Time to shut down the US Federal Reserve? – Telegraph Blogs

Time to shut down the US Federal Reserve? – Telegraph Blogs: "Like a mad aunt, the Fed is slowly losing its marbles.
Kartik Athreya, senior economist for the Richmond Fed, has written a paper condemning economic bloggers as chronically stupid and a threat to public order."

DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security

DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security: "DEBKAfile's military sources report that Washington has posted a third carrier opposite Iran's shores. It is supported by amphibious assault ships and up to 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, bringing the total US strength in these waters to three carriers and 10,000 combat personnel."

American Thinker: Why Islam Will Never Accept the State of Israel

American Thinker: Why Islam Will Never Accept the State of Israel: "It is a common belief that the 'Arab-Israeli conflict' is a conflict of two peoples fighting over the same piece of land and is therefore one of nationalism. Rarely, if ever, do we hear or read of the religious component to this conflict.

However, if anything, the conflict is more of a 'Muslim-Jewish' one than an 'Arab-Israeli' one. In other words, the conflict is based on religion -- Islam vs. Judaism -- cloaked in Arab nationalism vs. Zionism. The fact of the matter is that in every Arab-Israeli war, from 1948 to the present, cries of 'jihad,' 'Allahu Akbar,' and the bloodcurdling scream of 'Idbah al- Yahud' (slaughter the Jews) have resonated amongst even the most secular of Arab leaders, be it Nasser in the 1950s and 1960s or the supposedly 'secular' PLO of the 1960s to the present. Indeed, the question must be asked: If this is really a conflict of different nationalisms and not Islamic supremacism, then why is it that virtually no non-Arab Muslim states have full (if any) relations with Israel?"

Pre-Crime? Try Pre-Diagnose and Pre-Drug: Psychiatrists target infants as mental patients � CCHR International

Pre-Crime? Try Pre-Diagnose and Pre-Drug: Psychiatrists target infants as mental patients � CCHR International: "A new study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and headed by psychiatrist John H. Gilmore, professor of psychiatry and Director of the UNC Schizophrenia Research, claims to be able to detect “brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia risk” in infants just a few weeks old. We would like to point out the obvious flaw in this bogus study; there is no medical/scientific test in existence that schizophrenia is a physical disease or brain abnormality to start with. There is not one chemical imbalance test, X-ray, MRI or any other test for schizophrenia, not one. So with no evidence of medical abnormality to start with, the “associated with schizophrenia risk” amounts to what George Orwell called Doublespeak (language that deliberately disguises, distorts, misleads)—it means nothing."

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Quantum Entanglement Holds DNA Together, Say Physicists

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Quantum Entanglement Holds DNA Together, Say Physicists: "There was a time, not so long ago, when biologists swore black and blue that quantum mechanics could play no role in the hot, wet systems of life.

Since then, the discipline of quantum biology has emerged as one of the most exciting new fields in science. It's beginning to look as if quantum effects are crucial in a number of biological processes, such as photosynthesis and avian navigation which we've looked at here and here.

Now a group of physicists say that the weird laws of quantum mechanics may be more important for life than biologists could ever have imagined. Their new idea is that DNA is held together by quantum entanglement."

Turning back the cellular clock

Turning back the cellular clock: "It's a new technology that uses molecular therapy to coax adult cells to revert to an embryonic stem cell-like state, allowing scientists to later re-differentiate these cells into specific types with the potential to treat heart attacks or diseases such as Parkinson's. But at this point in the technology's development, only one percent of cells are successfully being reprogrammed.

Now, for the first time, scientists at Tel Aviv University in collaboration with researchers at Harvard University have succeeded in tracking the progression of these cells through live imaging to learn more about how they are reprogrammed, and how the new cells evolve over time."

June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind | This Day In Tech | Wired.com: "Based on later assessments of the damage, the force of the blast was estimated to be between 10 and 15 megatons of TNT, roughly a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima."

Space Exploration in the Age of Homo Sapiens 2.0

Space Exploration in the Age of Homo Sapiens 2.0: "Will the future of space exploration evolve into a hybrid of human and robotic expeditions, one which may change the face of humanity in space?"

ET Tech: "Could Technology Exist That's Beyond Information & Matter?" (A Galaxy Classic)

ET Tech: "Could Technology Exist That's Beyond Information & Matter?" (A Galaxy Classic): "Stephen Hawking warned recently that contact with an advanced extraterrestrial civilization could have dire consequences for the human species. Arthur C Clarke once made the famous observation that any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic. Following in their footsteps, world renowned experts from physicist Sir Martin Rees of Cambridge University to astrobiologist Paul Davis of Arizona State have asked if we were to encounter alien technology far superior to our own, would we even realize what it was. A technology a million or more years in advance of ours could appear miraculous."

Are Massive Arcs of High-Energy Photons That Sweep the Milky Way From Another Universe?

Are Massive Arcs of High-Energy Photons That Sweep the Milky Way From Another Universe?: "The new theory suggests that our universe is located within the interior of a wormhole which itself is part of a black hole that lies within a much larger universe. That sounds crazy enough to us (and equally fascinating).

According to Indiana University physicist Nikodem Poplawski, the matter that black holes absorb don't condense into singularities. Instead, they burst out the other side and become the building blocks for whole other universes in another reality.

In short, our Big Bang popped out of a black hole from another, much larger universe."

New Crop Circles At Britain’s UFO Capital � Popular Fidelity � Images

New Crop Circles At Britain’s UFO Capital � Popular Fidelity � Images: "This design, believed to reflect the passage of the sun and moon through the skies, is composed of a staggering 193 rings, with six outer rings and a seventh inner ring. Even if these are just some bored guys hanging out in a field or some kind of ad campaign, they’re still really impressive, aren’t they?"

Scrap dollar as sole reserve currency: U.N. report | Reuters

Scrap dollar as sole reserve currency: U.N. report | Reuters: "A new United Nations report released on Tuesday calls for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value.

But several European officials attending a high-level meeting of the U.N. Economic and Social Council countered by saying that the market, not politicians, would determine what currencies countries would keep on hand for reserves.

'The dollar has proved not to be a stable store of value, which is a requisite for a stable reserve currency,' the U.N. World Economic and Social Survey 2010 said."

Will Planet Earth Mimic the Fate of Easter Island?

Will Planet Earth Mimic the Fate of Easter Island?: "Eminent Australian scientist Professor Frank Fenner, who helped to wipe out smallpox, predicts humans will probably be extinct within 100 years, because of overpopulation, environmental destruction and climate change."

New Evidence Suggests the Oil Spill in the Gulf Could only be the Beginning | News 4 Us

New Evidence Suggests the Oil Spill in the Gulf Could only be the Beginning | News 4 Us: "Could it be true that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is only the beginning of what is being touted as possibly the worst possible natural disaster known to man? New evidence was unearthed during the week by U.S. scientists that indicate the warnings which surfaced as long as a year before the BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe occurred may well be true."

BBC News - LHC smashes beam collision record

BBC News - LHC smashes beam collision record: "Scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) say they have moved a step closer to their aim of unlocking the mysteries of the Universe.

The world's highest-energy particle accelerator has produced a record-breaking particle collision rate - about double the previous rate."

BBC News - Extreme DIY: Building a homemade nuclear reactor in NYC

BBC News - Extreme DIY: Building a homemade nuclear reactor in NYC: "Many might be alarmed to learn of a homemade nuclear reactor being built next door. But what if this form of extreme DIY could help solve the world's energy crisis?

By day, Mark Suppes is a web developer for fashion giant Gucci. By night, he cycles to a New York warehouse and tinkers with his own nuclear fusion reactor."

Bill Clinton: Iran Poses 'Suitcase Nuke' Threat

Bill Clinton: Iran Poses 'Suitcase Nuke' Threat: "The key nuclear threat that Iran poses to the world, according to former President Bill Clinton, is the risk that it may sell dangerous materials that could be used in suitcase bombs.

That’s what Clinton said Sunday at the Global Economic Forum in South Africa.


'The major danger of Iran becoming a nuclear power, the material they would have to amass to make these bombs will become the juiciest target in the world for non-state actors who would like to have suitcase nuclear bombs,' Clinton said. 'Will they sell it to them? Will they give it to them? Can it be stolen by some corrupt person in the supply chain?'"

World-leading Expert Asks: "Could 'Quantum Weirdness' Allow ET Technology to Go Unobserved?" (Weekend Feature)

World-leading Expert Asks: "Could 'Quantum Weirdness' Allow ET Technology to Go Unobserved?" (Weekend Feature): "Just as the nature of quantum weirdness can be unveiled by the mega machines like CERN's Large Hadron Collider, so ET technology might go totally unobserved and unsuspected because we are not viewing it with the proper technology, such, Davies writes, as a Bose-Einsatein condensate beam-splitting interferometer."

Jacques Vallee: Of Crop Circles, meme wars and web-based flypaper - Boing Boing

Jacques Vallee: Of Crop Circles, meme wars and web-based flypaper - Boing Boing: "If they are hoaxes, the authors have succeeded in capturing the attention of the world in a way that few works of art even achieve. Their productions are surrounded with mystery and the breathless suggestion of Alien contact or ancient druidic magic. The designs even hint at a cosmic signal about the future of our species.

If they are military experiments hidden in plain sight, then the social manipulation of information that serves as camouflage is a remarkable achievement. It shows that the most open form of public communication in the world, namely the web, can be used as a device to hide the reality of a massive technological effort and to distort the debate about the tools it uses and the goals it pursues. Those of us interested in the evolution and future of the Internet should take notice."

