Raytheon Company: Raytheon Unveils 2nd Generation Exoskeleton Robotic Suit

Raytheon Company: Raytheon Unveils 2nd Generation Exoskeleton Robotic Suit: "Raytheon’s second-generation exoskeleton (XOS 2), essentially a wearable robotics suit, was unveiled for the first time recently during an event at the company’s Salt Lake City research facility. XOS 2 is lighter, stronger and faster than its predecessor, yet it uses 50 percent less power, and its new design makes it more resistant to the environment."

Darpa Moves a Step Closer to Its Flying Humvee | Danger Room | Wired.com

Darpa Moves a Step Closer to Its Flying Humvee | Danger Room | Wired.com: "In the spring, the futurists at Darpa rethought troop transport. Instead of adding armor or changing the shape to deflect bomb blasts, the agency reasoned, why not let it leap into the sky at the first sign of danger or inconvenience? That’s exactly what Darpa’s “Transformer” project is supposed to be: a mashup of a helicopter, plane and armored truck. And it just came a step closer to reality.

AAI Corporation, a Maryland-based aerospace and defense company, won a $3.05 million contract with Darpa to see if it the technology behind the Transformer can, well, get off the ground, Aviation Week reports. Based on so-called “compound helicopter” technology that the company is developing with Carter Aviation Technologies, the gist is that AAI’s design for the Transformer envisions it to carry four soldiers on the road as a car, but the rotor blades on top allow it to take off vertically into the air. The car’s takeoff functions are supposed to be automated, so soldiers or marines don’t have to be aviators to get it off the ground."

Obama Working on Plan to Wiretap Skype, Facebook, BlackBerrys

AllGov - News - Obama Working on Plan to Wiretap Skype, Facebook, BlackBerrys: "The Obama administration wants to force all communications companies to make their networks compliable with wiretapping orders from law enforcement, a change that would primarily affect the likes of Facebook, Skype, BlackBerrys and similar encrypted systems."

The Ancient Spirit Behind Transhumanism

RaidersNewsNetwork.com I Breaking news, US, World, Science, Discovery, Mystery, Prophetic: "All of this seems to indicate that the Watchers not only modified human dna during the construction of Nephilim, but that of animals as well, a point the Book of Enoch supports, saying in the seventh chapter that the fallen angels “sinned” against animals as well as humans. Other books such as Jubilees add that this interspecies mingling eventually resulted in mutations among normal humans and animals whose “flesh” (genetic makeup) was “corrupted” by the activity, presumably through crossbreeding (see 5:1–5; 7:21–25)."

Pan-STARRS Discovers First Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Pan-STARRS Discovers First Potentially Hazardous Asteroid: "The University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on Haleakala has discovered an asteroid that will come within 4 million miles of Earth in mid-October. The object is about 150 feet in diameter and was discovered in images acquired on September 16, when it was about 20 million miles away.
It is the first “potentially hazardous object” (PHO) to be discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey and has been given the designation “2010 ST3.”"

Will DNA Prove to be a Cosmic Constant? (Today's Most Popular)

Will DNA Prove to be a Cosmic Constant? (Today's Most Popular): "A recent mathematical analysis says that life as we know it is written into the laws of reality. DNA is built from a set of twenty amino acids - the first ten of those can create simple prebiotic life, and now it seems that those ten are thermodynamically destined to occur wherever they can."

A Habitable Exoplanet — for Real This Time | Wired Science | Wired.com

A Habitable Exoplanet — for Real This Time | Wired Science | Wired.com: "After years of saying habitable exoplanets are just around the corner, planet hunters have finally found one. Gliese 581g is the first planet found to lie squarely in its star’s habitable zone, where the conditions are right for liquid water.

“The threshold has now been crossed,” said astronomer R. Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, one of the planet’s discoverers, in a press briefing Sept. 29. “The data says this planet is at the right distance for liquid water, and the right mass to hold on to a substantial atmosphere.”"

Tracking UFOs -- Beijing Review

Tracking UFOs -- Beijing Review: "Recently, reports of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) have been occurring frequently in China. On July 7 this year, more than 20 flights were postponed at Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, because of a sighting. Whenever such reported sightings occur, Wang Sichao, a research fellow at the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is much busier than usual. In addition to studying the sightings, Wang, who started work on UFOs nearly 40 years ago, has to check and reply to mail about UFOs from all across China. Lately, Wang predicted 'great events' concerning UFOs were going to come out in China in the next two years. In an interview with Beijing Review, he shared his views and stories with reporter Tang Yuankai. Edited excerpts follow:"

Should We Clone Neanderthals?

Should We Clone Neanderthals?: "If Neanderthals ever walk the earth again, the primordial ooze from which they will rise is an emulsion of oil, water, and DNA capture beads engineered in the laboratory of 454 Life Sciences in Branford, Connecticut. Over the past 4 years those beads have been gathering tiny fragments of DNA from samples of dissolved organic materials, including pieces of Neanderthal bone. Genetic sequences have given paleoanthropologists a new line of evidence for testing ideas about the biology of our closest extinct relative.

The first studies of Neanderthal DNA focused on the genetic sequences of mitochondria, the microscopic organelles that convert food to energy within cells. In 2005, however, 454 began a collaborative project with the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, to sequence the full genetic code of a Neanderthal woman who died in Croatia's Vindija cave 30,000 years ago. As the Neanderthal genome is painstakingly sequenced, the archaeologists and biologists who study it will be faced with an opportunity that seemed like science fiction just 10 years ago. They will be able to look at the genetic blueprint of humankind's nearest relative and understand its biology as intimately as our own."

Secret UFO Files: More Defence Force Disclosures (Video) | New Zealand | Epoch Times

Secret UFO Files: More Defence Force Disclosures (Video) | New Zealand | Epoch Times: "The release of secret UFO files remains a hot topic around the world, with New Zealand among the many countries continuing to unveil previously classified records.

Yesterday a group of former military officials gave a joint statement on their UFO experiences at a press conference in Washington, D.C.

In June, European Union MP Lario Borghezio called on European governments to disclose their UFO files, mentioning the possibility of scientific and technological breakthroughs."

Scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk (w/ Video)

Physics News :: Scientists genetically engineer silkworms to produce artificial spider silk (w/ Video): "'This research represents a significant breakthrough in the development of superior silk fibers for both medical and non-medical applications,' said Malcolm J. Fraser Jr., a Notre Dame professor of biological sciences. 'The generation of silk fibers having the properties of spider silks has been one of the important goals in materials science.'
'We've also made strides in improving the process of genetic engineering of these animals so that the development of additional transgenics is facilitated,' Fraser said. 'This will allow us to more rapidly assess the effectiveness of our gene manipulations in continued development of specialized silk fibers.'
'Using this entirely unique approach, we have confirmed that transgenic silkworms can be a potentially viable commercial platform for production of genetically engineered silk proteins having customizable properties of strength and elasticity,' Fraser said. 'We may even be able to genetically engineer fibers that exceed the remarkable properties of native spider silk.'"

'Supersize' locust swarms span 3km | Herald Sun

'Supersize' locust swarms span 3km | Herald Sun: "SURVEILLANCE aircraft have captured images of 'supersized' bands of locusts in northwestern New South Wales that are more than 3km in length.

NSW Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan has released the footage of the locusts near Walgett, taken during the first aerial surveillance mission of the plague season."

Super sun wind expected in three years

Super sun wind expected in three years <img src='/www/news/images/ic_korean.gif'>: "Meteorologists expect that the Earth will be hit with powerful solar storms equivalent to 100 million hydrogen bombs in 2012 or 2013.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has warned that the massive flares seen last month is the sign of powerful solar storms now under formation.

It is highly probable that once exposed to the strong solar storm all the power transmission systems on Earth will be paralyzed."

