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Iran to Orbit 3 New Home-Made Satellites
Post Date: 2018-10-07 23:13:10 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari announced on Sunday that three domestically-made satellites are ready to be launched. "Sharif University of Technology's Dousti satellite, the sensing-operational satellite of Amirkabir University and a communication satellite named Nahid are ready to launch," Barari said, addressing a meeting in Tehran. He also said that several other satellites are under construction, adding, "We have planned to build a sensing satellite with the precision of one meter by 2025." Iran in February 2017 unveiled two new home-made satellites of Nahid 1 and Amir Kabir as well as a space tug built for the first time ...
Video: Dwarf Planet Dubbed 'The Goblin' Discovered
Post Date: 2018-10-07 07:01:49 by Tatarewicz
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C2C... In the process of searching for signs of a massive planet thought to be lurking in our solar system, astronomers discovered a dwarf planet which they have dubbed 'The Goblin.' The rather diminutive object is believed to be around 186 miles wide and has an odd orbit that scientists suspect could be due to the influence of a larger celestial body colloquially known as 'Planet Nine.' The existence of this mysterious world, long the subject of speculation in paranormal and conspiracy circles, gained mainstream credibility back in 2014 when scientists theorized that movements of distant objects in the solar system were being caused by a massive and heretofore ...
New font Sans Forgetica designed to boost your memory
Post Date: 2018-10-06 02:13:51 by Tatarewicz
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During my early years at university, I was a terrible student. Uninterested, tired. Forgetful. It would have been handy to have a font specifically designed to help me alleviate the most pressing of those issues -- the fact that, going into a test, I'd have to write my lab notes over and over again, just to help me remember them. Enter Sans Forgetica. Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed an entirely new font designed "using the principles of cognitive psychology" to help you better remember your study notes. The font is a sans serif style typeface, with two unusual features: It slants slightly left, which is a rarely ...
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
Post Date: 2018-10-05 16:24:42 by Pinguinite
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Size illustrations at source. In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming video service, known today as Amazon Prime Video. Based in Portland, Ore., Elemental made software for compressing massive video files and formatting them for different devices. Its technology had helped stream the Olympic Games online, communicate with the International Space Station, and funnel drone footage to the Central Intelligence Agency. Elemental’s national security contracts weren’t the main reason for the proposed acquisition, but they fit nicely with Amazon’s government ...
What Cassini found as it plunged into Saturn a year ago
Post Date: 2018-10-04 21:02:52 by BTP Holdings
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What Cassini found as it plunged into Saturn a year ago By Ashley Strickland, CNN 5 hrs ago © NASA/JPL-Caltech A year after Cassini ended its 20-year mission to study Saturn, the last data the spacecraft recorded before plunging into the planet's atmosphere are revealing its long-held secrets. Cassini's sensors were recording until the last second during its "death dive," and all of the data were transmitted to NASA scientists on Earth before the spacecraft disintegrated. Over the past year, scientists have been analyzing the data. Saturn's magnetic field has long remained elusive, but Cassini's instruments allowed scientists to measure the planet's ...
Universe Aglow With Lyman-Alpha Emission
Post Date: 2018-10-03 04:59:30 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Deep observations made with the MUSE spectrograph on ESO's Very Large Telescope have uncovered vast cosmic reservoirs of atomic hydrogen surrounding distant galaxies. The exquisite sensitivity of MUSE allowed for direct observations of dim clouds of hydrogen glowing with Lyman-alpha emission in the early Universe -- revealing that almost the whole night sky is invisibly aglow. An unexpected abundance of Lyman-alpha emission in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) region was discovered by an international team of astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT. The discovered emission covers nearly the entire field of view -- leading the team ...
Plate Tectonics Active On Earth Since Beginning?
Post Date: 2018-10-02 03:58:18 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study suggests that plate tectonics -- a scientific theory that divides the earth into large chunks of crust that move slowly over hot viscous mantle rock -- could have been active from the planet's very beginning. The new findings defy previous beliefs that tectonic plates were developed over the course of billions of years. The paper, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, has important implications in the fields of geochemistry and geophysics. For example, a better understanding of plate tectonics could help predict whether planets beyond our solar system could be hospitable to life. "Plate tectonics set up the conditions for life," said ...
