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Endangered Sharks Get Oregon Aquarium Spotlight (AUDIO)

The aquarium events run through August 8th.

(NEWPORT, Ore. ONS) - It is "Shark Week" at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. Oregon waters are home to about 15 shark species. Five of them can be seen at the aquarium, where visitors can watch them feed and learn more about their role in the ocean ecosystem.

Scientists say that, like many other aquatic species, sharks have been over-fished, and some types are endangered. Aquarium spokesperson Cindy Hanson says one of the biggest threats to sharks is a practice known as "finning."

Agent Orange and Dioxins: The Most Destructive, Poisonous Substances Ever Found

One of our reader/correspondents, Chuck Palazzo, just brought to our attention that Agent Orange, actually DIOXINS, have been re-discovered to cause all sorts of damage to humans.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I believe I had the first human DDT insecticide poisoning case in the US in about 1952.

The patient was a “cropduster” pilot spraying mosquito swamps in Portland, Oregon. He filled the sprayer tanks with DDT in oil with 5 gallon cans and spilled it all over himself.

PTSD: Cannabis Therapy vs Marijuana Therapy

Marijuana, especially by inhaling its vapor, is far superior and quicker, that is in seconds, than any oral preparation which requires almost an hour to take effect.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I get cajoled frequently by intelligentsia and pseudo-intelligentsia, “why don’t you use the scientific term Cannabis instead of the slang term Marijuana?”.

NASA`s Space Shuttle Endeavour Streaks Through NW Sky (VIDEO)

Video of the Space Shuttle Endeavor passover from Salem, Oregon.

(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA) - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew launched at 6:03 p.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The mission will deliver the final segment to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and a new crew member to the International Space Station.

Natural Resources Defense Council Wants Study of Camp Lejeune Exposure and Health Outcomes to Continue

"We are writing to ask that you continue your important investigations of potential link between historical exposure to contaminated drinking water and adverse health outcomes among the residents of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina."

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - We recently published a series of articles about the National Research Council's sudden announcement regarding water contamination at the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeuene, North Carolina.

A Senior Scientist with the NRDC is speaking out about the federal government's sudden change of course that leaves so many Marines potentially out in the cold.

Medical Marijuana Use & Benefits: a Reprise

A story about the founding fathers of medical marijuana.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - My recent article on this subject brought a barrage of patient replies. The most notable was by Jack Herer author of The Emperor Has No Clothes, the BEST big book about the complete history of cannabis/marijuana. He invoked the name of Dr. Tod Mikuriya, the Guru and Father of the American Medical Marijuana Programs.

We owe very much to these two people – more than we can ever repay. Dr. Mikuriya wrote the book, The Marijuana Papers which is probably the most cited book on the subject.

Do Near-Death Experiences Alter the Brain?

Author Says It Definitely Changed Him Forever.

(WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.) - After he drank a cobra venom cocktail to simulate death, Jamshid Hosseini knew his worldview was forever transformed, but he also believes his brain was physically altered – rewired into something different.

The experience led him to create a spiritual “roadmap to bliss” that he and co-author Dave Cunningham detail in their critically acclaimed self-help book, Travel Within: The 7 Steps to Wisdom and Inner Peace.

A Lesson in Einstein

"For those of us who believe in physics, this separation between past, present and future is only an illusion, however tenacious" - Albert Einstein

(CALGARY, Alberta) - It started for me in the 1950s with a TV commercial for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. The animated commercial showed a sunbeam zipping from the Sun to an ear of corn in a field. The voiceover said that it takes eight minutes for the Sun’s goodness to reach the corn in the field.

It’s basic arithmetic. The Sun is an average of 93 million miles away; the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. Divide 93 million by 186,000 and the answer is 500 seconds, or eight and a third minutes.

Cannabis Science: Can Cannabis-Based Drugs Slow the H1N1 `Swine Flu` Pandemic?

Chief Science Officer for CSI Dr. Melamede believes the potential for cannabinoids that naturally prevent excessive inflammatory immune responses is enormous.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday, raising its pandemic warning from phase 5 to 6, making swine flu the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.

Now that H1N1 "Swine Flu" has been elevated to pandemic status, with reports of outbreaks in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, San Francisco, USA-based Cannabis Science Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS.OB) CEO Steven Kubby urges public health officials around the world to "take medical cannabis seriously."

A Solution to Resistant Tuberculosis?

Has the medical publishing world overlooked significant research on Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS?

(BURLINGTON, Vt.) - In the late nineteen forties, physicians caring for tuberculotics noticed that some of their patients had increased mental and physical energy compared to others. When they studied their charts, they discovered that the energized were taking either iproniazid or isoniazid, both monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).

Until then, no one realized that depression could be treated with pills. A new generation of MAOIs was synthesized, among them Parnate, Nardil, Marplan and Eutonyl, and introduced for the treatment of depression and high blood pressure.