Mystery behind initial report of UN Liaison for Extraterrestrial First Contact

Exopolitics Comment 87: "On Sept 26, I reported on a breaking story that at an upcoming Royal Society conference, the head of the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Dr Mazlan Othman, was to reveal how the UN was preparing to appoint her to be the First Contact liaison with extraterrestrial life. The story was first reported by Jonathan Leake, the Science Editor for The Sunday Times, and was picked up my multiple international mainstream media sources including the Sunday Telegraph and The Australian. The Guardian newspaper was eventually able to get in touch by email with Othman to confirm Leake's story and she replied: 'It sounds really cool but I have to deny it.' In addition to Othman's email, when business opened on Monday, Fox News was able to get in touch with Jamshid Gaziyev, a UN spokesperson who described the story as 'nonsense.' The question that remains to be answered is why did the Science Editor of a major British newspaper write about the UN appointing a First Contact liaison with extraterrestrials if there was no substance to it?"

US scientists find potentially habitable planet near Earth - Yahoo! News

US scientists find potentially habitable planet near Earth - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (AFP) – US astronomers said Wednesday they have discovered an Earth-sized planet that they think might be habitable, orbiting a nearby star, and believe there could be many more planets like it in space.
The planet, found by astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is orbiting in the middle of the 'habitable zone' of the red dwarf star Gliese 581, which means it could have water on its surface."

Swarms of flying robots could act as a mobile wireless network | DVICE

Swarms of flying robots could act as a mobile wireless network | DVICE: "Sometimes the aftermath of a natural disaster is just as bad as the disaster itself, as the rescue teams on the ground can face a stiff challenge when it comes to communicating with the outside world and one another. Of course, our favorite problem solvers are here to help: tiny flying robots.

The project comes from Swiss-based lab EPFL, and involves a swarm of micro air vehicles that will fly over a disaster site in a holding pattern. The flying 'bots themselves will act as an ad hoc network, allowing rescue workers to use their phones and computers and the like.

The best part of it all could be how easy the SMAVNET — or Swarming Micro Air Vehicle Network — is to set up. To take off, all they need is one person to chuck them into the air, and they're light enough that several can be carried at once. When the project is done, the swarm lands, making it as mobile as rescue workers need to be.

Check it out in the video below:"

Triangular UFO's - Conclusive evidence of their existence

Triangular UFO's - Conclusive evidence of their existence: "Triangular UFO's, 'Black Triangles', have been buzzwords in the UFO community ever since the Belgian sighting of 1990. What are they? Who's are they? Although witnessed by thousands wider society refused to acknowledge their existence. It didn't matter they were detected on radar throughout Europe, it didn't matter they were taken seriously enough for the Belgian air force to scramble and try to track them down. One hastily snapped image and scores of sightings weren't enough to convince a wider audience that this was no more than another delusion invented by people who regularly stood with one foot in reality and another in fantasy. Chalk one up to the fantasists who have been vindicated this week by irrefutable evidence - Triangular UFO's exist. Now the debate on their existence is closed, the remaining questions which surround them, may just have answers which completely change the course of humankind."

US airman Charles Halt's UFO testimony about encounter near UK nuclear base | Mail Online

US airman Charles Halt's UFO testimony about encounter near UK nuclear base | Mail Online: "An ex-U.S. air force chief has given an astonishing account of an encounter with a UFO at an air force base in Suffolk.

Charles Halt is one of a number of senior former airmen who went public today over claims that UFOs had tampered with nuclear missiles in the U.S. and the UK.

Mr Halt, who retired in 1991, told a press conference that he was working at RAF Bentwater near Rendelsham in Suffolk in 1980 when he had the terrifying encounter.

He said that early one morning in December 1980 several of his base's security forces saw lights in the forest near Woodbridge."

Wondrous find for Kimberley rangers | Perth Now

Wondrous find for Kimberley rangers | Perth Now: "INDIGENOUS rangers from the remote community of Kalumburu have discovered what are thought to be four significant ancient rock art sites.

They made the discovery while walking a rugged stretch of their vast Wunambal Gaambera country in the far north Kimberley.

The art - close to the Drysdale River, where tourists visit by helicopter for picnics - includes depictions of Wandjinas, the supreme spirit beings with large mouthless faces and black eyes."

NPC Press Conference UFOs and Nukes Sept.27. 2010

NPC Press Conference UFOs and Nukes Sept.27. 2010: "Robert Salas, Charles Halt, Robert Hastings, Bruce Fenstermacher, Dwynne Arnesson, Patrick McDonough, Gerome Nelson, Robert Jamison give testimony about their UFO encounters while they were on official duty in the US military."

Click for video testimony...

Hitchhiking Bacteria Ride Meteorites to Earth

Hitchhiking Bacteria Ride Meteorites to Earth: "There is mounting evidence that life originated off earth, traveling here from far, far away on chunks of rock and ice.

The original space travelers appear to be bacteria who, even on earth, survive against all odds in some of the most unlikely places. Research in Siberia, Alaska and Antarctic, for example, reveals live bacteria in glaciers and ice wedges. Apparently the clever microbes can simply melt a bit of ice around them and snuggle in; no need even to desiccate or sporulate."

Why the Stuxnet worm is like nothing seen before - tech - 27 September 2010 - New Scientist

Why the Stuxnet worm is like nothing seen before - tech - 27 September 2010 - New Scientist: "Stuxnet is the first worm of its type capable of attacking critical infrastructure like power stations and electricity grids: those in the know have been expecting it for years.

On 26 September, Iran's state news agency reported that computers at its Bushehr nuclear power plant had been infected by Stuxnet.

New Scientist explains the significance of the worm."

33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True, What Every Person Should Know...

33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True, What Every Person Should Know... > New World Order Report: "Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal or political conspiracy. However, it has come almost exclusively to refer to any fringe theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning. To conspire means 'to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or to use such means to accomplish a lawful end. 'The term 'conspiracy theory' is frequently used by scholars and in popular culture to identify secret military, banking, or political actions aimed at stealing power, money, or freedom, from 'the people'."

20 mad scientists who turned against their creations

20 mad scientists who turned against their creations: "The greatest mad scientists dabble in forces that... wait for it... man (or woman) was not meant to meddle with. And many of them live to regret it. Here are 20 mad scientists whose journeys ended in remorse and despair."

Towards a scientific and societal agenda on extra-terrestrial life - Events Diary - The Royal Society

Towards a scientific and societal agenda on extra-terrestrial life - Events Diary - The Royal Society: "Should extra-terrestrial life exist, upcoming efforts will provide living generations with a realistic chance of its detection. Even more than the scientific agenda, a corresponding complementary societal agenda needs to be debated. With a mix of invited talks and panel debates, we particularly look into the detection of life, the communication with potential extra-terrestrial civilizations, the implications for the future of humanity, and the political processes that are required."

Black strings are the bizarre, five-dimensional cousins of black holes

Black strings are the bizarre, five-dimensional cousins of black holes: "We only experience four dimensions - three spatial plus time - but certain cutting edge theories suggest there are many more dimensions that we simply can't perceive. Depending on which theory you buy into, there could be anything from 10 or 11 to 26 total dimensions, with all but the familiar four microscopic and thus hidden from our view. (There are also some theories that suggest there could be a second time dimension, but those are truly bizarre.)"

Interstellar Archaeology on the Galactic Scale

Interstellar Archaeology on the Galactic Scale: "What would happen if a true galaxy-spanning civilization went to work on the kind of astroengineering it would be capable of? We call this a Kardashev Type III civilization, one that could exploit the power resources of an entire galaxy, and my assumption has always been that such a culture would be blindingly obvious, its projects so vast that our astronomers would be able to detect them by noting anomalies that could hardly be natural occurences. Imagine, for example, a galactic culture that encloses each individual star in a Dyson sphere."