Old Farmer's Almanac Winter Prediction For 2018 2019 Is Out Are You Ready
Post Date: 2018-10-01 21:21:12 by BTP Holdings
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Here it is folks. The Old Farmer's Almanac Winter prediction for 2018 2019 is out. Are you ready? Do you think it's accurate? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Poster Comment:Watch those wooly worms and see how much the squirrels are putting up for winter.
Nobel Laureate in Physics; "Global Warming is Pseudoscience"
Post Date: 2018-10-01 18:57:23 by BTP Holdings
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1000Frolly channel relies on your generosity and support to keep up the fight against the forces of pseudo-science. Please assist of you can; Patreon www.patreon.com/1000Frolly Professor Ivar Giaever, the 1973 Nobel Prizewinner for Physics trashes the global warming/climate change/extreme weather pseudoscientific clap-trap and tells Obama he is "Dead Wrong". This was the 2012 meeting of Nobel Laureates. The 2015 speech by Prof Giaever is here; www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCy_UOjEir0
I'm Gay. She's Straight. Here's What Happened When We Decided To Have A Kid Together.
Post Date: 2018-10-01 17:18:52 by BTP Holdings
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I'm Gay. She's Straight. Here's What Happened When We Decided To Have A Kid Together. David Arrick 5/22/2018 © Courtesy of David Arrick David Arrick, Nate and Heidi at Nate's karate class exposition in New York City in 2017. When I was 11, I found out that my dad was gay. As shocking as this revelation was, I was relieved his sexuality was the reason my parents divorced and that my dad hadn’t left my mom to start another family that he loved more than ours. Still, I was confused. This was 1978, and there were no healthy representations of gay people in the media, and I had absolutely no idea what having a gay dad would mean for me. Then, just when I was ...
Liquid Metal Discovery Makes Toxic Water Safe
Post Date: 2018-09-28 22:51:41 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA) UNSW and RMIT researchers have discovered a revolutionary and cheap way to make filters that can turn water contaminated with heavy metals into safe drinking water in a matter of minutes. Recent UNSW SHARP hire Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh and his former colleagues at RMIT showed that nano-filters made of aluminium oxide could be cheaply produced using virtually no energy from a fixed amount of liquid metal gallium. In a paper published in Advanced Functional Materials, lead author Dr Ali Zavabeti (RMIT) and Professor Kalantar-zadeh explained that when a chunk of aluminium is added to the core of liquid gallium at room temperature, layers of aluminium oxide are quickly ...
The FCC is finally cracking down on the use of spoofed local numbers to robocall you
Post Date: 2018-09-28 21:19:14 by Dakmar
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It’s likely that many of you reading this have had your cellphone bombarded at some point with spam calls that trick you into answering by spoofing a local number. The purpose being so that you don’t see a 1-800 prefix or something similar that would let you know it’s not a real person.Those kinds of spoofed calls have seemed to multiply with no end in sight, basically leaving callers helpless to stop them beyond blocking each number or just never answering your phone when you see numbers you don’t recognize. Thankfully, the FCC is finally moving to take action and has proposed a first-of-its-kind fine against one company accused of engaging in this practice.The proposed ...
Eyes Have a Natural Version of Night Vision
Post Date: 2018-09-21 23:36:10 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- To see under starlight and moonlight, the retina of the eye changes both the software and hardware of its light-sensing cells to create a kind of night vision. Retinal circuits that were thought to be unchanging and programmed for specific tasks actively adapt to different light conditions, say the scientists who made the discovery. To see under starlight and moonlight, the retina of the eye changes both the software and hardware of its light-sensing cells to create a kind of night vision. Retinal circuits that were thought to be unchanging and programmed for specific tasks are adaptable to different light conditions, say the Duke scientists who identified how the retina ...
