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."

California homeowners discover perfectly preserved nuclear fallout shelter from 1961 in backyard stocked with canned Multi-Purpose Food, Dixie Cups and boxes of Kleenex

California homeowners discover perfectly preserved nuclear fallout shelter from 1961 in backyard stocked with canned Multi-Purpose Food, Dixie Cups and boxes of Kleenex | Mail Online: "When a California couple closed a deal to buy a home in Woodland Hills earlier this month, they knew that their new home came with a unique feature - a 1960s nuclear fallout shelter.



But what Chris and Colleen Otcasek initially believed to be nothing more than a hole in their backyard turned out to be a perfectly preserved underground refuge fully stocked with vintage supplies."

Privacy of World Citizens Wiped Out by USA

666 Surveillance System » Privacy of World Citizens Wiped Out by USA: "The Utah Data Center is now fully operational as of May 30. I warned that this was coming. The UDC will intercept and store all the world’s information, yes all of it. This center is going to play a huge role in the coming 666 Surveillance System. There is nothing stopping the emerging “Beast System”. It now appears full speed ahead. Remember, this is not future, as the UDC is now online."

Verizon scandal: Barack Obama's national security state is now beyond democratic control

Verizon scandal: Barack Obama's national security state is now beyond democratic control – Telegraph Blogs: "Those crazy American conspiracy theorists who live up trees with guns and drink their own pee don’t seem quite so crazy anymore. It turns out that a “secret court order” has empowered the US government to collect the phone records of millions of users of Verizon, one of the most popular telephone providers – a massive domestic surveillance programme and a shocking intrusion into the lives of others. For the first time in history, being an AT&T customer doesn’t seem such a bad thing after all."

How Outraged Should You Be About the NSA Grabbing Your Phone Logs?ionalJournal.com

How Outraged Should You Be About the NSA Grabbing Your Phone Logs? - NationalJournal.com: "And six other questions arising from the latest White House scandal.."

CIA Venture Arm In-Q-Tel Invests in Narrative Science

CIA Venture Arm In-Q-Tel Invests in Narrative Science - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD: "Narrative Science has already proven that its robot writers can make sentences that are good enough for newspapers and internal company reports. Now they’re going to work for the CIA."

Monsanto Says Rogue Wheat in Oregon May Be Sabotage

Monsanto Says Rogue Wheat in Oregon May Be Sabotage - Bloomberg: "Monsanto Co. (MON), the world’s largest seed company, said experimental wheat engineered to survive Roundup weedkiller may have gotten into an Oregon field through an “accidental or purposeful” act."

Army's new robotic bird drone is so realistic it gets attacked by hawks

Army's new robotic bird drone is so realistic it gets attacked by hawks: "A robotic bird created for the U.S. Army for use as a miniature spy drone is so convincing that it has been attacked by hawks and eagles, according to researchers."

Computer virus found on Facebook steals bank details and money from accounts when users click on links

Computer virus found on Facebook steals bank details and money from accounts when users click on links | Mail Online: "A computer virus that steals bank details and empties money from accounts has been found on Facebook. Eric Feinberg, who controls the U.S National Football League Facebook page, discovered the malicious links were being posted on his brand's page by fake profiles. The links are believed to be controlled by the Russian Business Network - an online criminal gang accused of stealing internet users' identities and private information."

Scientists create device that tears a hole in time, enabling undetectable secret messages to be sent

Scientists create device that tears a hole in time, enabling undetectable secret messages to be sent | Mail Online: "A 'time cloak' which bends light to tear holes in time itself has been created by scientists. The device can hide a continuous stream of events at telecommunications data rates"

Mind-controlled exoskeleton lets paralysed people walk

Mind-controlled exoskeleton lets paralysed people walk - New Scientist: "TWO years ago, Antonio Melillo was in a car crash that completely severed his spinal cord. He has not been able to move or feel his legs since. And yet here I am, in a lab at the Santa Lucia Foundation hospital in Rome, Italy, watching him walk. Melillo is one of the first people with lower limb paralysis to try out MindWalker – the world's first exoskeleton that aims to enable paralysed and locked-in people to walk using only their mind."

