The U.S. is falling behind in the creation of new marijuana-based drugs because of government restrictions on marijuana research. The drugs have the potential to shrink tumors, enhance the effects of morphine in cancer patients, and treat depression, among other conditions. Also see this article on the history of marijuana cancer research.
Month: September 2004
Growth in U.S. Music Sales Helps Slow Global Slide
U.S. music sales have rebounded, even though filesharing continues to increase.
Album of the Week
The very special album of the week is Brian Wilson’s Smile. Originally intended for release by the Beach Boys in 1967 the unfinished album has been re-recorded from scratch and released as Wilson originally intended.
IPac
Excellent. IPac is a new political action committee dedicated to copyright, trademark, and patent issues.
We believe that technological innovation and individual creativity are vital to the future of this country. We believe that a prosperous and democratic society depends on freedom for all individuals to pursue scientific invention and artistic expression. Unfortunately, new intellectual property laws threaten to stifle these freedoms and restrict public participation in science, art, and political discourse.
Go join now and send them some money while your at it.
Stewart’s ‘stoned slackers’? Not quite
When Jon Stewart was on the O’Reilly Factor Bill O’Reilly repeatedly referred to the Daily Show audience as “stoned slackers” (transcript). It turns out that Stewart’s audience is better educated than O’Reilly’s and is more likely to answer political questions correctly.
Weightlifters not pumping enough iron
A study finds that novice weightlifters fail to choose heavy enough weights to gain benefits.
Living in the Suburbs Can Make You Sick
A new study indicates that people who live in the suburbs are less healthy because they have to drive everywhere they go and don’t get any exercise.
NHL video hockey
G4TechTV has a creative response to the NHL lock-out: they’re playing all 1,230 regular season games on a video hockey game and presenting daily scores and highlights on their “Sweat” show.
New Hitchhiker’s episode online
The first of the new Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy episodes is now online. It will be up for the next week.
Astonishing X-Men #1
You can now read the Joss Whedon penned Astonishing X-Men #1 online for free over at Marvel.