A distant sparkling eruption of diamonds | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

A distant sparkling eruption of diamonds | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine: "Globular clusters have always been one of my favorite astronomical objects. These balls of stars — sometimes hundreds of thousands strong — are easy targets through a small telescope and are fun and beautiful to see. But when you train a big space telescope on them, well, their beauty is magnified spectacularly:"

Ronnie Cummins: 10 Freakiest Things About Frankenfish

Ronnie Cummins: 10 Freakiest Things About Frankenfish:

"10. Frankenfish Aren't Animals, They're 'Animal Drugs'

Obama's FDA is regulating genetically engineered salmon, a genetically modified organism (GMO) that is the first of its kind, not as an animal, but as an animal drug..."

Futurisms: Immortality: timeless truths, or enshrined experiences?

Futurisms: Immortality: timeless truths, or enshrined experiences?: "I’m a little surprised that in their big-tent quest for legitimacy, transhumanists have not claimed Aristotle as one of their own. Towards the end of his Nichomachean Ethics he writes (in Joe Sachs’s translation): “But one should not follow those who advise us to think human thoughts, since we are human, and mortal thoughts, since we are mortal, but as far as possible one ought to be immortal and to do all things with a view to living in accord with the most powerful thing in oneself.” Take that, anthropocentric Futurisms bloggers!"

Artificial human brain being built in a lab | COSMOS magazine

Artificial human brain being built in a lab | COSMOS magazine: "BIRMINGHAM: Researchers have developed an artificial bit of human brain to help them study Alzheimer's and other diseases, a huge improvement over animal models.

Mike Coleman and his team from Aston University, Birmingham, have developed artificial brain tissue that responds to some chemicals like human brains do. Their findings were presented at the British Festival of Science in Birmingham.

According to Coleman, the new tissue is better than using dead brain cells from taken humans or lab rats. 'One is dead and the other is different,' he explained. 'It's better to have a human-sourced platform that's alive.'"

Extraterrestrial UFO Are Real - NASA Astronauts |UFO News|2010 UFO Sightings|Alien Pictures|2010 Solar Flares|Disclosure Project|Web Bot

Extraterrestrial UFO Are Real - NASA Astronauts |UFO News|2010 UFO Sightings|Alien Pictures|2010 Solar Flares|Disclosure Project|Web Bot: "Now in down below video documentary we have NASA Astronauts Franklin Story Musgrave, Buzz Aldrin (second human being to set foot on the Moon), Dr. Edgar Dean Mitchell (sixth person to walk on the Moon), Gordon Cooper talking about Extraterrestrial UFOs.

But before watching the video documentary please have look at their career profile and credentials...."

Obama argues his assassination program is a "state secret" - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Obama argues his assassination program is a "state secret" - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com: "At this point, I didn't believe it was possible, but the Obama administration has just reached an all-new low in its abysmal civil liberties record. In response to the lawsuit filed by Anwar Awlaki's father asking a court to enjoin the President from assassinating his son, a U.S. citizen, without any due process, the administration late last night, according to The Washington Post, filed a brief asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit without hearing the merits of the claims. That's not surprising: both the Bush and Obama administrations have repeatedly insisted that their secret conduct is legal but nonetheless urge courts not to even rule on its legality. But what's most notable here is that one of the arguments the Obama DOJ raises to demand dismissal of this lawsuit is 'state secrets': in other words, not only does the President have the right to sentence Americans to death with no due process or charges of any kind, but his decisions as to who will be killed and why he wants them dead are 'state secrets,' and thus no court may adjudicate their legality."

Pentagon destroys thousands of copies of Army officer's memoir - CNN.com

Pentagon destroys thousands of copies of Army officer's memoir - CNN.com: "Washington (CNN) -- The Department of Defense recently purchased and destroyed thousands of copies of an Army Reserve officer's memoir in an effort to safeguard state secrets, a spokeswoman said Saturday.
'DoD decided to purchase copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security,' Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. April Cunningham said. In a statement to CNN, Cunningham said defense officials observed the September 20 destruction of about 9,500 copies of Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer's new memoir 'Operation Dark Heart.'"

UN 'to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors' - Telegraph

UN 'to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors' - Telegraph: "Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, is set to be tasked with co-ordinating humanity’s response if and when extraterrestrials make contact. Aliens who landed on earth and asked: “Take me to your leader” would be directed to Mrs Othman."

Click link to video....

United Nations Creating New Post: "Ambassador to Extraterrestrials"

From the X File Dept: United Nations Creating New Post: "Ambassador to Extraterrestrials"

Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian physicist, is being appointed by the United Nations to the post of ambassador to aliens, and will be the first person to officially hold talks with them. Or at least she’ll be the first United Nations official to do so. 

Mazlan Othman, the head of the UN’s little-known Office for Outer Space Affairs (Unoosa), is to describe her potential new role next week at a scientific conference at the Royal Society’s Kavli conference centre in Buckinghamshire.

She is scheduled to tell delegates that the recent discovery of hundreds of exo planets around other stars has made the detection of extraterrestrial life more likely than ever before – and that means the UN must be ready to coordinate humanity’s response to any “first contact”.

"Will Proof of an Adjacent Universe Be the Next Great Discovery?" (Weekend Feature)

"Will Proof of an Adjacent Universe Be the Next Great Discovery?" (Weekend Feature): "'The idea of multiple universes is more than a fantastic invention—it appears naturally within several scientific theories, and deserves to be taken seriously.'

Aurelien Barrau, a French particle physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)."

In Science We Trust: Poll Results on How You Feel about Science: Scientific American

In Science We Trust: Poll Results on How You Feel about Science: Scientific American: "Scientists have had a rough year. The leaked “Climategate” e-mails painted researchers as censorious. The mild H1N1 flu out break led to charges that health officials exaggerated the danger to help Big Pharma sell more drugs. And Harvard University investigators found shocking holes in a star professor’s data. As policy decisions on climate, energy, health and technology loom large, it’s important to ask: How badly have recent events shaken people’s faith in science? Does the public still trust scientists?"

There Must Be Something More

There Must Be Something More: "It's easy to become cynical in today's world, especially for those who follow current events and have a desire to stay informed. Too many people are blind or dulled to both the great evil and goodness in the world. I invite you to take a step back and look at the big picture; notice the beauty that still surrounds us. There is something behind that beauty that is rarely discussed, something that is in our very genetic code and the natural world that we inhabit."

Synthetic life could make Mars trips easier - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.com

Synthetic life could make Mars trips easier - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.com: "When packing for a manned mission to Mars or the moon, the best thing to bring may not be food or fuel, but specially designed organisms that can create those things for you. Scientists are researching the possibility of engineering synthetic organisms that would use the resources available in the solar system to create the supplies astronauts would need to survive on another planet."

Former Air Force Officers: UFOs Tampered With Nuclear Missiles

Former Air Force Officers: UFOs Tampered With Nuclear Missiles: "(Sept. 25) -- Former U.S. Air Force officers and a former enlisted man are about to break many years of silence about an alarming series of UFO encounters at nuclear weapons sites -- incidents officially kept secret for decades.

When the group appears at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Monday, it will offer testimony about events so chilling, it will seem like a day at a science fiction movie festival."

Australia faces worst plague of locusts in 75 years - Nature, Environment - The Independent

Australia faces worst plague of locusts in 75 years - Nature, Environment - The Independent: "Australia's Darling river is running with water again after a drought in the middle of the decade reduced it to a trickle. But the rains feeding the continent's fourth-longest river are not the undiluted good news you might expect. For the cloudbursts also create ideal conditions for an unwelcome pest – the Australian plague locust."

