A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later

A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later - NYTimes.com: "Henrietta Lacks was only 31 when she died of cervical cancer in 1951 in a Baltimore hospital. Not long before her death, doctors removed some of her tumor cells. They later discovered that the cells could thrive in a lab, a feat no human cells had achieved before."

Scientists to make mutant forms of new bird flu to assess risk

Scientists to make mutant forms of new bird flu to assess risk | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Scientists are to create mutant forms of the H7N9 bird flu virus that has emerged in China so they can gauge the risk of it becoming a lethal human pandemic."

Nasa launch mission to investigate whether it is possible to mine asteroids for precious metals - and add TRILLIONS to the economy

Nasa launch mission to investigate whether it is possible to mine asteroids for precious metals - and add TRILLIONS to the economy | Mail Online: "Nasa has announced that it will be launching a mission in 2016 to lay the groundwork for asteroid mining- an activity that could add trillions of pounds to the world economy.



The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will arrive at the asteroid Bennu in 2018 with the aim of collecting cosmic samples to return to Earth. Scientists hope the mission will accelerate technology that will soon enable humans to mine asteroids for precious metals."

Royal Navy deployed laser weapons during the Falklands War

Royal Navy deployed laser weapons during the Falklands War: "Despite recent demonstrations by the US Navy, we still think of laser weapons as being things of the future. However, previously-classified British documents prove that not only were the major powers working on laser weapons in the 1970s and 80s, but that they were already being deployed with combat units in war zones."

A Quadrillion Yen And Counting – The Japanese Debt Bomb Could Set Off Global Panic At Any Moment

A Quadrillion Yen And Counting – The Japanese Debt Bomb Could Set Off Global Panic At Any Moment: "The government debt to GDP ratio in Japan will reach 247 percent this year, and the Japanese currently spend about 50 percent of all central government tax revenue on debt service.  Realistically, there are only two ways out of this overwhelming debt trap for the Japanese.  Either they default or they try to inflate the debt away."

Filipino farmers destroy genetically modified ‘Golden Rice’ crops

Filipino farmers destroy genetically modified ‘Golden Rice’ crops | The Raw Story: "A group of activist farmers in the Philippines stormed a government research facility and destroyed an area of genetically modified rice crops the size of 10 football fields. According to New Scientist, the farmers say that genetically modified organism (GMO) foods have not been established to be safe for consumption and that the real solution to world hunger isn’t biologically engineered plants, but a reduction in worldwide rates of poverty."

IBM developing computer system that thinks like a human

Report: IBM developing computer system that thinks like a human | National Monitor: "For IBM, the SyNAPSE project is, in many ways, the realization of a long-held dream."

Radioactive Water Spills Over Fukushima Barrier, Flooding Surroundings

Radioactive Water Spills Over Fukushima Barrier, Flooding Surroundings | Zero Hedge: "It was only last week that yet another conspiracy theory became fact when we learned, for the first time after nearly three years of lies, that Tepco had been deceitful and wrong with its "all clear" message about Fukushima, and that instead some 300 tons of contaminated, irradiated water had been flowing into the Pacific ocean every day. So now that the opportunity cost of telling more lies is zero, and the radioactive cat is out of the bag, so to say, the news about the absolute, unmitigated disaster that Fukushima is, and will be for decades, are coming fast and furious. Sure enough, moments ago Tepco reported, and Kyodo confirmed, that radioactive water has risen above the protective barrier and is freely leaking into the surrounding environment."

How drugs pumped into supermarket chickens pose a terrifying threat to our health

How drugs pumped into supermarket chickens pose a terrifying threat to our health | Mail Online: "Every second of every day, somewhere in the world the same scene unfolds. A batch of several hundred eggs, precisely arranged in uniform rows, moves along a conveyor belt, coming to a halt beneath a machine linked to a jumble of tubes.



Once in position, the machine robotically lowers itself and then simultaneously punctures each egg with a rack of hypodermic needles. Through these needles, a mix of vaccines and antibiotics is injected into the egg — and so into the unborn chick inside, which three days later will hatch out."

Shut Up and Drill: Why Fracking Could End the Age of Gas Price Spikes

Shut Up and Drill: Why Fracking Could End the Age of Gas Price Spikes - Karl Smith - The Atlantic: "Drivers of the world, rejoice: The technology behind the natural gas revolution could give us a more flexible and dependable source of gasoline"

The AMPHIBIOUS prosthetic limb inspired by the world's fastest fish that enables humans to swim at 'superhuman' speeds

Students from Sydney and London have developed an amphibious prosthetic limb that lets wearers run on sand and swim full speed in the sea.

The Murr-ma limb has a split-toe design that helps a user balance on the uneven terrain of a beach and has studs that give a larger surface area when running on soft sand.

