Catholic Priest Beheaded in Syria by Al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels as Men and Children Take Pictures and Cheer

Catholic Priest Beheaded in Syria by Al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels as Men and Children Take Pictures and Cheer | TheBlaze.com: "Syrian Catholic priest Francois Murad killed last weekend by jihadi fighters was beheaded, according to a report by Catholic Online which is linking to video purportedly showing the brutal murder.



This should make it clear to Christians around the world what jihadists are about. Make no mistake. Catholics and Christians around the globe are under dire threat, particularly from the spread of militant Islam. Until the threat is recognized and taken seriously, martyrdoms like this will continue.

German magazine: NSA bugged EU offices

German magazine: NSA bugged EU offices: "BERLIN (AP) — Germany's top justice official says reports that U.S. intelligence bugged European Union offices remind her of "the methods used by enemies during the Cold War.""

Blackout: Defense Department Blocks All Articles About NSA Leaks From 'Millions' of Computers

Blackout: Defense Department Blocks All Articles About NSA Leaks From 'Millions' of Computers - Washington Whispers (usnews.com): "The Department of Defense is blocking online access to news reports about classified National Security Agency documents made public by Edward Snowden. The blackout affects all of the department's computers and is part of a department-wide directive."

Multiple Government Agencies Are Keeping Records Of Your Credit Card Transactions

Multiple Government Agencies Are Keeping Records Of Your Credit Card Transactions: "Were you under the impression that your credit card transactions are private?  If so, I am sorry to burst your bubble.  As you will see below, there are actually multiple government agencies that are gathering and storing records of your credit card transactions."

Millions of krill wash up on Oregon and California beaches

Millions of krill wash up on Oregon and California beaches -- Earth Changes -- Sott.net: "Grants Pass, Ore. - Millions of krill - a tiny shrimp-like animal that is a cornerstone of the ocean food web - have been washing up on beaches in Southern Oregon and Northern California for the past few weeks. Scientists are not sure why "

Voyager 1 Entered Weird Region In Space Last Summer

Voyager 1 Entered Weird Region In Space Last Summer | Popular Science: "New papers describe an unexpected boundary region at the edge of the influence of the Sun."

Real-life super-powered 'exosuit': Better, faster, stronger ... softer

Real-life super-powered 'exosuit': Better, faster, stronger ... softer - NBC News.com: "In comic books, it's not enough that there are suits that give mere mortals super-human strength. No, these super suits have to be so lightweight that they fit into a suitcase — or underneath ordinary clothing. Through a Defense Department-funded research project worthy of science fiction, a soft robotic exoskeleton, pulled on like a pair of pants, could one day give athletes an extra kick or soldiers the strength to lift heavier loads than their muscles alone could bear."

Google's Quantum Computer Proven To Be Real Thing (Almost)

Google's Quantum Computer Proven To Be Real Thing (Almost) | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com: "Google bought one. So did Lockheed Martin, one of the world’s largest defense contractors. But we still can’t agree on what it is they bought.



D-Wave, the company that built the thing, calls it the world’s first quantum computer, a seminal creation that foretells the future of mathematical calculation. But many of the world’s experts see it quite differently, arguing the D-Wave machine is something other than the computing holy grail the scientific community has sought since the mid-1980s."

Can Wi-Fi let you see people through walls?

Can Wi-Fi let you see people through walls? | Crave - CNET: "It isn't exactly Superman-like X-ray vision, but cheap, low-power Wi-Fi technology is gaining more attention as a remote sensing tool."

Military analysts develop smart weapon software model

Military analysts develop smart weapon software model - The Fort Campbell Courier: News: "ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Military analysts now have a tool that brings together unprecedented modeling and simulation features to help them better choose, or build weapons to overpower future threats."

UK may approve creating babies with DNA from 3 people

UK may approve creating babies with DNA from 3 people - DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG: "Britain may allow a controversial technique to create babies using DNA from three people, a move that would help couples avoid passing on rare genetic diseases, the country's top medical officer says."

Mouse Cloned from Drop of Blood

Mouse Cloned from Drop of Blood: "Scientists in Japan have cloned a mouse from a single drop of blood."

Solar Flare poses huge threat

Solar Flare poses huge threat: Column: "A solar flare that could wipe out the communications and electrical grids while frying a wide variety of electronics, quickly sending us back to the 19th Century."

The record-breaking Nasa rocket that's run non-stop for five years and could be used in deep space science missions of the future

The record-breaking Nasa rocket that's run non-stop for five years and could be used in deep space science missions of the future | Mail Online: "Nasa's advanced ion propulsion rocket engine has run continuously for over five and a half years, setting a new world record.



This makes it the longest test duration any kind of space propulsion system demonstration project ever. The solar-electric propulsion thruster could be used in a wide range of science missions including intriguing journeys into deep space."

Real Life "Carrie"? Student's "Psychic Attack" Hospitalizes 18 Classmates at Japanese School

Real Life "Carrie"? Student's "Psychic Attack" Hospitalizes 18 Classmates at Japanese School - Who Forted 'Zine: "According to the Aioi police department, it was well known amongst the other students that the girl displayed “supernatural senses” and they believed she was to blame for the hospitalizations."

The despotism of our ‘invisible’ government

The despotism of our ‘invisible’ government: "How did America evolve from a constitutional republic to a dictatorial nation where the ruling class is far more powerful and brutal than King George was back in the good old days of English rule? The intent of the founders was that representative government would reduce government’s involvement in people’s lives. They believed, somewhat naïvely, that the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government would hold each other in check. Instead, what we have today is ever-increasing government power over the lives of individuals, so much so that the government now spies on its own supposed employers, the citizenry, beyond anything the Gestapo in Nazi Germany could have imagined."

Paul Hellyer, Ex-Defence Minister, Believes In Aliens

Paul Hellyer, Ex-Defence Minister, Believes In Aliens (VIDEO): "Canada's former minister of National Defence Paul Hellyer testified at the Citizen Hearing On Disclosure (CHD) last month in Washington D.C. that aliens are living among us and that it is likely at least two of them are working with the U.S. government."

Saudi Gazette - Israel planning to raze Al-Aqsa to build ‘second temple’

Saudi Gazette - Israel planning to raze Al-Aqsa to build ‘second temple’: "RAMALLAH – Israeli authorities on Monday began new excavations near Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex in occupied Jerusalem, a Palestinian foundation said."

Israel's biometric database to begin operating in two weeks

Israel's biometric database to begin operating in two weeks - National Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper: "The database was supposed to have started working in November 2011, but was delayed due to longer-than-expected legislative proceedings, including an appeal to High Court."

How Our Visions of Virtual Reality Have Changed in the Past 40 Years

How Our Visions of Virtual Reality Have Changed in the Past 40 Years: "As computer animation and CG effects became more sophisticated, in the 1990s, the scope for film-makers and designers to create "computerized" looking worlds became greater — but by some point in the late 2000s, CG animation and motion-capture start being convincing enough that we no longer accept a virtual world that looks obviously computer-y or excessively 8-bit. To some extent, the evolution of our imagery around virtual worlds reflects our increased computing power and our greater sophistication when it comes to imagining our interactions with computers in general."