The truth is out there | Herald Sun

The truth is out there | Herald Sun: "MATTHEW Jones was totally unprepared for what he saw as he stood in his garage in suburban Canberra in October last year.

Packing boxes for a house move, he was confronted by a stocky, hairy monster standing in the corner of the garage staring at him.

The creature, according to James, was a juvenile covered in hair, with long arms that almost touched the ground.

'It was inquisitive about what I was doing,' he said. 'It was definitely trying to communicate with me.'

At the time, James had no idea what the creature could be. A friend later told him it could be a yowie - the creature described in the newly-published Something Is Out There as 'the big daddy of all Australian mystery monsters'."

Former military personnel to prove UFO cover-up | UFO Digest provides video proof of ufos, alien abduction and the paranormal.

Former military personnel to prove UFO cover-up | UFO Digest provides video proof of ufos, alien abduction and the paranormal.: "An article published on Reuters claims that “Witness testimony from more than 120 former or retired military personnel points to an ongoing and alarming intervention by unidentified aerial objects at nuclear weapons sites, as recently as 2003.” Apparently, several nuclear missiles simultaneously and inexplicably malfunctioned while a disc-shaped object silently hovered nearby.

According to one of the witnesses, ICBM launch officer Captain Robert Salas, he was on duty during one missile disruption incident at Malmstrom Air Force Base and was ordered to never discuss it."

Terrifying giant 5-foot spiders spotted in Congo

Terrifying giant 5-foot spiders spotted in Congo | Before It's News: "Spiders might exist that have crawled out of nightmares. They're called the 'J'ba FoFi' (giant spider, pronounced ch-bah foo fee) in Central Africa.

Many people might define a giant spider as one that's bigger than their hand. Some may think bigger and envision the horrifying Goliath 'bird eating spider' that dwells in the darker corners of the ancient Amazon rain forest. That eight-legged terror spans a whopping 14-inches.

Unfortunately, those people aren't thinking big enough.

The size of the Congolese Giant spider-when its legs are included-is said to be up to five feet across."

Transhumanist Debate Heats Up!

Logos Apologia Blog Archive Transhumanist Debate Heats Up!: "Transhumanism is an ambitious philosophy that is gaining popularity as people seek to break through the perceived limitations biology places on human development. Of course this is categorically different territory than assisting the handicapped, this is techno-Darwinism if you will. Adherents to this worldview plan to extend lifespans, augment the senses, boost memory capacity, and generally use technology to improve the human condition. Yet this depends on a myriad of variables. Can we account for them all? We could end up with the 6 Million Dollar Man or the Frankenstein monster. And what does it mean to be a post human? What are there spiritual consequences? Of course, only an elite few will be able to afford the enhancements… and where will that leave the rest of us? Atheistic scientists have no qualms about tampering with God’s designs. Perhaps CS Lewis’ Abolition of Man is coming true? The transhumanist agenda is clear:"

Fountain of youth pill 'just two years from shop shelves' | Mail Online

Fountain of youth pill 'just two years from shop shelves' | Mail Online: "It may sound like science fiction but researchers believe they have discovered the 'Holy Grail' - an anti-ageing pill that will add decades to our lives.

Furthermore its creator Professor Vladimir Skulachev said it should be available to the public within two years

The Russian scientist from Moscow State University, said the drug works by halting the damaging effects that oxygen can have on the body's cells."

Six scientists tell us about the most accurate science fiction in their fields

Six scientists tell us about the most accurate science fiction in their fields: "What do scientists think about seeing their fields of research pulverized by science fiction? We asked researchers from diverse fields to tell us whether any science fiction gets it right."

Dimensions vanish in quantum gravity - physics-math - 22 September 2010 - New Scientist

Dimensions vanish in quantum gravity - physics-math - 22 September 2010 - New Scientist: "FORGET Flatland, the two-dimensional world imagined in the 1884 novella by Edwin Abbott. On tiny scales, 3D space may give way to mere lines.

So say researchers working on theories of quantum gravity, which aim to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity. They have recently noticed that several different quantum gravity theories all predict the same strange behaviour at small scales: fields and particles start to behave as if space is one-dimensional."

Are Quantum ETs Possible? (Today's Most Popular)

Are Quantum ETs Possible? (Today's Most Popular): "On a recent Discovery program on the Universe, Stephen Hawking voiced concern about the dangers, he believes, are posed by aliens who may arrive some day on Earth: 'To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like...'

Life as we know it is based on chemistry but what, asks Randy D. Allen of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, if life elsewhere is based, not on chemistry but on quantum mechanics?"

Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes, Worry Ex-Air Force Officers

FOXNews.com - Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes, Worry Ex-Air Force Officers: "Captain Robert Salas was on duty in Montana in 1967 when a UFO shut down the nuclear missiles on his base. And he's hardly the only one to make such a claim.

On Monday, six former U.S. Air Force officers and one former enlisted man will break their silence about similar events at the National Press Club, all centering around unidentified flying objects and nuclear missiles. They plan to urge the government to publicly confirm the incidents, stating that they were ordered never to discuss the events.

'We're talking about unidentified flying objects, as simple as that,' Salas told FoxNews.com. 'They're often known as UFOs, you could call them that,' he added. Salas, a former U.S. Air Force nuclear missile launch officer, will host the event along with researcher Robert Hastings, author of 'UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites."

Be sure to check out the slide show...

Astronomer fears apocalypse 2012 is true | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-09-20

Astronomer fears apocalypse 2012 is true | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-09-20: "Chennai, Sept. 19: Could the Mayan doomsday prophets have been on to something after all?
After the eponymous film about the ancient Mesoamerican prediction that the world will end in 2012 scared the socks off movie-goers and had sceptics shake their heads in disbelief, leading scientists now say that something close to apocalyptic could indeed occur when the Sun rises on December 21, 2012.
The eminent astronomer, Prof. K. Sundara Raman, may dismiss the prophecy as a myth, but he says extremely abnormal activity on the Sun that day will result in massive solar storms. “The solar wind, powered by huge coronal mass ejections, will fry communication networks and power grids across the world,” he says."

Universal, primordial magnetic fields discovered in deep space

Universal, primordial magnetic fields discovered in deep space: "ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2010) — Scientists from the California Institute of Technology and UCLA have discovered evidence of 'universal ubiquitous magnetic fields' that have permeated deep space between galaxies since the time of the Big Bang."

In Case of Emergency, Please Remove Your Bra

FOXNews.com - In Case of Emergency, Please Remove Your Bra: "Caught in a disaster? You'd better hope you're wearing the Emergency Bra. Simply unsnap the bright red bra, separate the cups, and slip it over your head -- one cup for you, and one for your friend.

Dr. Elena Bodnar won an Ignoble Award for the invention last year, an annual tribute to scientific research that on the surface seems goofy but is often surprisingly practical. And now Bodnar has brought the eBra to the public; purchase one online for just $29.95."

BBC News - LHC finds 'interesting effects'

BBC News - LHC finds 'interesting effects': "Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider say they are getting some fascinating early results as they get set to probe new areas of physics.

The giant machine on the Franco-Swiss border is studying the fundamental nature of matter by smashing together proton particles at near light-speed.

Its CMS detector is reported to have seen 'new and interesting effects'."

FINAL EVENTS: The Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife

Hidden experience: audio conversation with Nick Redfern: "The book deals with a curious think tank within the Intelligence community initially created to look into the UFO phenomenon. After year of covert research with access to top secret government files, the people involved in the research reached a conclusion that those pesky UFOs are not piloted by aliens from another planet, they are instead demonic entities that are here to somehow consume our souls. These zealots proclaim that there is an immediate need to establish an authoritarian Christian surveillance state."