Space Weather on Par With Tornado Threat, NASA Chief Says

Space Weather on Par With Tornado Threat, NASA Chief Says - Yahoo! News: "Severe space weather could be as devastating to the planet as serious tornadoes and other natural disasters, NASA chief Charles Bolden said in a public address"

Lost in migration: Earth's magnetic field overdue a flip

Lost in migration: Earth's magnetic field overdue a flip | Reuters: "(Reuters) - The discovery by NASA rover Curiosity of evidence that water once flowed on Mars - the most Earth-like planet in the solar system - should intensify interest in what the future could hold for mankind. The only thing stopping Earth having a lifeless environment like Mars is the magnetic field that shields us from deadly solar radiation and helps some animals migrate, and it may be a lot more fragile and febrile than one might think."

NSA Gathering Phone Records From Millions of Verizon Customers

NSA Gathering Phone Records From Millions of Verizon Customers | TIME.com: "A top secret federal court order reveals that the FBI and the National Security Agency are collecting the cell phone data of millions of Americans. The document, obtained by The Guardian, compels Verizon to send the NSA information about all telephone calls made on the telecom’s network within the United States."

Invisibility 'time cloak' developed

BBC News - Invisibility 'time cloak' developed: "An "invisibility" time cloak which is able to hide events in a continuous stream of light has been developed by scientists."

Huge Mystery Blob on Weather Radars over Military’s Redstone Arsenal in Alabama Still Unexplained

Huge Mystery Blob on Weather Radars over Military’s Redstone Arsenal in Alabama Still Unexplained: "The mystery blob that appeared on radars across the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday is still unexplained. The anomaly as it is affectionately being called, started appearing on doppler screens in the early afternoon hours and eventually covered an area nearly the size of Huntsville city limits itself. The blob was accompanied by increased military aircraft activity and numerous reports of strange chemical odors."

Spring Secrets: Annual Bilderberg Conference Draws Suspicion

Spring Secrets: Annual Bilderberg Conference Draws Suspicion | Mysterious Universe: "It’s that time of the year again: warm weather, butterflies, love is in the air, all the flora is green and the fauna is out. While love may indeed be adrift in the air, some of us may smell something else too… perhaps it’s the fact that the infamous international group of globalist conspiracists, the unofficially-named “Bilderberg” group, will be having their annual gathering to discuss the secret happenings of our time amidst its present bunch of “our world’s most useful” delegates."

Mother Nature Strikes Back With The Great Deluge - Germany Sees Worst Flooding In 500 Years; Prague Under Water; Disaster Warnings Issued Across Central Europe

Mother Nature Strikes Back With The Great Deluge - Germany Sees Worst Flooding In 500 Years; Prague Under Water; Disaster Warnings Issued Across Central Europe; State Of Emergency In 6 Regions Of The Czech Republic; Thousands Evacuated; ELEVEN Dead!: "Germany dispatched thousands of soldiers Tuesday to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers - reinforcements that came a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its worst flooding since 1501."

Warner Bros is not only hoping you notice the Superman comparisons to Christ: they’re counting on it

Warner Bros is not only hoping you notice the Superman comparisons to Christ: they’re counting on it | The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond: "Behold the man! Superman bears many similarities to Christ, from the scarlet robe and arrest versus the scarlet cape, from being a savior of mankind to the ascension."

22 Signs That Global Weather Patterns Are Going Absolutely Crazy

22 Signs That Global Weather Patterns Are Going Absolutely Crazy: "The following are 22 signs that global weather patterns are going absolutely crazy…"

Deadly Okla. tornado widest on record, rare EF5

Deadly Okla. tornado widest on record, rare EF5: "OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The deadly tornado that plowed through an area near Oklahoma City last week was even larger and more powerful than previously estimated — a record 2.6 miles wide with winds that reached nearly 300 mph, just shy of the strongest winds ever measured."