America 'One Of 45 Countries' Infected By Uber-Powerful Israeli Smartphone Spyware
Post Date: 2018-09-19 08:44:40 by Ada
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I cover crime, privacy and security in digital and physical forms. iPhone malware from an Israeli government contractor is spreading across the globe, researchers warn. iPhone malware from an Israeli government contractor is spreading across the globe, researchers warn.Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto Some of the world’s most sophisticated Android and iPhone spyware has been found floating around America for the first time. It's one of as many as 45 countries in which NSO Group malware was uncovered. And together they may represent breaches of American and other nations' computer crime laws against cross-border hacking, not to mention a severe concern for citizens’ privacy, ...
Scientists Say They've Found The Driver of False Beliefs, And It's Not a Lack of Intelligence
Post Date: 2018-09-17 02:24:54 by Tatarewicz
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Why is it sometimes so hard to convince someone that the world is indeed a globe, or that climate change is actually caused by human activity, despite the overwhelming evidence? Scientists think they might have the answer, and it's less to do with lack of understanding, and more to do with the feedback they're getting. Getting positive or negative reactions to something you do or say is a greater influence on your thinking than logic and reasoning, the new research suggests – so if you're in a group of like-minded people, that's going to reinforce your thinking. Receiving good feedback also encourages us to think we know more than we actually do. In other words, the ...
Deadly experiments: Georgian ex-minister claims US-funded facility may be bioweapons lab
Post Date: 2018-09-16 19:21:25 by Ada
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Shrouded in mystery, a US-funded medical facility in Georgia could be a cover for a bioweapons lab used for disturbing experiments that banned in the US, a Georgian ex-security minister has claimed. Tbilisi denies the accusations. The center, which is officially called the R. Lugar Center for Public Health Research, is described as a “brand new facility” tasked with the “prevention of proliferation of technology, pathogens and expertise related to the development of biological weapons” by the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), an agency of Georgia’s Health Ministry. The task is said to be part of a cooperation program between Georgia and ...
VERIFY: How much donation money does Red Cross give to those in need? After several comments from viewers questioning what percentage of donations go toward disaster relief, KREM set out to verify the answer.
Post Date: 2018-09-16 15:48:27 by BTP Holdings
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VERIFY: How much donation money does Red Cross give to those in need? After several comments from viewers questioning what percentage of donations go toward disaster relief, KREM set out to verify the answer. Author: Lindsay Nadrich , KREM Published: 7:36 AM CDT September 2, 2017 2 Updated: 7:36 AM CDT September 2, 2017 SPOKANE, Wash --- After several comments from viewers questioning what percentage of donations go toward disaster relief, KREM set out to verify the answer. To find out, KREM spoke with Ashley Post, the Senior Development Manager for Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest independent charity evaluator. The organization rates 8,500 charities. ...
Planet Mars: It's Not Just a Rock
Post Date: 2018-09-16 15:33:12 by BTP Holdings
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38 Minutes that are guaranteed to change your perspective on the reality of both past and present life on Mars. The basics of "HOW, WHY and WHO" are covered here along with hundreds of telling images. This is not conspiracy theory. This is not the occult. This is reality and it is extremely important that we begin to understand our relationship to both the past and present inhabitants of the Red Planet. Why? Because evidence strongly indicates they were destroyed by nuclear explosions.
You won’t believe these three unexpected discoveries – and neither did the scientists who made them
Post Date: 2018-09-14 05:18:33 by Tatarewicz
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Mosaic Researchers at one of the UK’s leading genetics centres tell us about their serendipitous findings. Science, mostly, progresses iteratively. But every now and then, a discovery will be made – often incidental to the main aim of the research – that is entirely unexpected. Such serendipitous findings enable us to leapfrog our usual incremental advances. They can even disrupt a whole field of research. In 2003, the Human Genome Project, the 13-year-long international effort to fully sequence human DNA and identify all our genes, was completed. The Wellcome Sanger Institute, near Cambridge, England, was the only British organisation involved, completing the sequence of ...
What Termites Can Teach Us Roboticists are fascinated by their “swarm intelligence,” biologists by their ability to turn grass into energy. But can humans replicate their achievements?
