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Marijuana research in Michigan goes at glacial pace under FDA, DEA rules

When Michigan voters approved recreational marijuana six years ago, the measure included an innovative mandate: using cannabis tax revenue to pay for research into the health benefits of the drug for military veterans. State officials later committed $40 million.

Philipp Dettmer talks about his book Immune

The pandemic has turned us all into armchair immunologists, rhapsodizing about T cells and antibodies with the ardor once reserved for well, anything else. So, the timing was fortuitous for Philipp Dettmer to release his first book, Immune, in November, as covid-19 continued to lash the globe. Dettmer, 36, who lives in Munich, is

Russia commander kills himself after unit's tanks dismantled: Ukraine

A Russian commander killed himself after finding all but one of his units tanks were completely stripped of crucial parts, according to Ukraines military. The Land Forces of Ukraine said that invading forces have suffered such heavy losses that their units have been forced to get new military equipment from long-term storage at an airport

The Fall of the House of Usher Has Precisely One Good Monologue

The monologues continue apace in Flanagans latest (and likely final) series for Netflix: The Fall of the House of Usher. While the eight episodes of this show present a pleasantly nasty modern interpretation of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, they also feature characters frequently droning on about one thing or another. Monologues in Usher

This valuable plant looks like ragweed, but allergy sufferers can breathe easy

Like a lot of people, I have an allergy to ragweed. My affliction isnt as bad as the debilitating reaction I used to have to spring tree pollen before I built up some immunity to it, but its enough that I can call myself a ragweed sufferer. The eyes invite rubbing, the throat feels like