Shape-Shifting Dresses Respond To Stares

Shape-Shifting Dresses Respond To Stares : Discovery News: "A great dress can easily move people into long fits of staring. Conversely, now those long fits of staring can actually move a dress."

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury | OnEarth Magazine: "On the trail of the “Windsor hum,” a mysterious noise that’s making Canadians crazy"

Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction

Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction | LiveScience: "Astrophysicist Eric Davis is one of the leaders in the field of faster-than-light (FTL) space travel. But for Davis, humanity's potential to explore the vastness of space at warp speed is not science fiction.



Davis' latest study, "Faster-Than-Light Space Warps, Status and Next Steps" won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' (AIAA) 2013 Best Paper Award for Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion."

World's Oldest Genome Sequenced From 700,000-Year-Old Horse DNA

World's Oldest Genome Sequenced From 700,000-Year-Old Horse DNA: "DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend?"

Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental: £345m five-star CAVE hotel being built in abandoned quarry in China

Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental: £345m five-star CAVE hotel being built in abandoned quarry in China | Mail Online: "Construction has begun on a luxury five-star hotel being built INSIDE a 100-metre deep, water-filled abandoned quarry in China at the base of the Tianmenshan Mountain.



The £345-million cave hotel in the Songjiang District has been designed by British-based firm Atkins and will have 380 rooms over 19 storeys - two of which will be underwater. The rest of the InterContinental Shimao hotel will be built into the mountainous landscape and guests will be able to do watersports on the lake and use the nearby cliffs for rock-climbing and bungee jumping."

The Phoenix Lights: Testing the Waters for Disclosure?

The Phoenix Lights: Testing the Waters for Disclosure? | Mysterious Universe: "Featured in multiple documentaries, the Phoenix lights of 1997 are widely known and renowned as one of the most witnessed UFO events. To this day, there is no sound explanation for what occurred, and it seems like it will stay that way considering how much time has passed and attention lost. The official explanation from military and government authorities was that the lights were test flares being dropped during a military drill."

Not Prepared: 17 Signs That Most Americans Will Be Wiped Out By The Coming Economic Collapse

Not Prepared: 17 Signs That Most Americans Will Be Wiped Out By The Coming Economic Collapse: "The vast majority of Americans are going to be absolutely blindsided by what is coming.  They don't understand how our financial system works, they don't understand how vulnerable it is, and most of them blindly trust that our leaders know exactly what they are doing and that they will be able to fix our problems."

EU boffins in plan for 'more nutritious' horsemeat ice cream

EU boffins in plan for 'more nutritious' horsemeat ice cream • The Register: "Brussels-funded boffins say they have hit upon a brilliant method of creating "enriched" ice-cream, fortified with "disused" animal products which are normally thrown away by the meat industry as being unfit for human consumption."

The Zombie Apocalypse and the Decline of Love

The Zombie Apocalypse and the Decline of Love: "Zombies have no love. They serve only themselves and fulfill their purpose by seeking human victims that they might devour.  In his letter to the Galatians the Apostle Paul also connects love, or the lack of it, with the potential for human-beings to descend into zombie-like behavior:



For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.  (Galatians 5:13-15)"

It's all in the genes—including the tracking device

It's all in the genes—including the tracking device: "Parentage-based tagging (PBT) is an emerging genetic-based fish tagging method that involves genotyping hatchery broodstock. PBT is a passive non-invasive approach to stock identification because the parents, not the offspring, are genetically sampled at spawning, thereby "tagging" the offspring. This method provides the same information as traditional physical tags but also allows for collection of more detailed information that previously was impossible or impractical to gather using traditional tagging methods."

Species Alteration: Is GMO Rewiring our DNA?

Species Alteration: Is GMO Rewiring our DNA?: "New studies in cell research are bringing up some alarming new questions concerning GMOs, and one of them in particular makes liver failure or cancer seem like child’s play compared to the garish possibilities that arise when we start to look at how genetically modified foods likely affect our DNA."

Banned Cleric's Outspoken Deputy Visits White House

Exclusive: Banned Cleric's Outspoken Deputy Visits White House :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism: "Radical Egyptian cleric Yusuf Qaradawi is considered so radical that the United States bans him from entering the country. Qaradawi, considered the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, has called for the killing of Jews and Americans."

Get Ready for Invading Asian Tiger Mosquitoes

Get Ready for Invading Asian Tiger Mosquitoes | Chikungunya | LiveScience: "There's a new pest invading many American towns, and it's about as menacing as it sounds: the Asian tiger mosquito."

Rare tsunami-type wave hit Jersey Shore

Rare tsunami-type wave hit Jersey Shore: "ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- It appears that a rare type of tsunami called a "meteotsunami" hit the New Jersey coast June 13, with Barnegat Light bearing the brunt of the wave."

Surge in 'digital dementia'

Surge in 'digital dementia' - Telegraph: "Doctors in South Korea are reporting a surge in "digital dementia" among young people who have become so reliant on electronic devices that they can no longer remember everyday details like their phone numbers."

Robotic exoskeleton - that is so soft and light it pulls on like a pair of trousers - could one day give soldiers superhuman strength

Robotic exoskeleton - that is so soft and light it pulls on like a pair of trousers - could one day give soldiers superhuman strength | Mail Online: "A robotic exoskeleton that is so light and comfortable it can be slipped on like a pair of trousers is being developed by Harvard scientists for a U.S. Defence Department. The contraption, called the exosuit and comprising of a harness with tubing that wraps around the wearer’s legs, helps people lift heavier loads than they are naturally capable of."

'Super-Earths' that could harbour life discovered in solar system 22 light years away (and you'd get the bonus of a triple sunset)

'Super-Earths' that could harbour life discovered in solar system 22 light years away (and you'd get the bonus of a triple sunset) | Mail Online: "A nearby solar system is packed with up to seven planets including three 'super-Earths' that may be capable of supporting life, say scientists.



The planets orbit Gliese 667C, one of three stars bound together in a triple system 22 light years away in the constellation of Scorpius. Astronomers believe they fill up the star’s habitable zone - the orbital region just the right distance away to permit mild temperatures and liquid water."

PRISM and the Rise of a New Fascism

PRISM and the Rise of a New Fascism » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names: "In his book Propaganda, published in 1928, Edward Bernays wrote: “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. “Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”"

DURHAM: Students play video game with their minds at Duke

DURHAM: Students play video game with their minds at Duke | Local/State | NewsObserver.com: "The video game was Pong, but this is hardly the classic arcade version. Sam was motionless. She was controlling the paddle with her mind."

