Monday, March 31, 2014
Park rangers investigating "phenomena" at VOA Park
Park rangers investigating "phenomena" at VOA Park: "Did an unidentified object touch down at Voice of America Park in West Chester?"
12 Signs That Something Big Is Happening To The Earth’s Crust Under North And South America
12 Signs That Something Big Is Happening To The Earth’s Crust Under North And South America: "Why are fault lines and volcanoes all over North and South America suddenly waking up?"
Diego Garcia: Philip Wood, IBM Engineer on Flight MH370, Posts Photo From Prison?
Diego Garcia: Philip Wood, IBM Engineer on Flight MH370, Posts Photo From Prison?: "One of the newest conspiracy theories about missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is that the passengers are being held at Diego Garcia, a U.S. base near the Maldives.
The theory itself isn’t that new but claimed new evidence is–that would be a black photo allegedly taken by Philip Wood, an American IBM engineer on the flight."
The theory itself isn’t that new but claimed new evidence is–that would be a black photo allegedly taken by Philip Wood, an American IBM engineer on the flight."
Scale of Guinea's Ebola epidemic unprecedented
Scale of Guinea's Ebola epidemic unprecedented: aid agency - Yahoo News: "CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea faces an Ebola epidemic on an unprecedented scale as it battles to contain confirmed cases now scattered across several locations that are far apart, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Monday."
Climate change will lead to war, famine and extreme weather, claims IPCC report
Climate change will lead to war, famine and extreme weather, claims IPCC report | Mail Online: "No one will be untouched by climate change with storm surges, flooding and heatwaves among the key risks of global warming in the coming decades, claim scientists."
Matrix-style batteries come a step closer: Scientists manage to charge a phone using a human HAND
Matrix-style batteries come a step closer: Scientists manage to charge a phone using a human HAND | Mail Online: "This generator uses what’s known as the triboelectric effect, also known as triboelectric charging."
What Makes Dark Energy Dark?
Dark Energy - Quantum Vacuum and Basilakos-Sola Hypothesis | Mysterious Universe: "Nobody knows exactly what dark energy is, but most theoretical physicists agree that it comprises most of the energy in the universe and is largely responsible for the fact that the universe hasn’t collapsed back in on itself like a deflating balloon."
Toward a Pill That Helps Us Learn as Fast as Kids
Toward a Pill That Helps Us Learn as Fast as Kids - Olga Khazan - The Atlantic: "Scientists are using mood drugs to return the adult's brain to an earlier stage of development."
The biggest tsunami recorded was 1,720 feet tall and chances are good it will happen again
The biggest tsunami recorded was 1,720 feet tall and chances are good it will happen again - Quartz: "Calamity struck at 10pm on July 9, 1958, when a 8.0-Richter-scale earthquake rammed the Alaskan coast up and northward. That impact shook free between 40 million and 60 million cubic yards (30.6 million and 46 million cubic meters) of rock and ice that rimmed the Lituya basin, dumping it 3,000 feet into the bay below. The 1,720-foot monster that reared up as a result shot through the bay at 100 miles per hour (161 kilometers per hour), as Susan Casey details in her book, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean."
Sunday, March 30, 2014
X-37B Sets Records for Endurance and Secrecy
X-37B Sets Records for Endurance and Secrecy | Mysterious Universe: "The U.S. Air Force may be scandal-plagued on the ground, but in space it has managed to keep its secrets well hidden.
There’s no better example than the robotic X-37B space plane which broke its own all-time endurance record on March 26, its 470th day in orbit on a mission that is still shrouded in secrecy."
There’s no better example than the robotic X-37B space plane which broke its own all-time endurance record on March 26, its 470th day in orbit on a mission that is still shrouded in secrecy."
London skeletons reveal secrets of the Black Death
London skeletons reveal secrets of the Black Death | National & World News | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News: ""It's fantastic we can look in such detail at an individual who died 600 years ago," Walker said. "It's incredible, really.""
More cat owners will catch TB from pets: Grim warning from top vet
More cat owners will catch TB from pets: Grim warning from top vet | Mail Online: "More people will catch potentially-fatal tuberculosis from their cats because the disease is so widespread in wildlife, pet owners were warned last night."
Norse Casket containing the preserved heart of a Norse Giant
leit að lífi / search for life - odinsight: Norse Casket Lid, Detail Viewby...: "A detail view of the lid of the oaken casket containing a giant’s heart. Preserved Heart of a Norse Giant"
Why White Dwarf Stars Could be Armageddon for Earth
Why White Dwarf Stars Could be Armageddon for Earth: "Scientists have solved the riddle of celestial archaeology with a new theory explaining how collapsed stars become polluted, which points to the ominous fate awaiting our planet.
Researchers from the University of Leicester and the University of Arizona have investigated white dwarf stars, the super-dense remains of Sun-like stars that ran out of fuel and collapsed to the size of Earth."
Researchers from the University of Leicester and the University of Arizona have investigated white dwarf stars, the super-dense remains of Sun-like stars that ran out of fuel and collapsed to the size of Earth."
Where To Live In A Zombie Apocalypse
Where To Live In A Zombie Apocalypse - Business Insider: "There's some debate about how to survive the Zombie Apocalypse. Some say science will save us all, some will rely on math, and still others are banking on specialty gadgets. You can buy Zombie Apocalypse survival kits, and there are even Zombie Apocalypse maps that pinpoint where the danger zones would be in a zombie-mergency."
Why America should fear the worst with Russia
Why America should fear the worst with Russia - The Week: "The worst-case scenario is incredibly unlikely. It is also too terrible to be ignored."
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Russia’s Military Begins Massive Nuclear War Drill
Russia’s Military Begins Massive Nuclear War Drill | The Diplomat: "On Thursday, 10,000 Russian troops began a drill simulating the massive use of nuclear missiles."
IBM Head: Stop Fighting And “Embrace” Total Biometric Surveillance Because It Cannot Be Stopped
» IBM Head: Stop Fighting And “Embrace” Total Biometric Surveillance Because It Cannot Be Stopped Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: "A leading IBM official has urged the world to “embrace” ubiquitous surveillance of the public through biometrics, because, he argues, it is too late to fight against it."
Entering the 103rd dimension: Scientists reveal quantum breakthrough
Entering the 103rd dimension: Scientists reveal quantum breakthrough | Mail Online: "Researchers have a made a major step forward in the development of quantum computers that can run at speeds far faster than current systems."
New dwarf planet hints at giant world far beyond Pluto
New dwarf planet hints at giant world far beyond Pluto - space - 26 March 2014 - New Scientist: "A surprise monster may be lurking in our solar system. A newly discovered dwarf planet has grabbed the crown as the most distant known object in our solar system – and its orbit hints at a giant, unseen rocky world, 10 times the mass of Earth and orbiting far beyond Pluto."
We know what you’re thinking: Scientists find a way to read minds
We know what you’re thinking: Scientists find a way to read minds | Fox News: "Scientists have used brain scanners to detect and reconstruct the faces that people are thinking of, according to a a study accepted for publication this month in the journal NeuroImage."
The Historical ‘Noah’ and the "Sons of God"
The Historical ‘Noah’ - Yahoo News: "But what’s that you say about angels consorting with human women, and giants roaming the earth? No, that’s not George R.R. Martin, it’s four verses at the beginning of Genesis 6 immediately preceding the story of the Flood, and it’s presumably God’s final straw.
The passage is a vision worthy of an epic Hollywood treatment, maybe by Guillermo del Toro."
