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How Cannabis Works  Why does cannabis get a person "high"? What is it about the psychoactive component in marijuana, THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, that exerts its special effects?

An Economical Hydrogen Economy  If the hyperbole is to be believed, hydrogen gas will be one of the most important fuels of the future.

The Venusian Greenhouse  A rare form of carbon dioxide in which one oxygen atom contains ten neutrons instead of the usual eight could be to blame for the searing greenhouse effect on the planet Venus.

Chocoholics Anonymous  It probably will not come as a surprise that scientific research funded by chocolate makers Nestlé has demonstrated a link between our love of chocolate and a specific chemical signature programmed into our metabolism.

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