Pluto Gets 14 New Neighbors - Breaking Orbit

Pluto Gets 14 New Neighbors - Breaking Orbit: "Beyond Neptune's orbit, roughly five billion miles from the sun, the solar system can seem like a dark, desolate place.

But like the murky depths of the ocean, the darkness hides millions of mysterious bodies—or at least, so we think.

Known collectively as trans-Neptunian objects, or TNOs, the first of this population to be discovered was Pluto in 1930. Since then we've found a thousand or so objects in Pluto's domain. Some have even been given exotic names, such as Chaos, Ixion, Quaoar, and Rhadamanthus."

Liam Fox warns of electromagnetic disruptions due to solar flares | TopNews United Kingdom

Liam Fox warns of electromagnetic disruptions due to solar flares | TopNews United Kingdom: "Defence Secretary Liam Fox has highlighted the fear that once-in-a-century phenomenon of a large solar flare could cause electromagnetic disruptions which could paralyse the earth.

Earlier this year, NASA scientists had warned that large solar flares could be caused by a peak in the sun's energy cycle in 2012 or 2013, which would be powerful enough to leave many countries, including the UK, without crucial communication signals.

The electromagnetic disruptions could widespread power blackouts around the world by crippling electrical equipment as well as satellites that are orbiting our planet."

Fish with 'human teeth' bit angler | Orange UK

Fish with 'human teeth' bit angler | Orange UK: "An angler had a shock in the US - when a mystery fish bit him back with distinctly human-looking teeth.

Frank Yarborough was fishing in Lake Wylie, South Carolina, when he hooked the fish which was 5lb and nearly 1ft 8ins long.

Assuming it was a catfish, he scooped his hand in the water to pull it out, only to find his fingers clamped between what appeared to be a set of dentures.

Robert Stroud, a freshwater fisheries biologist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, has confirmed that samples from the fish have been sent off to determine the fish's species."

US urged to delay approving genetically altered salmon - Yahoo! News

US urged to delay approving genetically altered salmon - Yahoo! News: "ROCKVILLE, Maryland (AFP) – A group of independent experts have urged US authorities to do more studies before allowing a genetically modified salmon to become the first transgenic animal to hit American dinner tables.
'We are sending a message for further studies,' said David Senior, a professor of veterinary medicine at Louisiana State University and chair of a committee of independent experts consulted by the Food and Drug Administration."

Genetically altered salmon? It doesn't stop there - Yahoo! News

Genetically altered salmon? It doesn't stop there - Yahoo! News: "Whatever the decision on salmon, it's only the start of things to come. In labs and on experimental farms are:
• Vaccines and other pharmaceuticals grown in bananas and other plants.
• Trademarked 'Enviropigs' whose manure doesn't pollute as much.
• Cows that don't produce methane in their flatulence.
And in the far-off future, there may be foods built from scratch — the scratch being DNA."

LHC Detects Evidence of New Physics | Wired Science | Wired.com

LHC Detects Evidence of New Physics | Wired Science | Wired.com: "After nearly 6 months of smashing particles, the Large Hadron Collider has seen signs of something entirely new. Pairs of charged particles produced when two beams of protons collide seem to be associated with each other even after they fly apart."

Incredible close up UFO filmed over China

UFO & Paranormal News: "An incredible and somewhat unique UFO has been seen by dozens of witnesses hovering above the Chinese city of Shandong. The night time UFO sighting occurred only days ago but the video is already making its way through the Chinese Internet and astonishing UFO enthusiasts. One lucky witness managed to get footage (see below) of the UFO which consisted of a cluster of reddish, pulsating lights. The UFO hovered surprisingly close to the ground before eventually disappearing. UFO activity in China shows no signs of abating and incidents involving UFOs are being reported on a daily basis. It is believed that the Chinese government is in contact with aliens / extraterrestrials but is not disclosing this to the public."

Hiding the truth in plain sight – Hollywood’s coverage of extraterrestrial visitation | Exopolitics Institute News Service

Hiding the truth in plain sight – Hollywood’s coverage of extraterrestrial visitation | Exopolitics Institute News Service: "On Monday night, September 20, NBC premieres its new show – The Event. The Event is a high powered television mini-series that shows a black U.S. President who is given possession of a highly classified file about a program that he officially had not been made aware by his national security officials. In the NBC trailer (see below), he has a confrontation with his CIA Director, who informs the President that only those with a need-to-know were informed about the classified program. The President declares to the CIA Director that by virtue of the office of the President, he has need-to-know."

YouTube - UFO ORB OVNI Hovering over Naval Vessel Bridlington Bay UK18 09 2010

YouTube - UFO ORB OVNI Hovering over Naval Vessel Bridlington Bay UK18 09 2010

Interesting footage...

The Journal of Hispanic Ufology: Mystery Animals: Yesterday and Today

Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology: Mystery Animals: Yesterday and Today: "A curious news item made its way to the Reuters World Service in October 1996: Elements of the Egyptian police had allegedly shot and captured two strange savage animals of a pack that had terrorized the small Egyptian town of Armant, a community in the Nile Valley some three hundred miles south of Cairo, killing three villagers and wounding dozens in a series of nocturnal raids against the population."

CSA - AuroraMAX Project - Live broadcast of the Northern Lights from Yellowknife

CSA - AuroraMAX Project - Live broadcast of the Northern Lights from Yellowknife

Cool site that has a webcam showing the Northern Lights (occasionally off-line, but worth checking out).

Media Director for the Singularity Institute puts Tom Horn in spotlight, agrees transhumanism is threat to traditional Christian values

DEFENDER PUBLISHING: Media Director for the Singularity Institute puts Tom Horn in spotlight, agrees transhumanism is threat to traditional Christian values: "As outlined in his book, The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines, this battle will be fought between conservatives or “Terrans” and “Cosmists” (those who would merge mankind with synthetic intelligence) leading to an incomprehensible war and gigadeath—literally billions of deaths before the end of this century."

We can build whatever animal you want to eat, say scientists | News.com.au

We can build whatever animal you want to eat, say scientists | News.com.au: "TINKER with the genetics of salmon and maybe you create a revolutionary new food source that could help the environment and feed the hungry.

Or maybe you're creating what some say is an untested 'frankenfish' that could cause unknown allergic reactions and the eventual decimation of the wild salmon population.

The US Food and Drug Administration hears both arguments this week when it begins a two-day meeting on whether to approve the marketing of the genetically engineered fish, which would be the first such animal approved for human consumption."

Have Cell Phones Become Personal Tracking Devices? - TIME

Have Cell Phones Become Personal Tracking Devices? - TIME: "Smart phones do many things these days: surf the Internet, send e-mail, take photos and video (and — oh, yes — send and receive calls). But one thing they can do that phone companies don't advertise is spy on you. As long as you don't leave home without your phone, that handy gadget keeps a record of everywhere you go — a record the government can then get from your telephone company."

Have Cell Phones Become Personal Tracking Devices? - TIME

Have Cell Phones Become Personal Tracking Devices? - TIME: "Smart phones do many things these days: surf the Internet, send e-mail, take photos and video (and — oh, yes — send and receive calls). But one thing they can do that phone companies don't advertise is spy on you. As long as you don't leave home without your phone, that handy gadget keeps a record of everywhere you go — a record the government can then get from your telephone company."