The passage is a vision worthy of an epic Hollywood treatment, maybe by Guillermo del Toro."
'Poltergeist' activity filmed inside store
A surveillance video recorded the moment a glass lid appeared to fly across the room all on its own.
Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/264312/poltergeist-activity-filmed-inside-store
Friday, March 28, 2014
Cybathlon will let athletes compete using exoskeletons and brainwaves in 2016
Cybathlon will let athletes compete using exoskeletons and brainwaves in 2016 | Mail Online: "From powered exoskeleton races to competitions using brain power, the first Olympics for bionic athletes will take place in Switzerland in October 2016.
The Cybathlon will include races for competitors wearing prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons as well as a powered wheelchair obstacle course and a competition where people control an avatar using a brain interface."
The Cybathlon will include races for competitors wearing prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons as well as a powered wheelchair obstacle course and a competition where people control an avatar using a brain interface."
Bio-printing tissues for cheaper, faster drug testing
Bio-printing tissues for cheaper, faster drug testing | Breaking Deception: "Bio-printed tissues can help better predict and test whether a drug will be effective on people and at less cost, researchers at the University of British Columbia Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and spinoff Aspect Biosystems hope to prove."
Americans' brains being fried by cell towers: New scientific evidence reveals shocking extent of electropollution damage
Americans' brains being fried by cell towers: New scientific evidence reveals shocking extent of electropollution damage: "Exposure to cell phone towers alters brain function in alarming ways, causing a lack of concentration, irritability, difficulty sleeping and lack of appetite. That's the conclusion of a new study just published by the British Medical Journal."
Will we ever… travel in wormholes?
BBC - Future - Will we ever… travel in wormholes?: "The universe is huge. Travelling at light speed to the nearest star would take more than four years. Venturing to the other side of the galaxy?
More than 100,000 years. So what's an intrepid space traveller to do?"
More than 100,000 years. So what's an intrepid space traveller to do?"
Scientists hail synthetic chromosome advance
BBC News - Scientists hail synthetic chromosome advance: "Scientists have created the first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering."
Newt Gingrich's Plan to Stave Off the Apocalypse
Newt Gingrich's Plan to Stave Off the Apocalypse - NationalJournal.com: ""I think we're running out of time," said Peter Pry, a former CIA officer and head of a congressional advisory board on national security. And if the worst happens? "This gets translated into mass fatalities, because our modern civilization can't feed, transport, or provide law and order without electricity," he said."
Humans will be kept between life and death in the first suspended animation trials
Humans will be kept between life and death in the first suspended animation trials | ExtremeTech: "At a hospital in Pittsburgh, surgeons are now allowed to place patients into a state of suspended animation. If a patient arrives with a traumatic injury, and attempts to restart their heart have failed — if they’re on the doorstep of death — they will have their blood replaced with a cold saline solution, which stops almost all cellular activity.
At this point, the patient is clinically dead — but if the doctors can fix the injury within a few hours, they can be returned to life from suspended animation by replacing the saline with blood."
At this point, the patient is clinically dead — but if the doctors can fix the injury within a few hours, they can be returned to life from suspended animation by replacing the saline with blood."
Thursday, March 27, 2014
First documented cat-to-human TB infection revealed
First documented cat-to-human TB infection revealed | Society | theguardian.com: "The first documented evidence that TB can spread from cats to humans has been reported by public health officials, confirming long-held concerns about the disease's capacity to jump from one of Britain's favourite pets."
Study: ‘Small’ Nuclear War Would Destroy The World
Study: ‘Small’ Nuclear War Would Destroy The World « CBS Denver: "With an estimated 17,000 nuclear weapons in the world, we have the power to exterminate humanity many times over.
But it wouldn’t take a full-scale nuclear war to make Earth uninhabitable, reports Live Science."
But it wouldn’t take a full-scale nuclear war to make Earth uninhabitable, reports Live Science."
Devil is working hard on securing end times
Devil is working hard on securing end times: "In short, this pope is a believer in the end times who’s convinced they aren’t merely coming but are, in a sense, already being played out before our eyes. This, likewise, is someone who believes the devil is real and perceives a demonic hand at work in current events."
Are You Ready for Life Under Total Surveillance?
Are You Ready for Life Under Total Surveillance? | Alternet: "You can always log off your browswer, but if you live in a "wired" home, there's no escape from Big Data as it constantly queries our appliances for information on us."
Microchips Implanted in People: Amazing Technology or Satanic Marking?
Microchips Implanted in People: Amazing Technology or Satanic Marking? Some End Time Believers Warn RFID Chips Are Book of Revelation's Mark of the Beast 666 : BC News : breathecast: "Technology is constantly evolving to impress the consumer with the new coolest capabilities available. People now use their phones to monitor their weight, their bank accounts, locations, and more; but many have ignored the fact that these very devices are also diminishing their rights to freedom and privacy."
U.S. Special Ops Planning for Action in Globe’s ‘Dark Areas’
U.S. Special Ops Planning for Action in Globe’s ‘Dark Areas’ | TIME.com: "The U.S. military is always busy planning for war pretty much everywhere, but some places are tougher nuts to crack than others.
That’s why the U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking “Geospatial Data on Countries of Interest for Which There is a Critical Need But Non-Existent Data.”"
That’s why the U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking “Geospatial Data on Countries of Interest for Which There is a Critical Need But Non-Existent Data.”"
A Military Plot to Take Over America: Fifty Years Later, Was the Mission Accomplished?
The Rutherford Institute :: A Military Plot to Take Over America: Fifty Years Later, Was the Mission Accomplished?: "Unfortunately for the American people, it’s long past midnight. Indeed, the coup d’etat wresting control of our government from civilians and delivering it into the hands of the military industrial complex happened decades ago, while our backs were turned and our minds distracted. Consequently, we now find ourselves in the unenviable position of longing for an elusive peace while trying to rein in a runaway militarized government with a gargantuan and profit-driven appetite for war."
Franklin Graham: Some Administration Officials Are ‘Anti-Christ’
Franklin Graham: Some Administration Officials Are ‘Anti-Christ’ | CNS News: "Some of the people working in the Obama administration and in the White House are trying to “completely secularize our military” and are “hostile to Christians,” to the point that they “are anti-Christ in what they say and in what they do,” said Christian evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of world-renowned preacher Rev. Billy Graham."
Schools told to give free morning-after pills and condoms to teenage girls
Schools told to give free morning-after pills and condoms to teenage girls | Mail Online: "Schools have been told they should provide free morning-after pills and condoms to teenage girls, including those under the age of consent, to cut unwanted pregnancies."
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Hospital infections kill 200 daily in US
Hospital infections kill 200 daily in US - Yahoo News: "People who are hospitalized in the United States risk acquiring healthcare-associated infections, which kill 75,000 patients per year, US health authorities said Wednesday."
Can an artificial protein defeat infection by supercharging immunity?
Can an artificial protein defeat infection by supercharging immunity? - latimes.com: "Could a new way to boost the immune system fight infections better than immunization or antibiotics? A study explores a new strategy in mice and finds it highly effective."
Epic Gravitational-Wave Discovery Points to Existence of Multiple Universes
Epic Gravitational-Wave Discovery Points to Existence of Multiple Universes (VIDEO): "Scientists have theorized that gravitational waves point to the possibility of multipe universes.
