According to a new study, legalizing weed for medicinal purposes is a great way to make people kill themselves less. The joint research (PDF doc) indicates that there was a “5 percent decrease in the total suicide rate” in the states where medical pot laws were passed. Read more »
A) Because it’s disgusting. B) It might be riddled with a ready-to-spread disease capable of starting a pandemic that could wipe out humanity. At least that’s what an ongoing new study about the illegal importing of “bushmeat” into NYC is indicating. If you really need to eat some gross questionable flesh, but want to avoid creating a Contagion-like situation, do what everyone else does: Go to 7-Eleven® instead.
Mainly, that pot isn’t all that bad for your health. The 20 year study, which by most standards is considered a thorough one, was published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, and found that the “Occasional and low cumulative marijuana use was not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function.” Read more »
A new study published in The Lancet, a British medical journal, puts Australia and New Zealand at the top of the list for the global consumption of weed. That’s not an easy title to win either as there’s some really good competition out there. The data also showed that pot is the world’s favorite substance of choice. Yet, despite its popularity and widespread use, it also caused the least amount of harm, since you can’t OD on weed, no matter how many pounds you smoke.
Researchers recently conducted studies suggesting that pigeons are as mathematically adept as primates, but they’re still a long way off from lighting fires and cooking their own burger like Kanzi, a 31-year-old bonobo does. He collects firewood, can strike a match or use a lighter, and fry up food. Sometimes referred to as pygmy chimpanzees, the highly intelligent animals are mankind’s closest living relative. And it shows. Read more »
According to new study, pigeons just moved up the food chain with new data suggesting they can count. Tests conducted on the lowbrow birds at University of Otago in New Zealand proved that their math abilities were on par with monkeys, a trait most smart-people-types assumed was exclusive to primates. Read more »
Researchy types have come up with a very rational justification for why we choose to live in overpriced, closet-sized habitats detached from nature: It makes us live longer. That’s right America, New Yorkers tend to cheat death by 2.4 years compared to the rest of the country. Read more »
Or maybe it doesn’t. The Texas doctor who proposed the theory linking K2 and other crappy brands of smokeable incense to heart problems admits the results of his vast test group, three teenagers in all, are still inconclusive. But hey, there’s no harm in a little speculating. Similarly, the DEA used its emergency powers a few months ago, to ban the chemicals used in making the herbal blends, potentially staving off mass deaths or more likely, lots of headaches.
Science says that you can identify psychopaths by their frequent uses of the words “since,” “so that,” and “because” paired with repeated mentions of physical needs like food, money or sex… since they write like that so that they can satisfy their needs even if it means inflicting harm on others, because fuck ‘em! Read more »
Although the mad scientists operating the Large Hadron Collider have yet to create a black hole capable of collapsing the universe on itself, they have made a startling discovery that contradicts one of Albert Einstein’s greatest theories and a fundamental laws of physics. Researchers at the atom smashing lab believe they have clocked neutrino particles that move faster than the speed of light, which is really fast. This discovery has the science community buzzing and if verified, a lot of science textbook authors, outside of Texas, very happy.
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