Apple fingerprint scanner patent hints biometric scanner on iPhone 5S

Apple fingerprint scanner patent hints biometric scanner on iPhone 5S - Mobile PC - iTech Post: "Since the iPhone 5 is expected to use the same case design as the current iPhone 5, Apple is believed to be adding a new killer feature in the form of a biometric fingerprint scanner. A newly issued patent awarded to Apple adds further fuel to the fire."

Paranoid about passwords? Just take a pill

Paranoid about passwords? Just take a pill | The Australian: "STRUGGLING to remember your long list of computer or bank passwords? Forgotten your driving licence or company ID card? Now there's a pill for that."

666: Preparing for the Mark of the Beast...? Almost half of shoppers would prefer a biometric test over other forms of payment

Almost half of shoppers would prefer a biometric test over other forms of payment | This is Money: "'Big Brother' society: Almost half of consumers said they would prefer a biometric test over other payment options"

20 Secret Passageways and Rooms Hiding in Plain Sight

20 Secret Passageways and Rooms Hiding in Plain Sight: "History can be told in terms of secret passageways, hidden rooms, and obscure tunnels. Wars have been won and lost by them, coup d'états sprung, and entire countries altered thanks to a well-placed nook or crannie."

Why the City of Miami Is Doomed to Drown

Why the City of Miami Is Doomed to Drown | Politics News | Rolling Stone: "By century's end, rising sea levels will turn the nation's urban fantasyland into an American Atlantis. But long before the city is completely underwater, chaos will begin"

The men trying to save us from the machines

The men trying to save us from the machines | Analysis | Features | PC Pro: "Will computers grow so intelligent they wipe out the human race? Nicole Kobie meets the team guarding against that very threat"

Silver makes antibiotics thousands of times more effective

Silver makes antibiotics thousands of times more effective : Nature News & Comment: "Like werewolves and vampires, bacteria have a weakness: silver. The precious metal has been used to fight infection for thousands of years — Hippocrates first described its antimicrobial properties in 400 bc — but how it works has been a mystery. Now, a team led by James Collins, a biomedical engineer at Boston University in Massachusetts, has described how silver can disrupt bacteria, and shown that the ancient treatment could help to deal with the thoroughly modern scourge of antibiotic resistance."

Alchemists Gone Bad: What You Should Know About Biological Warfare : Body Horrors

Alchemists Gone Bad: What You Should Know About Biological Warfare : Body Horrors: "Spears. Bows and arrows. Swords. Guns. Bombs. Drones. Microbes. The evolution of weapons and forms of warfare shadows our technological advancements, from the field of metallurgy to that of microbiology."

NSA has total access via Microsoft Windows

NSA has total access via Microsoft Windows: "WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency has backdoor access to all Windows software since the release of Windows 95, according to informed sources, a development which follows the insistence by the agency and federal law enforcement for backdoor “keys” to any encryption, according to a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin."

Ancient Egyptian statue has started MOVING sparking fears it has been struck by a 'curse of the Pharaohs'

Ancient Egyptian statue has started MOVING sparking fears it has been struck by a 'curse of the Pharaohs' | Mail Online: "The statuette’s slow about-turn has been captured on film by a time-lapse camera, and curator Campbell Price, 29, says he believes there may be a spiritual explanation.



‘I noticed one day that it had turned around,’ he said. ‘I thought it was strange because it is in a case and I am the only one who has a key. ‘I put it back, but then the next day it had moved again."

The Meta-Mappers: How You’re Being Watched Isn’t How You May Think

The Meta-Mappers: How You’re Being Watched Isn’t How You May Think | Mysterious Universe: "By now, most of us are either entirely paranoid about the avenues of government surveillance that are now known to be underway, or we’re just tired of hearing about it. After all, whatever has only recently been going on in the press has, in fact, been underway for years now, and if people not just in America, but in all parts of the globe are essentially able to be subjected to broad surveillance, then this has been the case already for quite some time."

The Stunning Hypocrisy of the U.S. Government

The Stunning Hypocrisy of the U.S. Government | Washington's Blog: "Many have pointed out Obama’s hypocrisy in slamming Bush’s spying programs … and then expanding them (millions more). And in slamming China’s cyber-warfare … while doing the same thing. And – while the Obama administration is spying on everyone in the country – it is at the same time the most secretive administration ever (background). That’s despite Obama saying he’s running the most transparent administration ever."

Obama’s crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S.

Obama’s crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S. | McClatchy: "WASHINGTON — Even before a former U.S. intelligence contractor exposed the secret collection of Americans’ phone records, the Obama administration was pressing a government-wide crackdown on security threats that requires federal employees to keep closer tabs on their co-workers and exhorts managers to punish those who fail to report their suspicions."

MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring

MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring | UK news | The Observer: "Senior figures inside British intelligence have been alarmed by GCHQ's secret decision to tap into transatlantic cables in order to engage in the bulk interception of phone calls and internet traffic."

Plants 'do maths' to control overnight food supplies

BBC News - Plants 'do maths' to control overnight food supplies: "Plants have a built-in capacity to do maths, which helps them regulate food reserves at night, research suggests. UK scientists say they were "amazed" to find an example of such a sophisticated arithmetic calculation in biology."

Doctors Reporting Major Step Toward ‘Artificial Pancreas’

Doctors Reporting Major Step Toward ‘Artificial Pancreas’ « CBS DC: "Doctors are reporting a major step toward an “artificial pancreas,” a device that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and automatically supply insulin as needed."

New Iran president thanks ‘messiah’ for victory

New Iran president thanks ‘messiah’ for victory: "Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rohani, attributed his victory in the June 15 voting to the 12th Imam, Mahdi, a statement with ominous overtones in the Islamic regime’s quest for nuclear weapons. The Shiites believe that at the end of times, the 12th Imam, a 9th-century prophet, will reappear with Jesus Christ at his side, kill all the infidels and raise the flag of Islam in all four corners of the world. Many analysts believe Iran is seeking nuclear capability to bring on that Armageddon.

“This political [election] was due to the kindness of the last Islamic messiah [Mahdi],” Rohani said Friday"

Why did the Tories change their tune on GM food? We expose the secret summit where slick lobbyists for bio-tech giants seduced all-too-willing Ministers

Why did the Tories change their tune on GM food? We expose the secret summit where slick lobbyists for bio-tech giants seduced all-too-willing Ministers | Mail Online: "Last summer, the world’s biggest biotech corporations decided the time was right to convince the Government to allow so-called Frankenstein food to be grown in its fields.

That should have been a nigh on impossible task. After all, opinion polls have for years demonstrated that the public has huge and keenly felt reservations about GM food. In addition to widespread fears about releasing such products into the countryside, voters are seriously concerned by the prospect of having to eat the stuff."

Mystery Bee Kill: Causes Being Sought

The Xerces Society » Mystery Bee Kill: Causes Being Sought: "Wilsonville OR. — Tens of thousands of bumble bees and other pollinators were found dead under trees at the Target store in Wilsonville on Monday, June 17th. The discovery was a strange and ironic start to National Pollinator Week, a symbolic annual event intended to raise public awareness about the plight of bees."