Gravitational waves have infused space with a special energy that exerts a repulsive force, causing the universe to expand faster than the speed of light for a prodigiously violent instant. The ballooning process smoothed out out he wrinkles and irregularities, solving the paradox of why the heavens look uniform from pole to pole."
Gravitational waves have infused space with a special energy that exerts a repulsive force, causing the universe to expand faster than the speed of light for a prodigiously violent instant. The ballooning process smoothed out out he wrinkles and irregularities, solving the paradox of why the heavens look uniform from pole to pole."
What the ....? Former World Bank Sr. Counsel Says That There is An Existence of a Second Species on Earth -- Hiding at the Vatican
What the ....? Former World Bank Sr. Counsel Says That There is An Existence of a Second Species on Earth -- Hiding at the Vatican! | RedFlagNews.com: "Karen Hudes is a graduate of Yale Law School and she worked in the legal department of the World Bank for more than 20 years. In fact, when she was fired for blowing the whistle on corruption inside the World Bank, she held the position of Senior Counsel."
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels, Giants, UFO Encounters, And The New World Order: "Have fallen angels in the ancient past mated with humankind? Mythology the world over would teach us that they have. They have been the kernel of truth behind the world’s darkest myths.
They have been the truth behind the gods taking human woman and creating demigods. They gave rise to a race of beings the world over which built the pyramids and megaliths the world over. The evidence of which is found in the tales, folklore, and traditions of many cultures around the world."
They have been the truth behind the gods taking human woman and creating demigods. They gave rise to a race of beings the world over which built the pyramids and megaliths the world over. The evidence of which is found in the tales, folklore, and traditions of many cultures around the world."
Preparing the World for an Alien Savior: Vatican scientists co-host conference on alien life forms
CathNews - Vatican scientists co-host conference on alien life forms: "The ultimate question of life beyond Earth and the solar system takes centre stage in a science conference led by the Vatican Observatory and the University of Arizona"
Transhumanism: The Scientific Pursuit of The Supernatural
Transhumanism: The Scientific Pursuit of The Supernatural: "Did you know that there is a direct link between fallen angels, Biblical giants, pagan mythology, and modern transhumanism?"
Where is Everyone: Can Moore's Law Solve The Fermi Paradox?
Where is Everyone: Can Moore's Law Solve The Fermi Paradox? | Mysterious Universe: "Can we measure the probability that life in the cosmos develops only so far before fizzling out? Is there a way to quantify the evolutionary potential of biological life and its reach throughout the universe?"
Scientists Turn Bigfoot Into Cyborg, Then Run For Their Lives in ‘Megafoot’
Scientists Turn Bigfoot Into Cyborg, Then Run For Their Lives in ‘Megafoot’ | Mysterious Universe: "At the center of Megafoot is a cyborg-bigfoot killing machine who gets away from its creators and wreaks havoc in town while armed soldiers attempt to bring it down before everyone gets killed.
Not only will the movie have the cyborg-bigfoot creature, it also has a run-of-the-mill sasquatch who goes head-to-head with it, much the way Godzilla battled MechaGodzilla."
Not only will the movie have the cyborg-bigfoot creature, it also has a run-of-the-mill sasquatch who goes head-to-head with it, much the way Godzilla battled MechaGodzilla."
Chileans worry over string of 300 quakes in north
Chileans worry over string of 300 quakes in north - New York News: "More than 300 earthquakes have shaken Chile's far-northern coast the past week, keeping people on edge as scientists say there is no way to tell if the unusual string of tremors is a harbinger of an impending disaster."
90% of News Stories to be Written by Computers by 2030
» Professor: 90% of News Stories to be Written by Computers by 2030 Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: "Professor of Computer Science Dr. Kristian Hammond predicts that by 2030, 90 per cent of all news stories will be written not by human reporters but by computer algorithms."
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Reprogrammed Bacteria Build Self-Healing 'Living Materials'
Reprogrammed Bacteria Build Self-Healing 'Living Materials' - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com: "How handy would it be if, instead of taking your broken circuit board to the Genius Bar (again), you could just prompt it to heal itself?
That’s the futuristic possibility researchers have recently inched ever so slightly toward, with the development of hybrid “living materials” made from bacterial cells and inorganic matter. The discovery could pave the way for electrical components that are self-healing and environmentally aware."
That’s the futuristic possibility researchers have recently inched ever so slightly toward, with the development of hybrid “living materials” made from bacterial cells and inorganic matter. The discovery could pave the way for electrical components that are self-healing and environmentally aware."
British scientists unveils £43m supercomputer - a new generation of machine that can make one MILLION BILLION calculations a second
British scientists unveils £43m supercomputer - a new generation of machine that can make one MILLION BILLION calculations a second | Mail Online: "A brand new supercomputer worth £43million which is capable of more than one million billion calculations every second will be unveiled today.
The multi-million pound ARCHER (Academic Research Computing High End Resource) supercomputer will be seen at the University of Edinburgh.
It is the most powerful computer system in the UK and will provide high performance computing support for research and industry projects across the country."
The multi-million pound ARCHER (Academic Research Computing High End Resource) supercomputer will be seen at the University of Edinburgh.
It is the most powerful computer system in the UK and will provide high performance computing support for research and industry projects across the country."
Beyond the SmartWatch — Startups Push Body Monitoring Wearables
Beyond the SmartWatch — Startups Push Body Monitoring Wearables | Singularity Hub: "New “quantified health” devices are adding unique data that only miniature sensors and chips in contact with the body can gather—information like blood pressure, blood glucose, blood oxygen, and respiration."
Is the Lycurgus Cup Evidence of Roman-Era Nanotechnology?
Is the Lycurgus Cup Evidence of Roman-Era Nanotechnology | Mysterious Universe: "Made, it’s believed, in the 4th century AD by Roman artisans, there is a cup that seems to defy logic with its ability to change colour based on light that’s shone through it.
The only surviving example of a Roman cage cup, the Lycurgus Cup – named so because it bears a relief image of the legendary lawmaker Lycurgus of Sparta – is the earliest known piece of manufactured dichroic glass."
The only surviving example of a Roman cage cup, the Lycurgus Cup – named so because it bears a relief image of the legendary lawmaker Lycurgus of Sparta – is the earliest known piece of manufactured dichroic glass."
Searching the Stars with Style
Searching the Stars with Style | Mysterious Universe: "NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is developing what has to be the most stylish spacecraft ever – a giant sunflower-shaped starshade that will someday block out star light so that a telescope behind it can better search for exoplanets similar in size and composition to Earth."
Facebook's New 'DeepFace' Program Is Just As Creepy As It Sounds
Facebook's New 'DeepFace' Program Is Just As Creepy As It Sounds: "Facebook owns the world's largest photo library, and it now has the technology to match almost all the faces within it. Yes, even the ones you don't tag."
A Top Neuroscientist Warns That Cyborgs Are A Terrible Idea
A Top Neuroscientist Warns That Cyborgs Are A Terrible Idea | NEWSWATCH: "Researchers are always looking at ways to harness the power of the human brain, and augment our grey matter—be it mind-controlled drones, brain-machine interfaces, or using brain scans to predict future criminals. But some scientists warn we shouldn’t go cyborg for at least another 100 years."
MC10: This Electronics Company Could be the next 'Tech Superstar'
MC10: This Electronics Company Could be the next 'Tech Superstar': "Immersive tech, NFL players and a 3D printed heart. At first glance you might think they have nothing in common.
But they do."
But they do."
