Facebook artificial intelligence chief developed SURVEILLANCE systems

Facebook artificial intelligence chief developed SURVEILLANCE systems – The Sun: "Social media tech guru helped to devise techniques which could allow computers to spy on humans more effectively"

Why panpsychism fails to solve the mystery of consciousness

Why panpsychism fails to solve the mystery of consciousness | 3tags: "Is consciousness everywhere? Is it a basic feature of the Universe, at the very heart of the tiniest subatomic particles? Such an idea – panpsychism as it is known – might sound like New Age mysticism, but some hard-nosed analytic philosophers have suggested it might be how things are, and it’s now a hot topic in philosophy of mind."

Do our brains have extraordinary untapped powers?

Do our brains have extraordinary untapped powers? | Education | The Guardian: "“I think there’s hidden potential within us all, in varying degrees and types,” says Treffert. “Talent is distributed in all of us in different ways. Some of us are athletic, some of us mathematical; some of us artistic, and others aren’t. Some of us are musical, but some of us are just good, while some of us are exceptional.”"

Transhumanists and the Religious Right Make an Uneasy Peace

Transhumanists and the Religious Right Make an Uneasy Peace | Inverse: "“In the imperative ‘If we can do it, then we should do it,’ they hear a whisper of the original temptation,” Brugger says of religious Luddites. “Do it, and you’ll be like God.”"

BBC - Future - What if the aliens we are looking for are AI?

BBC - Future - What if the aliens we are looking for are AI?: "The big question is whether the AI goes on to become conscious and define its own goals and decide it doesn’t need the biological creatures that developed it – Stuart Clark"

Exclusive: World’s first baby born with new “3 parent” technique

Exclusive: World’s first baby born with new “3 parent” technique | New Scientist: "It’s a boy! A five-month-old boy is the first baby to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, New Scientist can reveal. “This is great news and a huge deal,” says Dusko Ilic at King’s College London, who wasn’t involved in the work. “It’s revolutionary.”"

Transgender man gives birth to his OWN BABY in world first

Transgender man gives birth to his OWN BABY in world first | World | News | Daily Express: "A TRANSGENDER couple has become the first to have their own child after a man gave birth to his own baby."

Could holographic televisions be the next big thing? BBC creates amazing experimental device

Could holographic televisions be the next big thing? BBC creates amazing experimental device - Mirror Online: "By using a clever pyramid shape, a research team was able to bring archive footage to life - with stunning results"

What if the aliens we are looking for are AI?

BBC - Future - What if the aliens we are looking for are AI?: "The big question is whether the AI goes on to become conscious and define its own goals and decide it doesn’t need the biological creatures that developed it – Stuart Clark"

Elon Musk says the future of AI is in linking it to our brains

Elon Musk says the future of AI is in linking it to our brains: ""I think if we can effectively merge with AI by improving the neural link between your cortex and your digital extension of yourself … then effectively you become an AI-human symbiote," said Musk. "And if that then is widespread, and anyone who wants it can have it, then we solve the control problem as well. We don't have to worry about some evil dictator AI because we are the AI collectively. That seems like the best outcome I can think of.""

Gene Drives: Can Genetic Engineering and CRISPR Overcome Evolution?

Gene Drives: Can Genetic Engineering and CRISPR Overcome Evolution? - The Atlantic: "“Gene drives,” a technology for controlling genetic traits, could revolutionize disease prevention. But nature has a way of thwarting scientific meddling."

Researcher calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed, but with strong animal protections

Researcher calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed, but with strong animal protections -- ScienceDaily: "In a World View opinion column published in Nature, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher calls for animal-human embryo research to proceed - but only with strong animal protections in place. So-called "chimera" research raises the hope of producing human organs in genetically modified large animals, such as pigs and sheep, offering a potential solution to the persistent shortage of human organs for transplantation."

Lawyer: After School Satan Club must be allowed to proceed

Lawyer: After School Satan Club must be allowed to proceed | Education | goskagit.com: "MOUNT VERNON — A so-called "After School Satan Club" proposed by the Satanic Temple of Seattle to be held at Centennial Elementary School should be allowed to proceed, an attorney hired to represent the Mount Vernon School District said."