Indefinite Surveillance: Say Hello to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014

Indefinite Surveillance: Say Hello to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014: "While the NSA swears that no citizen was spied on under PRISM, the very fact that cell phone metadata and online activity was gathered from millions of individuals guarantees that information was taken illegally from innocent people. We're told that the government is attempting to minimize the amount of information captured from Americans, and that all of that information is being kept in specialized and restricted servers in order to protect our constitutional rights. But that's difficult to believe when the Department of Justice is currently fighting the release of a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court opinion that details unconstitutional government surveillance."

Learning To Learn Faster: The One Superpower Everyone Needs

Learning To Learn Faster: The One Superpower Everyone Needs | Singularity Hub: "I have a new book coming out early next year, The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance. As the title suggests, my subject matter is the outer limits of human potential and the question of what might actually be possible for our species."

Mars Could be the Father of Life on Mother Earth

Mars Could be the Father of Life on Mother Earth | Mysterious Universe: "If Maury Povich could expand his you-are-the-father-based media empire into an interplanetary spectacle, one of his greatest reveals of all-time could possibly conclude with the talk show host saying, “When it comes to life on 4 billion-year-old Earth; Mars, you are the father.”"

Art of the Future: A Peek Inside the Singularity

Art of the Future: A Peek Inside the Singularity | Mysterious Universe: "Something that we talk a lot about at Mysterious Universe is the technological singularity. An amazing time in our near future where technology has reached such heights that our lives are changed forever. Advanced AI will take control of much of our day to day, limbs and organs will be replaced in various ways, computers will have power so great, they will be able to predict the future."

Newly developed micro robot bird able to perform reconnaissance

Newly developed micro robot bird able to perform reconnaissance, - DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG: "Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a robot bird whose wings can flap independently of each other.



Called the "Robo Raven," the breakthrough engineering technology allows the robot to achieve any desired motion and to perform aerobatic maneuvers."

Video captures possible Chupacabra

Video captures possible chupacabra - KCTV5: "Legend says that chupacabras are doglike animals with long snouts that suck the blood of goats and other livestock."

Lair of the Beasts: The Strangest Monsters of All

Lair of the Beasts: The Strangest Monsters of All - Mania.com: "“What is the weirdest monster that people have reported?” "

New signs of language surface in mystery Voynich text

New signs of language surface in mystery Voynich text - physics-math - 21 June 2013 - New Scientist: "A mysterious and beautiful 15th-century text that some researchers have recently deemed to be gibberish may not be a hoax after all. A new study suggests the text shares quantifiable features with genuine language, and so may contain a coded message."

Omen: floods, revolutions, wars, volcanoes, earthquakes, rattled markets- there’s a bad moon on the rise

Omen: floods, revolutions, wars, volcanoes, earthquakes, rattled markets- there’s a bad moon on the rise | The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond: "The largest full moon of 2013, a so-called “supermoon,” will light up the night sky this weekend, but there’s more to this lunar delight than meets the eye."

Approval for DNA splicing triggers legal action based on GM fears

Approval for DNA splicing triggers legal action based on GM fears - National - NZ Herald News: "The technique would see scientists free to splice DNA - deleting or inserting new parts and changing the way it works - without having to work inside the laws governing genetic modification."

Ten years later: A new push for genetic modification

Ten years later: A new push for genetic modification: "The environment secretary was renewing the push for widespread use of genetically modified (GM) crops today, nearly a decade after it was effectively ruled out across the EU."

The Superman Syndrome

The Superman Syndrome - The Omega Letter: "Since the dawn of time, man has spent much of his time looking up, dreaming of the day when he too could spread his wings and fly.  Like the ill-fated Icarus, the pull of earth was just too strong to let men soar above where eagles dare.  That is not to say we haven’t tried."

Microsoft Is Behind Mystery Data Center in Iowa

Microsoft Is Behind Mystery Data Center in Iowa | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com: "The mystery didn’t last long: Microsoft is the company behind the proposed $700 million data center near Des Moines, Iowa."

Skynet rising: Google acquires 512-qubit quantum computer; NSA surveillance to be turned over to AI machines

Skynet rising: Google acquires 512-qubit quantum computer; NSA surveillance to be turned over to AI machines: "Quantum computers are not made of simple transistors and logic gates like the CPU on your PC. They don't even function in ways that seem rational to a typical computing engineer. Almost magically, quantum computers take logarithmic problems and transform them into "flat" computations whose answers seem to appear from an alternate dimension.



For example, a mathematical problem that might have 2 to the power of n possible solutions -- where n is a large number like 1024 -- might take a traditional computer longer than the age of the universe to solve. A quantum computer, on the other hand, might solve the same problem in mere minutes because it quite literally operates across multiple dimensions simultaneously."

The Feds Say That Two Guys Made an X-Ray Weapon to Sicken People

The Feds Say That Two Guys Made an X-Ray Weapon to Sicken People: "In an attempt to "secretly sicken opponents of Israel" and presumably star as the bad guys in a barely believable action movie, two guys from New York have been accused by the FBI of assembling a portable X-Ray weapon that would shoot lethal doses of radiation. Seriously. They were going to sell it to Jewish organizations or the KKK."

20 Signs That The Pharmaceutical Companies Are Running A 280 Billion Dollar Money Making Scam

20 Signs That The Pharmaceutical Companies Are Running A 280 Billion Dollar Money Making Scam: "If you could get 70 percent of Americans addicted to your drugs and rake in $280 billion a year in the process, would you do it?"

Ban on growing human organs in animals to be lifted

Ban on growing human organs in animals to be lifted - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun: "The government plans to lift a ban on basic scientific research to grow human internal organs in the bodies of other animals for potential use in transplants, raising concerns about compromising the dignity of human beings."

Finally, Face-Scrambling Glasses to Go With Your Drone-Proof Cloak

Finally, Face-Scrambling Glasses to Go With Your Drone-Proof Cloak | Motherboard: "In early 2013, the engineer/artist Adam Harvey unveiled a drone-proof burqa he called Stealth Wear. The garment cloaks the wearer in "nickel-metalized fabric designed to thwart IR-detection by thermal cameras," as Kelly Bourdet explained after interviewing Harvey. Just one problem: It leaves your face exposed."

World Health Organisation calls emergency meeting to respond to SARS-like outbreak

World Health Organisation calls emergency meeting to respond to SARS-like outbreak - Telegraph: "Health experts have started an emergency international meeting to devise ways of combating a mysterious virus that has been described as the single biggest worldwide public health threat after claiming 38 lives, mostly in Saudi Arabia."

Giant Black Hole's Dust Oddity Surprises Scientists

Giant Black Hole's Dust Oddity Surprises Scientists | Space.com: "The most detailed observations to date of the material surrounding a gigantic black hole have surprised scientists, who say what they see conflicts with common theories about these powerful objects."

Scientists create first 3D digital brain

BBC News - Scientists create first 3D digital brain: "Researchers have created the first high-resolution 3D digital model of the human brain, which they have called "Big Brain"."