John Keel: Superspectrum Science
John Keel: Superspectrum Science | Mysterious Universe: "There can be absolutely no doubt that when we’re talking about legendary writer-researchers on the paranormal, the late John Keel has to be very near the top of the list. Indeed, for many students and fans of the world of the unexplained, Keel probably does top that list. As for Keel’s written output, while he left us with an incredible, collective legacy of material, there is one book, far more than any other, with which Keel is most associated. It is, of course, The Mothman Prophecies – as if I needed to tell you."
Monday, March 24, 2014
Homeland Security Exercise Targets “Free Americans Against Socialist Tyranny”
» Homeland Security Exercise Targets “Free Americans Against Socialist Tyranny” Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: "The document again underscores the federal government’s obsession with characterizing libertarians and conservatives as some kind of extremist radical threat."
Why churches should brace for a mass exodus of the faithful
Why churches should brace for a mass exodus of the faithful - The Week: "A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the sweeping acceptance of gay marriage in recent years is owed in large part to Christianity. Rejecting the rigidly hierarchical and stratified societies of the ancient world, Jesus Christ taught the equal dignity of all persons, proclaimed that the meek shall inherit the earth, and declared that the last shall be first and the first shall be last. The Western world has been working out the logic of these subversive teachings ever since, with the institutional transformation of marriage being the latest, though surely not the last, example of its social, moral, and political consequences."
Aborted Babies Incinerated To Heat UK Hospitals
Aborted Babies Incinerated To Heat UK Hospitals: "The bodies of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies were incinerated as clinical waste, with some even used to heat hospitals, an investigation has found."
Robo-Journalist Reports on Quake – Should Journalists Quake?
Robo-Journalist Reports on Quake – Should Journalists Quake? | Mysterious Universe: "If the first online news story about a recent Los Angeles earthquake seemed to appear extremely fast and feel slightly metallic, it’s because the Los Angeles Times report was written by a robot.
Developed by Los Angeles Times database producer Ken Schwenke, the algorithm called Quakebot automatically retrieves data from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Notification Service on 3.0 magnitude earthquakes and above. The bot then translates the data into a text report, adds a map, creates a headline and pings Schwenke, who reviews it and authorizes its publication under his byline. For the March 17 4.4-magnitude earthquake, this process took all of 8 minutes."
Developed by Los Angeles Times database producer Ken Schwenke, the algorithm called Quakebot automatically retrieves data from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Notification Service on 3.0 magnitude earthquakes and above. The bot then translates the data into a text report, adds a map, creates a headline and pings Schwenke, who reviews it and authorizes its publication under his byline. For the March 17 4.4-magnitude earthquake, this process took all of 8 minutes."
Knowledge Pills
Knowledge Pills - Business Insider: "Negroponte is basically hypothesizing a pill you can swallow to instantly learn French or computer programming or anything else, something akin to the moment in "The Matrix" when Neo "learns kung fu" by interfacing his brain with a computer."
Sunday, March 23, 2014
EBOLA DETECTED IN GUINEA VICTIMS, 50 DEAD
News from The Associated Press: "Samples from victims of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in Guinea have tested positive for the Ebola virus, government officials said Sunday, marking the first time an outbreak among humans has been detected in this West African nation."
Japanese pianist Yoshiki plays with a hologram version of HIMSELF
Japanese pianist Yoshiki plays with a hologram version of HIMSELF | Mail Online: "It is a unique musical duet - a piano piece for two players, with one played by a hologram.
Japanese pianist Yoshiki performed the groundbreaking piece in Austin at the SXSW Festival.
To gasps from the audience, the holographic performer appeared first - and introduced the real performer."
Japanese pianist Yoshiki performed the groundbreaking piece in Austin at the SXSW Festival.
To gasps from the audience, the holographic performer appeared first - and introduced the real performer."
Iran: Evangelical Christians Are a 'Threat to National Security'
Iran: Evangelical Christians Are a 'Threat to National Security': "The Iranian government views evangelical Christians as a threat to national security and has imprisoned some of them for up to 8 years, according to a UN report. The report on the human rights situation in Iran also says that things have not improved for the country's religious minorities since the election of President Hassan Rouhani last year."
Could the U.S. Face a Cruise Missile Threat from the Gulf of Mexico?
Could the U.S. Face a Cruise Missile Threat from the Gulf of Mexico? - NationalJournal.com: "The United States is puzzling over how to block cruise missiles that theoretically could be launched from the Gulf of Mexico, even after throwing some of its most advanced technologies at the problem."
US the biggest threat to world peace in 2013 – poll — RT News
US the biggest threat to world peace in 2013 – poll — RT News: "The US has been voted as the most significant threat to world peace in a survey across 68 different countries. Anti-American sentiment was not only recorded in antagonistic countries, but also in many allied NATO partners like Turkey and Greece."
We Need Three Planets to Keep the Human Race Alive, NASA Scientist Says
We Need Three Planets to Keep the Human Race Alive, NASA Scientist Says | Motherboard: "It’s no secret that uncurbed climate change and population growth are going to (and already have) put stress on the planet. But the situation is getting so bad that one prominent NASA scientist says we have to start thinking about terraforming Mars and that, in order for the human race to survive at current levels, we will eventually “need at least three planets.”"
After Several Near Misses, Experts Warn The Next Carrington Event Will Plunge Us Back Into The Dark Ages
After Several Near Misses, Experts Warn The Next Carrington Event Will Plunge Us Back Into The Dark Ages: "Most people have absolutely no idea that the Earth barely missed being fried by a massive EMP burst from the sun in 2012, in 2013 and just last month. If any of those storms would have directly hit us, the result would have been catastrophic. Electrical transformers would have burst into flames, power grids would have gone down and much of our technology would have been fried. In essence, life as we know it would have ceased to exist – at least for a time."
Are We Heading for a Jesus Singularity?
Are We Heading for a Jesus Singularity? | Zoltan Istvan: "For many transhumanists, survival is the first and foremost part of why we are transhumanists. We want to live indefinitely using transhumanist science and technology. We may complain that we live in a highly religious world full of irrational dogma, ritual, and holidays, but it would be more irrational to stop a Singularity just because a "divine avatar" wears a digital crown of thorns and preaches goodwill to our neighbors."
Friday, March 21, 2014
Satyr Found...? Bizarre Skeletons Unearthed In Russian Mound, Satyr and Giant Horse
Bizarre Skeletons Unearthed In Russian Mound, Satyr and Giant Horse | Breaking Deception: "If the reports are true, bizarre skeletons have been unearthed in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai, Russia that would point to a systematic floccinaucinihilipilification of all aspects surrounding macro evolution.
Russia NTV reports Stavropol archaeologists have discovered the unearthing of bizarre skeletons when opening an ancient mound. The mound first produced a strange skeleton that can be best described as “Satyr like”."
Russia NTV reports Stavropol archaeologists have discovered the unearthing of bizarre skeletons when opening an ancient mound. The mound first produced a strange skeleton that can be best described as “Satyr like”."
US tech giants knew of NSA data collection, agency's top lawyer insists
US tech giants knew of NSA data collection, agency's top lawyer insists | World news | theguardian.com: "NSA general counsel Rajesh De says big tech companies like Yahoo and Google provided ‘full assistance’ in legally mandated collection of data"
Curse of the Templars
Curse of the Templars | Herald Sun: "SEVEN hundred years ago today, a dying man uttered a curse as the flames of the pyre he was tied to lapped at his feet. Those words continue to haunt us even now."