Transgenics: Forbidden Technologies of an Ancient Sin? – Catalyst

Transgenics: Forbidden Technologies of an Ancient Sin? – Catalyst: "Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) has been described as “one of the most bewitching and insidious works of literature ever written” Is his work of science-fiction and of engineering paradise coming to pass? Read on…

I have been carrying out some continued research of several key sites on the continuing ‘scary’ developments being proposed by transgenics.

I am alarmed at the strides of the new medical-gods wanting to produce, ‘all in the name of medicine and science’, new and improved super species.

How does this fit into an eschatological framework? Precisely in the arena of species manipulation and the emerging hybridization of the plant, animal, and human. It appears, at least from the reputable sites that it is still at an early stage of development. But if the trend goes unchecked science may end up producing corrupted and horrible creatures."

Transgenics raises some serious ethical questions:

Get ready for designer genes | molecular-biology | dna-technology | Indian Express

Get ready for designer genes | molecular-biology | dna-technology | Indian Express: "Very soon, we would have designer chromosomes in the market, renowned scientist in the field of Synthetic Biology Pawan K. Dhar said in a lecture organised by the Kerala Biotechnology Commission at the Sasthra Bhavan here on Friday.
'We would actually be able to shop for designer genes and chromosomes in the net and order them by e-mail in a not-so-distant future,' said Dhar, in the context of synthetic biologists creating an artificial cell."

Supermarkets selling meat from animals fed GM crops - Telegraph

Supermarkets selling meat from animals fed GM crops - Telegraph: "Supermarkets across Britain are routinely selling food from animals reared on genetically modified crops without having to declare it on labelling, it can be disclosed."

The last word: What are the odds? - The Week

The last word: What are the odds? - The Week: "Certain natural and man-made events that loom on the near horizon have the power to completely transform our world. Below, the editors of Scientific American contemplate a handful of possibilities and rate their likelihood of happening by 2050. Some may bring to mind long-standing dystopian visions—species extinction, war-waging machines, Frankenstein’s monster. Yet the best thinking today suggests that many events that have been widely feared will not unfold as popular conceptions have predicted they will."

At The Extreme Edge Of Artificial Intelligence - Forbes.com

At The Extreme Edge Of Artificial Intelligence - Forbes.com: "Look around and you'll find A.I. applications popping up in a rash of industries, making once labor-intensive tasks--everything from matching hungry shoppers with targeted advertisements to discharging patients from hospitals--far faster and cheaper. As the cost of computing power continues to fall, A.I. will play an ever larger role in society's collective decision making."

Researchers design more reliable invisibility cloak

Researchers design more reliable invisibility cloak: "The design of the invisibility cloak consists of a spoke-like configuration of glass resonators, which form a magnetic resonance that is used to obtain the desired parameters of the medium. The illustration shows the glass cloak designed to hide a metal cylinder of 15 micrometers in diameter. Image credit: Semouchkina, et al."

White House Preparing National Online ID Plan -- Cybersecurity -- InformationWeek

White House Preparing National Online ID Plan -- Cybersecurity -- InformationWeek: "The Obama administration is set to propose a new system for authenticating people, organizations and infrastructure on the Web. The online authentication and identity management system would be targeted at the transactional level -- for example, when someone logs into their banking website or completes an online e-commerce purchase."

To Solve Cyber Crimes, DARPA Wants a "Cyber Genome Program" | Popular Science

To Solve Cyber Crimes, DARPA Wants a "Cyber Genome Program" | Popular Science: "The Cyber Genome Program will encompass several program phases and technical areas of interest. Each of the technical areas will develop the cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA to facilitate developing the digital equivalent of genotype, as well as observed and inferred phenotype in order to determine the identity, lineage, and provenance of digital artifacts and users."

Dozens of Americans believed to have joined terrorists - Washington Times

Dozens of Americans believed to have joined terrorists - Washington Times: "Dozens of Americans have joined terrorist groups and are posing a threat to the United States and its interests abroad, the president's most senior adviser on counterterrorism and homeland security said Thursday.

'There are, in my mind, dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world, and they are very concerning to us,' said John O. Brennan, deputy White House national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism."

Energy Tribune- An Oilicane?

Energy Tribune- An Oilicane?: "The gulf oil spill is bad but it could become much, much worse and soon. The threat is a hurricane moving over the spill. If a hurricane’s violent winds track over the spill, we could witness a natural and economic calamity that history has never recorded anywhere or anytime. We will literally be in oil-soaked waters. We will have witnessed the first oilicane.

A category one hurricane (on a scale of 1 to 5) has maximum sustained winds of 74 to 95 miles per hour near the eye. A category five hurricane has maximum sustained winds of 156 to 200 miles per hour. The difference between the two storms is gigantic and non-linear. The latter hurricane may cause 250 times more damage than the former."

Gulf oil spill: Could 'toxic storm' make beach towns uninhabitable? - CSMonitor.com

Gulf oil spill: Could 'toxic storm' make beach towns uninhabitable? - CSMonitor.com: "In the case of a hurricane hitting the 250-mile wide slick and pushing it over sand dunes and into beach towns, residents fear they’ll face not only mass evacuations, but potential permanent relocation."

YouTube - NASA Ringmakers of Saturn UFOs 2010

YouTube - NASA Ringmakers of Saturn UFOs 2010: "Norman Bergrun's 'The Ringmakers of Saturn' is the inspiration for this video of the mysterious rings of Saturn. The big 3 amigo's on ATS (mikesingh, zorgon, and internos) have each added enormous effort of personal research on this subject, by gathering up to date Cassini satellite imagery that is showing some very interesting anomalies on and around the ringed planet."

Medical Drug Research & Study, Biased Clinical Trials, Medical Devices, Widespread Bias & Omissions | LiveScience

Medical Drug Research & Study, Biased Clinical Trials, Medical Devices, Widespread Bias & Omissions | LiveScience: "Many patients may not know the full story about their drugs or medical treatments because of a widespread problem involving unpublished or biased clinical trials, according to mounting evidence.

Oftentimes, medical journals or pharmaceutical companies that sponsor research will report only 'positive' results, leaving out the non-findings or negative findings where a new drug or procedure may have proved more harmful than helpful."

Genetically Altered Salmon Set to Move Closer to Your Table - NYTimes.com

Genetically Altered Salmon Set to Move Closer to Your Table - NYTimes.com: "The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate."

U.S. government panel now pushing "vaccinations for all!" No exceptions…

U.S. government panel now pushing "vaccinations for all!" No exceptions…: "The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 11-0 with one abstention to recommend yearly flu vaccination for everyone except for children under the age of six months, whose immune systems have not yet developed enough for vaccination to be safe, and people with egg allergies or other health conditions that are known to make flu vaccines hazardous. If accepted by the CDC, this recommendation will then be publicized to doctors and other health workers.

The CDC nearly always accepts the advisory committee's recommendations."

Lee Speigel on His 1978 Attempt to Convince the United Nations to Study UFOs

Lee Speigel on His 1978 Attempt to Convince the United Nations to Study UFOs: "Will the European Union disclose any UFO files it might have, as one lawmaker called for several days ago, perhaps bringing new facts to a field long relegated by government officials as science fiction?

Maybe, but this isn't the first time world leaders have had a close encounter with UFOs."

City Brights: Yobie Benjamin : BP oil spill Corexit dispersants suspected in widespread crop damage

City Brights: Yobie Benjamin : BP oil spill Corexit dispersants suspected in widespread crop damage: "A mysterious 'disease' has caused widespread damage to plants from weeds to farmed organic and conventionally grown crops. There is very strong suspicion that ocean winds have blown Corexit aerosol plumes or droplets and that dispersants have caused the unexplained widespread damage or 'disease'."

The Weirdest Clouds that You’ll Ever See | Webdesigner Depot

The Weirdest Clouds that You’ll Ever See | Webdesigner Depot: "In this post, we take a look at some amazing photographs of the weirdest cloud formations that you’ll ever see, that are destined to inspire your design work and surely blow your mind."

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Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961

Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

CGS�:�A Singular Kind of Eugenics

CGS�:�A Singular Kind of Eugenics: "One persistent aspect of techno-utopianism is a refusal to learn from the human past. Proponents keep making up brand-new labels for what are fundamentally the same old attitudes."

To Unify Or Not To Unify: That Is (Not) The Question : NPR

To Unify Or Not To Unify: That Is (Not) The Question : NPR: "First, we must consider if a complete theory of matter does exist. Second, assuming it does, if we can ever get to it. The first question is quite nebulous. We have no way of knowing if such a complete theory exists. We don’t even know what a “complete” theory is. You may believe it does and spend your life searching for it. That’s a personal choice. Or, like most physicists, you may believe this is nonsense, more metaphysics than physics. The second question, though, is tangible. Can humans achieve complete knowledge of the subatomic world?"

Four Possible BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to Come | | AlterNet

Four Possible BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to Come | | AlterNet: "What will the next Deepwater Horizon disaster look like (other than another Deepwater Horizon disaster)? The choices are many, but here are four possible scenarios for future Gulf-scale energy calamities. None of these is inevitable, but each has a plausible basis in fact."

Short Sharp Science: The end of the human race is nigh, maybe

Short Sharp Science: The end of the human race is nigh, maybe: "To say Frank Fenner is no fool is without doubt an understatement. He is an accomplished scientist, and that rarity in modern science, a polymath. As a virologist he helped lead the eradication of smallpox, while as a human ecologist he set up the respected Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University.

So how worried should we be that Fenner told an Australian newspaper that humanity will be extinct within a century because of our failure to deal with global warming?"

