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The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as the cannabis capital of the world. But a survey published this month in PLoS Medicine, a journal of the Public Library of Science, suggests that the Dutch don't actually experiment with pot as much as one would expect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An American Pastime: Smoking Pot | 7/11/2008 | See Source »

See if you can identify with this. Twenty20 features two 11-man teams, and each has 20 "overs"--comprising six "balls," or pitches--in which to score runs. Batters are encouraged to swing for the fences. Hit one out--and on a cricket oval, you can hit in any direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cricket, Texas-Style | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

Here's how. You can avoid plastic bottles and toys labeled with the numbers 3 or 7, which often contain BPA or phthalates, and steer clear of vinyl shower curtains and canned foods--especially those with acidic contents like tomatoes. Vom Saal counsels that the cautious should also avoid heating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Truth About Plastic | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

Though Colicchio has quickly become an expert at using Ralph's vegetable scale, when we go to the register, the tab is more than $12. We put back one of the zucchini, but that cuts off only 50¢. Eric, our register guy, lets us scan a Ralph's Club card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gourmet Family Meal for $10? | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

Sometime next year, a California start-up called Climos plans to experiment with the technique, fertilizing about 4,000 sq. mi. (about 10,000 sq km) of ocean. The goal is not to prove that the iron makes the plankton grow but to determine how much carbon this takes out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mopping Up the CO2 Deluge | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

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