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It is easy to assume marijuana cultivation began in fairly modern times.

The public representatives of the fusion community said that fusion fuel is abundant, inexpensive, and virtually unlimited. They lied.

© Getty Images To compete with China and shore up the American economy, the Biden administration is engaging in the long criticized industrial policy of choosing some industries to promote over others. Research and Development (R&D) tops the list of the chosen ones to the tune of $300 billion, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the favorite technologies on the R&D list, right next to other “Breakthrough Technologies” such as electric vehicle technology, lightweight materials and 5G...

Jessica Zack April 15, 2021 Stewart Brand, writer and founder of “Whole Earth Catalog,” adjusts his hat inside the Mirene, a converted 1912 tugboat he and his wife Ryan Phelan call home in Sausalito. Photo: Stephen Lam, The Chronicle For a devoted futurist like Stewart Brand, who is famous for his projections about technology and the environment, looking at his own past doesn’t necessarily come naturally. Given his fame as creator of the iconic 1960s DIY handbook “Whole Ear...

Saeed Naqvi | Syria is still in the eye of the storm even after 10 years Published : Apr 9, 2021, 4:26 am IST Updated : Apr 9, 2021, 4:26 am IST The free run the US and regional allies like Saudi Arabia had to alter the ground realities in Syria ended when the Russians arrived in 2015  News In 1952, like a bolt from the blue, came UP chief minister Govind Ballabh Pant’s order abolishing zamindari. The abrupt drop in prestige and lifestyle caused a relative across the Ganga to hide his ...

As he well knows, that's a fraught promise to make.