Cosmic Log - Solar cycle sparks doomsday buzz

Cosmic Log - Solar cycle sparks doomsday buzz: "The warnings focus on the 2012-2013 time frame, because that's when the 11-year solar activity cycle is expected to peak. Back in 2006, solar scientists said the coming peak, known as solar maximum or 'solar max,' could be 30 to 50 percent stronger than the last one, based on a computer model that looked at how plasma circulates between the sun's equator and its poles."

Dr. Larry Dossey: Is the Universe Merely a Statistical Accident?

Dr. Larry Dossey: Is the Universe Merely a Statistical Accident?: "Where scientists such as Weinberg, Monod and Dennett see pointlessness and despair in science, as we have seen, other scientists see pattern, direction and meaning. For example, the eminent physicist John Archibald Wheeler said:

'Science ... at first sight seems to have no special platform for man, mind or meaning. Man? Pure biochemistry! Mind? Memory modelable by electronic circuitry! Meaning? Why ask after that puzzling and intangible commodity? What is man that the universe should be mindful of him? ... [I]s not man an unimportant bit of dust on an unimportant planet in an unimportant galaxy in an unimportant region somewhere in the vastness of space? No! The philosopher of old was right! Meaning is important, even central.'"

Discovery Channel :: Supervolcano

Discovery Channel :: Supervolcano

N Korea seeks $75 trillion in compensation - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

N Korea seeks $75 trillion in compensation - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The official North Korean news agency, KCNA, says the cost of the damage done by the US since the peninsula was divided in 1945 is estimated at $US64.96 trillion. The compensation call comes on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the start of the 1950-1953 Korean War."

Each day, another way to define worst-case for oil spill

Each day, another way to define worst-case for oil spill: "An enduring feature of the gulf oil spill is that, even when you think you've heard the worst-case scenario, there's always another that's even more dire."

- BASIL & SPICE OPINION - UFO Disclosure 2010: The Government�Hoax

- BASIL & SPICE OPINION - UFO Disclosure 2010: The Government�Hoax: "An alien invasion and UFO hoax is possibly set in place. The technology is ready. The world is waiting. Believe me? Why not? Most of us believe in circumstances and beings we haven’t seen, and so many have already had alien visits and UFO sightings. Seeing is believing."

There Will Be War - Forbes.com

There Will Be War - Forbes.com: "(T)he Obama administration has ordered a massive buildup of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf starting with Carrier Strike Group 10, headed by the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier. Just last Friday an armada of more than 12 U.S. and Israeli warships passed through the Suez canal amid extreme security provided by Egypt. The ships are headed for the Red Sea and from there to the Persian Gulf. Another four U.S. warships will be making their way to the region to join the Strike Group. The Americans have also conducted joint air and naval strike practices with France and the U.K. under the command of American forces, while Germany is sending warships to the area, also under the command of American forces."

EU Lawmaker Mario Borghezio Calls for End to UFO Secrecy

EU Lawmaker Mario Borghezio Calls for End to UFO Secrecy: "(June 22) -- A European Union official's crusade to get all UFO information released may lift the veil surrounding the truth about possible alien visits to Earth.

Mario Borghezio, leader of the Italian Northern League party, has submitted an official request, urging all 27 EU member governments to disclose their UFO files. So far, according to the European Parliament website, the declaration has received 17 signatures."

Scientists warn of 'Space Weather Katrina' and say U.S. is unprepared

Scientists warn of 'Space Weather Katrina' and say U.S. is unprepared: "Scientists warn that the Earth might be vulnerable to a 'space weather Katrina,' an event that could leave large parts of the U.S. without power, water or access to communication. And the U.S. is unprepared for such a disaster."

Absence of sunspots make scientists wonder if they're seeing a calm before a storm of energy

Absence of sunspots make scientists wonder if they're seeing a calm before a storm of energy: "Groups of sunspots forewarn of gigantic solar storms that can unleash a billion times more energy than an atomic bomb. Fears that these giant eruptions could create havoc on Earth and disputes over the sun's role in climate change are adding urgency to these studies. When NASA and the European Space Agency launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory almost 15 years ago, 'understanding the solar cycle was not one of its scientific objectives,' says Bernhard Fleck, the mission's project scientist. 'Now it is one of the key questions.'"

Dr. Bob Responds to 2012 Predictions - Hieronimus & Co., Inc.

Dr. Bob Responds to 2012 Predictions - Hieronimus & Co., Inc.: "Many new paradigm thinkers have given us great hope regarding the huge shifts predicted for 2012. Though I personally believe we cannot escape widespread planetary weather crises that will result in great loss of life, we can diminish the impact by increasing the number of people who are conscious of their roles as co-creators of our future. Other writers have emphasized that the 2012 time period presages great shifts leading to a new phase of galactic evolution and its relationship with the UFO phenomenon..."

New Tech: Self-Assembling 3D Nano-Structures from DNA

New Tech: Self-Assembling 3D Nano-Structures from DNA: "Harvard Medical School's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute team have constructed a self-assembling nanodevice from single-stranded DNA using a design principal known as tensegrity to lash double-helix struts together with single-stranded DNA. The strands interconnect the struts and pull the entire piece into a taught shape resembling a twisting prism. The structures can further be programmed to change shape on call, as well as move of their own accord."

Gene data for all 'within a decade' - Telegraph

Gene data for all 'within a decade' - Telegraph: "Personalised health care based on individual DNA coding will be an affordable reality within a decade, the scientist who led the Human Genome Project has predicted."

More oil gushing into Gulf after problem with cap - Yahoo! News

More oil gushing into Gulf after problem with cap - Yahoo! News: "Tens of thousands of gallons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped into the cap that had been containing some of the crude, forcing BP to remove it. The setback, yet another in the nine-week effort to stop the gusher, came as the Obama administration tried to figure out how to resurrect a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling and thick pools of oil washed up on beaches in Florida. Removing the containment cap meant about 29,000 extra gallons of oil an hour were spewing, based on the record amount that had been captured in the previous 24 hours. Under the current worst-case scenario, as much as 104,000 gallons an hour — 2.5 million gallons a day — is flowing when there are no devices stopping some of it."

2010 Summer Solstice: Crop circle appears next to heart-shaped wood | Mail Online

2010 Summer Solstice: Crop circle appears next to heart-shaped wood | Mail Online: "The summer solstice is traditionally a time of peace and love.

So it was particularly fitting that this crop circle should appear in a field in Wiltshire yesterday - right next to a heart-shaped wood.

But the sentiment wasn't exactly shared by the farmer whose land the circle appeared on. He blasted the design an 'act of vandalism'."

Largest digital camera hunts killer asteroids - Space.com- msnbc.com

Largest digital camera hunts killer asteroids - Space.com- msnbc.com: "A new telescope in Hawaii being billed as the world's largest digital camera has begun searching the sky for potentially killer asteroids that could endanger our planet Earth."

Recent Russian Newspaper Article Discusses UFO Incidents at Soviet and American Nuclear Weapons Sites

Recent Russian Newspaper Article Discusses UFO Incidents at Soviet and American Nuclear Weapons Sites: "Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a number of ex-Soviet Army personnel came forward and began discussing their involvement in similar incidents in that country during the Cold War era. One of those events occurred on October 4, 1982, near the Ukrainian town of Byelokoroviche, when a disc-shaped UFO apparently hovered over a nuclear missile base for an extended period. At one point during the encounter, a number of nuclear missiles suddenly activated—without authorization from Moscow or any action being taken by the missile launch officers—and were preparing to launch! Had they done so, World War III would have very probably been underway. Fortunately, after 15 seconds, the anomalous activation ceased and the missiles returned to stand-by status. A subsequent investigation by the Soviet government discovered no equipment malfunctions that would have explained the event."

Are We Overlooking Alien Beacons? : Discovery News

Are We Overlooking Alien Beacons? : Discovery News: "Despite our best search strategies, are signals from E.T. manifested in anomalous flashes of radio energy from our galaxy that are missed, or dismissed as natural phenomena? Maybe alien transmissions are popping off all around us but we just aren’t looking at the right place or right time to see them."

NexGen Space Travel: Uploading the Human Mind

NexGen Space Travel: Uploading the Human Mind: "Human consciousness is irrevocably integrated in our organic components. People have always thought of themselves according to the leading technological systems of the day, and with us that's computers - but the mind isn't a program that can be copied out onto upgraded hardware. It's an emergent effect of a hundred billion neurons, uncountable connections, a bath of chemicals and all sorts of input from our body.Besides, the very word 'copy' shows that even if you could do it, you wouldn't benefit - since the copy can exist at the same time, it has to be someone else."

Plastic Brains, Femmebots, and Aliens Watching TV - Reason Magazine

Plastic Brains, Femmebots, and Aliens Watching TV - Reason Magazine: "Cambridge, Mass. The Humanity Summit convened at the Harvard University Science Center earlier this month to talk about plastinated brains, conscious computer chips, iPhone apps that display brain spikes, and other topics both fun and futuristic. Most of the folks gathered for the conference were transhumanists, people who support the use of science and technology to radically improve human intelligence, emotional capacities, and physical characteristics, including making death voluntary. Critics, such as Johns Hopkins University political theorist Francis Fukuyama, have called transhumanism the world’s most dangerous idea."

Researchers create self-assembling nanodevices that move and change shape on demand

Researchers create self-assembling nanodevices that move and change shape on demand: "By emulating nature's design principles, a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has created nanodevices made of DNA that self-assemble and can be programmed to move and change shape on demand. In contrast to existing nanotechnologies, these programmable nanodevices are highly suitable for medical applications because DNA is both biocompatible and biodegradable."