UFO Filmed Flying Into Mexican Volcano

More Here: http://www.ghosttheory.com/2013/06/04/ufo-filmed-flying-into-mexican-volcano

Terrifying tales of real life EXORCIST

Terrifying tales of real life EXORCIST the Reverend Tom Willis - Mirror Online: "In a lifetime dealing with the supernatural, he says he has seen things that cannot be explained, including ornaments flying through walls and bodiless voices calling to him from beyond the grave"

Court’s DNA Ruling Brings U.S. a Step Closer to ’Gattaca’

Court’s DNA Ruling Brings U.S. a Step Closer to ’Gattaca’ - Bloomberg: "The day that DNA cheek swabs officially became the new fingerprints deserves to be marked and remembered -- and not just because of the inevitable march of technology. No, the Supreme Court’s 5-4 holding today in Maryland v. King, that anyone arrested for a “serious crime” can have his or her DNA taken without any suspicion, is a landmark because it represents a major step toward a “Gattaca” world. This means that evidence of a crime can be collected without any particular suspicion, avoiding the pesky requirement of a warrant that the Founding Fathers thought would give us liberty and privacy."

Photographs that reveal an alien planet? No - the breathtaking animated simulations of the world within the HUMAN BODY

Photographs that reveal an alien planet? No - the breathtaking animated simulations of the world within the HUMAN BODY | Mail Online: "Animators have created remarkable pictures that resemble an alien landscape from the latest science fiction blockbuster, but are in fact ultra-realistic representations of the inside of a human body.



Produced by studio XVIVO in Hartford, Connecticut in the U.S., the movies magnify areas of our insides by up to 10 million times."

Floating by at 311mph: Japanese 'Maglev' bullet train undergoes its first successful test run

Floating by at 311mph: Japanese 'Maglev' bullet train undergoes its first successful test run | Mail Online: "Japan's floating bullet trains - which will travel at up speeds of up to 311mph - have undergone their first test runs. The magnetic levitation, or 'maglev' trains, use state-of-the-art technology to reach mind-blowing speeds."

France's Fabius 'confirms sarin use' by Syria regime

BBC News - France's Fabius 'confirms sarin use' by Syria regime: "There is no doubt Syria's government has used sarin during the country's crisis, says France's foreign minister."

NAPOLITANO: Tyranny just around the corner

NAPOLITANO: Tyranny just around the corner - Washington Times: "A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. He argued that self-government is in and of itself an adequate safeguard against tyranny, because voters can be counted upon to elect democrats (with a lowercase “d”), not tyrants. His argument defies logic and 20th-century history. It reveals an ignorance of the tyranny of the majority, which thinks it can write any law, regulate any behavior, alter any procedure and tax any event so long as it can get away with it."

Qaeda chief warns attacks on US in 'everyone's reach'

Qaeda chief warns attacks on US in 'everyone's reach' - FRANCE 24: "AFP - Al-Qaeda's military chief in Yemen warned Americans in an audio message posted online Sunday that the Boston bombings revealed a fragile security as he urged Muslims to defend their religion."

Iranian general warns of bio-warfare

Iranian general warns of bio-warfare: "Viruses can be turned into easily concealed weapons with high epidemic powers that could contaminate food, water and animals, Iran has warned. Gen. Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization, in a recent event discussing defensive and offensive measures for cyber-attacks and viruses, talked about the strategic importance of using viruses as weapons to contaminate an environment, according to AsrIran, a media outlet of the Islamic Republic."

Supreme Court: Police Can Take DNA Swabs From Arrestees

Court: Police Can Take DNA Swabs From Arrestees « CBS DC: "“Make no mistake about it: because of today’s decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason,” conservative Justice Antonin Scalia said in a sharp dissent which he read aloud in the courtroom."

Printing innovations provide 10-fold improvement in organic electronics

Printing innovations provide 10-fold improvement in organic electronics: "hrough innovations to a printing process, researchers have made major improvements to organic electronics -- a technology in demand for lightweight, low-cost solar cells, flexible electronic displays and tiny sensors. The printing method is fast and works with a variety of organic materials to produce semiconductors of strikingly higher quality than what has so far been achieved with similar methods."

A step closer to artificial livers: Researchers identify compounds that help liver cells grow outside body

A step closer to artificial livers: Researchers identify compounds that help liver cells grow outside body: "Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a rock. Each day, an eagle swept down and fed on his liver, which then grew back to be eaten again the next day."

The 25 Rules of Disinformation

The 25 Rules of Disinformation - The Vigilant Citizen: "From Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation (Includes The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist) by H. Michael Sweeney. These 25 rules are everywhere in media, from political debates, to television shows, to comments on a blog..."

Google Is Ordered To Give Private Customer Data To The FBI

Google Is Ordered To Give Private Customer Data To The FBI - Business Insider: "A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with FBI secret demands for customer data, despite earlier ruling the warrantless orders unconstitutional."

