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No, We're Not All Doomed by Earth's Magnetic Field Flip
Post Date: 2018-05-02 06:05:15 by BTP Holdings
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No, We're Not All Doomed by Earth's Magnetic Field Flip A geomagnetic apocalypse may not be on the horizon, but there is some fascinating science behind the doomsday hype. Earth, as seen by the Apollo 17 crew during their mission to the moon in 1972. This flight marked the first time an Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the southern polar ice cap. Photograph by NASA By Nadia Drake PUBLISHED January 31, 2018 Many times over our planet’s history, Earth’s magnetic poles have reversed, meaning that sometimes a compass pointing north will be aimed at Antarctica rather than the Arctic. This might sound strange, but it’s a relatively predictable ...
Scientists keep pigs' brains alive for 36 hours
Post Date: 2018-04-30 07:03:50 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceX... US-based researchers have successfully kept alive the brain cells of decapitated pigs for 36 hours, sparking concerns over the ethics involved in such frontline research. The MIT Technology Review said a team at Yale University led by neuro-scientist Nenad Sestan had carried out experiments on between 100 and 200 pigs sourced from an abattoir. Sestan had presented the findings of the experiments, where his team restored blood supply to the dead pigs' brains, in late March to a conference organised by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The researchers said they had succeeded in delivering oxygen to the cells via a system of pumps and blood maintained at body ...
Here Are the Major New Features Google Added to Gmail Today (and What It Didn't)
Post Date: 2018-04-28 05:08:24 by Tatarewicz
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Lifehacker... It’s been speculated for some time that Google has been working on some updates for the web-based version of Gmail, and the company is officially moving from tease to truth with its early-morning announcement today. Though the company’s blog post is themed around its G Suite version of Gmail, Google representatives have confirmed that regular ol’ Gmail users will receive the same updates. Here’s a quick look what you’ll be able to play with today if you opt into the new version of Gmail—which you can do by clicking on the Settings gear in the upper-right corner of Gmail and selecting the option to “Try the new Gmail.” As the name ...
Enzyme that affects ageing, cancer decoded: study
Post Date: 2018-04-26 04:06:24 by Horse
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Paris (AFP) - Elated scientists announced Wednesday the completion of a 20-year quest to map the complex enzyme thought to forestall ageing by repairing the tips of chromosomes in plants and animals, including humans. Decoding the architecture of the enzyme, called telomerase, could lead to drugs that slow or block the ageing process, along with new treatments for cancer, they reported in the journal Nature. "It has been a long time coming," lead investigator Kathleen Collins, a molecular biologist at the University of California in Berkley, said in a statement. "Our findings provide a structural framework for understanding human telomerase disease mutations, and represent ...
Multiple Uses for Aluminum Foil
Post Date: 2018-04-25 21:33:34 by BTP Holdings
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Multiple Uses for Aluminum Foil money | 13 Comments Pop quiz: What is the difference between the shiny side of aluminum foil and the dull side? Did you answer that foil can keep heat out when wrapped with the shiny finish facing out, and keep heat in with the shiny finish facing inward? Sorry, but both sides function identically. Aluminum foil has a shiny side and a matte side due to how it is rolled during production and packaging. It is difficult to produce rollers with a gap fine enough to cope with the small gauge of foil. So, for the final production pass, two sheets are rolled at the same time, doubling the thickness of the gauge at entry to the rollers. When the sheets are ...
Earth Day 2018: The 10 Most Pressing Environmental Concerns Facing Our Planet – And Rays of Hope for Each
Post Date: 2018-04-22 14:56:46 by BTP Holdings
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Earth Day 2018: The 10 Most Pressing Environmental Concerns Facing Our Planet – And Rays of Hope for Each By Pam Wright and Bob Henson 3 days ago weather.com How You Can Help Stop Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans The problem with plastic in our oceans grows every day. Meteorologist Kait Parker looks at some things we can do to lend Mother Nature a helping hand. At a Glance More than 1 billion people in 192 countries will come together again Sunday for Earth Day 2018: End Plastic Pollution. Weather.com takes a look at the state of the planet and offers a ray of hope for each of the 10 most pressing environmental issues. On Earth Day, the world comes together to take a hard ...