When worn in water, Murr-ma has 'fins' fitted at the top of the prosthesis that channel the flow of water along the limb and propels the swimmer faster - and this can give wearers more thrust and faster speeds than able-bodied people.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2387961/The-AMPHIBIOUS-prosthetic-limb-inspired-worlds-fastest-fish-enables-humans-swim-superhuman-speeds.html

Ask the experts: will robots take over the world?

Ask the experts: will robots take over the world? (Science Alert): "Robots can do a lot for us: they can explore space or cut our toenails. But do advances in robotics and artificial intelligence hold hidden threats? Three leaders in their fields answer questions about our relationships with robots."

Brave New World: Scientists Simulate Brain Activity on Computer

Brave New World: Scientists Simulate Brain Activity on Computer - Atlanta Black Star: "In science fiction movies, artificial intelligence (AI) entities are typically seen as the next step in human evolution. The movies, however, typically tell a narrative of AI taking over the world in some doomsday scenario. Scientists have been working for decades on simulating the brain, if for nothing else, just to get better understanding of the way it works and we may be one step closer to figuring out how to make that a reality."

Soft Robots: Water-Based Synthetic ‘Tissue’ Brings Us One-Step Closer To Human-Like Machines

Soft Robots: Water-Based Synthetic ‘Tissue’ Brings Us One-Step Closer To Human-Like Machines: "Researchers from North Carolina State University have figured out a new technique for creating devices out of flexible, water-based material, which could serve as the foundation for soft muscle tissue for robots. Devices made of this material could be used underwater, increasing the versatility of future machines."

Scientists Ditch Guns For Lasers To Insert DNA Into Cells

Scientists Ditch Guns For Lasers To Insert DNA Into Cells: "Step one in any project involving genetic modification is to get the genes you want into the cells you want changed. Traditionally, this meant shooting microscopic DNA-coated bullets at the cells and hoping the DNA got inside without blowing the cells to smithereens. It sounds messy, and it is. Now, researchers in South Korea have devised a super-precise method for inserting DNA into cells, and it's powered by lasers."

The riddle of the 'angel priest': Holy man appeared from nowhere to pray with trapped girl and rescuers in traffic accident, told them she would be OK and then vanished

The riddle of the 'angel priest': Holy man appeared from nowhere to pray with trapped girl and rescuers in traffic accident, told them she would be OK and then vanished | Mail Online: "Pinned inside her mangled Mercedes, seriously injured and fading fast, Katie Lentz turned to her rescuers on the lonely open stretch of Missouri highway and asked them to pray. Struck head-on by a drunk driver on Sunday morning, emergency workers had been battling for an hour and a half to free Lentz, but to no avail. But as they joined hands a Catholic priest appeared, even though there were no bystanders and the road was blocked, who offered a prayer and an instruction to the rescuers that they would now be able to free her. Suddenly, heavy equipment needed to cut through the metal arrived from a nearby town and Lentz was pulled from the wreck in time to be saved - but when they turned to thank the priest, he was gone."

Spirit Story Box: spooky app that lets Apple's iPhone communicate with ghosts

Spirit Story Box: spooky app that lets Apple's iPhone communicate with ghosts | Mail Online: "An Indiana couple have developed an app that they say lets the spirit world communicate with the living one and gives the dead a voice - through the medium of iPhone.



Ghost hunters Roger Pingleton and Jill Beitz, of Greenwood, created Spirit Story Box which claims to translate supernatural electricity into English words."

Does It Really All Rest On Roswell? No!

Does It Really All Rest On Roswell? No! | Mysterious Universe: "Over the past few days I have had a couple of online debates with friends and colleagues in Ufology on the matter of the merits (or lack of) of the notorious, New Mexico-based events of July 1947. I’m talking, of course, about Roswell. One of the issues that  surfaced was: what does the Roswell affair mean to the field of Ufology and to those that dig into, observe, or ponder upon the matter? Well, I’ll tell you: for many saucer-loving souls, Roswell means absolutely everything."

Egypt: 10-Year-Old Girl Leaving Sunday School Riddled With Bullets By Muslim Gunmen, Dozens Injured

Egypt: 10-Year-Old Girl Leaving Sunday School Riddled With Bullets By Muslim Gunmen, Dozens Injured | MidnightWatcher's Blogspot: "Mideast Christian News – “An horrific attack has taken place against Egypt’s Christian Coptic community, after several unidentified individuals indiscriminately opened fire in front of the Evangelical church in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, killing Jessi Paulis Issa, 10, and injuring dozens of Copts."

