Friday, May 10, 2013
Life on Mars: Buzz Aldrin announces plans to colonise the red planet by 2035
Life on Mars: Buzz Aldrin announces plans to colonise the red planet by 2035 | Mail Online: "Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut who was the second man to walk on the moon, has said he wants the US to permanently 'settle and colonise Mars.' And the 83-year-old former astronaut expects it to become a reality by 2040."
Water on the moon may have come from Earth: Scientist's analysis of moon rocks find lunar moisture is identical to ours
Water on the moon may have come from Earth: Scientist's analysis of moon rocks find lunar moisture is identical to ours | Mail Online: "Water inside the Moon’s mantle came from primitive meteorites - the same source thought to have supplied most of the water on Earth, according to new research."
Creepy ghost town emerges from sea in Argentina
Creepy ghost town emerges from sea in Argentina: "It's a bizarre, post-apocalyptic landscape that captures a traumatic moment in time."
Deep Lakes and Catastrophic Floods of Mars
Deep Lakes and Catastrophic Floods of Mars : Discovery News: "Eroded channels and chasms from catastrophic floods between martian basins are the strongest evidence yet that there were once large, deep bodies of water on early Mars, according to a new study using the latest imagery and topographic data."
Injectable, Glowing Robots Could Stop Blindness
Injectable, Glowing Robots Could Stop Blindness : Discovery News: "Tiny, glowing robots could soon be injected into the eye to alert doctors of low oxygen levels that can lead to blindness."
Locust Plague Ravages Madagascar
Locust Plague Ravages Madagascar : Discovery News: "For three quarters of an hour a giant swarm of locusts streams across the sky above southwest Madagascar."
UFOs and Out-of-Body Experiences
UFOs and Out-of-Body Experiences | Mysterious Universe: "One of the most notable UFO encounters ever recorded occurred shortly after 11p.m. on October 18, 1973. That the prime witnesses were serving members of the U.S. Army Reserve only added to the credibility of the report. Having departed from Port Columbus, Ohio, their UH-1H helicopter was headed for its home base at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Aboard were Captain Lawrence J. Coyne; Sergeant John Healey, the flight-medic; First Lieutenant Arrigo Jezzi, a chemical engineer; and a computer technician, Sergeant Robert Yanacsek. All seemed normal as the crew climbed into the air and kept the helicopter at a steady 2,500 feet altitude."
Russian Billionaire Dmitry Itskov Plans on Becoming Immortal by 2045
Russian Billionaire Dmitry Itskov Plans on Becoming Immortal by 2045 | Motherboard: "Dmitry Itskov wants to live forever. The 32-year-old Russian billionaire and media mogul thinks he can do this by building himself (and everyone) an android body by the year 2045."
Extremely Unusual Object and Event Videotaped at High Altitude
News from the Edge | Extremely Unusual Object and Event Videotaped at High Altitude | unknowncountry: "This is one of the most unusual videos Unknowncountry.com has received. We will be following up both with the videographer and within the aeronautics community, and with our video experts, but at present we are classifying this as a definite unknown that displays extraordinary performance characteristics."
Thursday, May 9, 2013
One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply
One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply | Wired Science | Wired.com: "Nearly one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died or disappeared last winter, an unsustainable decline that threatens the nation’s food supply.

Multiple factors — pesticides, fungicides, parasites, viruses and malnutrition — are believed to cause the losses, which were officially announced today by a consortium of academic researchers, beekeepers and Department of Agriculture scientists."
Multiple factors — pesticides, fungicides, parasites, viruses and malnutrition — are believed to cause the losses, which were officially announced today by a consortium of academic researchers, beekeepers and Department of Agriculture scientists."
UFOs Disabling Nuclear Missiles: Former Senator Says Veterans' Testimony is the "Smoking Gun" Confirming a U.S. Government Cover-up
UFOs Disabling Nuclear Missiles: Former Senator Says Veterans' Testimony is the "Smoking Gun" Confirming a U.S. Government Cover-up - WSJ.com: "In an interview with ABC News/Yahoo! News last Friday, former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) said statements by U.S. Air Force nuclear missile launch officers--regarding mysterious aerial objects interfering with the functionality of American ICBMs--make clear that top government officials are lying to the public when they claim to have no knowledge of national security-related UFO incidents."
Spot a space warp: Astronomers ask for amateur help in search for astronomical 'UFO' abnormalities
Spot a space warp: Astronomers ask for amateur help in search for astronomical 'UFO' abnormalities | Mail Online: "Astronomers have called for help in finding 'space warps', rare system that bend light around them, acting as giant lenses.