Human organs 'could be grown in animals within a year'

Human organs 'could be grown in animals within a year' - Telegraph: "Japanese scientists are expecting to be granted approval to grow human organs in animals and then harvest them for transplant within the next year."

Japan experts mull rules on chimeric embryos

Japan experts mull rules on chimeric embryos - Latest - New Straits Times: "TOKYO: Japanese experts were Tuesday set to discuss rules for experiments with animal-human embryos, as scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an animal."

Michael Hastings conspiracy theories: Web goes wild after NSA, CIA reporter killed in crash

Michael Hastings conspiracy theories: Web goes wild after NSA, CIA reporter killed in crash - NY Daily News: "Less than a day after the BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone reporter died in a fiery car crash at age 33, conspiracy theorists are speculating that there is more than meets the eye over Hasting's demise."

Mysterious new MERS virus spreads easily, deadlier than SARS

Mysterious new MERS virus spreads easily, deadlier than SARS | Fox News: "A mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than SARS, doctors reported Wednesday after investigating the biggest outbreak in Saudi Arabia."

Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb

Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb | WashingtonExaminer.com: "Amid growing fears of a massive electromagnetic pulse hit from either a solar flare or a terrorist nuclear bomb, House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a plan to save the nation's electric grid from an attack that could mean lights out for 300 million Americans."

Mysterious Subatomic Particle May Represent Exotic New Form of Matter

Mysterious Subatomic Particle May Represent Exotic New Form of Matter | Wired Science | Wired.com: "In the course of exploring the properties of a strange subatomic particle, physicists may have stumbled upon something even stranger: a mysterious and exotic new form of matter."

Science vs. Pseudoscience

Dave Pruett: Science vs. Pseudoscience: "At issue is the relationship between "brain" and "mind." Brains are easy to locate. The human brain is the wet, convoluted organ of about three pounds that resides in the cranial cavity of the skull. It is a clearinghouse for sensory stimuli, the seat of the emotions, the control center for complex movement, the processor of language, and presumably, the originator of thought. Mind, on the other hand, is the faculty of conscious, subjective experience: the "ghost in the machine." If free will exists, mind is the seat of free will. "Brains are automatic, but people are free," asserts at least one neuroscientist. The chief attribute of the brain is its extraordinary complexity. The chief attribute of mind is its inexplicable unity. Mind and brain are related, but how remains enigma."

Mysterious monster-like creature spotted in Oklahoma

Mysterious monster-like creature spotted in Oklahoma - Akron Paranormal | Examiner.com: "Someone from New Jersey posted a photo of a strange monster-like looking creature climbing along a fence. A few readers are wondering what the unidentified animal is and some even think that it might be a Jersey Devil."

Body-Double: Lifelike Android Demoed at Futuristic Conference

Body-Double: Lifelike Android Demoed at Futuristic Conference | Global Futures 2045 International Congress | LiveScience: "NEW YORK — An extremely humanlike robot made a public appearance at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference focused on the technological singularity."

Google futurist claims we will be uploading our entire MINDS to computers by 2045 and our bodies will be replaced by machines within 90 years

Google futurist claims we will be uploading our entire MINDS to computers by 2045 and our bodies will be replaced by machines within 90 years | Mail Online: "In just over 30 years, humans will be able to upload their entire minds to computers and become digitally immortal - an event called singularity - according to a futurist from Google.



Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, also claims that the biological parts of our body will be replaced with mechanical parts and this could happen as early as 2100.Kur weil made the claims during his conference speech at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress in New York."

Prozac Made Fish More Aggressive, Some Killed Mates

Prozac Made Fish More Aggressive, Some Killed Mates - ABC News: "Fish swimming in water with a trace of the anti-depressant Prozac did not adopt a cheery disposition. Instead, they became edgy, aggressive and some even killed their mates."

UK Met office in Crisis - To Hold Emergency Meeting Over Increasingly "Unusual Weather"

UK Met office in Crisis - To Hold Emergency Meeting Over Increasingly "Unusual Weather": "Notice how the headline says “unusual weather” rather that admit that COLD weather is the problem?one hour cash advance
The unprecedented meeting in Exeter follows the coldest spring in more than 50 years, incredibly widespread snow in May, and the coldest Easter Sunday on record. It also comes after the National Farmers Union report that wheat harvests are likely to be 30% lower than last year as a result of the extreme weather."

Thousands Of Companies Have Been Handing Over Your Personal Data To The NSA

Thousands Of Companies Have Been Handing Over Your Personal Data To The NSA: "It isn't just Internet and phone companies that are giving your personal information to the U.S. government.  According to an astounding report by Bloomberg, "four people familiar with the process" say that "makers of hardware and software, banks, Internet security providers, satellite telecommunications companies" and a whole host of other sources are handing over your personal data to federal agencies."

China Could Supplant U.S. as the Supercomputing Superpower

China Could Supplant U.S. as the Supercomputing Superpower | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com: "It’s called Tianhe-2, and with more than 3 million processor cores, it’s the world’s most powerful supercomputer. It can perform more than 30 quadrillion calculations per second, easily dwarfing the runner-up, an Oak Ridge National Laboratories machine known as Titan. The Oak Ridge system can do 17.59 quadrillion calculations per second, according to its most recent published benchmarks."

Did Chinese plane have mid-air crash with UFO?

Did Chinese plane have mid-air crash with UFO? | The Sun |News: "SHOCKING images have emerged from China showing the dented nose cone of a passenger plane after a mystery collision with a suspected UFO."

New Kind of Dark Matter Could Form 'Dark Atoms'

New Kind of Dark Matter Could Form 'Dark Atoms' - Yahoo! News: "The mysterious dark matter that makes up most of the matter in the universe could be composed, in part, of invisible and nearly intangible counterparts of atoms, protons and electrons, researchers say."

7 Totally Unexpected Outcomes That Could Follow the Singularity

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

Smallest Galaxy Ever Discovered Bolsters Dark Matter Theory

Smallest Galaxy Ever Discovered Bolsters Dark Matter Theory – News Watch: "This week, astronomers announced that they have managed to weigh a minuscule galaxy that breaks the record for the smallest ever detected and may help shed light on mysterious dark matter."

Abandoned America: Photographer captures haunting images of rusting steel works, crumbling schools and empty factories of a once-great superpower

Abandoned America: Photographer captures haunting images of rusting steel works, crumbling schools and empty factories of a once-great superpower | Mail Online: "These haunting photographs capture decaying elements of American society by documenting the factories, schools and churches abandoned over time.



Taken by Matthew Christopher, who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the collection of pictures show a variety of empty buildings in various states of disrepair."

The stars that follow day and night: Scientists discover new class of 'pulsating' constellation that gets lighter and darker over regular time period

The stars that follow day and night: Scientists discover new class of 'pulsating' constellation that gets lighter and darker over regular time period | Mail Online: "A previously unclassified type of star that gets lighter and darker over a fixed time period has been discovered.



