I’m Allergic to Weed

12 Mai 201711 Mai 2017

I'm allergic to pot. One secondhand whiff of somebody else's joint and my nose clogs up. I get a headache and I start to itch. And if I'm around enough…

Rekord bei Waffenverkäufen vor der Wahl

9 Jan 2017

Während der Präsidentschaft von Obama verdreifachten sich nach FBI-Zahlen die Waffenverkäufe Von Florian Rötzer | TELEPOLIS Die Amerikaner haben in den letzten Jahren weiter aufgerüstet und sich persönlich Schusswaffen zugelegt.…

These Bioengineered Tobacco Plants are Growing Pharmaceuticals of the Future

5 Mai 20154 Mai 2015

Are cigarettes the new cure for cancer? No, definitely not. But thanks to developments in genetic engineering, tobacco farming has become an unlikely way to produce cancer-treating drugs. By Mark…

12 Things You Didn’t Know About the Amazing James Randi

11 Nov 201410 Nov 2014

The New York Times Magazine profiled 86-year-old super-skeptic James Randi yesterday. It’s a good read. Here are a dozen things I learned. By Terry Firma—Friendly Atheist 1. Randi started his career working Toronto…