To actually pass this bill you really need to be smoking for it to make sense
The story SF Weekly broke on Friday is true: Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will announce legislation on Monday to legalize marijuana and earn perhaps $1 billion annually by taxing it.

Up up and away..carbon style
“The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is slated for launch tomorrow, February 24, 2009.

 
Can you see me?
Fullerton-based inventor Raz “Dr. Z” Zeineh, owner of Advanced American Enterprises, has designed what he calls a stealth poncho to keep troops hidden from night vision goggles. (Pics)

Mix air power with transportation and see what you get
This new technology would permit as much as getting 100 to 200 miles per gallon, Aeronautical Engineer Pascal Schreier said, because “compressed air” provides energy to run the vehicle.

What were they thinking about when they pull this off
More near train related near misses.

Emitted By Human Activity
In the Southern Indian Ocean, climate change is leading to stronger winds, which mix waters, bringing CO2 up from the ocean depths to the surface. This is the conclusion of researchers who have studied the latest field measurements carried out by CNRS’s INSU, IPEV and IPSL.

Neutralize Multiple Strains Of Seasonal And Pandemic Flu
Scientists have identified a small family of lab-made proteins that neutralize a broad range of influenza A viruses, including the H5N1 avian virus, the 1918 pandemic influenza virus and seasonal H1N1 flu viruses.

 
‘Good’ Bacteria
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that the good bacteria found in dairy products and linked to positive health benefits in the human body might also be an effective vehicle for an oral vaccine that can provide immunity to anthrax exposure. The approach could possibly be used to deliver any [...]

Helps Females To Recover After Birth
Spanish, American and Mexican researchers have produced the first quantitative description of cannibalism among female rattlesnakes (Crotalus polystictus) after monitoring 190 reptiles. The study has shown that these animals ingest on average 11% of their postpartum mass (in particular eggs and dead offspring) in order to recover energy for subsequent [...]

Took The Leap To Multicellularity 200 Million Years Ago
Some algae have been hanging together rather than going it alone much longer than previously thought, according to new research.