'Limits We Should Not Cross': Germany Takes Stand against Patents on Plants and Animals - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

'Limits We Should Not Cross': Germany Takes Stand against Patents on Plants and Animals - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International: "German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner has spoken out against the patenting of varieties of livestock and plants. Her comments come as the European Patent Office prepares to rule in a test case with far-reaching implications for biological patents in Europe."

A special report on the human genome: Inhuman genomes | The Economist

A special report on the human genome: Inhuman genomes | The Economist: "The Frankencell project, as it was known jokingly at the beginning, had been going for 15 years—ever since Dr Venter started to wonder what was the minimal genome necessary to support a living organism. To find out, he took a bacterium called Micoplasma genitalium, which has a particularly short genome anyway, and knocked its genes out one at a time to see which the bug could live without (at least in the cushy circumstances of a laboratory Petri dish). The answer was around 100 of its original complement of 485."

The hunt for the God particle | Science | The Guardian

The hunt for the God particle | Science | The Guardian: "Durham, northern England, December 2009. The largest meeting of particle physicists in the country is underway and James Wells, a leading theorist at Cern, the European nuclear research organisation near Geneva, is beguiling his audience with an idea that has all the makings of the next great revolution in science."

Large Hadron Collider: scientists create sound of ‘God particle’ - Telegraph

Large Hadron Collider: scientists create sound of ‘God particle’ - Telegraph: "The LHC Sound project aims to allow physicists at Cern in Geneva to ‘listen’ to the data in order to more easily identify the crucial ‘Higgs boson’ particle.
Finding the Higgs boson – also known as the God particle – is the primary aim of the LHC experiment because it will provide an insight into the nature of all matter."

Now scientists read your mind better than you can | Reuters

Now scientists read your mind better than you can | Reuters: "WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - Brain scans may be able to predict what you will do better than you can yourself, and might offer a powerful tool for advertisers or health officials seeking to motivate consumers, researchers said on Tuesday."

Tour the 'seed vault' that will save us all after the apocalypse | SCI FI Wire

Tour the 'seed vault' that will save us all after the apocalypse | SCI FI Wire: "Assuming we're lucky enough to survive the apocalypse (though we're not sure lucky's the right word for it), we know one of our first thoughts will be 'What's for lunch?'

Thankfully, that's being taken care of. A global seed vault has been built on a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago. It will eventually house every variation from every crop from every country on the planet.

The big brains seem to have everything covered, as the vault was built high enough to avoid rising sea levels and deep enough into the mountain to be able to withstand a nuclear explosion, and it's kept at a constant temperature of 0 degrees to preserve its contents. But what we want to know is—how will it fare against zombies?"

Dark War Clouds Loom on Mid-East Horizon - HUMAN EVENTS

Dark War Clouds Loom on Mid-East Horizon - HUMAN EVENTS: "The gathering storm in the Middle East is gaining momentum. War clouds are on the horizon and, as with conditions prior to World War I, all it takes for explosive action to commence is a trigger."

Methane in Gulf astonishingly high: U.S. scientist | Reuters

Methane in Gulf astonishingly high: U.S. scientist | Reuters: "As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday."

Gulf Oil Spill - The Greatest Disaster Since The Flood? :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

Gulf Oil Spill - The Greatest Disaster Since The Flood? :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website: "If the methane bubble explodes, it would create a tsunami that would wipe out anything within dozens (and possibly hundreds) of miles of the Gulf Coast in all directions. The tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 wiped out between 150,000-300,000 people, some as far away as South Africa. This was caused by an earthquake that shifted the ocean floor by meters. An explosion of this size would shift the ocean floor for miles. The Gulf is touched by the Mississippi River and opens into the Caribbean where it is exposed to the Panama Canal."

Invisible Extraterrestrials? World-Leading Physicist Says "They Could Exist in Forms We Can't Conceive" (A Galaxy Classic)

Invisible Extraterrestrials? World-Leading Physicist Says "They Could Exist in Forms We Can't Conceive" (A Galaxy Classic): "“They could be staring us in the face and we just don’t recognize them. The problem is that we’re looking for something very much like us, assuming that they at least have something like the same mathematics and technology.'"

Are We Entering an Era of Self-Directed Evolution?

Are We Entering an Era of Self-Directed Evolution?: "'At first,' he continues 'these changes will be confined to the repair of genetic defects, like cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy. These are controlled by single genes, and so are fairly easy to identify, and correct. Other qualities, such as intelligence, are probably controlled by a large number of genes. It will be much more difficult to find them, and work out the relations between them. Nevertheless, I am sure that during the next century, people will discover how to modify both intelligence, and instincts like aggression.'"

IBM Reveals the Biggest Artificial Brain of All Time - Popular Mechanics

IBM Reveals the Biggest Artificial Brain of All Time - Popular Mechanics: "IBM has revealed the biggest artificial brain of all time, a simulation run by a 147,456-processor supercomputer that requires millions of watts of electricity and over 150,000 gigabytes of memory. The brain simulation is a feat for neuroscience and computer processing—but it's still one-eighty-third the speed of a human brain and is only as large as a cat's. Will we ever get to truly capable artificial intelligence? PM reports from IBM's Almaden research center to find out."

Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny? - IBD - Investors.com

Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny? - IBD - Investors.com: "In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it."

Al-Qaida warns of new, deadlier attacks

Al-Qaida warns of new, deadlier attacks: "Al-Qaida's US-born spokesman warned President Barack Obama Sunday that the militant group may launch new attacks that would kill more Americans than previous ones.

In a taunting, 24 minute message that dwelled on Obama's setbacks, including the loss of Massachusetts Senate seat to the Republicans, Adam Gadahn set out al-Qaida's conditions for peace with the US, including cutting support for Israel and withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan."

petroleumworld

petroleumworld: "The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame.

— Saruman, The Lord of the Rings

There is something primordial about BP's quest for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. It's an Icarus-like story of super-ambition; of reaching too far, delving too deep."

Gulf Oil Leaks Could Gush for Years

Gulf Oil Leaks Could Gush for Years: "If efforts fail to cap the leaking Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico (map), oil could gush for years—poisoning coastal habitats for decades, experts say."

The Baalbek Trilithon located in Baalbek, Lebanon | Atlas Obscura | Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations

The Baalbek Trilithon located in Baalbek, Lebanon | Atlas Obscura | Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations: "The largest hewn stone yet discovered, however, was not found in any of these places, but in the Lebanese town of Baalbeck, in the ruins of a city once known as Heliopolis, 'the City of the Sun.'

In the base of the ruins of the Jupiter Baal Temple lie three hewn stones known together as the 'trilithon.' Each is estimated to weigh over 750 tons. Construction on the massive Roman temple of Jupiter began roughly 27 years before the birth of Jesus, and while most scholars agree the blocks were cut by the Romans, there is some evidence that the trilithon may predate their presence in the Middle East. In fact, the stones may predate even Alexander the Great, who founded Heliopolis in 334 BCE."

Understanding the Risks and Rewards of Synthetic Biology - TIME

Understanding the Risks and Rewards of Synthetic Biology - TIME: "Without public oversight, we are certain to wake up one day to news of some private breakthrough that rattles our bones: a human-animal hybrid, a cloned child, a fetus grown solely to harvest its parts."

Counterinsurgency Training by 'Virtual Human' | Miller-McCune Online

Counterinsurgency Training by 'Virtual Human' | Miller-McCune Online: "Using artificial intelligence and the graphics techniques behind “Avatar,” a USC institute creates “virtual humans” and interactive immersions that train American soldiers to win hearts and minds in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Human race 'will be extinct 'within 100 years due to population explosion' | Mail Online

Human race 'will be extinct 'within 100 years due to population explosion' | Mail Online: "As the scientist who helped eradicate smallpox he certainly know a thing or two about extinction.

And now Professor Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University, has predicted that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years.

He has claimed that the human race will be unable to survive a population explosion and 'unbridled consumption.’"

Hitler and the secret Satanic cult at the heart of Nazi Germany�-�NEWSMONSTER

Hitler and the secret Satanic cult at the heart of Nazi Germany�-�NEWSMONSTER: "Hitler and the secret Satanic cult at the heart of Nazi Germany"

How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill millions - by Terrence Aym - Helium

How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill millions - by Terrence Aym - Helium: "Disturbing evidence is mounting that something frightening is happening deep under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico—something far worse than the BP oil gusher.

Warnings were raised as long as a year before the Deepwater Horizon disaster that the area of seabed chosen by the BP geologists might be unstable, or worse, inherently dangerous.

What makes the location that Transocean chose potentially far riskier than other potential oil deposits located at other regions of the Gulf? It can be summed up with two words: methane gas."

US may 'microwave' Afghan targets

US may 'microwave' Afghan targets: "The US military may be testing a controversial weapon that focuses microwave energy with a so-called 'goodbye effect' on targets in Afghanistan, a report says."

Have scientists found proof that ghosts exist?�-�NEWSMONSTER

Have scientists found proof that ghosts exist?�-�NEWSMONSTER: "Have scientists found proof that ghosts exist?"

European Union Parliamentarian Calls For End to UFO Secrecy |UFO News|UFO Footage|2010 UFO Sightings|Alien Pictures|Coverup|Disclosure Project|Web Bot

European Union Parliamentarian Calls For End to UFO Secrecy |UFO News|UFO Footage|2010 UFO Sightings|Alien Pictures|Coverup|Disclosure Project|Web Bot: "After UFO Disclosure by UK, Denmark, Sweden, Uruguay, Russia, and New Zealand government publishing its own x-files in public domain in next few weeks. And CIA disclosure document revealing that DIA Remote Viewers 'saw' Extraterrestrial on Saturn moon Titan. Now the Italian EU MP Mario Borghezio on 14 June 2010, had tabled a written statement. In it he calls on member of states to disclosure the documents relating to UFOs."