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How 3D Printers Could Feed Astronauts and Mine Asteroids - Out There

How 3D Printers Could Feed Astronauts and Mine Asteroids - Out There | Discovermagazine.com: "Strip away all the hype, and 3D printing is fundamentally a simple idea: apply a material to a surface in a controlled pattern, and then keep repeating one layer after another until you have built the desired form, as described in more detail here. Although most 3D printers create objects out of simple structural materials such as plastics or metals, there’s no reason why you couldn’t build using a different material…like food."

U.S. declares 'unusual mortality event' as dolphin deaths rise 7 times higher than normal

U.S. declares 'unusual mortality event' as dolphin deaths rise | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Federal scientists investigating an unusually high number of dead bottlenose dolphins washing up on the East Coast said on Thursday the carcasses are showing up at a rate that is seven times higher than usual."

How Steve Jobs Turned Technology — And Apple — Into Religion

How Steve Jobs Turned Technology — And Apple — Into Religion | Wired Opinion | Wired.com: "“Much ink has been spilled drafting the Steve Jobs encomium. But Jobs and Apple are interesting for far more than technological prowess — they provide an allegory for reading religion in the information age. They are further evidence that shifts in popular religion throughout history are accompanied by changes in the media environment: when the dominant modes of communication change, so do the frameworks for religious belief. Still, this shift would require a fitting mythology…"

Turkey: Telepathy 'linked to deaths'

BBC News - Turkey: Telepathy 'linked to deaths': "Telepathy could have been used to compel four young Turkish engineers to kill themselves, it's been suggested."

Religion could disappear by 2041 because people will have replaced God with possessions

Religion could disappear by 2041 because people will have replaced God with possessions, claims leading psychologist | Mail Online: "Religious people in many developed countries will be a minority by 2041, according to one Irish biopsychologist."

Bob Lazar's store is the stuff of nuclear dreams

John Carlisle: This store is the stuff of nuclear dreams | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "You can ask Bob Lazar about the uranium for sale at his store. Feel free to inquire about the infrared death ray he sells, too. But please don’t ask him about the time he spent at Area 51 working on UFOs."

Evidence For 'New Physics' Means Universe Is Not As We Know It

Evidence For 'New Physics' Means Universe Is Not As We Know It: "First evidence that the universe is not as we know it has emerged from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the giant atom-smashing machine built to recreate conditions at the dawn of time."

UFO sighting leaves West Coast man 'bug eyed'

UFO sighting leaves West Coast man 'bug eyed' - National - NZ Herald News: "A West Coast man is 'freaked out' after coming face to face last night with what he claims was a UFO, parked on the road outside the entrance to Shantytown."

Is Google following you? Latest mobile operating system tracks a user's location

Is Google following you? Latest mobile operating system tracks a user's location | Mail Online: "Google's latest Android phone operating system has revealed a feature that will scan for networks and track user's locations even when Wi-Fi has been turned off."

Computers could soon work like the HUMAN BRAIN: IBM unveils groundbreaking new PC chip architecture

Computers could soon work like the HUMAN BRAIN: IBM unveils groundbreaking new PC chip architecture | Mail Online: "Scientists believe we are one step closer to creating an artificial mind. IBM has announced a new programming architecture for chips inspired by the human brain. The company claims the chips could pave the way for smart sensor networks that mimic the brain’s capacity for perception, action, and thought."

The enormous Mayan mythical carving discovered inside an ancient pyramid that hints at a power struggle between the Snake Kingdom and the Tikal rulers

A huge stone carving crafted by the ancient Mayan civilisation that has been hidden inside a pyramid in Guatemala for centuries, shows a battle of superpowers in 6th Century Central America, archaeologists have said.

The giant frieze featuring inscriptions and brightly coloured painting was discovered last month at a dig in the north east Peten region of the country at the Holmul archaeological dig.

The archaeologists believe evidence suggests that the rulers of the region were embroiled in a political clash of the titans between the kings of Kaanul - the Snake Kingdom - and the kings of Tikal.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2386763/Mayan-mythical-carving-discovered-inside-ancient-Guatemalan-pyramid.html

Could humans one day live on EUROPA? Nasa experts believe Jupiter's moon could be habitable

Could humans one day live on EUROPA? Nasa experts believe Jupiter's moon could be habitable | Mail Online: "Nasa believes Europa, Jupiter’s ice-covered moon, could one day be habitable for man."

Meet the Town That's Being Swallowed by a Sinkhole

Meet the Town That's Being Swallowed by a Sinkhole | Mother Jones: "Bayou Corne is the biggest ongoing industrial disaster in the United States you haven't heard of. In addition to creating a massive sinkhole, it has unearthed an uncomfortable truth: Modern mining and drilling techniques are disturbing the geological order in ways that scientists still don't fully understand."

