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OH HELL YEAH! This is so awesome my hair's standing on end and turning blonde! Marijuana itself may have "no recognized medical use" according to the Controlled Substances Act but researchers haven't had any trouble putting cannabinoids, the plant's active ingredient, to good use. A new study published in the Journal of Pain (which coincidentally, is also an awesome name for a thrash metal band) indicates that an oral spray containing cannabinoids provided superior pain relief to a small, 263-patient study than that of conventional opiate-based sprays. Sativex, generic name nabiximols, provided improved pain relief to 26-percent of those that used it in small doses. For some reason higher doses did not concur such benefits but rather caused mild nausea and other side effects. Researchers therefore believe, even though this is just a preliminry study, that a cocktail of Sativex and traditional opiates might provide the most relief for patients. "The finding ...

One man's wonky internet connection is another man's art. [PBS via Laughing Squid] Just because Craig Lewis has no heartbeat, doesn't mean he's dead. Well, yes, normally it does, but Craig is far from normal. He's the lucky recipient of a revolutionary new circulatory pump, developed by a pair of surgeons at the Texas Heart Institute, that does not beat—it rotates. Just like a 1971 Mazda RX-7, Craig Lewis runs on a rotary engine. Flatline is the work of Jeremiah Zagar and is an extended version of Heart Stop Beating , a short film that took Sundance by storm earlier this year, and is all sorts of amazing. [MedGadget] Point: NASA just shot the Curiosity Lander the 16 million miles or so to Mars and put it down within a few kilometers, completely unharmed, of the intended target. Counter-Point: This. [Gizmodo Au] This impressive installation, developed and built by Antonin Fourneau from Digitalarti Artlab in Paris, utilizes moisture to complete circuits and illumi...

Anything Hendrix could do, SRV could do better—that includes the guitars and the cocaine. Nat Geo takes a CGI tour of our insides and discusses the physiological processes of getting blunted. Mr. Rubberface himself doing a half hour set waaaaay back in 1993. The video quality is garbage but the routine is golden. Got a little extra hash oil just sitting around? Mix it with some melted chocolate to spread over graham crackers for a quick and easy Scoobie snack. You can also get all fancy like and add marshmallow or peanut butter or BOTH! [WPD] In 1987, Bob Dylan was nearing a retirement from his illustrious career but still had some loose ends to tie up. Loose ends like having previously agreed to play a couple of shows with the Grateful Dead. So, he traveled to San Rafael, California to jam with the band. It iniitally did not go well. According to Dylan, After an hour or so, it became clear to me that the band wanted to rehearse more and different songs than I had been used to d...

Aug 8, 2012 12:00 AM   This stunning animated short by a quartet of art students from the French art school, Supinfocom Arles, pits a sexy fox lady against a pair of hapless hunters. Pixar had better watch its back. [Cartoon Brew] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Aug 2, 2012 12:00 AM   "Educate them [children] out there. Weed is not a drug, it's a plant. It's just, like, collard greens or some shit—just with flavor." View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

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Jul 27, 2012 12:00 AM   You can bet your easel Bob Ross liked doing more than just painting "happy clouds." PBS Digital Studios teamed up with Symphony of Science's John D. Boswell (the same gent what remixed Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) for this delightful ditty. View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

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Jul 24, 2012 12:00 AM   77 Bombay Street, a Swiss pop rock group you've probably never heard of, hired Paris-based Cube Creative to create their latest music video. This is what they got. [Cartoon Brew] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.