SPACE.com -- World's Largest Digital Camera Begins Hunt for Killer Asteroids

SPACE.com -- World's Largest Digital Camera Begins Hunt for Killer Asteroids: "A new telescope in Hawaii being billed as the world's largest digital camera has begun searching the sky for potentially killer asteroids that could endanger our planet Earth."

Hundreds of Possible Alien Planets Discovered By NASA Spacecraft - Yahoo! News

Hundreds of Possible Alien Planets Discovered By NASA Spacecraft - Yahoo! News: "NASA's Kepler spacecraft hunting for Earth-like planets around other stars has found 706 candidates for potential alien worlds while gazing at more than 156,000 stars packed into a single patch of the sky.
If all 706 of these objects pass the stringent follow-up tests to determine if they are actually planets, and not false alarms, they could nearly triple the current number of known extrasolar planets. They were announced as part of a huge release of data from the mission's first 43 days by NASA's Kepler science team this week."

FT.com / Europe - Medvedev sees chance for new world order

FT.com / Europe - Medvedev sees chance for new world order: "Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, said Moscow was bidding to help lead efforts to build a new world economic order after the old system collapsed in the global financial crisis."

THE VATICAN AND UFOS

THE VATICAN AND UFOS: "Of late, astronomers, astronauts, politicians, and other prominent personalities have indicated their belief that there may be extraterrestrial life, as has the Vatican observatory, causing bloggers in this realm to speculate that mankind is being prepared for a revelation.

'Monsignor Corrado Balducci, a theologian member of the Vatican Curia, and an insider close to the Pope, has gone on Italian national television five times, including recent months, to proclaim that extraterrestrial contact is a real phenomenon,' noted one UFO newsletter. 'Balducci provided an analysis of extraterrestrials that he feels is consistent with the Catholic Church's understanding of theology. Monsignor Balducci emphasizes that extraterrestrial encounters 'are not demonic, they are not due to psychological impairment, they are not a case of entity attachment, but these encounters deserve to be studied carefully.' Balducci revealed to a visiting American professional that the Vatican is closely following this phenomenon quietly.'"

Scientists create GM 'Frankenfish' which grows three times as fast as normal salmon | Mail Online

Scientists create GM 'Frankenfish' which grows three times as fast as normal salmon | Mail Online: "Scientists have created a genetically modified 'monster' salmon which could soon be on dinner tables around the world.

A U.S. company claims it has been given initial approval by American safety authorities to produce the GM fish which grow two to three times faster than normal varieties.

The net result is that the fish convert their feed to muscle much more quickly and can be killed for the table at a younger age, assuring producers bigger profits."

Scientists create 'sick pigs' to cure humans - The Scotsman

Scientists create 'sick pigs' to cure humans - The Scotsman: "SCOTTISH scientists are creating pigs that are genetically modified to suffer from incurable human diseases – so they can be used by drug companies to test new therapies."

Pictures of the day: 17 June 2010 - Telegraph

Pictures of the day: 17 June 2010 - Telegraph: "A huge 250-foot crop circle has appeared near Devizes in Wiltshire. One expert claims it is a message from above - England's No. 8 Frank Lampard to score against Algeria. The design, resembling a figure eight, appeared in a crop of barley at Chirton Bottom. Crop circle expert Karen Alexander said: 'Many experts think it could represent DNA or the splitting of the atom, but I think its a sign that Frank Lampard is going to score against Algeria'"

Cosmic Log - Looking for alien DNA

Cosmic Log - Looking for alien DNA: "Zecharia Sitchin says he's willing to stake everything he's written about alien astronauts on DNA tests that could be performed on the 4,500-year-old remains of a high-ranking Sumerian woman. It's the latest - and possibly the last - cause celebre for a fringe celebrity."

Internet 'kill switch' proposed for US - Security - News

Internet 'kill switch' proposed for US - Security - News: "TechAmerica, probably the largest US technology lobby group, said it was concerned about 'unintended consequences that would result from the legislation's regulatory approach' and 'the potential for absolute power'. And the Center for Democracy and Technology publicly worried that the Lieberman Bill's emergency powers 'include authority to shut down or limit internet traffic on private systems.'"

H Summit Day Two: Claim The Moral High Ground | Singularity Hub

H Summit Day Two: Claim The Moral High Ground | Singularity Hub: "Sunday saw the second day of the H Summit, a gathering for those interested in how humanity can transcend its current limitations. Speakers posed the big questions: Do you want to live forever? What does it mean to be conscious? How do we write a robot bill of rights? The summit rallied the biggest and brightest Transhumanist philosophers, including the man many consider the face of the Transhumanist movement—Ray Kurzweil."

Prince Charles' Population Control Speech Backfires with References to Chesterton, C.S. Lewis

Prince Charles' Population Control Speech Backfires with References to Chesterton, C.S. Lewis: "The Prince of Wales has come under fire after using a speech on Islam and environmentalism as an opportunity to call for a reduction in the world’s birth rate, especially among Muslims.

But what has drawn the ire of some commentators is that moments after making his controversial remarks, the prince went on to quote famed Christian writers C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton in support of the thesis of his address."

'World will be plunged into crisis in 2014': Cambridge expert predicts Doomsday | Mail Online

'World will be plunged into crisis in 2014': Cambridge expert predicts Doomsday | Mail Online: "A 'Doomsday' moment will take place in 2014 - and will determine whether the 21st century is full of violence and poverty or will be peaceful and prosperous, according to a Cambridge University professor.

In the last 500 years there has been a cataclysmic 'Great Event' of international significance at the start of each century, he claims.

Occurring in the middle of the second decade of each century, they include events which sparked wars, religious conflict and brought peace."

The Pentagon's Newest Project: Zombies

The Pentagon's Newest Project: Zombies: "The scientist responsible for some of the Pentagon's wildest research has devised methods that could one day save trauma patients, and even extend the shelf life of transplant organs. Step one: Suffocate the wounded. Step two: Put ‘em on ice."

Researchers clone long-dead bull - INSIDE JoongAng Daily

Researchers clone long-dead bull - INSIDE JoongAng Daily: "This is the first time local researchers have cloned an animal that has been dead for some time. Former Seoul National University Professor Hwang Woo-suk succeeded in cloning a dog for the first time in the world in 2005, but he used cells from live animals."

First replicating creature spawned in life simulator - physics-math - 16 June 2010 - New Scientist

First replicating creature spawned in life simulator - physics-math - 16 June 2010 - New Scientist: "IF YOU found a self-replicating organism living inside your computer, your first instinct might be to reach for the antivirus software. If, however, you are Andrew Wade, an avid player in the two-dimensional, mathematical universe known as the Game of Life, such a discovery is nothing short of an epiphany.

When Wade posted his self-replicating mathematical organism on a Life community website on 18 May, it sparked a wave of excitement. 'This is truly ground-breaking work,' wrote a fellow Life enthusiast, Adam Goucher, on the website Game of Life News. 'In fact, this is arguably the single most impressive and important pattern ever devised.'"

Magazine Preview - Smarter Than You Think - I.B.M.'s Supercomputer to Challenge 'Jeopardy!' Champions - NYTimes.com

Magazine Preview - Smarter Than You Think - I.B.M.'s Supercomputer to Challenge 'Jeopardy!' Champions - NYTimes.com: "For the last three years, I.B.M. scientists have been developing what they expect will be the world’s most advanced “question answering” machine, able to understand a question posed in everyday human elocution — “natural language,” as computer scientists call it — and respond with a precise, factual answer. In other words, it must do more than what search engines like Google and Bing do, which is merely point to a document where you might find the answer. It has to pluck out the correct answer itself. Technologists have long regarded this sort of artificial intelligence as a holy grail..."

Seven Sci-Fi Weapons from Tomorrow Are Here Today

Seven Sci-Fi Weapons from Tomorrow Are Here Today: "Life has been imitating art with a vengeance lately in the field of weaponry. A number of weapons and weapons systems now on active duty or in the prototype stage seem to have been ripped straight out of the overwrought imagination of a sci-fi writer.Here’s a trip back to the future to look at some of the latest military and law enforcement hardware."

US Army Airship With Unblinking Eye

US Army Airship With Unblinking Eye: "A new hybrid airship weapons system, just larger than the length of a football field, will take to the skies in just 18 months to provide an unblinking, persistent eye for more than three weeks at a time to aid U.S. Army troops in Afghanistan, according to Northrop Grumman officials."

The Truth About Your Food

The Truth About Your Food: "Case in point: Let's say you had a choice between two seemingly similar products. Both had about the same number of calories, and had similar tastes. Based on these ingredient lists, which would you choose?"

Investigating the microscopic world of food nanotechnology - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Investigating the microscopic world of food nanotechnology - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: "Imagine 'smart' food packaging that changes color to alert you when a food spoils, or 'interactive' foods that are personalized to fit your needs. It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but this kind of technology is real thanks to nanotechnology (or, nanotech), which has quietly moved to the forefront of innovation, poised to revolutionize the food industry. In a nutshell, nanotechnology involves manipulating matter at the nanoscale level — much too small for the human eye to see. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter (a single human hair measures 100,000 nanometers wide.)"

Alex Pasternack: Ray Kurzweil Has Seen the Future, and the Machine Is Us (VIDEO)

Alex Pasternack: Ray Kurzweil Has Seen the Future, and the Machine Is Us (VIDEO): "If you haven't already downloaded the article into your brain, the New York Times blew the cover on the trans-humanist movement this weekend, just as a bunch of the devoted were gathering at Harvard for the H Summit, to hear from the movement's de facto leader, inventor Ray Kurzweil."

