risk tolerance plays a crucial role in determining the overall health and safety standards. Risk tolerance ...

As a first-generation Indian American who grew up in 1980s Reagan-era New York City shaped by efforts at multiculturalism, I had social studies classes that were filled with lessons about America’s ...

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