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UF researchers discover new anticancer drug

UF researchers may have found a more effective treatment for certain types of cancers.

Hardcore Antiracist, softcore vegan: Ibram X. Kendi speaks at UF

Ibram X. Kendi spoke about dismantling oppressive systems, the role of the church in racism and teaching African American history in Alachua County Public Schools — all while holding his 3-year-old baby in his arms.

'The Green Rush:' Floridians discuss cannabis’ impacts

Leaders from around Florida met Tuesday afternoon to discuss the state’s budding industry: cannabis.

Stress should be used in moderation

Stress is hard to handle when you first experience it. As college students, we are constantly thrown into situations that test our mental and physical capabilities. But it turns out we might actually enjoy it. 

'Next thing you know I’m addicted': The effect of new vaping laws in Gainesville

It’s a Monday night at White Buffalo bar. A group of fraternity brothers gather in a circle and share some laughs. 

DEA Drug Take-Back

The modern risks of caring in a dangerous world

It’s dangerous to care.

He was released from jail, then charged with attempted murder. Now GPD can’t find him.

A UF student accused of shooting at three men in a parking lot on Sept. 15 was released from jail  — law enforcement charged him with attempted murder days after he left but he’s still missing.

UF student wanted for attempted murder in Butler Plaza shooting, three others charged with armed robbery

Gainesville Police are looking to arrest a UF student on four counts of attempted felony murder after Sunday night’s Butler North Walmart shooting.

No more mango? Trump administration to propose ban of e-cigarette flavors

E-cigarette users may no longer vape the taste of strawberry, mint or honey. 

Taxation is theft: the fundamentals of libertarian political philosophy

The phrase “taxation is theft” can be a meme, or a serious political position, depending on who you ask. While it’s easy to dismiss the idea as the deranged babbling of an adamant free marketeer, I’d like to explain the underlying politics that the phrase rests on and defend the idea that taxation is state-sponsored theft. To reach such a conclusion, there are only two premises you must accept: The Non-Aggression Principle is valid, and all laws are ultimately only enforceable by violence. Let’s examine both assumptions.

Chanel Miller: Know Her Name

Chanel Miller. If you don’t know that name by now, you should.

The psychedelic renaissance is a welcome change

Once upon a time, psychedelic drugs were mysterious tools of experimental psychology and psychiatry being seriously investigated for their potential applications. Studies like the Harvard Psilocybin Project and the CIA’s attempts to use LSD as a mind-control agent in its secretive MK Ultra project drew plenty of attention. But before psychedelics could gain any considerable momentum or have their effects fully understood, the federal government outlawed them by making them Schedule I drugs in the 1960s 一 substances that have “no currently accepted medical use” and a “high potential for abuse” according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). For the next several decades, research was scarce. 

Run for Your Life 5K

Join us in our fight against the Opioid crisis and building a healthier, drug free community by participating in our fun 5K color run.    

Running from our problems: beginner exercises to help you destress

From a marketing perspective, I think that exercise has been criminally mismanaged. If there were a drug that could do for human health everything that exercise can, it would likely be the most valuable pharmaceutical ever developed. The problem comes from the idea that exercise must be really taxing and time-consuming to be effective. While I’m not suggesting that you’ll be an Olympian by doing 30 minutes of exercise every other day, I think most people would be surprised by just how beneficial a few movements can be, not just physically but mentally. 

UF researchers discover two compounds to fight deadly tropical disease

A team of UF researchers discovered two molecular compounds that can fight off melioidosis, a potentially fatal disease.

Talent manager arrested after alleged sexual assault, voyeurism of minors

The discovery of a bathroom spy camera led to the arrest of a Gainesville talent manager for sexual coercion, massages and filming of minors, police said.

Combating youth vaping at the cost of adult freedoms

Legislators love to hate tobacco. 

UF researchers develop new technology to study diabetes

New technological developments could lead to a more effective way to study diseases and change how drugs are developed.

Gainesville physicians warn residents of hepatitis A

Physicians have noted an increase in cases of hepatitis A both in Florida and nationwide.