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Steelworkers plan worker-owned cooperatives in North America
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:31 PM EST (usw.org)
The United Steelworkers (USW) and MONDRAGON Internacional, S.A. have announced a framework agreement for collaboration in establishing worker-owned cooperatives in the manufacturing sector within the United States and Canada.
Marijuana smoking does not raise lung cancer risk according to UCLA study
Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 10:12 PM EST (FOXNews.com)
People who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at increased risk for developing lung cancer, new research suggests. In fact there is evidence that it may have a protective effect.
Psychedelics and religious freedom
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:27 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The tragedy of prohibition is that entheogens have the potential to be the most successful psychiatric medicines known to man.
Space elevator challenge set for Nov. 4
Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:48 PM EDT (Parabolic Arc)
The Spaceward Foundation has rescheduled 2009 Space Elevator Power-Beaming Challenge Games for Nov. 4 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.
US House of Representatives approves solar energy roadmap
Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:40 PM EDT (Solar Energy Magazine)
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R.3585, the Solar Technology Roadmap, by a vote of 310-106. Introduced by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Sept. 17 and approved by the House Science & Technology Committee Oct.
Was Brotherhood member Brenice Lee Smith a Felonious Monk?
Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:22 PM EDT (Orange County Weekly)
He spent decades on the run, but the last member of the so-called "Hippie Mafia" to evade the long arm of the law has finally been captured and is now in custody at the Orange County Jail, having pleaded not guilty to 40-year-old charges of hash smuggling and LSD peddling.
Suspected LSD ring fugitive arrested in California
Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:07 PM EDT (Google)
A suspected member of an LSD distribution ring has been arrested in California after nearly four decades on the lam.
Netherlands to close prisons: not enough criminals
Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 5:22 PM EDT ()
For years prohibitionists, including our own Drug Enforcement Administration, have claimed — falsely — that the tolerant marijuana policies of the Netherlands have made that nation a nest of crime and drug abuse.
Single-payer insurance would save money
Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 1:47 PM EDT (http://www.newtimesslo.com)
Not only would a single-payer, universal health insurance system make moral and ethical sense; it would be the most economical plan.
Curcumin and Vitamin D3 may dissolve plaques of Alzheimer's Disease
Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 3:27 PM EDT (naturalnews.com)
A natural chemical found in the spice Tumeric, in combination with natural sunlight, shows promise in slowing and reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, in a study published in July 2009.
Space elevator chase yields Earthly rewards
Seeded on Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:14 PM EDT (CNN)
NASA has $4 million on the line for inventors creating the technology that could one day link Earth to the stars.
California sprouts marijuana 'green rush'
Seeded on Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:35 PM EDT (Google)
Marijuana is big business in California as free market suppliers gear up to meet the demand for medicinal supplies.
Vertical farming a key to sustainable urban life
Seeded on Tue Jul 7, 2009 10:38 AM EDT (Examiner)
For high density, urban areas such as Washington, DC, the vertical farm may be the answer for truly local produce that yields well to limited space and compacted communities.
Environmental nitrates linked to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and diabetes
Seeded on Tue Jul 7, 2009 9:57 AM EDT (Examiner)
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital discovered a link between nitrates in processed meat products and deaths from common diseases. As exposure to environmental and dietary nitrates increased, so did the rates of death from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and diabetes mellitus.
St. John's Wort again proven better than antidepressant drugs
Seeded on Mon Jul 6, 2009 3:59 PM EDT (naturalnews.com)
The popular herbal extract St. John's Wort is more effective at treating the symptoms of depression than any antidepressant drug, and has fewer side effects, researchers from the Center for Complementary Medicine in Munich have concluded.
Coffee 'may reverse Alzheimer's'
Seeded on Mon Jul 6, 2009 9:14 AM EDT (BBC News)
Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say. The Florida research, carried out on mice, also suggested caffeine hampered the production of the protein plaques which are the hallmark of the disease.
Vertical Farm concept for NYC was inspired by a dragonfly
Seeded on Thu May 14, 2009 2:35 AM EDT (psfk.com)
This unique 128 floor concept design is spread over two oblong towers and suggests building a prototype of an urban farm in which a mixed program of housing, offices, laboratories and farming spaces are vertically laid out over several floors and cultivated by its inhabitants.
Vertical Farm in Dubai uses seawater to grow crops
Seeded on Thu May 14, 2009 2:11 AM EDT (TreeHugger)
A Vertical Farm in Dubai uses seawater to grow crops. "The seawater vertical farm uses seawater to cool and humidify greenhouses and to convert sufficient humidity back in to fresh water to irrigate the crops."
Psychedelic mushrooms show long-term beneficial effects in new study
Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 3:37 PM EDT (Wired News)
The positive psychological effects of psilocybin -- the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms -- last for more than a year, say scientists.
Kids may download information directly into their brains in tomorrow's schools
Seeded on Fri May 30, 2008 11:25 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Children will learn by downloading information directly into their brains within 30 years, an education expert has predicted. Chris Parry, the new chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, said "Matrix-style" technology would render traditional lessons obsolete.
Monkey's brain controls robot arm
Seeded on Thu May 29, 2008 7:02 PM EDT (BBC News)
Monkeys have been able to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts, scientists report. The animals were able to feed themselves using prosthetic arms, which were controlled by brain activity.
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead: LSD Inventor Albert Hofmann, RIP
Seeded on Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:37 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)
The creator of LSD, Albert Hofmann, is dead at the ripe old age of 102. The man who launched a thousand trips first synthesized the drug in 1938 and then learned of its hallucinatory effects five years later, after accidentally ingesting it.
Daily caffeine 'protects brain' and may help prevent Alzheimer's
Seeded on Thu Apr 3, 2008 2:09 AM EDT (BBC News)
Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests. The drink has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's Disease, and a study by a US team for the Journal of Neuroinflammation may explain why.
Bacteria could create self-cleaning clothes
Seeded on Wed Apr 2, 2008 2:01 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
Bacteria impregnated into every single fiber of a fabric could live, breed and eat up the dirt, creating self-cleaning clothes. Eventually, the garments in your wardrobe may be able to support a variety of bacteria engineered to eat odour-causing chemicals and human sweat.
All energy roads lead to the Sun: Climate change and sustainability
Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:04 PM EDT (The New York Times)
"With the right investments in science and the right policy you'll have a house with shingles generating your electricity during the day when the sun's out. You'll take the extra electricity and, if battery technology works, you'll put it in batteries.
Recent Votes
Free market flawed, says survey Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new BBC poll has found widespread dissatisfaction with free-market capitalism. In the global poll for the BBC World Service, only 11% of those questioned across 27 countries said that it was working well.
Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars
Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.
- Joe Lieberman To The People Of Connecticut: Go To Hell
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he'd back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care reform bill.
- Scientists study possible health benefits of LSD and ecstacy
A growing number of people are taking LSD and other psychedelic drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy to help them cope with a variety of conditions including anorexia nervosa, cluster headaches and chronic anxiety attacks.
Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere
NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.
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