Post Date: 2018-09-13 18:58:30 by Horse
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Isoptera have capacities that synthetic biologists and roboticists alike seek to copy. Illustration by Mikel Jaso New termite colonies are founded on windless evenings, at dusk, after the rain. Most termites have neither eyes nor wings, but every mature colony has a caste of translucent-winged seeing creatures called alates, which are nurtured by the colony’s workers until they are ready to propagate. When the time comes—given the right temperature and humidity—colonies release thousands of alates into the air, an event called “swarming.” Most of the nutrient-rich alates are eaten by animals as they glide to the ground. The few that survive shed their wings and ...
National Solar Observatory Mysteriously Closed As Geomagnetic Storm Looms
Post Date: 2018-09-12 03:06:15 by Horse
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The National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico has been closed since last Thursday. ABC-7 Monday spoke with Shari Lifson, who is with AURA, the company that co-manages the Observatory with NMSU. “The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy who manages the facility is addressing a security issue at this time. We have decided to vacate the facility at this time as precautionary measure. It was our decision to evacuate the facility.” Lifson told ABC 7 there is no time-table for the Observatory to be re-opened. ABC-7 also reached out to the FBI, but did not hear back from the federal agency in time for deadline. The FBI did speak with local law enforcement ...
Here’s how to learn absolutely anything, according to a world expert
Post Date: 2018-09-07 23:57:38 by Tatarewicz
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It’s easy to get discouraged when we’re trying to learn a difficult new subject. But according to the creator of one of the world’s most successful online courses, almost anyone can learn anything—with the right technique. Barbara Oakley, an engineering professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, is the creator of “Learning How to Learn,” a massive open online course (or MOOC) that’s already been taken by approximately 2.3 million students across 200 countries. The course draws on neuroscience research to offer practical advice for anyone struggling with a tough subject or a procrastination habit. Now she’s co-authored a new book, ...
A tiny hole in the Soyuz spacecraft could be a huge headache for NASA
Post Date: 2018-09-07 18:15:05 by BTP Holdings
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A tiny hole in the Soyuz spacecraft could be a huge headache for NASA Tim Fernholz 4 hrs ago The SpaceX Dragon 2 is designed to carry seven astronauts to the International Space Station. 3/4 SLIDES © Provided by Quartz The SpaceX Dragon 2 is designed to carry seven astronauts to the International Space Station. Flight controllers monitoring the International Space Station’s atmosphere detected a steady but small drop in pressure on Aug. 29. At the time, the six astronauts onboard were sleeping. Controllers didn’t wake them up right away—the station wouldn’t have run out of air for 18 days. Once awake, the astronauts discovered a 2-millimeter hole ...
Over Half The U.S. Has Now Been Hit By Drought As Lake Powell And Lake Mead Drop To “Dangerous” Low Levels
Post Date: 2018-09-07 09:23:53 by Ada
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The worst drought in years in the western half of the United States has sparked hundreds of wildfires, has crippled thousands of farms, and has produced what could ultimately be the worst water crisis in modern American history. As you will see below, Lake Powell and Lake Mead have both dropped to dangerously low levels, and officials are warning that we may soon be looking at a substantial shortfall which would require rationing. Unfortunately, many in the eastern half of the country don’t even realize that this is happening. The mighty Colorado River once seemed to be virtually invulnerable, but now it doesn’t even run all the way to the ocean any longer. Demand for water is ...
http://fna.ir/boeto7 Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:5 New Way to Turn Sunlight Into Fuel
Post Date: 2018-09-06 06:49:33 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study used semi-artificial photosynthesis to explore new ways to produce and store solar energy. They used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen using a mixture of biological components and human-made technologies. The quest to find new ways to harness solar power has taken a step forward after researchers successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering the photosynthetic machinery in plants. Photosynthesis is the process plants use to convert sunlight into energy. Oxygen is produced as by-product of photosynthesis when the water absorbed by plants is 'split'. It is one of the most important reactions on the planet because it ...
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