Secretive Treaty Will Open Door to One-World Government
Secretive Treaty Will Open Door to One-World Government - Los Angeles Conservative | Examiner.com: "Obama’s final negotiations on the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty are almost complete. He will be sending this treaty to Congress very soon and is asking the House and Senate to grant him Fast Track Authority."
Those who oppose GM food are accused of being guilty of mass murder
Golden Rice Opponents Should Be Held Accountable for Health Problems Linked to Vitamin A Deficiency | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network: "These are real deaths, real disability, real suffering, not the phantom fears about the human health effects of Golden Rice thrown around by opponents, none of which have held up to objective scientific scrutiny.
It is absolutely fair to charge that opposition to this particular application of genetically modified food has contributed to the deaths of and injuries to millions of people. The opponents of Golden Rice who have caused this harm should be held accountable."
It is absolutely fair to charge that opposition to this particular application of genetically modified food has contributed to the deaths of and injuries to millions of people. The opponents of Golden Rice who have caused this harm should be held accountable."
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site Presents Renewed Threat
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site Presents Renewed Threat | Mysterious Universe: "From a study recently published in the journal Oecologia, it turns out that several scientists have found, surprisingly, that leaf litter on the forest floor in the exclusion zones isn’t decaying. Or, more accurately, that it isn’t decaying properly."
Navy database tracks civilians' parking tickets, fender-benders, raising fears of domestic spying
Navy database tracks civilians' parking tickets, fender-benders, raising fears of domestic spying | WashingtonExaminer.com: "A parking ticket, traffic citation or involvement in a minor fender-bender are enough to get a person's name and other personal information logged into a massive, obscure federal database run by the U.S. military."
Thursday, March 20, 2014
This drone can steal what's on your phone
This drone can steal what's on your phone - Mar. 20, 2014: "The next threat to your privacy could be hovering over head while you walk down the street."
Multiverse - Inflation and Multiple Universes
Multiverse - Inflation and Multiple Universes | Mysterious Universe: "Minute Physics breaks multiverse theories down into three categories, namely bubble universes (based on the standard model), membranes (based on string theory), and the many-worlds hypothesis (based on a highly speculative form of quantum mechanics):"
Huge Solar Storm Just Misses Earth
Huge Solar Storm Just Misses Earth – NOW They Tell Us! | Mysterious Universe: "A report by University of California, Berkeley, and Chinese researchers in the current edition of the journal Nature Communications reveals that on July 23, 2012, two nearly simultaneous coronal mass ejections sent a magnetic storm into Earth’s orbit with a force estimated to have been at least equal to the Carrington Event of September 1-2, 1859, that knocked out telegraph systems – the mass communications network of the time – throughout North America and Europe, with many telegraph operators reporting electrical shocks.
It’s estimated that a solar event of that magnitude hitting Earth today would cause $2.6 trillion in damages worldwide."
It’s estimated that a solar event of that magnitude hitting Earth today would cause $2.6 trillion in damages worldwide."
Forteania: Nurses relate ghostly encounters
Forteania: Nurses relate ghostly encounters: "Are people actually encountering the spirits of the departed? Is it all just in their minds? Are some people more prone to see them than others?"
Wearable Bands Will Create Whole New Industries
Wearable Bands Will Create Whole New Industries « Invests.com: "These wrist devices are creating sets of data that can be used by almost any industry because they monitor how a person interacts with their environment."
Palestinian official: Allah gathering Jews to Israel to be killed
Palestinian official: Allah gathering Jews to Israel: "(Jerusalem) Senior Palestinian Authority official Abbas Zaki this week agreed with many Christians and Jews that it is by divine intervention that the Jewish people are being gathered in this land.
But, for Zaki, the end goal is not the restoration of Israel, but rather its demise.
“I believe that Allah will gather [the Jews] so we can kill them,” Zaki told Palestinian Authority TV."
But, for Zaki, the end goal is not the restoration of Israel, but rather its demise.
“I believe that Allah will gather [the Jews] so we can kill them,” Zaki told Palestinian Authority TV."
Leading Iranian ayatollah: Islamic messiah 'will behead Western leaders'
Leading Iranian ayatollah: Islamic messiah 'will behead Western leaders' | The Daily Caller: "A leading ayatollah of Iran’s Islamic regime is promising that Western leaders will be executed by the Islamic messiah, the state-owned media outlet Mehr news reported"
Pope Francis may be the False Prophet of Revelation according to Prophecy, says Catholic Theologian
Pope Francis may be the False Prophet of Revelation according to Prophecy, says Catholic Theologian | AB Newswire: "Catholic theologian, Dr. Kelly Bowring, discusses how Pope Francis is fulfilling the famous St. Malachy prophecy of the final Pope and how certain prophecy indicates he may be the False Prophet."
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Biometric passports are needed now
Janice Kephart: Biometric passports are needed now - Atlanta Gadgets | Examiner.com: "We may never know what happened aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 as it has disappeared somewhere over the South China Sea, but new reports this week say stolen Austrian and Italian passports were used to book two airline tickets on that flight."
Law Enforcement Agencies All Over California Have Been Secretly Using Stingray Devices
Law Enforcement Agencies All Over California Have Been Secretly Using Stingray Devices | Techdirt: "More documents have been uncovered (via FOI requests) that show local law enforcement agencies in California have been operating cell phone tower spoofers (stingray devices) in complete secrecy and wholly unregulated."
What Is Occultation? Massive Asteroid 163 Erigone To ‘Black Out’ The Bright Star Regulus
What Is Occultation? Massive Asteroid 163 Erigone To ‘Black Out’ The Bright Star Regulus: "On March 20, a 45-mile wide asteroid will pass in front one of the brightest stars in the night sky. "
America's Hidden Dangers - Possible Natural Disaster Threats Bigger Than Previously Realized
America's Hidden Dangers - Possible Natural Disaster Threats Bigger Than Previously Realized: "The U.S has had its fair share of natural disasters over the years. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is described as having been the most costly U.S. disaster ever in overall terms. Before and after Katrina, there have been numerous natural disasters of various kinds. However, it has now been discovered that the worst may be yet to come – natural disasters that could not only originate in the U.S with devastating consequences, but also cause a significant global impact."
Nasa-backed study says humanity is doomed
Nasa-backed study says humanity is doomed | Stuff.co.nz: "Hope you've enjoyed civilised life, folks, because a new study sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center says the world's industrial societies are poised to collapse under the weight of their own unsustainable appetites for resources."
In-Car Facial Recognition Could Deter Road Rage
In-Car Facial Recognition Could Deter Road Rage : Discovery News: "Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne teamed up with PSA Peugeot Citroen to create a on-board emotion reader using facial recognition technology. The prototype succeeded in detecting irritation, paving the way for promising safety applications down the road."
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Google POST-APOCALYPSE View: Turn your neighbourhood into an overgrown urban jungle with this software hack
Google POST-APOCALYPSE View: Turn your neighbourhood into an overgrown urban jungle with this software hack | Mail Online: "In what looks like a scene from post-apocalyptic film, a Swedish developer has transformed towns and cities around the world into urban jungles.
Using Google images, Einar Oberg built his jungle version of Street View to lets users virtually travel anywhere in the world, and see what that location would look like covered in trees, vines, and bushes."
Using Google images, Einar Oberg built his jungle version of Street View to lets users virtually travel anywhere in the world, and see what that location would look like covered in trees, vines, and bushes."