Scientists have long known of 'pulsating' stars that vary in luminosity but these new heavenly bodies get lighter and darker at periods of between two and 20 hours."

Jason Silva Discusses the Singularity in His New Web Series ‘Shots of Awe’

Jason Silva Discusses the Singularity in His New Web Series ‘Shots of Awe’ | Singularity Hub: "After shooting “Brain Games” for National Geographic, Jason Silva is building on his previous line of  “philosophical espresso shots” with a new web series entitled “Shots of Awe.” Silva says these videos are “condensed nuggets of techno-rapture, psychedelic viral videos meant to radically pull people out of their habituated modes of thinking. The goal is to infect people with inspiration and invigorate the imagination!”"

More Emerging Technologies: A Follow Up

More Emerging Technologies: A Follow Up | Mysterious Universe: "A simplified version of invisibility cloaking technology now exists, and its implications are literally out of this world. The MIT Technology Review recently published an article explaining how researchers, John and Benjamin Howell, have developed and demonstrated a functioning invisibility cloaking device."

Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented

Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented - The Washington Post: "The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that human genes cannot be patented, a decision that is likely to shape the future of medical and biotech research."

GM corn and soy feed cause health problems in hogs

Food policy: GM corn and soy feed cause health problems in hogs, says study - chicagotribune.com: "Pigs fed a combination of genetically modified soy and corn suffer more frequent severe stomach inflammation and enlargement of the uterus than those who eat a non-GM diet, according to a new peer-reviewed long-term feeding study published Tuesday in the Organic Systems Journal."

Obama Threatens Veto of Religious Protection for Military

Breaking: Obama Threatens Veto of Religious Protection for Military: "Ambassador Ken Blackwell, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, tells Breitbart News: President Obama is waging a war on religion. He and Chuck Hagel are denying the most basic rights to those who put their lives on the line to protect all of our rights. It is shameful and appalling. I am confident that congressional leadership will show courage to stand up for our troops against this radical assault on religious liberty in the military."

Could Syria ignite World War 3? That's the terrifying question as the hatred between two Muslim ideologies sucks in the world's superpowers

Could Syria ignite World War 3? That's the terrifying question as the hatred between two Muslim ideologies sucks in the world's superpowers | Mail Online: "The crisis in Syria may appear to be no more or less than a civil war in a country many people would struggle to place on a map. But it’s much more than that: it is rapidly becoming a sectarian struggle for power that is bleeding across the Middle East, with the potential to engulf the entire region in a deadly power struggle between two bitterly opposed Muslim ideologies, Sunni and Shia. Already, the war inside Syria has resulted in 93,000 dead and 1.6 million refugees, with millions more displaced internally. And those figures are escalating rapidly amid reports of appalling atrocities on both sides."

Rock samples suggest meteor caused Tunguska blast

Rock samples suggest meteor caused Tunguska blast : Nature News & Comment: "On 30 June 1908, a powerful blast ripped open the sky near the Podkamennaya Tunguska river in Russia and flattened more than 2,000 square kilometres of forest. Eyewitnesses described a large object tearing through the atmosphere and exploding before reaching the ground, sending a wave of intense heat racing across the countryside.



At an estimated 3 to 5 megatonnes of TNT equivalent, it was the biggest impact event in recorded history. By comparison, the meteor that struck the Russian region of Chelyabinsk earlier this year 'merely' packed 460 kilotonnes of TNT equivalent."

NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar

NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar | Threat Level | Wired.com: "Alexander runs the nation’s cyberwar efforts, an empire he has built over the past eight years by insisting that the US’s inherent vulnerability to digital attacks requires him to amass more and more authority over the data zipping around the globe. In his telling, the threat is so mind-bogglingly huge that the nation has little option but to eventually put the entire civilian Internet under his protection, requiring tweets and emails to pass through his filters, and putting the kill switch under the government’s forefinger."

DNA Ruling Raises Science Concerns

DNA Ruling Raises Science Concerns | June 10, 2013 Issue - Vol. 91 Issue 23 | Chemical & Engineering News: "This week’s Supreme Court decision allowing law enforcement, without a warrant, to collect DNA samples from suspects taken into custody and before an arrest has raised a number of scientific concerns."

Biometric payments are top option for security-concious shoppers

Biometric payments are top option for security-concious shoppers: "Paying for goods and services through fingerprint, palm and iris scanners is the most popular future technology choice for security-conscious shoppers, according to new research* from WorldPay, a global leader in payments processing."

Is the Motorola Electronic Tattoo the Feared Mark of the Beast?

Is the Motorola Electronic Tattoo the Feared Mark of the Beast? - International Business Times: "While end time prophets believe the numbers 666 is the number of the beast mentioned in the last Biblical book of Revelation, there are different opinions what the real mark of the beast is, which would be the sign of the anti-Christ."

A vision of post-apocalypse Britain? Eerie computer-generated images reveal how UK landmarks could crumble and decay if humanity was wiped out

A vision of post-apocalypse Britain? Eerie computer-generated images reveal how UK landmarks could crumble and decay if humanity was wiped out - Home News - UK - The Independent: "Computer programmers produce stunning digital make-under of some of Britain’s most famous landmarks"

The agricultural revolution - UK pushes Europe to embrace GM crops

Exclusive: The agricultural revolution - UK pushes Europe to embrace GM crops - UK Politics - UK - The Independent: "Environment Secretary will urge EU to relax restrictions on crop licensing"

The Dirty Little Secret About Mass Surveillance: It Doesn’t Keep Us Safe

The Dirty Little Secret About Mass Surveillance: It Doesn’t Keep Us Safe | Washington's Blog: "William Binney knows as much about spying as anyone alive. Binney – a 32-year National Security Agency veteran – is the former head of the NSA’s global digital data gathering program, and a very highly-regarded cryptographer. Binney told Daily Caller yesterday that the spying “dragnet” being carried out by the government is useless:"

Our government has been building spy-access into the Windows Operating System since the late 1990′s

Our government has been building spy-access into the Windows Operating System since the late 1990′s - BlackListedNews.com: "In researching the stunning pervasiveness of spying by the government (it’s much more wide spread than you’ve heard even now), we ran across the fact that the FBI wants software programmers to install a backdoor in all software…Digging a little further, we found a 1999 article by leading European computer publication Heise which noted that the NSA had already built a backdoor into all Windows software"

Your Hidden Censor: What Your Mind Will Not Let You See

Your Hidden Censor: What Your Mind Will Not Let You See: Scientific American: "Scientists probe the biases of “unconscious selective attention”"

Julia Caples, Real-Life Vampire, Says Drinking Blood Makes Her Feel Healthier, Stronger

Julia Caples, Real-Life Vampire, Says Drinking Blood Makes Her Feel Healthier, Stronger: "Caples, 45, is a real-life vampire who, drinks almost two liters of blood every month. She sucks the liquid from the backs of willing donors she meets at an occult and oddities store she runs near her home in Wilkes Barre, Penn."