Reality's hidden layers

BBC - Is time travel possible?

BBC - Future - Science & Environment - Is time travel possible?: "The simple answer is yes. The more complex answer is it requires travelling close to the speed of light. And always going forward. Unless you find a wormhole."

Samsung smart watch trademarks filed, wearable internet nearing

Samsung smart watch trademarks filed, wearable internet nearing - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG: "Samsung Electronics Co. has applied for U.S. and South Korean trademarks for a watch that connects to the Internet in a sign the company is deep in preparations for what techindustry experts expect will be a new generation of mobile technology that dramatically expands the utility of single-function objects such as watches and glasses."

Huge Fat Blob Found in UK Sewer

Huge Fat Blob Found in UK Sewer - weather.com Giant Blob Found under London: "LONDON -- It may look like an iceberg, but there's nothing cool about it. Utility company Thames Water says it has discovered what it calls the biggest "fatberg" ever recorded in Britain - a 15-ton blob of congealed fat and baby wipes lodged in a sewer drain."

GMOs: Time bombs in our food supply?

Opinion: GMOs: Time bombs in our food supply? : page all - NorthJersey.com: "IT’S RARE to find someone neutral on the subject of genetically modified food — which is, depending on whom you ask, either a risky technology giving Monsanto greater market control, or the heroic invention of scientists who will save us from world hunger."

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CYBER burglary: Hackers will soon be able to hijack our lighting and locks, warn experts

CYBER burglary: Hackers will soon be able to hijack our lighting and locks, warn experts | Mail Online: "Security experts have noted that while having a smart house may negate the need to fiddle with the thermostat, write shopping lists and grapple with multiple TV remote controls, a vast amount of information about people's daily lives will be collected and could leave their home vulnerable."

Researchers ‘Paint’ A Copy of the Mona Lisa 1/3 the Width of a Human Hair

Researchers ‘Paint’ A Copy of the Mona Lisa 1/3 the Width of a Human Hair | Singularity Hub: "Georgia Tech researchers recently unveiled a reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa that would likely make the Renaissance master’s jaw drop. At just 30 microns across, the image is 100,000 times smaller than the real thing—or roughly 1/3rd the width of a human hair."

You’re next! You’re next!

You’re next! You’re next! | Mysterious Universe: "Most people know the general scenario of the story, even if they haven’t seen the film: the Earth is being invaded by hostile extraterrestrial entities. But, the takeover of the planet doesn’t occur in a laser-guns-blazing, Independence Day-style assault. Indeed, there’s not even a single UFO in sight. Just a bunch of curious-looking flowers that are springing up all over the place. Things quickly progress, albeit not in a good fashion."

Mystery lights: ‘There’s more! They keep coming!’

Mystery lights: ‘There’s more! They keep coming!’: "“The lights were constant, not blinking, and they definitely were not aircraft green and red aviation lights. I commented to my wife that they were unusual and that I wasn’t sure what they might be. Anyhow, after 20 or 30 seconds watching them appear to move toward us, they both in formation turned north and several seconds later disappeared."

Can your "smart TV" watch you?

Can your "smart TV" watch you? - CBS News: "Closing the curtains in your living room may not close the doors on potential hackers. At a demonstration Friday in Las Vegas, researchers showed an audience of children at Defcon Kids how a Samsung Smart TV can be hacked."

NASA confirms sun’s magnetic field is about to flip

NASA confirms sun’s magnetic field is about to flip | The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond: "August 6, 2013 – SPACE – Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. “It looks like we’re no more than 3 to 4 months away from a complete field reversal,” says solar physicist Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University."

Chelyabinsk meteor brought a dangerous virus to Earth?

Chelyabinsk meteor brought a dangerous virus to Earth? : "Russia’s Roskosmos space agency has admitted that the object was not detected by telescopes, as they say, it had a peculiar trajectory and was coming from the wrong angle to be spotted."

Massive Saharan dust cloud covers the Atlantic

Massive Saharan dust cloud covers the Atlantic - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG: "ACCUWEATHER - The Saharan Air Layer, or known more commonly as Saharan Dust, is a layer of tiny aerosols like sand, dirt and dust that occasionally push from east to west across the tropical Atlantic Ocean during hurricane season."

Hacker creates tiny spy computers named 'CreepyDOL' that track a person's movements over entire cities

Hacker creates tiny spy computers named 'CreepyDOL' that track a person's movements over entire cities | Mail Online: "Ever wondered who can find out where you are and discover what you’re doing by looking at your mobile data? The answer, according to security researcher, Brendan O’Connor, is just about anyone.