Is there LIFE on Europa? NASA calls emergency press conference MONDAY

Is there LIFE on Europa? NASA calls emergency press conference MONDAY | Science | News | Daily Express: "NASA has called a press conference on Monday when the space agency will announce a breakthrough on the planet Europa."

Groundbreaking Experiment Creates Life Without Fertilizing Eggs

Groundbreaking Experiment Creates Life Without Fertilizing Eggs – RealClearLife: "For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that a baby can be made without fertilizing a female egg."

'It’s very real - people do get demonised': inside the suburban exorcisms in present-day Australia

'It’s very real - people do get demonised': inside the suburban exorcisms in present-day Australia | SBS News: "In churches, community halls and even living rooms, Satan and his army of fallen angels - or demons - are on the warpath. Or so exorcists would have us believe."

Bank of America analysts claim there's a 50% chance we live in a 'Matrix reality simulation'

Bank of America analysts claim there's a 50% chance we live in a 'Matrix reality simulation' - Mirror Online: "Boffins made the astonishing claim in a research note citing comments from top scientists, philosophers and astrophysicists"

Creation of first synthetic genome may lead us closer to superhumans

Creation of first synthetic genome may lead us closer to superhumans | Genetic Literacy Project: "With this technique, we could create any kind of life form we wanted, reprogram organisms, and even create synthetic proteins and compounds."

The Difference Between Dark Matter, Dark Energy And Ghosts

The Difference Between Dark Matter, Dark Energy And Ghosts : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR: "Over the last few decades, scientists have built a new picture of the universe where about 95 percent of its stuff comes in a "dark" form (27 percent being dark matter and 68 percent being dark energy). But what exactly do physicists mean when they talk about something being "dark?""

Lost Stone From High Priest's Breastplate Believed Found

Lost Stone From High Priest's Breastplate Believed Found - Breaking Israel News: "Sometimes incredible stories are actually true, and in this case, experts agree that a small onyx stone, claimed to be given to a Knight Templar over 1,000 years ago and handed down through one family from generation to generation, is actually what the present owner claims: a gem from the breastplate of the High Priest in Jerusalem."

When Information Storage Gets Under Your Skin

When Information Storage Gets Under Your Skin - WSJ: "Tiny implants can replace keys, store business cards and medical data—and eventually a lot more"

World's largest telescope to be switched on as scientists step up search for alien life

World's largest telescope to be switched on as scientists step up search for alien life - Mirror Online: "The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) will search deep space in the hope of unlocking some of the universe's deepest secrets"

Do trees have brains?

Do trees have brains? | Daily Mail Online: "There's increasing evidence to show that trees are able to communicate with each other. More than that, trees can learn."

Ancient lakes on Mars suggest the red planet could have hosted life for a BILLION years longer than we thought

Ancient lakes on Mars suggest the red planet could have hosted life for a BILLION years longer than we thought | Daily Mail Online: "We already know at one point the dry, arid planet Mars was covered in vast oceans - but our understanding of when this ended has just completely changed."

A powerful generation of 'X-Men' SUPERHUMANS will be here in less than 100 years, claims expert

A powerful generation of 'X-Men' SUPERHUMANS will be here in less than 100 years, claims expert | Daily Mail Online: "Imagine a person who can play tennis like Andy Murray, think like Professor Stephen Hawking and can live to 150 - all in a body that looks and feels like it belongs to a 40-year-old."

Super Humans: Scientists Rewrote a Bacteria's Genome From Scratch

Super Humans: Scientists Rewrote a Bacteria's Genome From Scratch. Are We Next? | Big Think: "Researchers replaced 62,214 base pairs of DNA. What they have done is recreate the DNA from scratch, though they haven’t actually brought the bacteria to life, yet. What was once thought impossible is no longer. This is the first synthetic genome ever assembled, and is being hailed as the most complex feat of genetic engineering, thus far."

New Loch Ness Monster photos surface

New Loch Ness Monster photos surface | UK | News | Daily Express: "Amateur photographer Ian Bremner, 58, was driving around the Highlands in search of red deer - but stumbled instead across the remarkable sight of what appears to be Nessie swimming in the calm waters of Loch Ness."