Taxpayer dollars used by U.S. government to promote GMOs in other countries

Taxpayer dollars used by U.S. government to promote GMOs in other countries: "(NaturalNews) Not content to allow Monsanto to poison Americans, the U.S. government is using your tax dollars to promote the bio-ag giant's genetically modified food crops overseas as well, according to a new report."

New Physics Complications Lend Support to Multiverse Hypothesis

New Physics Complications Lend Support to Multiverse Hypothesis: Scientific American: "“Ten or 20 years ago, I was a firm believer in naturalness,” said Nathan Seiberg, a theoretical physicist at the Institute, where Einstein taught from 1933 until his death in 1955. “Now I’m not so sure. My hope is there’s still something we haven’t thought about, some other mechanism that would explain all these things. But I don’t see what it could be.”"

4 Hurdles to Making a Digital Brain

4 Hurdles to Making a Digital Brain | LiveScience: "NEW YORK — Futurists warn of a technological singularity on the not-too-distant horizon when artificial intelligence will equal and eventually surpass human intelligence. But before engineers can make a machine that truly mimics a human mind, scientists still have a long way to go in modeling the brain's 100 billion neurons and their 100 trillion connections."

A creek near Lake Michigan will be poisoned to fight invasion of 'vampire fish' that attacks and sucks all the body fluid out of other fish

A creek near Lake Michigan will be poisoned to fight invasion of 'vampire fish' that attacks and sucks all the body fluid out of other fish | Mail Online: "Wildlife workers are going to insert poisonous pesticides into a stream near Lake Michigan as they try to kill an invasive breed of 'vampire fish' that suck the blood out of other fish.



Adult sea lampreys, which reach lengths of 2 to 3 feet, resemble eels but behave more like leeches. With round, disk-like mouths and sharp teeth, they latch onto fish and suck out their blood and other bodily fluids, killing or severely weakening the hosts."

New SARS-Like CVirus Declared a Global Threat

DNews: New SARS-Like CVirus Declared a Global Threat : Discovery News: "The World Health Organization has declared a new strain of coronavirus a global threat after it claimed one more life this week. What is this new virus, how has it spread, and what can we do about it?"

Avatars Become Fused With Your Physical Self

Avatars Become Fused With Your Physical Self : Discovery News: "Just how real is virtual reality? A recent study on avatars in a virtual environment shows the extent that our physical selves can be fused with customized versions."

Has the Politics of Cloning Turned the Corner?

Jonathan D. Moreno: Has the Politics of Cloning Turned the Corner?: "A couple of weeks ago, after a group of scientists in Oregon announced that they had created a human blastocyst using techniques sometimes called cloning, something remarkable happened. Nothing."

Motorola shows off tattoo and swallowable password hardware

Motorola shows off tattoo and swallowable password hardware • The Register: "Motorola has shown off an electronic authentication tattoo and an FDA-approved pill that uses the body to transmit passwords, and says it wants to see a new generation of smartphones geared towards such wearable – or edible – technology."

The Dying Dollar and the Rise of a New Currency Order

The Dying Dollar and the Rise of a New Currency Order | Real Currencies: "For years now, the collapse of the dollar has been in the cards. Recent developments show mounting pressure on the dollar’s reserve currency status. With a major international deflation going on, the threat of inflation through money printing is unreal. However, should the dollar’s  reserve currency status end, the repatriation of trillions of petro- and eurodollars could lead to a strongly inflationary scenario."

Dude, where's my hoverboard?

Dude, where's my hoverboard? › Dr Karl's Great Moments In Science (ABC Science): "Science has given us many wonders and benefits – clean drinking water, vaccines, electricity and space travel. But it has failed us on one very important front. The Australian hip-hop artist, Seth Sentry, sang in his 2012 debut album, "This Was Tomorrow", that lightbulbs, cyborgs and iPods were, as he says, "quite cool", but then he asks, "But where's my hoverboard?""

'Enormous' repercussions as court weighs DNA sampling during arrests

'Enormous' repercussions as court weighs DNA sampling during arrests - U.S. News: "The Supreme Court is about to decide what one justice says may be its most important criminal procedure case in decades — whether the police have the right to take a DNA sample after they make an arrest."