Around the Solar System - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Around the Solar System - The Big Picture - Boston.com: "With dozens of spacecraft currently orbiting, roving or otherwise and traveling through our solar system, I thought it would be interesting to get a general snapshot in time, using images from NASA and ESA spacecraft near Mercury, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Saturn and a few in-transit to further destinations. Collected here are recent images gathered from around our solar system, at scales ranging from mere centimeters to millions of kilometers. (32 photos total)"

Robot warfare: campaigners call for tighter controls of deadly drones | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Robot warfare: campaigners call for tighter controls of deadly drones | Technology | guardian.co.uk: "Conferences will raise concerns over unpiloted aircraft and ground machines that choose their own targets"

Ufology Research: Radar and Visual UFO Sightings Over Winnipeg in 1967

Ufology Research: Radar and Visual UFO Sightings Over Winnipeg in 1967: "Debunkers usually adopt the simple view that the case must have been a hoax. This, despite the fact that there was physical evidence (including radioactive materials) and also that the witness himself did not believe the object which landed and injured him was an alien spaceship. Until his death, he maintained that it must have been some kind of military test vehicle. Claims that he made the story up to publish a book and make money are refuted by the observation that he made no money at all by the publication of a ghost-written pamphlet about his experience and in fact he was irritated by the constant questioning of his character and the harassment of his family."

Solar flares could paralyse Britain's power and communications, Liam Fox says - Telegraph

Solar flares could paralyse Britain's power and communications, Liam Fox says - Telegraph: "Britain’s electrical system, financial networks and transport infrastructure could all be paralysed by a solar flare or a nuclear attack, Liam Fox will warn next week."

Human or Cow, PositiveID Has an Implantable Microchip for You | BNET

Human or Cow, PositiveID Has an Implantable Microchip for You | BNET: "Two months ago, PositiveID (PSID) said it was giving up on its implantable radio-frequency medical records microchip, and conspiracy theorists everywhere breathed a sigh of relief: Previously, the only market PositiveID had found for the chip was a group of Alzheimer’s patients in Florida who may not have consented to being implanted.

Indeed, on Sept. 8, PositiveID sold its Health Link business — the product that linked your implanted RFID chip to your online medical records — to “Health Plexus LLC” for $1 million. CEO Scott Silverman described it as “a non-core asset.” (Oddly, Google cannot find a company named Health Plexus LLC on the web. Maybe it’s Plexus Health, a medical billing company. Or Health Plexus India, which operates clinics. Or HealthPlexus.net, a web site for geriatric physicians.)"

Polysorbate 80 In Swine Flu Vaccines = Infertility In Humans

Polysorbate 80 In Swine Flu Vaccines = Infertility In Humans: "Would you feel comfortable being injected with a vaccine that contains a substance that has been strongly linked to infertility? Well, if you take the Fluarix swine flu vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline or any of the other swine flu vaccines that contain Polysorbate 80 that is exactly what you will be doing.If you are considering getting the swine flu vaccine, or any other vaccine for that matter, perhaps you should educate yourself about EXACTLY what is in these vaccines before you allow them to be injected into your body."

Lair of the Beasts: The Military and Monsters - Mania.com

Lair of the Beasts: The Military and Monsters - Mania.com: "While there is absolutely no doubt at all in my mind that many of the strange beasts that people such as me search for are indeed flesh-and-blood creatures of truly unknown origin and classification – such as sea-serpents, the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, and the monsters of Loch Ness, Scotland – others are clearly not physical beasts at all."

Retired NORAD Officer's New Book Predicts a Tentative Worldwide UFO Display on October 13, 2010

Retired NORAD Officer's New Book Predicts a Tentative Worldwide UFO Display on October 13, 2010: "A newly-published book by a retired NORAD officer predicts October 13, 2010 as the tentative date for a fleet of extraterrestrial vehicles to hover for hours over the earth's principal cities. Author says the event to be the first in a series intended to avert a planetary catastrophe resulting from increasing levels of carbon-dioxide in the earth's atmosphere dangerously approaching a 'critical mass.'"

UFO Uprising concert in Denver coincides with extraterrestrial Ballot Initiative - Honolulu exopolitics | Examiner.com

UFO Uprising concert in Denver coincides with extraterrestrial Ballot Initiative - Honolulu exopolitics | Examiner.com: "On October 2, the popular British Rock group Muse travels to Denver for a concert that is part of their North American Resistance Tour. Muse is best known for its number one hit Uprising and other songs featuring themes of revolutionary change, ending UFO secrecy, and government mind control. In their recent two night concert stint in Wembley, England before a combined audience of 150,000, a giant UFO appeared as a prop while singing Exo-gensis from their 2009 Resistance album. Muse’s Resistance Tour arrives in Denver during a truly revolutionary event. The proposed creation of an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission through a ballot initiative officially titled Initiative 300. The brainchild of Denver City resident Jeff Peckman, Initiative 300 aims to educate the citizens of Denver about issues concerning extraterrestrial life. Debate about Peckman’s Extraterrestrial Commission heats up around the same time as Muse’s Resistance Tour hits town to inspire a North American uprising against UFO secrecy."

What biotech doesn’t want you to know about GMOs | Food Freedom

What biotech doesn’t want you to know about GMOs | Food Freedom: "“If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.” ~Thomas Jefferson"

Theropod and sauropod dinosaurs sighted in PNG?

Theropod and sauropod dinosaurs sighted in PNG?: "Since the 1990s, a large ‘reptilian’ creature has been sighted occasionally on Ambungi Island in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Ambungi Island is located on the south coast of West New Britain between Kandrian and Gasmata. The creature has also been sighted on Alage Island,2 about 1km to the south of Ambungi Island."

OE Technology: GMO News: Pros and Cons of Genetically Modified Foods

OE Technology: GMO News: Pros and Cons of Genetically Modified Foods: "f you know nothing about genetically modified foods, this article is for you. The pro's are clear, GMO foods produced by the US allow for crops to survive for longer and grow in conditions they normally would not. But the European Unions ban on GMOs is also very clear, as these crops are known to cause health problems and present a serious long-term health risk."

Screening on slippery slope to eugenics - Opinion - NZ Herald News

Garth George: Screening on slippery slope to eugenics - Opinion - NZ Herald News: "Garth George writes that an expanded screening programme for Down Syndrome may go against the rights of the disabled."

The powerful coalition that wants to engineer the world's climate | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The powerful coalition that wants to engineer the world's climate | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "In August 1883 the painter Edvard Munch witnessed an unusual blood-red sunset over Oslo. Shaken up by it, he wrote in his diary that he 'felt a great, unending scream piercing through nature'. The incident inspired him to create his most famous work, The Scream.

The sunset he saw that evening followed the eruption of Krakatoa off the coast of Java. The explosion, one of the most violent in recorded history, sent a massive plume of ash into the stratosphere, turning sunsets red around the globe. The gases emitted also caused the Earth to cool by more than one degree and disrupted weather patterns for several years."

SKY-MAP.ORG

SKY-MAP.ORG

Great place to explore the universe....

Flying Saucers: CIA Declassified Documents

Flying Saucers: CIA Declassified Documents: "'It is recommended that: a. The Director of Central Intelligence advise the National Security Council of the security implications inherent in the flying saucer problem. b. CIA, under its assigned responsibilities, and in cooperation with the psychological strategy board, immediately investigate possible offensive or defensive utilization of the phenomena for psychological warfare purposes both for and against the United States.'
-- From a CIA declassified document titled 'Flying Saucers' and dated Sept. 7, 195"

Pope astronomer Guy Consolmagno: 'Aliens with souls living among the stars' | Mail Online

Pope astronomer Guy Consolmagno: 'Aliens with souls living among the stars' | Mail Online: "Intelligent aliens may be living among the stars and are likely to have souls, a senior Vatican scientist said yesterday.

The Pope's astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, said he would be happy to 'baptise an al ien' - but admitted that the chances of communicating with life outside the Earth were low."