There's a strong chance you've eaten cloned meat

There's a strong chance you've eaten cloned meat - NaturalNews.com: "In the U.S., commercial livestock cloning is big business at Cyagra, based in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and at ViaGen in Austin, Texas. Together, these geneticists pump a few thousand cloned animals out into the marketplace each year."

Ancient City Unearthed Where David Battled Goliath

Ancient City Unearthed Where David Battled Goliath | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com: "JNS.org — Archaeologists believe they have found the location of the battle between David and Goliath, narrated in the Book of Samuel, in a mysterious two-gated city from the early 10th century."

Yes, Google Play is tracking you — and that’s just the tip of a very large iceberg

Yes, Google Play is tracking you — and that’s just the tip of a very large iceberg | ExtremeTech: "On Monday, a story broke that Google Play — the near-ubiquitous service that Google uses to distribute software within Android — was using GPS to track your every move, whether you enabled Google Maps to use location tracking or not. The only way to completely disable this kind of location tracking is to disable Google Play."

Maryland schools ban thousands of students without government-mandated vaccinations

Maryland schools ban thousands of students without government-mandated vaccinations | EAGnews.org: "BALTIMORE, Md. – Maryland schools plan to ban thousands of students from attending class over new mandatory vaccine requirements."

Faster than the speed of SOUND: Nasa’s radical future plan for planes

Faster than the speed of SOUND: Nasa’s radical future plan for planes | Travel News | Travel | Daily Express: "STRAP your seatbelt tight and hold on - Nasa has revealed plans for passenger planes faster than the speed of sound."

The genetic advantage of the (other) 1 percenters

The genetic advantage of the (other) 1 percenters - FT.com: "The science suggests that we are not born blank slates, however much we wish it were otherwise"

100 tiny robots replaced humans in this queue for the iPhone 7

100 tiny robots replaced humans in this queue for the iPhone 7: "People all over the world are lining up for the iPhone 7 (and iPhone 7 Plus, if they pre-ordered) Friday. But it might surprise you to learn that a bunch of stand-in robots probably got one before you did."

Jeff Bezos on nuclear reactors in space, the lack of bacon on Mars and humanity’s destiny in the solar system

Jeff Bezos on nuclear reactors in space, the lack of bacon on Mars and humanity’s destiny in the solar system - The Washington Post: "It’s become increasingly clear that Jeffrey P. Bezos, who in the last several months has been talking much more openly about his once secretive space company, has some really big ambitions in space."

A Faster Way to 3-D Printed Organs

A Faster Way to 3-D Printed Organs | DiscoverMagazine.com: "New tech makes bioprinting more efficient."

Screaming teenage girls exorcised for FIVE HOURS after being 'possessed by demons' while summoning evil Mexican ghost

Screaming teenage girls exorcised for FIVE HOURS after being 'possessed by demons' while summoning evil Mexican ghost - Mirror Online: "The girls who had taken the Charlie Charlie challenge were filmed screaming and convulsing on the floor of a church while being exorcised"

Now the Saudis Have Killer Drones, Too

Now the Saudis Have Killer Drones, Too - The Daily Beast: "Saudi Arabia has got a horrible human-rights record and a bloody war next door. And now it’s about to get its own fleet of flying, death-dealing robots."

Motherless babies possible as scientists create live offspring without need for female egg

Motherless babies possible as scientists create live offspring without need for female egg: "The landmark experiment by the University of Bath rewrites 200 years of biology teaching and could pave the way for a baby to be born from the DNA of two men."

Cops using artificial intelligence to stop crimes BEFORE they happen, researchers warn

Cops using artificial intelligence to stop crimes BEFORE they happen, researchers warn: "In a major piece of research called “Artificial Intelligence and life in 2030”, researchers from Stanford University said “predictive policing” techniques would become commonplace in the next 15 years."