UFO will make your skin crawl -- so will some insects

UFO will make your skin crawl -- so will some insects - Science: "This image from the Netherlands appears to show some kind of object flying above Muiderslot Castle outside Amsterdam."

Behold the NSA’s Dark Star: the Utah Data Center

Behold the NSA’s Dark Star: the Utah Data Center - The Daily Beast: "It’s the ultimate machine of what’s become our Paranoid State. Clive Irving on the Orwellian mass-surveillance data center rising in the Utah desert."

Tin Foil Hat Media, Big Brother, And the Myth of Conspiracy "Theory"

Paul McGuire -- Tin Foil Hat Media, Big Brother, And the Myth of Conspiracy "Theory": "For decades we have heard our concerns about Big Brother-style surveillance mocked as a “conspiracy theory” by the media. But now we see it is the media who have been wearing tin foil hats all this time, not the conspiracy theorists!"

Solar storm could leave Britain without power 'for months'

Solar storm could leave Britain without power 'for months' - Telegraph: "The risk of a catastrophic solar storm that would leave countries including the United Kingdom and United States without electricity for days or even months will peak in 2015, a new report claims."

Spying on DNA, Verizon, and free will

Spying on DNA, Verizon, and free will - Yahoo! News: "New technologies extend the reach of surveillance tools to not only DNA and Verizon calls but also emotions and brain waves. Will this lead to a denial of individuals having moral agency and autonomy of thought?"

Is Our Guardian Angel Becoming Lucifer?

Is Our Guardian Angel Becoming Lucifer?: "This last week, through security leaks, we learned that the NSA has access to the phone records of Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. Of every call made to, from or in the U.S., NSA can determine what phone the call came from, which phone it went to, and how long the conversation lasted.



Through its PRISM program, the NSA can acquire access, via servers such as Apple, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft and AOL, to all emails sent, received and presumably deleted or spammed. And if the NSA can persuade a secret court that it has to know the contents of past, present or future emails, it can be accorded that right."

Prism: U.S. paranoid fantasies about government surveillance are true

Prism: U.S. paranoid fantasies about government surveillance are true | World | News | National Post: "We knew that the technology was there. We knew that the law might allow it. As we stood under a security camera at a street corner, connected with friends online or talked on a smart phone equipped with GPS, we knew, too, it was conceivable that we might be monitored."

Rover Finds New Evidence That Ancient Mars Was Habitable

Rover Finds New Evidence That Ancient Mars Was Habitable | Opportunity Rover | Space.com: "NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has made perhaps the biggest discovery of its nearly 10-year career, finding evidence that life may have been able to get a foothold on the Red Planet long ago."

Doug Hagmann tells seminar three major crisis events are imminent

Doug Hagmann tells seminar three major crisis events are imminent: "Raleigh-Durham, NC-Three major crisis events are about to take place, revealed Doug Hagmann, the featured speaker Saturday 8 June 2013, on the second day of the “National Insecurity” seminar held in at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church outside of Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina."

Massive dust storms hit southeast Colorado, evoking "Dirty Thirties"

Massive dust storms hit southeast Colorado, evoking "Dirty Thirties" - The Denver Post: "LAMAR — Jillane Hixson stopped dusting her home about noon on a clear Friday and looked out the window to a storm roiling in the distance.



Small dust devils kicked up, and within moments, a punishing dust storm slammed into Hixson Farms at full force, trapping Hixson and her husband, Dave Tzilkowski, in their home for 15 hours to kick off the Memorial Day weekend."

Danube reaches record levels as historic capital Budapest goes on high alert for river to burst its banks

Danube reaches record levels as historic capital Budapest goes on ¿high alert¿ for river to burst its banks | Mail Online: "Budapest was on high alert yesterday as the River Danube threatened to burst its banks and flood the historic city. The river peaked at record highs as desperate homeowners, hotel staff and military reservists piled sandbags in front of their buildings to protect the Hungarian capital."

'Crazy ants' terrorizing parts of U.S. are resistant to chemicals that kill other species

'Crazy ants' terrorizing parts of U.S. are resistant to chemicals that kill other species | Mail Online: "A new and annoying species of ant is terrorizing the U.S. and chemicals that kill off other types of the insect are proving ineffective against it.



The 'crazy' ant, named for the erratic trail it leaves as it makes its way across the country, originated in Argentina and Brazil. But since it was first spotted in Houston in 2002, it has spread to some 21 counties in Texas, 20 counties in Florida and a few locations in Mississippi and Louisiana."

Easter Island's mystical statues may have been 'walked' into place by mysterious civilisation

Easter Island's mystical statues may have been 'walked' into place by mysterious civilisation | Mail Online: "The mystical Stone Heads of Easter Island may have been 'walked' into position, according to a team of scientists.



There are nearly 1,000 statues on the remote Polynesian island and their origin and the people who built them remains shrouded in mystery."

Ancient Martians May Have Been Hydrogen Powered

Ancient Martians May Have Been Hydrogen Powered : Discovery News: "While it’s hard to imagine much life surviving on the arid surface of Mars, there’s still some hope of finding Martian life in underground habitats. But for any life forms to survive, they’d need some kind of energy source, like the way we breathe oxygen. One interesting possibility is that Mars life may be hydrogen powered."

‘Anti-Gravity’ 3D Printer Uses Strands to Sculpt Shapes on Any Surface

‘Anti-Gravity’ 3D Printer Uses Strands to Sculpt Shapes on Any Surface | Singularity Hub: "3D printers build objects by cross-section, one layer at a time from the ground up—gravity is a limiting factor. But what if it wasn’t? Using proprietary 3D printing materials, Petr Novikov and Saša Jokić say their Mataerial 3D printing system is gravity independent. The duo’s method allows a robotic arm to print objects on floors, walls, ceilings—smooth and uneven surfaces."

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations | World news | guardian.co.uk: "The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows"

Plant and human gene modification goes past transgenics

Plant and human gene modification goes past transgenics: "Agricultural biotech companies have been trying to get around the GMO controversy with newer technology that modify genes in place, without transferring genes from other species. But even without the protests over the putative dangers of GMOs -- some ungrounded in science -- human gene therapy is moving in the same direction."

This Man Is Not a Cyborg -Yet: Dmitry Itskov and the Avatar Quest

Dmitry Itskov and the Avatar Quest: "GET right up close to Dmitry Itskov and sniff all you like — you will not pick up even the faintest hint of crazy. He is soft-spoken and a bit shy, but expansive once he gets talking, and endearingly mild-mannered. He never seems ruffled, no matter what question you ask. Even if you ask the obvious one, which he has encountered more than a few times since 2011, when he started “this project,” as he sometimes calls it."

Tiny Helicopter Piloted By Human Thoughts

Tiny Helicopter Piloted By Human Thoughts - Yahoo! News: "You may have had remote controlled airplanes growing up, but they probably weren't as cool as the quadcopter. This tiny helicopter looks a lot like a toy, but it's really a high-tech robot controlled exclusively by human thought."

