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Big Pharma pushes for patents of pot-based pills
I found this statistic surprising: in 1994 there were only two pot-based pharmaceutical drugs in development in the US, while in 2004 there were 27. That's a big leap, one that could potentially hold some clout in... Warming world sends plants uphill
"Climate change has resulted in many plant species moving an average of 29 metres uphill every decade. Climate change has caused plants to seek cooler conditions at higher altitudes. Smaller species such as...Wildfires Rage in California
"Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County. Along the coast in the Los...Sharks Are Becoming Human Predators
"Scientists fear packs of bull sharks are now ACTIVELY HUNTING HUMANS FOR THE FIRST TIME after a series of horrifying attacks in the waters off a popular resort in Mexico."Story includes videos about recent attacksUS Has No Remaining Grain Reserves
"Our concern is that the U.S. has nothing else in our emergency food pantry. There is no cheese, no butter, no dry milk powder, no grains or anything else left in reserve." Videos:Strange Cloud Formations Linked to Quakes
"CAN unusual clouds signal the possibility of an impending earthquake? That's the question being asked following the discovery of distinctive cloud formations above an active fault in Iran before each of two large... Drone Planes to Monitor the Earth's Atmosphere
"As the hurricane season takes off in the US so too will drone planes which will fly into the eye of the storms. It is part of an ongoing project funded by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... Videos on Demand: Mass Evacuation Underway in China
"A total of 158,000 people (in about 30 towns) have now been evacuated from potentially vulnerable areas downstream from Tangjiashan lake. The lake's water level is rising by more than one metre pre day. It now... Climate Change Is Inevitable
" The awful truth is that some amount of climate change is a foregone conclusionEven if the US, Europe, and Japan turned off every power plant and mothballed every car today, atmospheric CO2 would still climb...Flight Of The Conchords Climb the Charts
UPDATE | April 30 - Conchords Climb the ChartsAnd just like that, the Conchord kids have become an American sensation — though it is strange to see that chart-topping albums barely sell 50,000 copies."A pair of...Food and Gas Prices Creating a 'global crisis'
"Concerns about food security mounted this week as rice prices hit records in Asia and the United States warned that staples for the world's hungry were getting much more expensive. The cost of feeding the ...The End of Cheap Clothes is Near
"Food prices have shot up in response to a surge in crop prices. Now consumers should get ready for clothes prices to follow suit. Garment makers are seeing demand shrink as consumers in the US and Europe are...US bats fall victim to mystery illness
" A mystery illness that has scientists baffled is wiping out tens of thousands of bats across the north-east of the US. White nose syndrome, as it is known, cannot even be categorised as a disease. The syndrome...The 1700 Feet Alaska Mega Tsunami
"Special ReportAlaska, USAOn the night of July 7th, 1958 the WORLD'S LARGEST TSUNAMI struck Lituya bay, located about 250 miles west of Juneau. It was 1,700 feet or 520 meters, almost twice the height of the...Deforestation of the Amazon Continues
"SAO PAULO (AFP) — Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon region is set to worsen this year, or at least remain at the same devastating level of the past couple of years, the environmental activist group Greenpeace said...
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