More commonly known as 'gravitational lenses,' they create beautiful mirages, and help give clues to how dark matter helped form the universe. Astronomers have now set up a special site where amateurs can scour images of the sky looking for the strange occurrences."
More commonly known as 'gravitational lenses,' they create beautiful mirages, and help give clues to how dark matter helped form the universe. Astronomers have now set up a special site where amateurs can scour images of the sky looking for the strange occurrences."
Mysterious rotting 'sea monster' carcass found on New Zealand beach that has jagged teeth and is 30 FEET long
Mysterious rotting 'sea monster' carcass found on New Zealand beach that has jagged teeth and is 30 FEET long | Mail Online: "The rotting carcass of a mysterious-looking 'sea monster' has been found washed ashore on a New Zealand beach. "
The far future: tech trends of 2025
The far future: tech trends of 2025: "Just when you thought speech-enabled tablets were cool. In the future, your car won't just find a parking spot, it will know where you like to park. The dollar will be replaced by not just an encrypted currency like bitcoin, but by a currency of knowledge and social connection. And your home will become a digital, customizable expression of your tastes."
Why Would Aliens Obliterate Our Moon?
Why Would Aliens Obliterate Our Moon? : Discovery News: "Why do we keep taking pot shots at the moon?"
Masks Give You Superhuman Powers
Masks Give You Superhuman Powers : Discovery News: "If you’ve ever longed to have superhuman sight and hearing, a group of students from the Royal College of Art in London can fulfill those wishes."
NGC 6240: A Mind Blowing X-Ray Galactic Clash
NGC 6240: A Mind Blowing X-Ray Galactic Clash : Discovery News: "Ever tried to comprehend the magnitude of the cosmos and some of its most energetic processes? If so, the X-ray halo around the merging galaxies known as NGC 6240 may just blow your mind.

You’ve probably already seen the pretty picture by now, but take a minute to try and imagine the scale. This gas cloud is 350,000 light-years across, and the particles that make it up are a scalding 7.5 million degrees Celsius. This incredibly diffuse yet energetic gas has a mass of 10 billion suns, but a cubic foot in this space has an average density of just two or three particles in it. Yup, it’s HUGE."
You’ve probably already seen the pretty picture by now, but take a minute to try and imagine the scale. This gas cloud is 350,000 light-years across, and the particles that make it up are a scalding 7.5 million degrees Celsius. This incredibly diffuse yet energetic gas has a mass of 10 billion suns, but a cubic foot in this space has an average density of just two or three particles in it. Yup, it’s HUGE."
Engineered spider toxin could be the future of anti-venom vaccines
Engineered spider toxin could be the future of anti-venom vaccines: "May 9, 2013 — New engineered spider protein could be the start of a new generation of anti-venom vaccines, potentially saving thousands of lives worldwide. The new protein, created from parts of a toxin from the reaper spider, is described today in the Elsevier journal Vaccine."
‘Like 1984, only worse’: UK may resurrect ‘snooper’s charter’
‘Like 1984, only worse’: UK may resurrect ‘snooper’s charter’ — RT News: "The controversial bill dubbed as “a snooper’s charter’, which would allow the government to track everyone’s email, Internet and cell phone texts usage, might have new life, today’s Queens’s speech revealed."
Bill to allow police to use drones without search warrant heads to Maine Senate
Bill to allow police to use drones without search warrant heads to Maine Senate | StratRisks: "AUGUSTA, Maine — In a narrow decision, lawmakers accepted an amendment to a bill offered by Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, that could allow police to use a drone without a search warrant."
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