Futurisms: Patrick Lin on the military's push for human enhancement

Futurisms: Patrick Lin on the military's push for human enhancement: "After James Hughes came Patrick Lin (bio). Lin noted correctly that something that's gone basically unremarked at this conference so far is how much of the push towards futuristic technologies and human enhancement is driven by the military. The military has strong reasons to try to engineer soldiers with superhuman strength, who can climb walls, who don't need to eat and sleep, and so forth."

Warring Futures: A Future Tense Event | NewAmerica.net

Warring Futures: A Future Tense Event | NewAmerica.net: "New technologies are changing warfare as profoundly as did gunpowder. How are everything from flying robots as small as birds to “peak warrior performance” biology altering the nature of the military as an institution, as well as the ethics and strategy of combat? How will the adoption of emerging technologies by our forces or others affect our understanding of asymmetrical conflict?"

Who's Afraid of the Singularity? - Health Care IT from eWeek

Who's Afraid of the Singularity? - Health Care IT from eWeek: "News Analysis: With futurists planning for the so-called Singularity, the question is no longer what it will be, but how we will keep it from destroying the very nature of humanity."

Why it's futile to resist new military technology. - By Brad Allenby - Slate Magazine

Why it's futile to resist new military technology. - By Brad Allenby - Slate Magazine: "Telepathic helmets. Grid-computing swarms of cyborg insects, some for surveillance, some with lethal stingers. New cognitive-enhancement drugs. (What? Adderall and Provigil aren't good enough for you?) Lethal autonomous robots. Brain-chip-to-weapon platform control systems on a 'future force warrior' platform. American military technology is getting very frisky. And most of these technologies will eventually make their way back to civil society with impacts that will probably be more complex and more difficult than anyone can predict."

Mystery of million mummies buried near Snefu's Seila pyramid

Mystery of million mummies buried near Snefu's Seila pyramid: "Researchers from Brigham Young University, in Utah, are trying to find why a million mummies are buried near Pharaoh Snefru 's Seila pyramid.

About 4,600 years ago, Snefru initiated one of the greatest construction projects in human history.

For reasons yet unknown, he decided to build four pyramids scattered at different places across Egypt.

Two were constructed at Dashur (the Red and Bent pyramids), one at Meidum and another at a place called Seila.

Together they used up more material than Khufu's pyramid at Giza."

DK Matai: Could Super Solar Flares Take Us Back To 5000 BC?

DK Matai: Could Super Solar Flares Take Us Back To 5000 BC?: "Why The Sudden Commotion?

Some scientists believe an incoming brown dwarf star, several times the mass of Jupiter, is responsible for disrupting our solar system's heliosphere. The brown dwarf has disturbed Pluto's orbit. It is also disturbing the orbit of Jupiter and the rest of the celestial bodies in our solar system. The sun is emitting Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) during the last few months that are having a significant impact on the earth's geomagnetic axis and electromagnetic field."

The Bizarre and Wonderful World of Quantum Theory—And How Understanding It Has Ultimately Changed Our Lives | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think

The Bizarre and Wonderful World of Quantum Theory—And How Understanding It Has Ultimately Changed Our Lives | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think: "The Bizarre and Wonderful World of Quantum Theory—And How Understanding It Has Ultimately Changed Our Lives"

A Voyage Through the Multiverse and Higher Dimensional Hyperspace | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think

A Voyage Through the Multiverse and Higher Dimensional Hyperspace | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think: "The 'multiverse' idea—once thought to be so crazy it only belonged on late night television—has now become the dominant theory in all of cosmology. The idea now dominates conversations in science circles and it seems you cannot avoid the theory of the multiverse."

BBC News - US experiment hints at 'multiple God particles'

BBC News - US experiment hints at 'multiple God particles': "There may be multiple versions of the elusive 'God particle' - or Higgs boson - according to a new study."

symmetry - April 2010 - Are We There Yet?

symmetry - April 2010 - Are We There Yet?: "Years of effort and roughly 10,000 people have made the Large Hadron Collider the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. This collaborative feat of technology promises to change the way we understand the universe. Now the world is watching, waiting to see what so much effort will yield."

YouTube - GHOSTLY IMAGE SETS OFF ALARM AND IS CAUGHT ON TAPE.flv

YouTube - GHOSTLY IMAGE SETS OFF ALARM AND IS CAUGHT ON TAPE.flv

UFOs at DEN? Conspiracy theories thrive at airports - USATODAY.com

UFOs at DEN? Conspiracy theories thrive at airports - USATODAY.com: "Officials insist the 26-foot tall statue of the ancient Egyptian god Anubis now standing outside the Denver International Airport terminal is there to promote a King Tut exhibit opening soon at the Denver Art Museum. But the giant image of the jackal-headed god tasked with protecting the spirits of the dead is alarming some travelers.

'I'm not superstitious, but it doesn't exactly instill confidence when the god of the dead is staring through the window at you!' says Brian Olson, a Colorado resident who travels frequently through Denver airport."

Bilderberg 2010: What we have learned | World news | guardian.co.uk

Bilderberg 2010: What we have learned | World news | guardian.co.uk: "A huge agenda of global issues was crammed into four days of 'secret' meetings by a mysterious group of power brokers. But who elected them and why are we paying for them?"

What's wrong with the sun? - space - 14 June 2010 - New Scientist

What's wrong with the sun? - space - 14 June 2010 - New Scientist: "SUNSPOTS come and go, but recently they have mostly gone. For centuries, astronomers have recorded when these dark blemishes on the solar surface emerge, only for them to fade away again after a few days, weeks or months. Thanks to their efforts, we know that sunspot numbers ebb and flow in cycles lasting about 11 years.

But for the past two years, the sunspots have mostly been missing. Their absence, the most prolonged for nearly a hundred years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise. 'This is solar behaviour we haven't seen in living memory,' says David Hathaway, a physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama."

BBC News - 'Much more water' found in lunar rocks

BBC News - 'Much more water' found in lunar rocks: "The Moon might be much wetter than previously thought, a group of scientists has said.

A US-led team analysed the mineral apatite in lunar rocks picked up by the Apollo space missions and in a lunar meteorite found in North Africa.

The scientists found that there was at least 100 times more water in the Moon's minerals than they had previously believed."

Monitor: Power from thin air | The Economist

Monitor: Power from thin air | The Economist: "ANYONE whose mobile phone has ever run out of juice—which means, these days, more than half the world’s population—will like the idea of getting electrical power out of the air. The notion is far from new. A little over a century ago, the inventor Nikola Tesla drew up ambitious plans to transmit electrical power without wires. He carried out a series of experiments in which electric lights were illuminated via electrostatic induction, by connecting them to metal sheets suspended in a strong electric field produced by a distant transmitter. In 1898 he proposed a “world system” of giant towers that would form both a global wireless communications network and a means of delivering electricity over large areas without wires."

Patent Docs: Not Quite Artificial Life, But We're Getting Closer: Reactions to Venter's Synthetic Cell

Patent Docs: Not Quite Artificial Life, But We're Getting Closer: Reactions to Venter's Synthetic Cell: "Recently, we reported that a research team led by Dr. Craig Venter had developed a 'synthetic cell' controlled by purely synthetic DNA . To evaluate the significance of the discovery, the journal Nature asked eight synthetic-biology experts about the implications for science and society of the 'synthetic cell' made by the Dr. Venter's research team ('Life after the synthetic cell'). Generally, most commentators downplayed the gravity of Dr. Venter's discovery, most finding the synthetic cell as falling short of 'artificial life.'� The following is a summary of each expert's commentary, to illustrate the variety of reactions to Dr. Venter's synthetic cell:"

Helios Awakens

Helios Awakens: "The Sun is beginning to rouse itself from a long period of quiescence. What a difference a year can make, not only in our personal lives, but also in the life of the Sun. It was in June of 2009 that heliophysicists were reporting a period of low sunspot activity that had not been seen in 100 years or more. There were almost 800 days of inactivity between sunspot cycles 23 and 24.

However, according to a June 13, 2010 report from Spaceweather.com, sunspot number 1081 is 'crackling' with C-class and M-class solar flares. Solar flares are categorized as A, B, C, M, or X: light, medium, or powerful, with a numerical intensity from 1 through 9 attached. The labels are primarily used to illustrate the potential effects that they might have on our planet. Thus, an X-17 flare is considered extremely intense, while a C-4 event will have little effect on satellites in Earth orbit or on electric power grids."

EU chief warns 'democracy could disappear' in Greece, Spain and Portugal | Mail Online

EU chief warns 'democracy could disappear' in Greece, Spain and Portugal | Mail Online: "Democracy could ‘collapse’ in Greece, Spain and Portugal unless urgent action is taken to tackle the debt crisis, the head of the European Commission has warned.

In an extraordinary briefing to trade union chiefs last week, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso set out an ‘apocalyptic’ vision in which crisis-hit countries in southern Europe could fall victim to military coups or popular uprisings as interest rates soar and public services collapse because their governments run out of money."

153. We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

153. We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet: "What does the state-bank-military complex plan next? As the second stage of the financial crisis hits, says Gerald Celente, we can expect them to start another war to divert people’s attention from the wholesale robbery of the productive. He also fears that WWIII will start when Israel or the US attacks Iran. It could go nuclear, or involve biological WMD. But that won’t prevent the default of the UK, Spain, Ireland, and the rest, and the continued rip-off the people by the “Harvard-Princeton-Yale-Bullets-Bombs-Banks” regime. The result, says Gerald, will be worldwide civil unrest. This is, after all, a bunch that can’t stop an oil leak. He tells us what he is doing to protect himself."

