Many people feel hungry after consuming cannabis SolStock/Getty Images If you have ever lit up a joint and craved a snack soon afterwards, you were probably experiencing the “munchies”. Stimulating appetite is one of marijuana’s best-known and most puzzling side effects. But why does weed make you want to chow […]
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WASHINGTON — The House Science Committee voted on party lines to send a commercial space bill to the full House, although with the possibility of modifications before a vote there. The committee voted Nov. 29 to favorably report H.R. 6131, the Commercial Space Act of 2023. The bill advanced on […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Will it ever be possible for time travel to occur? – Alana C., age 12, Queens, New York Have you ever dreamed of traveling through […]
An Argo float being deployed to collect marine information, as part of the Argo programme. Humanity has a blind spot when it comes to the role of the ocean in climate change. That is in part because, as land-dwellers, we naturally tend to focus most on terra firma. But it […]
LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister, struggled to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic, his chief scientific advisor said Monday. In keenly awaited testimony to the country’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Patrick Vallance said he and […]
Sir Patrick Vallance today said it was ‘completely wrong’ that ministers hid behind their insistence that they were simply ‘following the science’ during Covid. Addressing the Covid Inquiry, No10’s ex-chief scientific adviser argued there is ‘no such thing as the science’ because it is ‘a moving body of knowledge’. Policymakers […]
It’s been away from our screens for seven years, but Deal or No Deal is finally making a comeback on Monday. A new set of contestants will take on the dreaded Banker to be in with a chance of winning a life-changing cash prize of up to £100,000. The players […]
HAMBURG, Germany — The House Science Committee deferred a vote on a commercial space bill until after Thanksgiving amid opposition from committee Democrats about its provisions. The committee met Nov. 15 to mark up the Commercial Space Act of 2023 and one other bill. At the end of the markup, […]