Would You Eat a Password Vitamin Daily to Log In?

Would You Eat a Password Vitamin Daily to Log In?: "Passwords: They’re everywhere, and most of us manage a half-dozen or so, at least. They’re also the weakest link in the authentication chain because humans aren’t great at creating passwords remembering them.



A Motorola executive (and former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency head) Regina Dugan proposed a solution at the D11 conference: pills and tattoos."

Army's Fingerprint and Iris Databases Head for the Cloud

Army's Fingerprint and Iris Databases Head for the Cloud | Danger Room | Wired.com: "The next time U.S. soldiers snap a picture of your eye or scan your face, they’re likely to store all that personal, physical data in the cloud."

Oculus Rift Is Breathing New Life Into the Dream of Virtual Reality

Oculus Rift Is Breathing New Life Into the Dream of Virtual Reality | Singularity Hub: "Palmer Luckey is a young guy from California, smart as a whip, and obsessed with virtual reality. After amassing a serious collection of the day’s top virtual reality tech, he realized nothing came close to the Matrix-like experience he wanted. So, he decided to build it himself. Say hello to the Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset that’s got the tech and gaming community abuzz."

Emerging Technologies and the Paradigm Shifts Therein

Emerging Technologies and the Paradigm Shifts Therein | Mysterious Universe: "The frequency of technological advancement, in nearly all fields, is increasing at a dauntingly rapid rate. Almost every other week, an article is featured on a prominent news website like Digg or Reddit, which details exotic, new, and potentially revolutionary technologies. And just as soon as these articles are featured, they are forgotten, often overshadowed by consumer-related technologies, such as the next iPhone, Google Glass, or simply unnoticed altogether. One has to know where to look; to actively seek out this information in order to find it. Thus, in an effort to raise awareness to the ever-growing plethora of emerging technologies, featured below are just some paraphrased examples of prominent developers, and the significantly impacting technologies they are hastily bringing into the world"

Operation Trojan Horse: It’s Back!

Operation Trojan Horse: It’s Back! | Mysterious Universe: "Way back in 1970, one of the most important UFO-themed books ever published was unleashed upon the world. Its title: Operation Trojan Horse. Its author was John Keel, perhaps most noted for his later classic, The Mothman Prophecies. Like all of Keel’s book’s, Operation Trojan Horse polarized (and continues to polarize) readers into two definitive camps: (a) those who believed that Keel was onto something that got very close to what lies at the heart of the UFO puzzle; and (b) those who believed that the words Keel wrote bordered upon ufological heresy."

Latest Kinect sensors allow games to feed off your fear

Latest Kinect sensors allow games to feed off your fear - 29 May 2013 - New Scientist: "Microsoft’s depth-sensing camera will gain unprecedented information about us while we play, allowing games to adjust their difficulty in response"

“Absolutely Every One” – 15 Out of 15 – Bluefin Tuna Tested In California Waters Contaminated with Fukushima Radiation

“Absolutely Every One” – 15 Out of 15 – Bluefin Tuna Tested In California Waters Contaminated with Fukushima Radiation | Washington's Blog: "The bad news is that it is only going to get worse."

Schools scanned students' irises without permission

Schools scanned students' irises without permission — RT USA: "Parents in Polk County, Florida are outraged after learning that students in area schools had their irises scanned as part of a new security program without obtaining proper permission.



Students at three facilities — an elementary school, a grade school and a high school — had their eyeballs scanned earlier this month as part of a ‘student safety’ pilot program being carried out by Stanley Convergent Security Solutions. "

Rogue Monsanto Wheat Sprouts in Oregon

Rogue Monsanto Wheat Sprouts in Oregon | Mother Jones: "Wheat's non-GMO status is why the Internet went berserk when the US Department of Agriculture revealed Wednesday that Roundup Ready wheat had sprouted up on a farm in Oregon. According to the USDA, a farmer discovered the plants growing in a place they shouldn't have been and tried unsuccessfully to kill them with Roundup. Oops."

Mind reading computer could communicate with people in a coma: Researchers say system can understand answers to simple questions using brain scans

Mind reading computer could communicate with people in a coma: Researchers say system can understand answers to simple questions using brain scans | Mail Online: "Canadian researchers have developing a mind-reading computer that could help communicate with people in a coma."