The new climate pact recently approved by congress is actually a thinly veiled set of concessions for corporations that will actually hurt the environment more than protect it (start here for more information). The good news:

American cities and states are not waiting for the federal government either. They are moving forward with their own […]

A special initiative group of scientists is establishing the Russian Psychedelic Society. The new organization has a goal to legalize the use of psychoactive drugs in official medicine, the mysterious lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD-25, first and foremost. A prominent US scientist, Stanislav Grof, is expected to participate in the first congress of the new […]

This is surprising:

In a break with President Bush, the Senate Republican leader, Bill Frist, has decided to support a bill to expand federal financing for embryonic stem cell research, a move that could push it closer to passage and force a confrontation with the White House, which is threatening to veto the measure. (New York […]

Phan’s ruling determined that an “objective and reasonable person” would not see the slogans “GAYSROK” and “GAYRYTS” on their own as offensive or indecent. Nor could she see a problem with the plates referring to “current political or social issues.” (Salt Lake Tribune).
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Before now, bad Barbies, toxic Teletubbies and rotten rubber ducks could have been slowly poisoning small children. The very chemicals that made these toys so soft and tempting to teething toddlers have been shown to damage organs in animals. But the European Parliament has banned manufacturers from using six of these toxic chemicals, freeing Europe […]

U.S. children are getting vaccinated at record high rates, with 81 percent of toddlers 19 months to 3 years old receiving the full recommended series, health officials said on Tuesday. (Reuters).
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The compound, called (-)-gossypol, regulates a protein that’s overexpressed in cancer cells and helps them to survive. Researchers say the compound killed 70 percent to 90 percent of cancer cells specifically developed to be resistant to chemotherapy drugs. (Forbes).
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It may or may not come as a surprise to you that a recent Gallup poll showed that 60% of adults in American think that embryonic stem cell research is “morally acceptable”; 53% think that there should be less government restrictions on stem cell research. a Harris poll also showed that a majority of […]

Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that three molecules appear to inhibit a key perpetrator of Alzheimer’s disease, thereby offering a new target for the treatment of the debilitating disease. Hindustan Times).
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Rep. Don Sherwood, R-Pa., admitted in court papers filed Thursday that he had a five-year affair with a Maryland woman, but he denied abusing her, as she claimed in a $5.5 million civil suit. ( Times-Tribune)
Kos points out: “Sherwood voted to ‘protect marriage’ from roving packs of marriage-destroying gays.”
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