nicole toro

Synopsis:

In the 1980's, Dr. Ira Chasnoff began a study using 23 babies to develop his theory of the devastating effect crack cocaine had on in utero babies and new born babies.

In his study, he claimed that they were more likely to be premature, higher chances of newborn seizures, and much smaller newborn sizes as well as brain damage, lack of eye contact with their mothers and predicted decreased social abilities similar to that of Autism. The "crack babies" were "very shaky" and "tremulous"....

Shrinking Women

Across from me at the kitchen table, my mother smiles over red wine that she drinks out of a measuring glass.

She says she doesn’t deprive herself,

but I’ve learned to find nuance in every movement of her fork.

In every crinkle in her brow as she offers me the uneaten pieces on her plate.

I’ve realized she only eats dinner when I suggest it.

I wonder what she does when I’m not there to do so.

Maybe this is why my house feels bigger each time I return; it’s proportional.

As s...

10 Reasons to Love Science

By Neil deGrasse Tyson

Adapted by Nicole Toro

I really wish that Science would get more media coverage don’t you? We as the general human collective have made exponential leaps and bounds in all branches of Science and Exploration in just the last few decades alone! Check out this amazing compilation on why YOU should love Science and watch the video to see these awesome things in action. 

10) Did you know that if you wring out a water saturated cloth in a zero gravit...