That is, anyone, who has access to a Raspberry Pi Model A computer, a few over-the-counter sensors and a plastic box. With $57 (£37) Mr O’Connor managed to create a device, named ‘creepyDOL’, which can track the movement of everyone on the street."

Are We Being Conditioned to Accept 'Transhumanism' as Evolution?

Activist Post: Are We Being Conditioned to Accept 'Transhumanism' as Evolution?: "We are living in the oddest of times. Our society is on the brink of so many simultaneous modifications. For example, we read about scorpion venom inserted into cabbage (to kill bugs), eel genes inserted into salmon (for profitable growth enhancement), bizarre animal parts surgically placed in humans, or micro machines drifting inside our cells. What are we doing as a species and what can you do to remain intact?"

Scientists Meet to Discuss Extraordinary Powers of the Mind

Scientists Meet to Discuss Extraordinary Powers of the Mind | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History: "Do identical twins share a telepathic connection? Could clairvoyance be used to win money at casinos? Does the future affect the past? These are some of the questions being put forward - and perhaps answered - at the 56th Annual Convention of the Parapsychology Association being held this weekend in Viterbo, Italy."

Bizarre Liquid More Stable Than Solid Crystal

Bizarre Liquid More Stable Than Solid Crystal | LiveScience: "Cool anything down enough, and it becomes a crystal solid, according to traditional physics theories. But that might not always be so, and two scientists think they have found cases where a liquidlike state is more stable than the solid crystal, in a reversal of the norm."

DNA storage: The code that could save civilisation

BBC - Future - Science & Environment - DNA storage: The code that could save civilisation: "Two scientists think we can safeguard the world's knowledge against an apocalypse if we store it in DNA. How far-fetched is the idea? Ed Yong meets them to find out."

Please Ignore the Man in the White Coat Who Is Reading Your Mind

Please Ignore the Man in the White Coat Who Is Reading Your Mind - Businessweek: "If any of your friends turn up twitchy—with black ribbons tied around their body parts—just remember that it’s part of keeping the country safe."

You Should Be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence

You Should Be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence: "In all of my research, I cannot find a definitive answer to the following question: How we can ensure humans will be able to control AI once it achieves human-level intelligence?

Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an 'emergency'

Exclusive: Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an 'emergency' | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an "emergency" that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said on Monday."

Apocalypse soon, if we keep on cutting science

Apocalypse soon, if we keep on cutting science - opinion - 05 August 2013 - New Scientist: "PESTILENCE, war, famine, death. I recently came face-to-face with all four at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, in a rare viewing of Albrecht Dürer's 15th-century woodcut Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

China Is Ending Its "One-Child Policy" - Here Are The Implications

China Is Ending Its "One-Child Policy" - Here Are The Implications: "Back in 1978, the Chinese politburo enacted the "one-child policy", whose main purpose was to "alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems" in China as a result of the soaring population. According to estimates, the policy prevented more than 250 million births between 1980 and 2000, and 400 million births from about 1979 to 2011. And while not applicable to everyone, in 2007 approximately 35.9% of China's population was subject to a one-child restriction."

Science and Social Control: Political Paralysis and the Genetics Agenda

Science and Social Control: Political Paralysis and the Genetics Agenda: "Thus there is operating within the disciplines of medicine, public health, social science, and now economics, a research framework that, if successful, would locate the causes of negative human outcomes internally. At fault will be genes and not circumstances. It is an officially sanctioned and scientific version of “blame the victim”."

40 Percent Of U.S. Workers Make Less Than What A Full-Time Minimum Wage Worker Made In 1968

40 Percent Of U.S. Workers Make Less Than What A Full-Time Minimum Wage Worker Made In 1968:  "Are American workers paid enough?  That is a topic that is endlessly debated all across this great land of ours.  Unfortunately, what pretty much everyone can agree on is that American workers are not making as much as they used to after you account for inflation.  Back in 1968, the minimum wage in the United States was $1.60 an hour.  That sounds very small, but after you account for inflation a very different picture emerges.  Using the inflation calculator that the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides, $1.60 in 1968 is equivalent to $10.74 today."

The Name Of Jesus Has Become A Dirty Word In Politically Correct America

The Name Of Jesus Has Become A Dirty Word In Politically Correct America: "In the United States today, there are very few words that provoke as much outrage as the name of Jesus."

Benghazi Bombshell: Insiders Confirm CIA Sent Missiles to FSA Rebels

» Benghazi Bombshell: Insiders Confirm CIA Sent Missiles to FSA Rebels Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: "The corporate media is now forced to admit that the Benghazi attack was staged by a State Department hired jihadist security outfit in connection with an arms transfer to al-Qaeda mercenaries in Syria."

Joint USG/Alien Hybrid Program...?