Will 2012 be the end of the world? Astronomer says threat from space is real

Will 2012 be the end of the world? Astronomer says threat from space is real: "Is it time to start worrying about the apocalypse?

Some say the Mayan calendar portends the end of the world, but others say a threat to Earth could come from space.

Astronomer Chris Impey, writing for The Independent, recently gave us some frightening doomsday scenarios.

Impey said every 100 years or so a meteor crashes into the Earth with the force of a nuclear blast. Every 1,000 years or so, our planet passes through the trails of thick comets that can create firestorm conditions.

After that, Earthlings can look forward to an event that happens roughly every 100,000 years—a large projectile many miles across. If it hit the ocean, it could cause global tidal waves that made the last large tsunami look like an overflowing bathtub."

The Next Generation May be 'Chipped' - PCWorld

The Next Generation May be 'Chipped' - PCWorld: "You may reject the idea of a microchip implant, but your grandchildren could embrace them, according to an Australian professor.

Katrina Michael, associate professor of the University of Wollongong's school of information systems and technology, and author of scientific paper Towards a State of Uberveillance, said subdermal chip implants in humans could be commonplace within two to three generations."

Will Our Robot Overlords Be Friendly? - Reason Magazine

Will Our Robot Overlords Be Friendly? - Reason Magazine: "NEW YORK—The singularity grows nigh. A happy band of technophiles, futurists, transhumanists, and, yes, singulatarians gathered in New York City this past weekend to talk about prospects for life before and after the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence. The phenomenon gets its name from science fiction writer Vernor Vinge, who analogized a future full of super-smart artificial intelligence(s) (AIs) to the way black holes work. Black holes are singularities—surrounded by event horizons past which outside observers simply cannot see. Self-improving super-smart AIs will so radically speed up the pace of technological change that it is simply impossible to describe what the future would look like afterwards."

DIA Remote Viewers 'saw' Extraterrestrial on Saturn moon Titan : CIA Document |UFO News|UFO Footage|2010 UFO Sightings|Alien Pictures|Coverup|Disclosure Project|Web Bot

DIA Remote Viewers 'saw' Extraterrestrial on Saturn moon Titan : CIA Document |UFO News|UFO Footage|2010 UFO Sightings|Alien Pictures|Coverup|Disclosure Project|Web Bot: "Earlier this month we reported the untold story that NASA Scientists announcement regarding alien life exists on Saturn moon Titan is a part of continuous disclosure.

And in response we had revived many email regarding 'what proof we are having other than our last year report to support our claim' ?

So those who writes to us and ask about more solid proof please have look at down below CIA released documents, which clearly showed that DIA remote viewers 'saw' extraterrestrial on Saturn moon Titan. CIA document clearly support our claim that we are under continuous disclosure mode."

Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation - Telegraph

Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation - Telegraph: "In a new warning, Nasa said the super storm would hit like “a bolt of lightning” and could cause catastrophic consequences for the world’s health, emergency services and national security unless precautions are taken.
Scientists believe it could damage everything from emergency services’ systems, hospital equipment, banking systems and air traffic control devices, through to “everyday” items such as home computers, iPods and Sat Navs."

Teardrop-shaped UFO follows in jet's vapor trail over Virginia

Teardrop-shaped UFO follows in jet's vapor trail over Virginia: "A Virginia witness watched a teardrop-shaped object following in the vapor trail of a jet on June 12, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The object seemed to keep pace with the jet, but stayed a good distance behind, the witness stated. The object was shorter than the plane, but larger in diameter.

The object made a sudden 'arc like climb,' and then vanished.

This report is not uncommon - there have been some very similar reports of objects following jets in their vapor trail from the past year within the MUFON reports."

Flash in Colorado sky is followed by red lights and triangle formation

Flash in Colorado sky is followed by red lights and triangle formation: "A Colorado witness camping in Eleven Mile Canyon at Lake George is reporting a flash in the sky at 10 p.m. on June 4, 2010, followed by red balls 'zipping off' in different directions and then three larger lights that moved in a triangle formation, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

'The other objects were much smaller with flashing red lights ziping all over the sky and up to the triangle formation,' the witness stated. 'This went on for a very long time.'"

Diamond-shaped UFO over El Paso projects green beam of light to ground

Diamond-shaped UFO over El Paso projects green beam of light to ground: "Three members of an El Paso, Texas, family driving near their home at 9:15 p.m. on June 13, 2010, watched a fast moving bright light pulsing in and out that projected a green beam of light to the ground surface, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The beam of light was turned on for about three seconds, and then the entire object disappeared."

Scientists grow laboratory liver, giving hope to millions with diseased organs | Mail Online

Scientists grow laboratory liver, giving hope to millions with diseased organs | Mail Online: "Scientists have grown a liver in a laboratory, offering fresh hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with diseased and damaged organs.

It raises the prospect of those in need of transplants one day being offered livers that are ‘made to order’.

The first pieces of lab-grown livers could be used in hospitals within just five years, the researchers said."

D’oh, we may never decode the universe - Times Online

D’oh, we may never decode the universe - Times Online: "SOME of the greatest mysteries of the universe may never be resolved because they are beyond human comprehension, according to Lord Rees, president of the Royal Society.

Rees suggests that the inherent intellectual limitations of humanity mean we may never resolve questions such as the existence of parallel universes, the cause of the big bang, or the nature of our own consciousness."

Bilderberg: sinister with�a smile | Charlie Skelton | Comment is free | The Guardian

Bilderberg: sinister with�a smile | Charlie Skelton | Comment is free | The Guardian: "An extraordinary thing happened last weekend. The world's most secretive strategy group, Bilderberg, poked its nose out of the shadows and launched its own website: bilderbergmeetings.org. For an organisation that prefers to cordon the press a mile from its meetings, whose press relations policy to date has been to arrest, harass and search journalists, this was an astonishing turnaround."

Limitations of the human brain mean we may never understand the secrets of the universe | Mail Online

Limitations of the human brain mean we may never understand the secrets of the universe | Mail Online: "The limitations of the human brain mean some of the biggest mysteries of the universe may never be solved, a top scientist has claimed.

According to President of the Royal Society Lord Rees, questions about the big bang and the existence of parallel universes may be never be resolved because of the built-in limitations of mankind."

Vast ocean once covered Mars, say scientists | Science | The Guardian

Vast ocean once covered Mars, say scientists | Science | The Guardian: "Scientists have revived arguments over whether there was once an ocean on the surface of Mars by claiming that their analysis of existing data supports the hypothesis that water covered much of the red planet's northern hemisphere 3.5bn years ago.

They believe their study of apparent marine deltas and valley networks in the journal Nature Geoscience bolsters the possibility that up to a third of Mars was under about 30 million cubic miles of water."

Military-Grade Augmented Reality Could Redefine Modern Warfare

Military-Grade Augmented Reality Could Redefine Modern Warfare: "A Chicago-based company called Tanagram Partners is currently developing military-grade augmented reality technology that - if developed to the full potential of its prototypes - would completely change the face of military combat as we know it. Tanagram CEO Joseph Juhnke presented the technology last week at the Augmented Reality Event in Santa Clara, California, and wowed the audience with his presentation."

The end of the world as we know it - Science, News - The Independent

The end of the world as we know it - Science, News - The Independent: "What kind of catastrophe would it take to end the world? Astronomical intruders provide a potentially serious threat. Impacts can be caused by stray rubble from the Asteroid Belt and the rocky snowballs that travel in highly elliptical orbits in the comet cloud. There are many fewer large bits of debris than small bits, so the interval between large impacts is much longer than the interval between small impacts."

Bigelow Aerospace Lethal UFO Extraterrestrial Battle Rumor Exposed

Bigelow Aerospace Lethal UFO Extraterrestrial Battle Rumor Exposed: "It sounds like a Hollywood plot for a 21st century remake of Earth versus the Flying Saucers.

San Francisco physicist Dr. Jack Sarfatti claims to have heard the rumor while visiting London in 2004, while in the company of Nick Cook, the well known aerospace journalist from the private intelligence publisher Janes Information Group.

'I was asked by the 'CIA' not to pursue the story in 2004, but now Bigelow has (allegedly, it seems) opened Pandora's Box on the story.'"

Low flying sphere-shaped UFOs reported from three states

Low flying sphere-shaped UFOs reported from three states: "'The pulsing was a very intese white light then to nothing,' the reporting witness stated. 'It continued moving South west very slow and the pulsing was continuous.'

They also noticed a second, smaller light, underneath the object, that stayed with it the entire time.

The light then 'slowly traveled more to the left,' a move they state was 'too hard for a plane to do.'"

4 UFO's OVER OAKLAND CA. 06-11-2010

4 UFO's OVER OAKLAND CA. 06-11-2010: "4 UFO's were spotted in formation over the Oakland region of California on June 11th 2010. The witness and hardcore enthusiast K. McCracken has been hot on the trail of these objects that not only rip over head at extremely high altitude but do so on a schedule. The objects can not been seen without Infrared equipment and produce absolutely no sound. The question is,......what are these objects and who do they belong to?"

"There Was No Big Bang!" Say Several Leading Cosmologists (A Galaxy Classic)

"There Was No Big Bang!" Say Several Leading Cosmologists (A Galaxy Classic): "Several of the worlds leading astrophysicists believe there was no Big Bang that brought the universe and time into existence. Before the Big Bang, the standard theory assumes, there was no space, just nothing. Einstein merged the universe into a single entity: not space, not time, but spacetime.