Artificial Intelligence Poses 'Extinction Risk' To Humanity Says Oxford University's Stuart Armstrong
Artificial Intelligence Poses 'Extinction Risk' To Humanity Says Oxford University's Stuart Armstrong: "Artificial intelligence poses an "extinction risk" to human civilisation, an Oxford University professor has said."
Ancient Moss Revived After Ages on Ice
Ancient Moss Revived After Ages on Ice: "Scientists have regenerated mossy life frozen on Antarctica for a record number of centuries."
Bionic plants could sniff out explosives and pollution
Bionic plants could sniff out explosives and pollution (Wired UK): "A team of biologists and engineers want to turn plants into chemical warfare detectors that can sniff out sarin gas or explosives. For now, though, they've succeeded in turning the flowering Arabidopsis thaliana into a pollutant detector using carbon nanotubes."
Monday, March 17, 2014
The Intellectual Snobbery of Conspicuous Atheism
The Intellectual Snobbery of Conspicuous Atheism - Emma Green - The Atlantic: "Beyond the argument that faith in God is irrational—and therefore illegitimate"
Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'?
Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'? | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | theguardian.com: "Natural and social scientists develop new model of how 'perfect storm' of crises could unravel global system"
Muslims Force Young Christian Girls To Watch Their Mother Get Beheaded
Muslims Force Young Christian Girls To Watch Their Mother Get Beheaded | Walid ShoebatWalid Shoebat: "Muslims in Somalia seized two Christians, a mother of two daughters and her cousin, and after calling the entire village to gather together, they beheaded them in cold blood.
The Muslims were so absent of shame, that they even had the woman’s two daughters, ages 8 and 15, watch their own mother get beheaded. The mother’s name was Sadia Ali Omar, and the cousin who was also beheaded was Osman Mohamoud Moge."
The Muslims were so absent of shame, that they even had the woman’s two daughters, ages 8 and 15, watch their own mother get beheaded. The mother’s name was Sadia Ali Omar, and the cousin who was also beheaded was Osman Mohamoud Moge."
US Navy reveals plot to beam power from SPACE using giant orbiting solar panels
US Navy reveals plot to beam power from SPACE using giant orbiting solar panels | Mail Online: "US Navy bosses have revealed futuristic plans to beam power from space. They believe large arrays of space solar modules could send solar power to Earth. The radical scheme could be used to power military installations and even cities."
Big Bang expansion found in cosmic microwave background
Big Bang expansion found in cosmic microwave background | Mail Online: "Astronomers have detected what happened in the first billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang."
As Robots Evolve the Workforce, Will Labor Laws Keep Pace?
As Robots Evolve the Workforce, Will Labor Laws Keep Pace? | Singularity Hub: "Every day, robots pop up in more workplaces. Employers in industries from health care to food service are drawn to automation technology by the promise of greater productivity and lower costs. Up to half of the jobs in the United States could be rendered moot in coming years by quickly improving robotics technology, according to an Oxford University study."
Extremely Contagious Pig Virus Has Already Killed More Than 4 Million Hogs In The U.S.
Extremely Contagious Pig Virus Has Already Killed More Than 4 Million Hogs In The U.S.: "If you eat pork, get ready to pay a lot more for it. A highly contagious pig virus known as “Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus” has now spread to 27 different U.S. states, and it has killed more than 4 million hogs since last May."
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Living Tissue Emerges From 3-D Printer
Living Tissue Emerges From 3-D Printer | Breaking Deception: "March 16, 2014 – Harvard bioengineers say they have taken a big step toward using 3-D printers to make living tissue.
They’ve made a machine with multiple printer heads that each extrudes a different biological building block to make complex tissue and blood vessels. Their work represents a significant advance toward producing living medical models upon which drugs could be tested for safety and effectiveness."
They’ve made a machine with multiple printer heads that each extrudes a different biological building block to make complex tissue and blood vessels. Their work represents a significant advance toward producing living medical models upon which drugs could be tested for safety and effectiveness."
Is Alien Life Out There? Vatican Observatory Co-Hosts Science Conference in Arizona
Is Alien Life Out There? Vatican Observatory Co-Hosts Science Conference in Arizona | Space.com: "Are we alone in the universe? The ultimate question of life beyond Earth and the solar system takes center stage in a science conference led by the Vatican Observatory and a University of Arizona this week."
Scientists develop tech to connect human brain to computers
Scientists develop tech to connect human brain to computers | The Daily Caller: "Tufts University scientists are developing revolutionary tech that will directly link the human brain with computers and enhance individuals’ abilities to do anything from recommending movies to managing air traffic control.
The key component of the bleeding-edge tech coming out of the school’s Human Computer Interaction Lab is a headband that uses functional infrared spectroscopy to scan how much light the brain is currently absorbing, which is a direct indicator of the amount of brain power being used."
The key component of the bleeding-edge tech coming out of the school’s Human Computer Interaction Lab is a headband that uses functional infrared spectroscopy to scan how much light the brain is currently absorbing, which is a direct indicator of the amount of brain power being used."
Cybernetic Paradise, Mind-Reading Technology and the Posthuman-Occult Dictatorship
Paul McGuire -- Cybernetic Paradise, Mind-Reading Technology and the Posthuman-Occult Dictatorship: "The majority of the population in places like America and Europe live in something like a subtle trance state and they do not realize that they have now entered the world of the science fiction movie Minority Report. For decades numerous technologies have been employed that average Americans have no idea exist and if you told them, they would robotically say “conspiracy theory.”"
'Israel, Prepare For Armageddon, Forget US Help'
'Israel, Prepare For Armageddon, Forget US Help' - News from America - News - Israel National News: "EMPact America founder warns of Iran nuclear threat, says under Obama US has turned into an 'enemy of Israel.'"
Today in Dangerous Military Escalation - Creeping Towards Armageddon
Today in Dangerous Military Escalation - Popular Mechanics: "Hello, historians of the future. I can only assume you'll be reading about March 12, 2014, because it proved to be a crucial day that witnessed the escalation of nearly every world conflict. No matter what happens next—war, economic collapse, reordering of global power, or welcome but unlikely pullbacks from the brink—future analysts, pundits and students will want to know what the Western World was thinking as everything slid towards the abyss. Well, here's what's happening today."
Proteus Digital Health Announces Large-Scale Trials and New Factory in England
Proteus Digital Health Announces Large-Scale Trials and New Factory in England | HIStalk Connect: "Proteus manufactures digital pills that house small sensors capable of monitoring heart rate, activity, and sleep patterns. Patients are instructed to take the inactive pills in conjunction with their regularly scheduled medications, and by doing so physiological data about their response to medications is captured. The sensor has no battery and runs on the electrical charge found naturally in the human body."
Electronic Tattoos for Baby and You
Electronic Tattoos for Baby and You : Discovery News: "A baby born five to 10 years from now in a developed country may get a tattoo not long after her first feeding. It would be an integrated circuit, a discreet and flexible affair, smaller than a postage stamp and probably placed on the chest.
It would monitor such biometric parameters as electrocardiogram (EKG), physical activity, nutritional status, sleep duration, breathing rate, body temperature, and hydration. By the time the child is two years old, she will have generated and stored in the cloud more biometric data than has anyone alive today, says Leslie Saxon, chief of the division of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine."
It would monitor such biometric parameters as electrocardiogram (EKG), physical activity, nutritional status, sleep duration, breathing rate, body temperature, and hydration. By the time the child is two years old, she will have generated and stored in the cloud more biometric data than has anyone alive today, says Leslie Saxon, chief of the division of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine."