Harvard scientists reveal timelapse footage showing spread and evolution of antibiotics-resistant bacteria

Harvard scientists reveal timelapse footage showing spread and evolution of antibiotics-resistant bacteria - Mirror Online: "The incredible film shows the evolution of bacteria as it changes to fight different strengths of antibiotic in the lab"

Sick African dictator 'eats his enemies' testicles and brains to boost his sexual prowess'

Sick African dictator 'eats his enemies' testicles and brains to boost his sexual prowess' - Mirror Online: "The 74-year-old took control of the country in 1979, and is referred to as the "torturer-in-chief" following his reported sadism"

A Cornucopia of Sensory Perception

A Cornucopia of Sensory Perception | The Scientist Magazine®: "One day, science may endow us humans with more senses than we currently employ to interface with our world. But for now, sit back and enjoy what your eyes already allow you to do: read this beautiful issue."

Drilling to Doomsday

Drilling to Doomsday | DiscoverMagazine.com: "An expedition in the Gulf of Mexico gets to the core of the most important event in the past 100 million years."

UK surgeons carry out world's first robot eye surgery

UK surgeons carry out world's first robot eye surgery - ITV News: "British surgeons have performed the world's first robotic operation inside an eye."

Google’s DeepMind Achieves Speech-Generation Breakthrough

Google’s DeepMind Achieves Speech-Generation Breakthrough - Bloomberg: "Google’s DeepMind unit, which is working to develop super-intelligent computers, has created a system for machine-generated speech that it says outperforms existing technology by 50 percent."

China claims to have developed radar that can detect STEALTH jets

China claims to have developed radar that can detect STEALTH jets  | Daily Mail Online: "A Chinese firm has claimed that they have developed radar technology that can detect stealth jets."

Building a stairway to the singularity

Building a stairway to the singularity | The Japan Times: "A computer’s victory over a human go master this past March reminds us of the pending “singularity” — the rapidly approaching moment in time when artificial intelligence overtakes human intelligence. Machines will learn, and we won’t be their teachers. Are we prepared for it? Can we prepare for it?"

DOZENS OF BIRDS FALL FROM SKY; OFFICIALS WANT TO KNOW WHY

News from The Associated Press: "Health officials in Massachusetts are trying to figure out what caused dozens of birds to fall out of the sky onto a Boston street."

The £3BILLION stealth ship described as Starship Enterprise of the seas shows up on enemy radar as a fishing boat

The £3BILLION stealth ship described as Starship Enterprise of the seas shows up on enemy radar as a fishing boat - Mirror Online: "The futuristic American destroyer, named the USS Zumwalt, is the naval version of a stealth bomber and is the deadliest vessel ever built"

Islamic State issues new call for attacks in the West, all non-believers 'legitimate targets'

Islamic State issues new call for attacks in the West, all non-believers 'legitimate targets' • The Foreign Desk: "Targets for attacks include businessmen on their way to work, young people playing sports in the park and even “the street vendor selling flowers to those passing by.” A photo from what appears to be a British market vendor selling flowers has a caption beneath it that reads “Even the blood of a merry crusader citizen selling flowers to passersby.”"

Navy unveils robot spy speedboat

Navy unveils robot spy speedboat : "drone speedboat that could pave the way for a Royal Navy robot fleet of high-speed reconnaissance and surveillance vessels has been unveiled by defence scientists."

Meet the real life Australian exorcist

Meet the real life Australian exorcist | Australian Women's Weekly: "It’s the ritual you’ve seen dramatised by people with twisting heads, rolling eyes and disembodied voices in Hollywood movies. Yet exorcisms are being performed on ordinary Australians in every corner of the country, as Clair Weaver reports..."

Humans could become addicted to mind-blowing romps with SEX ROBOTS, according to expert

Humans could become addicted to mind-blowing romps with SEX ROBOTS, according to expert: "Interested in this whole raunchy robot thing? Approach with caution, is the warning"

Fossil of 170 million-year-old ichthyosaur found at Scottish loch is freed from rock

Fossil of 170 million-year-old ichthyosaur found at Scottish loch is freed from rock | Daily Mail Online: "A fossilised skeleton of a marine reptile that ruled the seas 170 million years ago has finally been unveiled nearly half a century after it was discovered on the Isle of Skye."

DHS election takeover? Agency itself was hacked

DHS election takeover? Agency itself was hacked: "Former officer recalls major cyber breach as secretary pushes plan"

Is the mysterious 'eye' island near Argentina hiding an alien base?