BBC - Earth News - Gigantic spider's web discovered in Madagascar

BBC - Earth News - Gigantic spider's web discovered in Madagascar: "A newly discovered species of spider living in Madagascar makes the world's longest known web, spanning 25 meters. The spider also makes the largest orb web yet found for any spider, and constructs it out of the most tough biomaterial yet known, say scientists. Darwin's bark spider, a species new to science, weaves its huge web over flowing rivers, stretching from bank to bank. It is so big that it can catch 30 or more prey insects at any one time."

Unexplained Mysteries - Sealand skull photos released

Unexplained Mysteries - Sealand skull photos released: "An alien survivor from a prehistoric saucer crash? An unfortunate time traveler from the future? A tradesman from a parallel universe? A hitherto undiscovered species? Or a mere freak deformity of a human being? Nobody knows for sure, but no matter the explanation, the Sealand Skull has potential to change the view of the world we live in.

The July 2007 discovery of the skull in Olstykke on the Danish island Sealand did however not make headlines and remained largely ignored by science until 2010. The researchers who in 2008 examined the skull at the Veterinarian High School in Copenhagen merely concluded that “Although resembling a mammal, certain features make it impossible to fit the animal into Linnaean taxonomy”."

From the X Files Dept: Mystery of Radio Waves Emitted From Nearby Galaxy Still Unsolved

From the X Files Dept: Mystery of Radio Waves Emitted From Nearby Galaxy Still Unsolved: "'Could it be black hole dragging material from one universe into yet another universe?' -Tom Muxlow of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

There is something strange in the cosmic neighborhood. An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before."

Drug-resistant 'superbugs' hit 35 states, spread worldwide - USATODAY.com

Drug-resistant 'superbugs' hit 35 states, spread worldwide - USATODAY.com: "Bacteria that are able to survive every modern antibiotic are cropping up in many U.S. hospitals and are spreading outside the USA, public health officials say.
The bugs, reported by hospitals in more than 35 states, typically strike the critically ill and are fatal in 30% to 60% of cases. Israeli doctors are battling an outbreak in Tel Aviv that has been traced to a patient from northern New Jersey, says Neil Fishman, director of infection control and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania and president of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists."

The Truth Behind UFO Sightings and the U.S. Air Force - US News and World Report

The Truth Behind UFO Sightings and the U.S. Air Force - US News and World Report: "Are UFOs a mirage, conjured up by the Air Force to obscure classified flight projects? In part, argues Mark Pilkington, a British journalist and filmmaker who writes about society's oddities. In Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs, he makes a persuasive case that much UFO-logy canon was started or encouraged by the government trying to conceal Cold War military projects."

NanoTransformation | Bad Seed – The Dangerous Truth About Our Food | GMO Diseases Morgellons and Beyond

NanoTransformation | Bad Seed – The Dangerous Truth About Our Food | GMO Diseases Morgellons and Beyond: "This documentary exposes a vast conspiracy to contaminate and control the world’s food supply through genetic engineering of food crops. Leading scientists and activists present the facts that you need to know about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Eighty percent of food sold in North America already has ingredients made of GMOs that have not been adequately tested for safety."

Biological Populations Change Over Time | Science Buzz

Biological Populations Change Over Time | Science Buzz: "Buckle up, Buzzketeers, because school is in session.

Did I just mix metaphors? No! You wear seatbelts in my school, because they help prevent you from exploding.

But you will probably explode anyway, because you are going to get taught. By JGordon. About the future."

Computers set for quantum leap

FT.com / Technology - Computers set for quantum leap: "A new photonic chip that works on light rather than electricity has been built by an international research team, paving the way for the production of ultra-fast quantum computers with capabilities far beyond today’s devices.

Future quantum computers will, for example, be able to pull important information out of the biggest databases almost instantaneously. As the amount of electronic data stored worldwide grows exponentially, the technology will make it easier for people to search with precision for what they want."

The Most Dangerous Idea in the World | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine

The Most Dangerous Idea in the World | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine: "To think scientifically is to think dangerously. Scientists, from Copernicus to Galileo to Darwin, are among the many “Great spirits [who] have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds,” as Einstein so eloquently put it. Daniel Dennett, a prominent New Atheist and philosopher of science, aptly named one of his tomes on evolution Darwin’s Dangerous Idea. Constantly challenging the status quo, science is the engine of the future. Science generates the ideas and science fiction gives us whole universes in which to explore them. Science fiction classics like Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-four, Slaughterhouse-Five, and A Wrinkle in Time are oft challenged on the premise that they are dangerous or harmful to the impressionable minds reading them. So science and sci-fi push the envelope, but among all of the guesses, theories, and what-ifs, is there an idea most dangerous?"

Cyborgs Needed for Escape from Earth

Cyborgs Needed for Escape from Earth: "Scientists have warned for decades that humans are straining the Earth. The global population is increasing, economies are expanding and consumption doesn’t appear to be slowing.

While save-the-planet campaigns are asking people to save energy, conserve water, recycle and even go vegetarian, some scientists are thinking literally out of this world by suggesting that humans may eventually have to consider leaving Earth if they are to survive as a species."

In the Debate Over RFID Tracking, Children are The Testing Ground | Singularity Hub

In the Debate Over RFID Tracking, Children are The Testing Ground | Singularity Hub: "RFID tags are already embedded in millions of products you buy…and your children could be next. In the ongoing debate over privacy and surveillance, Radio Frequency ID tags occupy a very interesting position. They are invaluable when tracking goods, allowing modern corporations like Wal-Mart to manage their inventories quickly and cheaply. If applied to humans, such ID tags could help with disaster relief, security, and emergency healthcare ."

Sailor's body found inside shark at Jaws Beach - Telegraph

Sailor's body found inside shark at Jaws Beach - Telegraph: "The body of a sailor who disappeared off Jaws Beach – on an island where one of the 'Jaws' movies was filmed – has been found inside the stomach of a shark."

Hong Kongers witness five UFO sightings in one day - People's Daily Online

Hong Kongers witness five UFO sightings in one day - People's Daily Online: "In response to the UFO sightings over Hong Kong, Wang Sichao, a planetary astronomer from the Purple Hills Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), confirmed after one week of analysis that the UFO sightings were 'ghost images' as a result of the reflection on camera lenses from the intense light emitted by outdoor circular lamps. The outdoor circular lamps are symmetrical to the video image center."

Navy to test its ability to vaccinate masses in a pandemic | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Navy to test its ability to vaccinate masses in a pandemic | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com: "It may be part of an exercise, but have no doubt: The needles in this simulated pandemic flu scenario are real. And so are the deltoids of thousands of sailors to be immunized in coming days as part of a test of the Navy's capacity to 'surge' huge quantities of vaccines to its work force."

Hybrids May Thrive Where Parent Species Fear to Tread - NYTimes.com

Remarkable Creatures - Hybrids May Thrive Where Parent Species Fear to Tread - NYTimes.com: "On May 15, 1985, trainers at Hawaii Sea Life Park were stunned when a 400- pound gray female bottlenose dolphin named Punahele gave birth to a dark-skinned calf that partly resembled the 2,000-pound male false killer whale with whom she shared a pool. The calf was a wholphin, a hybrid that was intermediate to its parents in some characteristics, like having 66 teeth compared with the bottlenose’s 88 and the 44 of the false killer whale, a much larger member of the dolphin family."

Red Giant Observed Engulfing Its Solar System

Red Giant Observed Engulfing Its Solar System: "An aging red giant star, BP Piscium (BP Psc), appears to be a more evolved version of our Sun, but with a dusty and gaseous disk surrounding it. A pair of jets several light years long blasting out of the system in opposite directions has also been seen in optical data. While the disk and jets are characteristics of a very young star, several clues -- including the new results from Chandra -- suggest that BP Psc is not what it originally appeared to be."