Quadruped Robot Shows Off More Moves
Quadruped Robot Shows Off More Moves : Discovery News: "HyQ, a quadruped robot created by the Italian Institute of Technology, already knew how to walk, trot, and kick. Last year, it learned how to quickly react to avoid falls when stepping on an obstacle. Now HyQ is back with even more tricks."
Friday, March 14, 2014
Scientists may have got a glimpse of how the universe was born
Scientists may have got a glimpse of how the universe was born | Mail Online: "Astronomers are expected to announce they have found 'primordial gravitational waves' - an echo of the big bang in which the universe came into existence 14bn years ago."
Biotechnology could extend criminals' lives to make punishment last HUNDREDS of years
Biotechnology could extend criminals' lives to make punishment last HUNDREDS of years | Mail Online: "Sentencing a criminal to 1,000 years in an artificial hell may one day become a reality. At least, that is the claim of scientists at Oxford University who have been exploring controversial technologies that could extend human life.
They say billions are being invested in techniques that could mean the cruellest criminals will be kept alive indefinitely in condition befitting their crime."
They say billions are being invested in techniques that could mean the cruellest criminals will be kept alive indefinitely in condition befitting their crime."
The Reality of Dr Moreau: Human-Animal Cross-Species
The Reality of Dr Moreau: Human-Animal Cross-Species « The Boar The Boar: "Genetic modification refers to the process of altering the DNA of organisms (e.g. plants or animals) in order to fine-tune certain characteristics or to eliminate undesired traits. For example, food crops can be genetically modified to improve taste, resilience or yield. Nowadays though, the field of genetic engineering extends far beyond vegetation."
Pushing Polyamorous Genetic-Related Babies
Pushing Polyamorous Genetic-Related Babies | National Review Online: "The bioethics movement grows ever more radical. In the reproductive field, many activists promote a near-absolute right to have a baby, the kind of baby we want, via any means we desire."
Stop fretting about 3-parent embryos and get ready for “multiplex parenting”
BioEdge: Stop fretting about 3-parent embryos and get ready for “multiplex parenting”: "The controversy over three-parent embryos could soon be old hat.
Writing in one of the world’s leading journals, one of Britain’s best-known bioethicists has outlined a strategy for creating children with four or more genetic parents. He calls it “multiplex parenting”."
Writing in one of the world’s leading journals, one of Britain’s best-known bioethicists has outlined a strategy for creating children with four or more genetic parents. He calls it “multiplex parenting”."
World's Oldest Masks Show Creepy Human Resemblance
World's Oldest Masks Show Creepy Human Resemblance | LiveScience: "Billed as "the oldest masks in the world," a creepy collection of 9,000-year-old stone faces is now display in Israel."
Vanished Without a Trace: 5 Other Flights That Disappeared
Vanished Without a Trace: 5 Other Flights That Disappeared - weather.com Search for Missing Passenger Jet: "The story of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is one of the most bizarre we've seen in the air travel industry in the 21st century. With all the tracking devices on our phones, in our cars and aboard our airplanes, how is a large jet and hundreds of passengers able to vanish off the map?
It's not unprecedented, even in the last decade. Here are five other aircraft disappearances that puzzled the world, leaving no sign of its whereabouts for days, months or even years."
It's not unprecedented, even in the last decade. Here are five other aircraft disappearances that puzzled the world, leaving no sign of its whereabouts for days, months or even years."
A scarab in Israel proves Old Testament history
WORLD | A scarab in Israel proves Old Testament history | Julie Borg | March 14, 2014: "The archeological discovery of an ancient Egyptian scarab upholds the accuracy of the biblical book of Joshua."
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Why Is Google Building A Robot Army?
Why Is Google Building A Robot Army? | Breaking Deception: " Looking back, Google’s emergence as a robotics powerhouse seems obvious—and inevitable. First came the scattered hires of roboticists and the release of self-driving cars into Bay Area traffic. Then, the search giant reportedly bought two humanoid HUBO robots from South Korean university KAIST. But it wasn’t until December’s revelation that Google had acquired eight robotics companies—including Boston Dynamics, maker of BigDog, WildCat and a stable of other astonishing Pentagon-funded bots—that it became clear: Google means to build robots."
NSA Impersonated Facebook to Spread Malware
NSA Impersonated Facebook to Spread Malware, Snowden Docs Show | Digital Trends: "Well, this is just special. As part of its efforts to install malware on “millions” of computers worldwide, the National Security Agency impersonated Facebook to trick targets into downloading malicious code.
“In some cases the NSA has masqueraded as a fake Facebook server, using the social media site as a launching pad to infect a target’s computer and exfiltrate files from a hard drive,” reports The Intercept in its latest on top-secret documents obtained by Edward Snowden. “In others, it has sent out spam emails laced with the malware, which can be tailored to covertly record audio from a computer’s microphone and take snapshots with its webcam. The hacking systems have also enabled the NSA to launch cyberattacks by corrupting and disrupting file downloads or denying access to websites.”"
“In some cases the NSA has masqueraded as a fake Facebook server, using the social media site as a launching pad to infect a target’s computer and exfiltrate files from a hard drive,” reports The Intercept in its latest on top-secret documents obtained by Edward Snowden. “In others, it has sent out spam emails laced with the malware, which can be tailored to covertly record audio from a computer’s microphone and take snapshots with its webcam. The hacking systems have also enabled the NSA to launch cyberattacks by corrupting and disrupting file downloads or denying access to websites.”"
Could a cloned woolly mammoth become a reality?
Could a cloned woolly mammoth become a reality? | Mail Online: "Resurrecting a prehistoric creature might seem like a sci-fi dream, but scientists say they have taken a step towards cloning the extinct woolly mammoth and there is a 'high chance' it will happen."
The vast reservoir hidden in the Earth's crust that holds as much water as ALL of the oceans
The vast reservoir hidden in the Earth's crust that holds as much water as ALL of the oceans | Mail Online: "Scientists have discovered a vast reservoir of water under the Earth's mantle they say could be larger than all the ocean's combined."
The chilling implications of an ancient virus dug up in Siberia
The chilling implications of an ancient virus dug up in Siberia | Mail Online: "Last week, some of my fellow scientists ‘brought back to life’ a virus called Pithovirus sibericum, which had been lying dormant 100ft down in the Siberian permafrost for some 30,000 years. As a professor of molecular virology, I find it fascinating that a virus could survive for so long."
Masquerading as Aliens | Mysterious Universe
Masquerading as Aliens | Mysterious Universe: "The idea that an ancient race of people – in some fashion, related to us – could live amongst us in complete stealth sounds bizarre and unlikely.
Mac’s theorizing, however, makes the possibility seem highly plausible. Of course, the scenario is not without its problems and flaws, so let’s take a look at this engaging angle on the UFO phenomenon."
Mac’s theorizing, however, makes the possibility seem highly plausible. Of course, the scenario is not without its problems and flaws, so let’s take a look at this engaging angle on the UFO phenomenon."
The Day Mysterious Fireballs and Men in Black Descended on Philadelphia
The Day Mysterious Fireballs and Men in Black Descended on Philadelphia | Mysterious Universe: "There’s a lot we don’t understand about this world of ours. And by ‘world’ I mean the cosmos, the universe…this reality we inhabit. There is stuff that happens that just doesn’t make any sense.
Sometimes it’s easy to pass it off as lies, or hoax, or even just delusion, but other times, in honest inquiry, it’s harder to dismiss the weird goings on in our world."
