Last year, Mr. King was referred to Dr. Victor Aziz, a psychiatrist at St. Cadoc's Hospital in Wales. Dr. Aziz explained to him that there was a name for his experience: musical hallucinations.

Neuron Network Goes Awry, and Brain Becomes an IPod

The company that recently broke new ground by winning federal approval for the first drug intended for African-Americans could now be entering new territory with a controversial pricing system for the medicine.

Price discrimination is not necessarily a bad thing.

Maker of Heart Drug Intended for Blacks Bases Price on Patients' Wealth

] Dimensions change drastically as your clump grows from a
] fraction of an inch to a monstrous freak of nature.

Boingboing keeps talking about this so I picked up a copy. Its only $20. If you were ever wondering what it would be like to take LSD while Japaneese, this is your chance. Its a happy, non-violent game with great music and interesting, funny worlds to explore. I recommend it. That is unless you have a problem with flashbacks.

I believe they demoed the sequel to come out later this year at E3 a few weeks ago.

Katamari Damacy

On June 27th, 2005, the Supreme Court issued a long awaited decision in MGM vs. Grokster that states that P2P software manufacturers can be held liable for the infringing activities of people who use their software.

On July 4th, 2005, Negativland, in collaboration with film maker James Gladman, issues a P2P video reply directly into P2P networks, using P2P as a distribution mechanism for new work of topical content. This new video, called NO BUSINESS, is made almost entirely out of other people's previous cultural creations.

With this holiday gesture, Negativland urges an increased concern for cultural philosophy in the Supreme Court, and more skepticism towards the presumptions of the cultural law makers of commerce.

Download this torrent right now. Watch it immediately after the torrent completes.

Definitely...

Negativland: No Business Video [torrent] (200M)

European parliamentarians are expected to reject legislation on Wednesday on the patenting of computer-related inventions, ending a testy four-year debate without resolution.

I think this is good news...

European Parliament Fails to Agree on Computer Patents - New York Times

Scientists don't talk often enough or loud enough about the real strength of evolution - not that it is correct, but that it meets the definition of science.

This is an excellent point and one I haven't heard nearly
enough of in the current debate.

How Quantum Physics Can Teach Biologists About Evolution

The Beijing government has joined the effort to fight spam by adopting the London Action Plan on International Spam Enforcement Collaboration, it emerged yesterday.

FWIW...

China Joins Global Effort to Can Spam

Within hours after Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's announced retirement from the Supreme Court, members of conservative groups around the country convened in five national conference calls in which, participants said, they shared one big concern: heading off any effort by President Bush to nominate his attorney general, Alberto R. Gonzales to replace her.

Conservative Groups Rally Against Gonzales as Justice

In nearly 25 years on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, has sat through nine Supreme Court confirmation hearings, some short and polite, some ugly and drawn out. Now that he is the chairman, he is prepared for the next one to go either way.

Confirmation Battle in Senate Could Define Specter's Career

NASA has decided to build two new launch systems - both of which will draw upon existing Space Shuttle hardware. One vehicle will be a cargo-only heavy lifter, the other will be used to launch the Crew Exploration Vehicle.

NASA Plans to Build Two New Shuttle-derived Launch Vehicles | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference