Genetically Modified Organisms; What you should know about GMO's

Genetically Modified Organisms; What you should know about GMO's - MyABC50.com... Start Here: "Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are defined as plants or animals created through the gene splicing techniques of biotechnology. This experimental technology merges DNA from different species, creating unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacterial and viral genes that cannot occur in nature or in traditional crossbreeding.  In simpler terms, this is like trying to get an almond to cross-pollinate with a tomato.  It simply wouldn’t happen under normal conditions in nature.  Through genetic modification, a scientist could create this scenario in a laboratory by inserting the desired genes from the almond into the tomato, resulting in a breed of tomatoes that would never occur in nature."

Magnetic cloak: Physicists create device invisible to magnetic fields

Magnetic cloak: Physicists create device invisible to magnetic fields: "Autonomous University of Barcelona researchers, in collaboration with an experimental group from the Academy of Sciences of Slovakia, have created a cylinder which hides contents and makes them invisible to magnetic fields. The device was built using superconductor and ferromagnetic materials available on the market. The invention is published this week in the journal Science."

Seeing around corners may become next 'superpower'

Seeing around corners may become next 'superpower' | Fox News: "Superman had X-ray vision, but a pair of scientists has gone one better: seeing around corners."

Mysterious cloud spotted on Mars

Cosmic Log - Mysterious cloud spotted on Mars: "Amateur astronomers are puzzling over a seemingly anomalous cloud that has shown up on images of Mars taken over the past few days. Is it really a cloud, or a trick of the eye? Does it really extend 150 miles up from the surface, as some of the observers suggest? And what churned up all that stuff, anyway? The amateurs and the pros will be trying to resolve those questions before the phenomenon fades away."

USGS Can't Explain Clintonville Strange Sounds

USGS Can't Explain Clintonville Strange Sounds | Gather: "USGS officials confirm that Clintonville, Wisconsin was hit by a minor earthquake early Tuesday, but that doesn't explain why the town has been plagued by strange sounds since Sunday night."

Inception becomes reality? Scientists implant 'false memories' into mice

Inception becomes reality? Scientists implant 'false memories' into mice | Mail Online: "Two teams of scientists have found ways to create false memories, and implant them into the brain at will - although for now, the technique only works in mice.

Memories are stored in a surprisingly small number of brain cells - and the teams could 'control' the cells to create 'synthetic memories.'"

'King of Wasps' found in Indonesia: Two-and-a-half inch monster has jaws longer than its legs

A new species of wasp discovered on the Indonesian island Sulawesi is two-and-a-half inches long, and has jaws so vast that its discoverer admits, 'I don't know how it can walk.'

Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, says ‘Its jaws are so large that they wrap up either side of the head when closed. When the jaws are open they are actually longer than the male’s front legs.'

The male wasp has such enormous jaws that its discoverer admits, 'I don't know how it can walk'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2119343/King-Wasps-Indonesia-Two-half-inch-monster-jaws-longer-legs.html

Could governments recognise ANYONE instantly via CCTV? Japanese camera can scan 36 million faces per second

Could governments recognise ANYONE instantly via CCTV? Japanese camera can scan 36 million faces per second | Mail Online: "A new camera technology from Hitachi Hokusai Electric can scan days of camera footage instantly, and find any face which has EVER walked past it.

Its makers boast that it can scan 36 million faces per second.

The technology raises the spectre of governments - or other organisations - being able to 'find' anyone instantly simply using a passport photo or a Facebook profile."

Time to Air Muslim Violence Against Christians

RealClearPolitics - Time to Air Muslim Violence Against Christians: "Did you read about Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, and his call this month to "destroy all the churches of the region?""

Resistance to antibiotics could bring "the end of modern medicine as we know it"

Resistance to antibiotics could bring "the end of modern medicine as we know it", WHO claim - Telegraph: "The world is entering an antibiotic crisis which could make routine operations impossible and a scratched knee potentially fatal, the head of the World Health Organisation has claimed."

Prehistoric proteins: Raising the dead

Prehistoric proteins: Raising the dead : Nature News & Comment: "Thornton is a leader in a movement to do for proteins what the scientists in Jurassic Park did for dinosaurs: bring ancient forms back to life, so that they can be studied in the flesh."

A Second Roswell?

