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How Does Anesthesia Work — and Why No One Fully Knows
General anesthesia is closer to a reversible coma than to sleep. Several drugs quiet the brain's nerve cells at once — and no one can fully explain how it erases consciousness.
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How Are Organs Allocated for Transplant, and Why It Isn’t a Queue
The national transplant list is not a queue. Each organ is matched by its own scoring formula, weighing urgency, compatibility and distance to do the most good.