Is the mysterious 'eye' island near Argentina hiding an alien base? Kickstarter campaign to investigate bizarre rotating island launched | Daily Mail Online: "'The Eye' is an almost perfect circular island land that is surrounded by a tiny channel of clear water and some believe it is camouflage for a massive alien base that lays quietly beneath the surface"

Hunt for 9th Planet Reveals Extremely Distant Solar System Objects

Hunt for 9th Planet Reveals Extremely Distant Solar System Objects - Astrobiology Magazine: "In the race to discover a proposed ninth planet in our Solar System, Carnegie’s Scott Sheppard and Chadwick Trujillo of Northern Arizona University have observed several never-before-seen objects at extreme distances from the Sun in our Solar System."

Burning Man: America's Largest Occult Festival Is a Celebration of Weirdness and Hedonism

Burning Man: America's Largest Occult Festival Is a Celebration of Weirdness and Hedonism — Charisma News: "70,000 people have descended upon a very bleak stretch of Nevada's Black Rock Desert for what is perhaps the largest celebration of hedonism on the entire planet. Burning Man has been described as a "dystopian hellscape", and that description is not too far from the truth."

Designer Babies and Human Enhancement: Ronald Bailey Lectures in Moscow

Designer Babies and Human Enhancement: Ronald Bailey Lectures in Moscow - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "Greely believes that Easy PGD will be extremely cheap, e.g., whole genome testing should fall to around $10 by the beginning of the next decade. Easy PGD would also make it possible for same sex couples to have offspring genetically related to both parents and it might even be possible for a person to have both sperm and eggs created from their skin cells, enabling them to be both mother and father of their child."

Physicist finds entanglement instantly gives rise to a wormhole

Physicist finds entanglement instantly gives rise to a wormhole | 3tags: "Quantum entanglement is one of the more bizarre theories to come out of the study of quantum mechanics – so strange, in fact, that Albert Einstein famously referred to it as “spooky action at a distance.”"

Bigfoot, is That You? Fossilized Humanoid Footprint Found in China

Bigfoot, is That You? Fossilized Humanoid Footprint Found in China: "Several larger-than-normal human footprints fossilized in a rock were discovered in China's southwestern province of Guizhou."

NASA satellite captures rare double eclipse of the sun by moon and earth

NASA satellite captures rare double eclipse of the sun by moon and earth - Mirror Online: "The unusual phenomenon happens when both the earth and the moon cross into the path of the sun"

Kim Jong-un executes education minister by firing squad for not sitting properly in meeting

Kim Jong-un executes education minister by firing squad for not sitting properly in meeting | Daily Mail Online: "Kim Jong-un has executed a senior North Korean official by firing squad because he did not sit properly during a meeting."

Apple pushes its AI expert hiring spree into overdrive

Apple pushes its AI expert hiring spree into overdrive: "Don’t tell Tim Cook, but the perception of Apple is that it’s been lagging behind other tech companies like Google and Facebook when it comes to cutting-edge artificial intelligence research."

They are killing the bees too! Millions of bees dead after Florida and South Carolina spray for Zika mosquitoes

The Big Wobble: They are killing the bees too! Millions of bees dead after Florida and South Carolina spray for Zika mosquitoes: "A horror story is emerging from the southwest of the United States where bee keepers are waking up to find their bee farms wiped out after aerial spraying with a substance called Naled, a common insecticide that kills mosquitoes on contact has also killed millions of bees and other insects."

A near miss! New Zealand hit by many large aftershocks as mag 7.1 quake causes tsunami warning.

The Big Wobble: A near miss! New Zealand hit by many large aftershocks as mag 7.1 quake causes tsunami warning.: "The east coast of New Zealand was hit by a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake before dawn on Friday, generating a small tsunami, but officials said there was no significant damage or injuries."

Does footage of 'UFOs' hovering near International Space Station prove aliens are monitoring satellite?

Does footage of 'UFOs' hovering near International Space Station prove aliens are monitoring satellite? - Mirror Online: "UFO enthusiasts have studied the footage and come to some staggering conclusions which would blow holes in decades of research that found no signs of intelligent life in outer space"