Secret Space War VII: Joint USG/Alien Hybrid Program | Veterans Today: "Some credible witnesses have identified a Deep Underground Military Base at Dulce, New Mexico as the primary location of a Beyond-Black alien-human hybrid breeding program.



This Dulce, New Mexico DUMB operates under authority of the USG but is under the actual day-to-day control of private offshore foreign defense contractors of the Secret Shadow Government (SSG). This Beyond-Black program is a joint venture between aliens and MJ-12, which is the core controlling group of the Secret Shadow Government."

Mystery lights in sky spotted across America

Mystery lights in sky spotted across America: "Mysterious lights that appeared in the skies over Arizona and Missouri July 27 have people buzzing across America, now that videos have been posted on YouTube. The lights appear to be floating in formation over Tucson, Ariz., and Kansas City, Mo., with witnesses indicating they were silent."

Doctor Sam Parnia Believes Resurrection Is A Medical Possibility

Doctor Sam Parnia Believes Resurrection Is A Medical Possibility - SPIEGEL ONLINE: "Raising the dead may soon become medical reality. According to critical care physician Sam Parnia, modern resuscitation science will soon allow doctors to reanimate people up to 24 hours after their death."

Is life on Mars related to life on Earth?

Is life on Mars related to life on Earth?: "The idea that there is life on other worlds is humbling and exciting, and finding life on another world would change everything. This has been a driving force for scientists for decades. We find life wherever we find water on Earth, in pools of boiling water, inside glaciers, even in nuclear reactors."

Crabster Robot to Walk Along the Ocean Floor, Investigate Shipwrecks

Crabster Robot to Walk Along the Ocean Floor, Investigate Shipwrecks | Singularity Hub: "As six-legged robots go, other than its nifty red and yellow paint job, the Crabster robot has a pretty standard look. It isn’t the biggest hexapod, like the impressive two-ton Mantis, or a tiny hexapod with a weird gait, like Boston Dynamics’ RHex. What makes Crabster special isn’t so much what it is but where it will walk—the robot was designed to navigate the seafloor."

The ultimate Star Trek gadget: Point-and-shoot scanner copies and creates almost any item using a 3D printer

The ultimate Star Trek gadget: Point-and-shoot scanner copies and creates almost any item using a 3D printer | Mail Online: "A British has inventor has unveiled the ultimate Star Trek gadget - a £650 handheld scanner that could be used to copy almost any item. The Fuel3D scanner, originally developed at  Oxford University, can capture everything from a flower’s petals to the contours of human skin. It is able to capture images in seconds, and they can then be sent to a computer for processing."

Beaming up Scotty would take 350,000 times the age of the universe: Scientists reveal teleportation would be mind-bogglingly slow

Beaming up Scotty would take 350,000 times the age of the universe: Scientists reveal teleportation would be mind-bogglingly slow | Mail Online: "If teleportataion technology did exist as pictured, a human would need to be distilled into transferable data, right down to DNA, and all of the data making up the brain. All the data in the traveller's brain, would amount to around 2.6 times 10 to the power of 42 bits"

Lair of the Beasts: A Texan Terror

Lair of the Beasts: A Texan Terror - Mania.com: "Walter was not expecting to find the horrifying scene upon which he stumbled: one of his most valuable cows had been killed under cover of darkness."

Mystery objects with high radiation found on Fukushima coast

Mystery objects with high radiation found on Fukushima coast - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun: "In a coastal area long silent due to the Fukushima nuclear accident, the only sounds of human activity on June 18 were from workers removing rubble and continuing their decontamination efforts. But soon, their supervisor discovered something that broke up the monotony of the work and added to the eeriness of the atmosphere."

New Microchip Can Mimic How a Human Brain Thinks

New Microchip Can Mimic How a Human Brain Thinks: "Researchers from the University of Zurich, have created neuromorphic chips that can mimic the way a human brain will process information in real-time.



With the assistance of an artificial sensory processing system, these chips are able to display cognitive abilities."

Life-size robot factory in England

Life-size robot factory in England | KING5.com Seattle: "Now in its third generation, the fully interactive and multilingual RoboThespian robot is sold around the world to science centres and visitor attractions, but increasingly to academic research groups and universities where they are used as research and development platforms."

Secret Genetic Experiments Human-Animal Hybrids

Are aliens to blame? Missouri farmer Lyn Mitchell finds third cow with mutilated genitals and missing organs

Are aliens to blame? Missouri farmer Lyn Mitchell finds third cow with mutilated genitals and missing organs | Mail Online: "A Missouri rancher has now found three of her cows mutilated in bizarre and unusual ways and after ruling out every explanation under the sun, she's prepared to look further into the heavens toward a culprit more outlandish: aliens."