Sometimes it’s easy to pass it off as lies, or hoax, or even just delusion, but other times, in honest inquiry, it’s harder to dismiss the weird goings on in our world."
Delaying the apocalypse at Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount
Delaying the apocalypse at Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount - Opinion Israel News | Haaretz: "Jerusalem's holiest site - once again triggering crises between Muslims and Jews and between regional states - cannot remain hostage to extremists."
Ancient Bone Wand with Faces Discovered in Bashan – Land of the Giants?
Ancient Bone Wand with Faces Discovered in Bashan – Land of the Giants?? - Watchman on the Web: "“This small bone object from a funerary layer can be related to monumental statuary of the same period in the southern Levant and south-east Anatolia that probably depicted powerful supernatural beings.”"
Pioneering 3D printing reshapes patient's face in Wales
BBC News - Pioneering 3D printing reshapes patient's face in Wales: "A survivor of a serious motorbike accident has had pioneering surgery to reconstruct his face using a series of 3D printed parts."
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
A potent threat of major earthquake off California's northern coast
A potent threat of major earthquake off California's northern coast - latimes.com: "Risk of a monster quake and tsunami off California's North Coast is greater than researchers once thought."
GOOGLE, CHINA, THE NSA AND THE FOURTH TURNING
GOOGLE, CHINA, THE NSA AND THE FOURTH TURNING « The Burning Platform: "A population unable or unwilling to think critically doesn’t comprehend the extreme danger to our civil liberties from the unwarranted intrusion into our private lives by a surveillance police state bent on bribing, coercing and silencing dissent, truth and First Amendment rights."
The invisibility cloak for SOUND: Plastic pyramid could hide objects from sonar
The invisibility cloak for SOUND: Plastic pyramid could hide objects from sonar | Mail Online: "Engineers from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, claim that unlike other efforts, the acoustic cloaking device works in all three dimensions, no matter which direction the sound is coming from."
Nasa's Asteroid Data Hunter contest offers £20k reward for software to save planet
Nasa's Asteroid Data Hunter contest offers £20k reward for software to save planet | Mail Online: "The world's leading space agency is looking for asteroid hunters to help save the planet - and you could help.
Nasa is offering up to $35,000 (£21,000) over the next six months to anyone who is able develop computer code that can identify life-threatening asteroids.
By mining talent from the general public, the space agency hopes to spot dangerous space rocks such as the one that saw off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago."
Nasa is offering up to $35,000 (£21,000) over the next six months to anyone who is able develop computer code that can identify life-threatening asteroids.
By mining talent from the general public, the space agency hopes to spot dangerous space rocks such as the one that saw off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago."
Is the U.S. Becoming a Police State?
Is the U.S. Becoming a Police State?: "Militarized police, sophisticated surveillance, and normal citizens with little say in what goes on. The US has all the trappings of an all-powerful police state."
The Ins and Outs of Ordinary: Ghostly Encounters in the Everyday
The Ins and Outs of Ordinary: Ghostly Encounters in the Everyday | Mysterious Universe: "“On the whole the ghosts were respectful towards Fowley,” wrote T.H. White in the 1930s, in a narrative called “Soft Voices at Passenham,” where a Professor is recounting his observations on specters to a doubtful Countess.
“He ignored them in a rather pointed way, and this made them feel inferior.” However, as White’s narrator would go on to detail, the ghosts of legend aren’t the kind who like to go unnoticed for long."
“He ignored them in a rather pointed way, and this made them feel inferior.” However, as White’s narrator would go on to detail, the ghosts of legend aren’t the kind who like to go unnoticed for long."
A New Generation of Transhumanists Is Emerging
A New Generation of Transhumanists Is Emerging | Zoltan Istvan: "Transhumanism has been around for nearly 30 years and was first heavily influenced by science fiction. Today, transhumanism is increasingly being influenced by actual science and technological innovation, much of it being created by people under the age of 40. It's also become a very international movement, with many formal groups in dozens of countries."
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Are Robots About to Take Our Jobs?
Are Robots About to Take Our Jobs? - NationalJournal.com: "Robots have been eliciting some strong feelings lately, an irony that is surely lost on them. Economists warn that the amazing technological strides made in recent years—everything from smartphones, to automatons that can work safely on shop floors alongside humans, to driverless cars—could soon put large swaths of the workforce out of a job."
Government bans calling terrorists ‘jihadis’
Government bans calling terrorists ‘jihadis’: "“Simply put, the government’s position is inconsistent with reality – namely, Shariah-adherent jihadists pose a significant threat to our national security.”"
Was flight MH370 lost in an aeronautical black hole?
Was flight MH370 lost in an aeronautical black hole? | Mail Online: "With technology tracking our every move, it seems incredible that a plane carrying 239 passengers could vanish into thin air.
Yet despite flight data recorders, location transponders and radio communication, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared on a midnight flight out of Kuala Lumpur on Friday."
Yet despite flight data recorders, location transponders and radio communication, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared on a midnight flight out of Kuala Lumpur on Friday."
Glass Brain: New Device Lets You Explore Your Mind in Virtual Reality
Glass Brain: New Device Lets You Explore Your Mind in Virtual Reality | SXSW 2014 | LiveScience: "AUSTIN, Texas — What if it were possible to explore your brain in virtual reality, watching your thoughts flashing before your eyes? A team of neuroscientists and software developers have created a way to do precisely that."
Doctors reveal what different illnesses SMELL like
Doctors reveal what different illnesses SMELL like | Mail Online: "From diabetes smelling like nail polish remover to liver failure smelling of raw fish, doctors say diseases could eventually be diagnosed just using smell."
Monday, March 10, 2014
Mass production of placenta stem cells gets FDA approval
Mass production of placenta stem cells gets FDA approval — RT USA: "The US Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to Pluristem Therapeutics to mass produce therapeutic human-placenta-derived stem cell products within its commercial-scale manufacturing facility in Haifa, Israel."
Will climate change bring back SMALLPOX? Siberian corpses could ooze contagious virus if graveyards thaw out, claim scientists
Will climate change bring back SMALLPOX? Siberian corpses could ooze contagious virus if graveyards thaw out, claim scientists | Mail Online: "It was one of the world’s most feared diseases that covered a person’s body in painful pus-filled spots.
And scientists fear that smallpox, which was eradicated in 1979, could re-emerge from the most unlikely of places – defrosting corpses."
And scientists fear that smallpox, which was eradicated in 1979, could re-emerge from the most unlikely of places – defrosting corpses."
Proof of Nephilim Giants: A Huge Compilation of Them in The News
Irrefutable Proof of Nephilim Giants & a Huge Compilation of Them in The News!!! | Prophecy: "“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose….There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”"
U.S. Nuclear Agency Hid Concerns, Hailed Safety Record as Fukushima Melted
U.S. Nuclear Agency Hid Concerns, Hailed Safety Record as Fukushima Melted - NBC News.com: "In the tense days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan on March 11, 2011, staff at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission made a concerted effort to play down the risk of earthquakes and tsunamis to America’s aging nuclear plants, according to thousands of internal emails reviewed by NBC News."
20 Facts About The Great U.S. Retail Apocalypse That Will Blow Your Mind
20 Facts About The Great U.S. Retail Apocalypse That Will Blow Your Mind: "If the U.S. economy is getting better, then why are major retail chains closing thousands of stores? If we truly are in an "economic recovery", then why do sales figures continue to go down for large retailers all over the country?"
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