The "Great Walls" of the Universe Challenge Big Bang Theory (Today's Most Popular)

The "Great Walls" of the Universe Challenge Big Bang Theory (Today's Most Popular): "The known Hubble length universe contains hundreds of millions of galaxies that have clumped together, forming super clusters and a series of massive walls of galaxies separated by vast voids of empty space. Some of these elongated super clusters have formed a series of walls, one after another, spaced from 500 million to 800 million light years apart, such that in one direction alone, 13 Great Walls have formed with the inner and outer walls separated by less than seven billion light years."

"Hypercane!" Is a Mega-Katrina Possible?

"Hypercane!" Is a Mega-Katrina Possible?: "MIT's Kerry Emanuel describes the worst nightmare hurricane that could ever happen -a 'hypercane' with winds raging around its center at 500 miles an hour. Water vapor; sea spray and storm debris are spewed into the atmosphere, punching a hole in the stratosphere 20 miles above the Earth's surface; at landfall, its super-gale-force winds would flatten forests and toss boulders with a 60-foot tsunami-like storm surge flooding nearby shores. The water vapor and debris could remain suspended high in the atmosphere for years, disrupting the climate and the ozone layer."

Sixteen UFO Cases Reported on Earthquake Night in Chile | UFO Digest provides video proof of ufos, alien abduction and the paranormal.

Sixteen UFO Cases Reported on Earthquake Night in Chile | UFO Digest provides video proof of ufos, alien abduction and the paranormal.: "The earthquake was followed by a boom in UFO sightings, but sixteen cases occurred on the night of the tragedy alone (some of them accompanied by significant visual material) which have been subjected to study by UFO researchers."

AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIAN LEADERS: Time running out to influence debate on transhumanism

AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIAN LEADERS: Time running out to influence debate on transhumanism: "In recent years, astonishing technological developments have pushed the frontiers of humanity toward far-reaching morphological transformation that promises in the very near future to redefine what it means to be human. An international, intellectual, and fast-growing cultural movement known as transhumanism, whose vision is supported by a growing list of U.S. military advisors, bioethicists, law professors, and academics, intends the use of biotechnology, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, cybernetics, and artificial intelligence as tools that will radically redesign our minds, our memories, our physiology, our offspring, and even perhaps— as Joel Garreau, in his bestselling book Radical Evolution, claims—our very souls."

Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News

Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News: "What you see above isn't a rural gravel road. It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports that even a whale was found dead in the area, a stretch of coastal Louisiana hit hard this summer by oil from BP's busted Gulf well."

More Evidence That “1984 Big Brother” Is Taking Over United States

Earthfiles.com Environment | More Evidence That “1984 Big Brother” Is Taking Over United States: "“1984 might have come a bit later than predicted, but it's here at last. Some day soon, we might wake up and find we're living in Oceania,” George Orwell's totalitarian land in his famous book, 1984, where there is no privacy or freedom.” - Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit"

When Augmented Reality Bites

augmented reality apps, privacy: "Tools that can translate a foreign street sign, cure your snake phobia, or let you shop for jeans at home are now available on a smartphone near you - but is there a creepy side to the tech phenomenon they call 'augmented reality'?

AR technology most commonly takes form in smartphone apps which add a layer of data or imagery onto real-life scenes captured through the camera of your mobile.

This means any public data that exists anywhere can be harnessed for applications like those that might help you remember where you parked your car or locate a nearby public toilet.

But it also means that your face could be matched to your social networking profile by a passer by, who might also discover exactly what you paid for your home, as you enter the front door.

As AR becomes more common, and the offline and online worlds merge seamlessly, privacy experts believe people will have no choice than to get used to being constantly recorded or scanned by devices."

Another UFO Shuts Down Another Airport in China

Another UFO Shuts Down Another Airport in China: "(Sept. 13) -- Here we go again. Just months after an unidentified object temporarily shut down an airport in China, another UFO briefly halted operations at a different Chinese airport.

According to initial sketchy reports in ShanghaiDaily.com and the People's Daily Online, the UFO forced the Baotou airport in China's Inner Mongolia province to prevent three planes from landing for almost an hour Saturday night."

Synthetic Pathogens Might Pose Bioterror Threat, Scientists Warn

NTI: Global Security Newswire - Synthetic Pathogens Might Pose Bioterror Threat, Scientists Warn: "WASHINGTON --The newfound ability of scientists to produce disease materials from scratch has led to concerns that extremists might seek the same capabilities to carry out acts of bioterrorism.


Synthetic pathogens are man-made infectious agents that are produced either from the manufacture or adaptation of DNA, cells and other biological structures.

While scientists have been engineering genetic sequences for decades and commercial gene sequencing has been around for years, the field continues to move into uncharted territory. This year, researchers for the first time were able to design and produce cells that do not exist in nature without using pre-existing biological matter -- marking the latest evolution in the rapidly advancing field of synthetic biology."

New Report on Terrorism: Al Qaeda and U.S. Homegrown Terror Threat - ABC News

New Report on Terrorism: Al Qaeda and U.S. Homegrown Terror Threat - ABC News: "The United States is facing a more dynamic terrorism threat than was posed by al Qaeda nine years ago as the group has spread its ideology to regional terrorist groups. That is the conclusion of a new terrorism threat assessment organized by the former chairman of the 9/11 Commission with the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group."

Aliens exist, but also have weaknesses - People's Daily Online

Academician: Aliens exist, but also have weaknesses - People's Daily Online: "Wang Sichao, a researcher and planetary astronomer at the Purple Hills Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that he believes extraterrestrial beings do exist and their UFOs have the ability to visit our earth. However, he disagrees with British scientist Stephen Hawking, who believes an encounter with aliens would spell disaster to human beings.

Wang has done the astronomical observation work for 39 years and he publicized his opinion on a science forum held in Guangzhou today.

Wang also found that in the terrestrial space between the height of 130 kilometers and 1,500 kilometers, UFOs have appeared many times. Their flying speed is much slower than the first cosmic velocity. Some are even as slow as 0.29 kilometers per second and they can fly in the 1,460 kilometers' height for more than 25 minutes."

UFO witnessed in Baotou, Inner Mongolia - People's Daily Online

UFO witnessed in Baotou, Inner Mongolia - People's Daily Online: "Workers at the Hohhot Air Traffic Management Bureau observed with instruments an unidentified flying object (UFO) 40 kilometers east of Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 8 p.m. on Sept. 11.

'The airport received a notice from the Hohhot Air Traffic Management Bureau about the appearance of an UFO. To guarantee security, the aircraft heading for the airport had to land at secondary airports. Otherwise, it may have led to collisions,' said Ms. Luo, from the Baotou Airport."

"It Came from Outer Space": Mars' Odd 'Block Island' Meteorite -A Clue to an Ancient Atmosphere

"It Came from Outer Space": Mars' Odd 'Block Island' Meteorite -A Clue to an Ancient Atmosphere: "The odd meteorite weighs at least half a ton, making it much too large to have plunged through Mars' current thin atmosphere and hit the surface without an impact that would have obliterated the object upon impact. Either the atmosphere was thicker than expected some time in the relatively recent past, NASA scientists argued, or the rock fell to the surface billions of years ago when the atmosphere was considerably thicker."

New Research: "Comets Brought Building Blocks of Life to Earth"

New Research: "Comets Brought Building Blocks of Life to Earth": "Could life on Earth as we know it have come from outer space? New research from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists shows that comets that crashed into Earth millions of years ago could have produced amino acids - the building blocks of life. Amino acids are critical to life and serve as the building blocks of proteins, which are linear chains of amino acids.

“There’s a possibility that the production or delivery of prebiotic molecules came from extraterrestrial sources,” Goldman said. “On early Earth, we know that there was a heavy bombardment of comets and asteroids delivering up to several orders of magnitude greater mass of organics than what likely was already here."