Nuclear bomb tests reveal brain regeneration in humans

Nuclear bomb tests reveal brain regeneration in humans - health - 07 June 2013 - New Scientist: "Nuclear bomb tests carried out during the cold war have had an unexpected benefit. A radioactive carbon isotope expelled by the blasts has been used to date the age of adult human brain cells, providing the first definitive evidence that we generate new brain cells throughout our lives. The study also provides the first model of the dynamics of the process, showing that the regeneration of neurons does not drop off with age as sharply as expected."

Your Smartphone Is Watching You

Your Smartphone Is Watching You - NYTimes.com: "ON Thursday, just after reports broke that the National Security Agency had been helping itself to data from just about every major American Internet company, an enterprising Twitter user set up an account called “Nothing to Hide,” which reproduced tweets from people expressing blithe unconcern about their government’s potential access to their e-mails, phone records, video chats, you name it."

Mega mosquitoes (20x bigger than regular mosquitoes) arrive in Central Florida

Mega mosquitoes arrive in Central Florida | News - Home: "Gallinippers, which are 20 times the size of a typical mosquito and pack a painful bite, have been spotted in Seminole County, according to officials."

U.S. surveillance revelations deepen European fears

U.S. surveillance revelations deepen European fears | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Europeans reacted angrily on Friday to revelations that U.S. authorities had tapped the servers of internet companies for personal data, saying they confirmed their worst fears about American Web giants and showed tighter regulations were needed."

Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data

Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Revealed: The NSA's powerful tool for cataloguing data – including figures on US collection "

Assange: US rule of law suffering 'calamitous collapse'

Assange: US rule of law suffering 'calamitous collapse' - FRANCE 24: "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday that the US justice system was suffering from a "calamitous collapse in the rule of law", as Washington reeled from the sensational exposure of vast spy agency surveillance programmes."

NSA sucks in data from 50 companies

Sources: NSA sucks in data from 50 companies - The Week: "Analysts at the National Security Agency can now secretly access real-time user data provided by as many as 50 American companies, ranging from credit rating agencies to internet service providers, two government officials familiar with the arrangements said."

Monkey makes medical history after having a successful liver transplant from a cloned PIG

Monkey makes medical history after having a successful liver transplant from a cloned PIG | Mail Online: "A Tibetan macaque has entered the record books after successfully undergoing a liver transplant using an organ taken from a cloned pig. The Xijing Hospital in Xi'an, China, announced that it made the successful liver transplant from the pig to a monkey on Thursday."

Scientists unveil invisibility cloak big enough to hide a human or a satellite orbiting earth

Scientists unveil invisibility cloak big enough to hide a human or a satellite orbiting earth - so long as you look at it from one direction only | Mail Online: "Scientists have unveiled how to make invisibility cloaks that are big enough to hide a human - or even a satellite orbiting the earth.



As the interest in creating Harry Potter-style cloaks continues to grow, researchers in America have shown how a simple trick used for years by magicians can create the desired effect. Using conventional lenses and mirrors, the scientists are able to steer light around the region of space they want to hide."

Bionic eye promises vision for the blind

Bionic eye promises vision for the blind | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Monash University is preparing to launch technology that should allow blind users to make out objects and other people"

Quantum teleportation between atomic systems over long distances

Quantum teleportation between atomic systems over long distances: "Researchers have been able to teleport information from light to light at a quantum level for several years. In 2006, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute succeeded in teleporting between light and gas atoms. Now the research group has succeeded in teleporting information between two clouds of gas atoms and to carry out the teleportation -- not just one or a few times, but successfully every single time."

Pilots of three passenger planes saw two UFOs above Britain's Scientology base as they landed at Gatwick

Pilots of three passenger planes saw two UFOs above Britain's Scientology base as they landed at Gatwick | Mail Online: "A Boeing 777 was flying over the Scientology headquarters in East Grinstead minutes from touchdown when all three pilots on the flightdeck spotted the objects about 100ft below them moving slowly or stationary, according to the report.



A following Boeing 767 also spotted the two white or silver discs, which were at approximately 1,000ft above ground. An Airbus A319 then landed before the objects disappeared from ATC screens."

Floods in central Europe continue to create havoc

Floods in central Europe continue to create havoc: "More than 80,000 emergency personnel including firefighters and soldiers were on duty Saturday, working aggressively to contain the most dramatic floods in Germany in a decade. Thousands of residents were still unable to return to their homes, and bridges and streets were impassable in many regions of eastern and southern Germany."

Verizon & the NSA Are Constructing the “Red List”

Verizon & the NSA Are Constructing the “Red List”: "The Washington Post broke a story this week which should wake up even the most dyed-in-the-wool sheep.This news and the implications arising out of this news is so heinous, so horrific, so tyranny laden, that even the sheep should be picking up pitchforks and begin to hunt down the banksters."

God particle 'overhyped', says man behind discovery

God particle 'overhyped', says man behind discovery - Telegraph: "The scientist who helped discover the so-called God particle has said it is "overhyped" and skewing the public's understanding of particle science"

Living Off the Grid Getting Easier

Living Off the Grid Getting Easier : Discovery News: "Homeowners and ratepayers are finding new ways to make and store their own electricity, some with a surprising partner, the energy companies themselves."

Bilderberg meeting raises suspicions

Bilderberg meeting raises suspicions - Unexplained Mysteries: "A meeting of the secretive Bilderberg group this week has been met with suspicion and intrigue."

Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks

Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Top-secret directive steps up offensive cyber capabilities to 'advance US objectives around the world'"

NSA Surveillance Program Explained: Here’s Why We’re Freaking Out

NSA Surveillance Program Explained: Here’s Why We’re Freaking Out - The Daily Beast: "So why is everyone going crazy over the news that the government collected phone records and Internet data? Caitlin Dickson on how far it’s gone, who’s involved—and how Obama just defended it at a press conference."

New TV cameras can bring Matrix-style bullet time trickery

New TV cameras can bring Matrix-style bullet time trickery to live sports coverage | Mail Online: "The technology has been built by Japan's national broadcaster NHK. NHK's system uses eight cameras, each one used for various pans, tilts and zooms. These eight cameras move in tandem with one main camera that can be moved around the action."

Google Buys Quantum Computer for Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA

Google Buys Quantum Computer for Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA | Singularity Hub: "Quantum computers promise to be orders of magnitude faster than classical computers and far better at the “optimization problems” associated with machine learning—improving not only Google search but perhaps ushering in the kind of “creative problem solving” humans associate with intelligence."

Will Vatican declaration of an alien savior spark a religious war?

Exopolitics » Will Vatican declaration of an alien savior spark a religious war?: "Exovaticana is both an informative and dangerous book. Informative insofar as the authors, Chris Putnam and Thomas Horn, provide extensive scholarship into the history of the Catholic Church and its evolving position on extraterrestrial life."