Mysterious glowing multi-colored clouds light up night sky in Russia

Mysterious glowing multi-colored clouds light up night sky in Russia (Video) | Openminds.tv: "Thousands of people in Russia witnessed an incredible array of glowing multi-colored clouds in the Ural Mountains region recently. Although scientists have theorized that they it may be a rare occurrence of the Northern Lights in the area or a phenomenon called “silver clouds,” others are not so sure. This is the same region that a huge meteorite struck in February, causing thousands of injuries."

The Omega Point [Jason Silva]

Mummies of Sacrificed Inca Children Show History of Drug Use

Mummies of Sacrificed Inca Children Show History of Drug Use | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History: "Three Inca mummies found near the lofty summit of Volcán Llullaillaco in Argentina were so well preserved that they put a human face on the ancient ritual of capacocha—which ended with their sacrifice."

Comets found lurking closer to Earth than previously thought

Comets found lurking closer to Earth than previously thought: "August 3, 2013 – SPACE - Colombian scientists have discovered what may be a graveyard of comets in a very strange spot — and now, some of the interred are coming back to life. These so-called “Lazarus” comets, described in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, may represent a long-lost population of the icy space travelers and may alter scientists’ understanding of their origins."

The Human Future: Upgrade or Replacement?

The Human Future: Upgrade or Replacement? | The Humanist: "A computer can be upgraded by adding memory, or a whizzier operating system—but eventually it’s time to just get a new computer. Is humanity’s fate similar?"

Transhumanism, Technology, and Science: To Say It’s Impossible is to Mock History Itself

Transhumanism, Technology, and Science: To Say It’s Impossible is to Mock History Itself: "One of the most common arguments made against Transhumanism, Technoprogressivism and the transformative potentials of emerging, converging, disruptive and transformative technologies may also be the weakest: technical infeasibility."

Justifying Human Enhancement: The Case for Posthumanity

Justifying Human Enhancement: The Case for Posthumanity: "This paper argues on behalf of a posthuman future that is intimately tied to the use of human enhancement technology. It presents three principal justifications for enhancement, which focus on functionality, creative expression, and the ritual of re-making the self through biological modification. Collectively, these aspirations articulate the values surrounding posthuman life and the pursuit of biocultural capital."

7 Totally Unexpected Outcomes That Could Follow the Singularity

7 Totally Unexpected Outcomes That Could Follow the Singularity: "By definition, the Technological Singularity is a blind spot in our predictive thinking. Futurists have a hard time imagining what life will be like after we create greater-than-human artificial intelligences. Here are seven outcomes of the Singularity that nobody thinks about — and which could leave us completely blindsided"

Superhumans

Michael Banissy – Mirror-touch synaesthesia: "Some people have neurological quirks that give them extraordinary perceptual powers. What can we learn from them?"

Stem-cell therapies: Prometheus unbound

Stem-cell therapies: Prometheus unbound | The Economist: "Researchers have yet to realise the old dream of regenerating organs. But they are getting closer"

3000-year-old fragment of pottery could prove that Old Testament tales of the Bible are TRUE, claims leading expert

3000-year-old fragment of pottery could prove that Old Testament tales of the Bible are TRUE, claims leading expert | Mail Online: "A small fragment of ancient pottery found in modern Israel has shed light on its Biblical inhabitants and could prove that the reigns of King Solomon and King David actually occurred."

Have we found the 'holy grail' in cutting emissions? Power plant claims to produce hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight

Have we found the 'holy grail' in cutting emissions? Power plant claims to produce hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight | Mail Online: "Scientists believe they have achieved the ‘holy grail’ of the green economy by designing a hydrogen production plant that can split water with sunlight.



The University of Colorado at Boulder envisages an array of mirrors that would focus sunlight onto a central tower several hundred feet tall. The tower would heat up to around 1,350 °C - enough to liberate hydrogen from steam with the help of a metal oxide compound."

The End of Antibiotics?

The End of Antibiotics? - Body Horrors | DiscoverMagazine.com: "Maryn McKenna has an unsettling and sobering article at Nature examining the the emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Since 2002, this large family of  bacteria, gram-negative organisms that include many symbionts as well as the gut-dwelling Escherica coli and Klebsiella species that cause hospital infections, are increasingly in possession of a carbapenem-resistance gene rending our best antibiotics useless."

You Won’t BELIEVE What’s Going On at Fukushima Right Now

You Won’t BELIEVE What’s Going On at Fukushima Right Now | Washington's Blog: "You’ve heard bad news about Fukushima recently. But it’s worse than you know. The Wall Street Journal notes that radiation levels outside the plant are likely higher than inside the reactor.."