A Second Roswell? | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History: "It’s probably the most discussed UFO event of our time, and has been a source of ongoing controversy even amongst UFO researchers through the years. But is it possible the now-famous incident at the Roswell Air Force Base in July of 1947, where witnesses claimed to have encountered the wreckage of one or more crashed UFO's in the New Mexico desert, was followed just a few months later by a similar incident? As unlikely as that might seem, I’d simply invite the reader to consider the following facts before making up their mind."

Are we one Step Closer to Fusion Energy?

Are we one Step Closer to Fusion Energy?: "Nuclear fusion might be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields.  A series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National Laboratories show the release of output energy that was, remarkably, many times greater than the energy fed into the simulation."

Spring greenery sprouts in the sky

A mosaic of five images by Daniel Lopez (who managed to get into the picture just right of center) shows a panoramic view of Iceland's Vatnajokull Glacier.

As the season officially turns from winter to spring, there's still plenty of snow on the ground in the Arctic — but there's plenty of greenery up in the sky, thanks to an exceptional succession of northern lights.

The past month's brighter-than-usual auroras were pumped up by spurts of solar activity. When outbursts of electrically charged particles from the sun interact with Earth's magnetic field, they can create a green glow in the night sky. If the outbursts are too powerful, they can disrupt communication systems and electrical grids as well. Fortunately, the recent solar storms had minimal impact on earthly infrastructure.

Read More: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/21/10798985-spring-greenery-sprouts-in-the-sky

Human invasion ended reign of Australia's 'giants'

Human invasion ended reign of Australia's 'giants' | Fox News: "Humans landed on the shores of Australia more than 45,000 years ago. The land they encountered was full of huge plant-eating animals, such as the 6,000-pound rhinoceros wombat and giant kangaroo. Sadly, things would soon change."

Completely menthol? Scientists claim trees give off electricity - especially eucalyptus

Completely menthol? Scientists claim trees give off electricity - especially eucalyptus | Mail Online: "Trees give off electricity, scientists say - especially eucalyptus. Scientists in Australia found the area round trees was filled with charged particles - ions - both positive and negative. Levels were twice as high in wooded areas as they are in open, grassy areas, and deep-rooted trees such as eucalyptus were even higher."

'If you lived on one, you'd be in for a wild ride': Our Milky Way galaxy hurls planets out into space at 30 million miles per hour

When galaxies wander too close to the huge black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, planets can be 'fired' off into space at up to 30 million miles per hour.

The planets are 'slingshotted' to a significant fraction of light speed by the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, 26,000 light years from Earth.

‘If you lived on one of them, you'd be in for a wild ride from the center of the galaxy to the universe at large,’ said astrophysicist Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

A 'runaway planet' hurled into space from our galaxy: Eventually, such worlds will escape the Milky Way and travel through the lonely intergalactic void. A glowing volcano on the planet¿s surface hints at active plate tectonics that may keep the planet warm

‘Other than subatomic particles, I don't know of anything leaving our galaxy as fast as these runaway planets,’ added lead author Idan Ginsburg of Dartmouth College.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2119160/Our-Milky-Way-galaxy-hurls-planets-space-30-million-miles-hour.html

Throwable Robots to Join Battle in Afghanistan

Throwable Robots to Join Battle in Afghanistan : Discovery News: "At dusk, a platoon of soldiers in Afghanistan approach a building. It's surrounded by a low wall, and looks empty, but the wooden front gate is shut. A soldier pulls a small robot out of his backpack that shaped something like a dumbell and throws it over the wall. The little robot rights itself and starts rolling around the grounds, transmitting pictures via it's camera. An infrared scan shows nobody inside, but there's a bomb behind the gate. The platoon calls up its bomb disposal team."

Did Belief in Gods Lead to Mayan Demise?

Did Belief in Gods Lead to Mayan Demise? : Discovery News: "Scientists have long thought environmental catastrophes led to the end of the Mayans but was something else going on?"

"Destroy All the Churches"

"Destroy All the Churches": "Imagine if Pat Robertson called for the demolition of all the mosques in America. It would be front-page news. It would be on every network and cable news program. There would be a demand for Christians to denounce him, and denounce him they would -- in the harshest terms. The President of the United States and other world leaders would weigh in, too. Rightly so.

So why is it that when Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah Al al-Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, declares that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches in the Arabian Peninsula,” the major media do not see this as even worth reporting? And no one, to the best of my knowledge, has noted that he said this to the members of a terrorist group."