Proponents of branes propose that we are trapped in a thin membrane of space-time embedded in a much larger cosmos from which neither light nor energy -except gravity- can escape or enter and that that 'dark matter' is just the rest of the universe that we can't see because light can't escape from or enter into our membrane from the great bulk of the universe. And our membrane may be only one of many, all of which may warp, connect, and collide with one another in as many as 10 dimensions -a new frontier physicists call the 'brane world.' Stephen Hawking, among others, envisions brane worlds perculating up out of the void, giving rise to whole new universes."

Prototype Hyperspectral Satellite Fast-Tracked to Begin Official Spy Work for Military | Popular Science

Prototype Hyperspectral Satellite Fast-Tracked to Begin Official Spy Work for Military | Popular Science: "Everything on the Earth's surface is being stimulated by energy from the Sun, and that causes everything to emit special spectral fingerprints. Hyperspectral sensors detect all those fingerprints. On board TacSat-3, complex computers sift through ARTEMIS' data, determining what the fingerprints represent and whether any of the objects or substances could be a target. There's no hiding from its prying eyes -- tricks that would defy optical or thermal sensors don't work with hyperspectral imaging."

The Atlantic :: Politics :: Homeland Security's Cyber Bill Would Codify Executive Emergency Powers

The Atlantic :: Politics :: Homeland Security's Cyber Bill Would Codify Executive Emergency Powers: "The bill would create another Senate-confirmable position, the head of a new National Cybersecurity and Communications Center inside the Department of Homeland Security; the new NCCC would be responsible for threat prevention and mitigation. It would develop risk-based standards for infrastructure with industry and oversee their implementation. Private entities whose power plants or grids or systems are considered vulnerable and critical could choose among a menu of standards.

According to a summary of the legislation, the Act would also create a 'responsible' framework for giving the executive branch significant emergency power in the event of a major intrusion or threat."

DoD: Rogue WMDs Major Threat to US

DoD: Rogue WMDs Major Threat to US: "WASHINGTON – The risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists is the gravest threat facing the United States, a Pentagon official has said.

Asked about the existential threats against Washington, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said there were many, but warned that 'the thing that keeps me awake at night is a nexus between terrorism and massive destruction.'

She told a Washington symposium on US security that the United States needs to better prepare for 'the possibility that a terrorist organization could either acquire a ready-made weapon or fabricate something improvised that would have a catastrophic effect for us.'

The threat of WMDs falling into terrorist hands was the driving rationale behind high-profile nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama in April which featured leaders from 47 countries including 'nuclear club' members China, France, India and Russia."

CNSNews.com - Democrats and Republicans on Homeland Security Committee Agree That WMD Terror Attack Likely by 2013

CNSNews.com - Democrats and Republicans on Homeland Security Committee Agree That WMD Terror Attack Likely by 2013: "Representatives from both parties on the House Homeland Security Committee said on Thursday that they agree with the assessment made by the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism that it is likely that by 2013 terrorists will launch an attack somewhere in the world using a weapon of mass destruction. The commission had warned that terrorists were 'more likely' to use a biological than a nuclear weapon."

In the Singularity Movement, Humans Are So Yesterday - NYTimes.com

In the Singularity Movement, Humans Are So Yesterday - NYTimes.com: "ON a Tuesday evening this spring, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, became part man and part machine. About 40 people, all gathered here at a NASA campus for a nine-day, $15,000 course at Singularity University, saw it happen."

Washington's Blog

Washington's Blog The evidence is growing stronger and stronger that there is substantial damage beneath the sea floor. Indeed, it appears that BP officials themselves have admitted to such damage. This has enormous impacts on both the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf, and the prospects for quickly stopping the leak this summer.

Did a Cape Canaveral rocket, HAARP or ET/UFOs cause the June 5, 2010 Australian spiral light?

Did a Cape Canaveral rocket, HAARP or ET/UFOs cause the June 5, 2010 Australian spiral light?: "As was the case with the December 9, 2009 Norway spiral, HAARP or some similar human electromagnetic technology is another plausible explanation for the June 5, 2010 Australian UFO spiral, which was large enough to be seen over three Australian states.Researcher Colin Andrews has proposed HAARP as the cause of a series of anomalous weather effects over southeastern Australia in January 2010. Australia itself is rumoured to have its own HAARP facility.
If the Falcon 9 rocket was not the cause of the spiral, then perhaps HAARP was, as the path of the UFO spiral light tracks the path of January 2010 anomalous weather patterns over Eastern Australia that were attributed to HAARP."

Worst Locust Plague in Two Decades Threatens Australian Harvest - Bloomberg.com

Worst Locust Plague in Two Decades Threatens Australian Harvest - Bloomberg.com: "The worst locust plague in more than two decades is threatening to strike Australia, the world’s fourth-largest wheat exporter, after rainfall boosted egg-laying by the insects in major crop growing regions."

BBC News - Japan PM Naoto Kan warns of 'collapse' under debt pile

BBC News - Japan PM Naoto Kan warns of 'collapse' under debt pile: "Naoto Kan, in his first major speech since taking over, said Japan needed a financial restructuring to avert a Greece-style crisis.

'Our country's outstanding public debt is huge... our public finances have become the worst of any developed country,' he said.

After years of borrowing, Japan's debt is twice its gross domestic product."

AFP: Iran's Ahmadinejad says Israel is 'doomed'

AFP: Iran's Ahmadinejad says Israel is 'doomed': "SHANGHAI — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Israel was 'doomed' and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn, blaming Washington for orchestrating new nuclear sanctions against Tehran."

Will sun storms destroy civilization? - The Week

Will sun storms destroy civilization? - The Week: "A group of scientists congregated in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss how to protect the planet from powerful bursts of energy from the sun that have the potential to devastate civilization."

UFO & Paranormal News

UFO & Paranormal News: "Italy has caught UFO fever as that nations media revealed this week that on the 7th of June at around 4am three security guards belonging to an anti-aircraft regiment spotted and filmed (below) a UFO hovering over the Vatican. The security guards filed a police report regarding their UFO sighting the next day. In a further development other residents of Rome have located what seem to be the spot where the UFOs seen earlier this week touched down. Unusual round marking in the grass can be clearly made out: The hallmarks of many UFO landing spots. Recently the Vatican declared that it is fine to believe in aliens. Now speculation is rife that meetings are taking place between other-worlders and senior Vatican officials."

Nanowires Convert Rat's Heartbeat Into Usable Electricity | Popular Science

Nanowires Convert Rat's Heartbeat Into Usable Electricity | Popular Science: "Nanowires inside a rat can convert the power of breathing and heartbeats into electricity, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The nano-generator could conceivably lead to nano-scale medical implants and sensors powered by the body, Technology Review reports."

Innovation: Invisibility cloaks and how to use them - tech - 08 June 2010 - New Scientist

Innovation: Invisibility cloaks and how to use them - tech - 08 June 2010 - New Scientist: "The 'invisibility cloaks' being made in labs today can hide objects when viewed from a wide range of directions and in visible light – both considered implausible developments when the first working invisibility cloak was demonstrated just four years ago. But the technology that makes objects vanish looks set to be more useful for the safety of offshore structures and for unlocking cosmological secrets than for would-be Harry Potter impersonators."

Stephen Hawking on Religion: 'Science Will Win' - ABC News

Stephen Hawking on Religion: 'Science Will Win' - ABC News: "Celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking knows more about the universe than almost any other person ever to walk the planet, but some answers still escape even him.

When asked by ABC News' Diane Sawyer about the biggest mystery he'd like solved, he said, 'I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.'"

Regulate Synthetic Life Science While the Horse is Still in the Barn � Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog

Regulate Synthetic Life Science While the Horse is Still in the Barn � Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: "The CBC asked me to comment on the ethical implications of the recent scientific announcement that they have implanted an artificially created genome into a bacteria. My main take is that the time to regulate this emerging field is now, not later, while we have time to deliberate and create proper protections that doesn’t stifle science."

The Cleaver: From Britain To Brazil – Owning The Dystopian Daydream

The Cleaver: From Britain To Brazil – Owning The Dystopian Daydream: "Since the end of World War II, the United Kingdom has steadily and perceptibly regressed into a psychotic quagmire of officialdom. This has been implemented according to an explicit strategy to remove the personal privacy, self empowerment and spiritual alignment from the people of Britain. The current subjects of the German Dynastic elites known as The House Of Saxe-Coburg And Gotha (renamed The Windsors in 1917 for public relations reasons), are seeing a rapid regression to the in-your-face serfdom that was previously believed to have been consigned to the dark days of the 17th century. Or so it would seem."

Margaret Sanger and the eugenics movement - The Denver Post

Margaret Sanger and the eugenics movement - The Denver Post: "On a Sunday dedicated to honoring motherhood, May 11, 2010, the Denver Post chose to celebrate everything glaringly responsible for preventing or terminating motherhood. And, to someone like me who is slightly older than the 'Pill' and who was 18 at the time of Roe v. Wade, the appearance of the Post's Mother's Day article was curious because there is much more that people should know about the threesome of Margaret Sanger, the 'Pill' and Planned Parenthood, the nations' largest abortion provider."

Total sellout: Leading agricultural scientist says "organic" farmers should plant GM crops

Total sellout: Leading agricultural scientist says "organic" farmers should plant GM crops: "A former British agricultural government advisor has said that organic farming should embrace genetically modified (GM) crops as a way to make large-scale agriculture more environmentally sustainable.

Gordon Conway, a professor of international development at Imperial College London, told the Times of London that organic agriculture focuses excessively on what is 'natural.' Referring to the exclusion of synthetic technologies from the definition of organic as 'rigid,' he said that GM technology should be used to increase crop yields while limiting ecological damage."