Super Soldiers and Orcs in the test tubes...? DARPA Announces $110M Funding Opportunity

DARPA Announces $110M Funding Opportunity | BayBio Institute: "The $110 million program, titled ““Living Foundries: 1000 Molecules,” will generate 1000 novel molecules and chemical building blocks, thus enabling access to radical new materials. The first due date is September 17, 2013"

Smart Skin Is Here – Transhumanism Made Easy

Smart Skin Is Here – Transhumanism Made Easy « Just Wondering – Alternative News and Opinions: "The invention is a huge step in the quest to develop electronics that seamlessly integrate with the human body and the environment."

'Highway from Hell' Fed Deadly Volcano

'Highway from Hell' Fed Deadly Volcano | LiveScience: "Molten rock from Earth's hellishly hot mantle can punch through miles of overlying crust in a matter of months, a new study finds."

Google 'Pressure Cookers' and 'Backpacks,' Get a Visit from the Cops

Google 'Pressure Cookers' and 'Backpacks,' Get a Visit from the Cops - Philip Bump - The Atlantic Wire: "Michele Catalano was looking for information online about pressure cookers. Her husband, in the same time frame, was Googling backpacks. Wednesday morning, six men from a joint terrorism task force showed up at their house to see if they were terrorists. Which prompts the question: How'd the government know what they were Googling?"

Harvard creates brain-to-brain interface, allows humans to control other animals with thoughts alone

Harvard creates brain-to-brain interface, allows humans to control other animals with thoughts alone | ExtremeTech: "Simply by thinking the appropriate thought, the BBI allows the human to control the rat’s tail. This is one of the most important steps towards BBIs that allow for telepathic links between two or more humans — which is a good thing in the case of friends and family, but terrifying if you stop to think about the nefarious possibilities of a fascist dictatorship with mind control tech."

How maths could save you from the zombie apocalypse: Equation shows why the living dead are viruses of the monster world

How maths could save you from the zombie apocalypse: Equation shows why the living dead are viruses of the monster world | Mail Online: "A Canadian mathematician believes only frequent coordinated attacks against the living dead can save the human race."

Computers and phones will soon PREDICT our wants and desires by trawling through our emails and calendars

Computers and phones will soon PREDICT our wants and desires by trawling through our emails and calendars | Mail Online: "Everything from when you should get a coffee to where you might want to go on holiday will pop up automatically - meaning you barely have to lift a finger yourself. The technology is currently being developed on apps by companies like Google and a string of start-ups."

Teeth from urine? Engineers create 'tooth buds' from waste that could be implanted into jawbone

Teeth from urine? Engineers create 'tooth buds' from waste that could be implanted into jawbone | Mail Online: "Chinese scientists predict stem cells obtained from urine could allow humans to regrow lost teeth. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has created tooth-like structures in mice and believes one day bioengineered 'tooth buds' could be transplanted into humans who have lost their teeth."

Brain-controlled interfaces move beyond the medical: Can ‘reading’ your mind prevent a car crash?

Brain-controlled interfaces move beyond the medical: Can ‘reading’ your mind prevent a car crash? | MedCity News: "What if driving became a more sophisticated technological experience, so that instead of relying on just the motorist, the car itself would be behind the wheel?



Recent advances in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are slowly turning this into a real possibility. BCIs enable direct communication between the brain and a computer, and thus, any external device. This is done using mechanisms that monitor our brain activity and translate this into language that computers can read."

What Do You Think Of New Bigfoot Videos?

What Do You Think Of New Bigfoot Videos?: "Doesn’t it seem too good to be true? A company looking for publicity for their app asks for Bigfoot and other cryptid videos, and they are sent two good ones?"

Unmanned aerial drone to search for Bigfoot

Unmanned aerial drone to search for Bigfoot: "The hunt for Bigfoot is getting serious now. At the same time a television network is offering a $10 million bounty – guaranteed by British insurance company Lloyd’s of London – for proof of the creature’s existence, a professor in Idaho is preparing to send an unmanned drone to the skies to seek out the elusive legend."

Stepping into a Parallel Dimension

Stepping into a Parallel Dimension | Mysterious Universe: "Parallel universes, dimensions that nearly resemble our own, were once pondered by Plato, and proposed mathematically by Princeton University graduate student Hugh Everett III in 1954. These parallel worlds, common in myth, have been staples in science fiction since Edwin A. Abbott’s 1884 novel, “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions.” More modern science fiction, like the dimension-jumping television program “Sliders,” and Philip K. Dick’s novel “The Man in the High Castle” (in which the Axis won WWII), gives us exciting glances at worlds like, yet unlike, our own. Exciting unless you stumble upon one of these alternative dimensions yourself as Carol Chase McElheney did in early March 2006."