Florida Everglades Still Reeling Months After Hurricane Irma, NASA Says
Post Date: 2018-04-21 05:52:53 by BTP Holdings
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Florida Everglades Still Reeling Months After Hurricane Irma, NASA Says By Ada Carr 2 days ago weather.com 18-year-old Replants Mangroves Post Hurricane Irma 18-year-old Theo Quenee of Miami, Florida had an idea while he was cleaning up after Hurricane Irma. At a Glance An aerial survey of the Florida Everglades shows the forests have yet to recover. Sixty percent of the forests studied sustained damage. The Florida Everglades still have yet to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Irma, which NASA researchers confirmed during an aerial survey. Sixty percent of the forests studied sustained heavy or severe damage, according to a release from the space agency. Gaps in the ...
A New Study Suggests There Could Have Been Intelligent Life on Earth Before Humans
Post Date: 2018-04-20 06:38:17 by Tatarewicz
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Motherboard... Looking for aliens across deep space is great, but have we looked hard enough in our own terrestrial backyard—here on Earth? The artist Surian Soosay offers a playful depiction of 'the Silurian Hypothesis' One author of the new study, leading climatologist Gavin Schmidt, wrote a work of fiction to explore its findings. Read 'Under the Sun', which we published at Terraform alongside the following piece. The human yearning to connect with other intelligent life-forms runs deep, and it has become the driving force behind a dazzling range of scientific pursuits. From the SETI Institute’s radio sweeps of the sky, to the discovery of liquid water on ...
You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves.
Post Date: 2018-04-19 03:37:52 by Tatarewicz
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NYT... A friend will help you move, goes an old saying, while a good friend will help you move a body. And why not? Moral qualms aside, that good friend would likely agree the victim was an intolerable jerk who had it coming and, jeez, you shouldn’t have done this but where do you keep the shovel? Researchers have long known that people choose friends who are much like themselves in a wide array of characteristics: of a similar age, race, religion, socioeconomic status, educational level, political leaning, pulchritude rating, even handgrip strength. The impulse toward homophily, toward bonding with others who are the least other possible, is found among traditional hunter-gatherer ...
Massive Football Field-Sized Asteroid Comes Close to Earth in Surprise Flyby
Post Date: 2018-04-18 04:52:58 by BTP Holdings
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Massive Football Field-Sized Asteroid Comes Close to Earth in Surprise Flyby By Ada Carr 11 hours ago The image above shows a diagram of asteroid 2018 GE3's orbit when it made a close pass by the Earth on April 15, 2018. (NASA/JPL) At a Glance A football field-sized asteroid made a close shave with our home planet on April 15. It came within half the distance between the Earth and the moon. Researchers did not detect the space rock until just a few hours before it flew past. A massive football field-sized asteroid made a close pass by Earth Sunday, a phenomenon that went unnoticed until the last minute. With an estimated diameter of up to 361 feet, asteroid 2018 GE3 came ...
Diminishing solar activity may bring new Ice Age by 2030
Post Date: 2018-04-10 20:21:22 by BTP Holdings
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Diminishing solar activity may bring new Ice Age by 2030 Lomonosov Moscow State University Press Release 17 July 2015 Astronomy Now This image of the Sun was taken by NASA Solar Dynamics Observations mission on 15 July 2015, at a wavelength of 304 Angstroms. Image credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observations. The arrival of intense cold similar to the one that raged during the “Little Ice Age”, which froze the world during the 17th century and in the beginning of the 18th century, is expected in the years 2030—2040. These conclusions were presented by Professor V. Zharkova (Northumbria University) during the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno in Wales by the ...
The Winter That Will Not Quit
Post Date: 2018-04-10 09:13:21 by Ada
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It is time to pay attention to cold climate change—the reality of life we are all going to experience. This month, this year is the start to a cold that will chill the earth and all its inhabitants. This is spring in Manhattan in the above picture, where in Central Park they had their biggest April snowstorm in 36 years. Now we are well into Spring and cold, wintry conditions are still what most Americans are having to deal with. As we move forward into spring it is a lot colder then we would expect in a seriously warming planet. The headlines for the weekend of the 7th of April read: Record-breaking, ‘ridiculous’ April cold and snow set to hit northeastern U.S. this ...
Rewriting Life DNA tests for IQ are coming, but it might not be smart to take one
Post Date: 2018-04-06 04:07:02 by Tatarewicz
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MIT... Scientists have linked hundreds of genes to intelligence. One psychologist says it’s time to test school kids. Ready for a world in which a $50 DNA test can predict your odds of earning a PhD or forecast which toddler gets into a selective preschool? Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist, says that’s exactly what’s coming. For decades genetic researchers have sought the hereditary factors behind intelligence, with little luck. But now gene studies have finally gotten big enough—and hence powerful enough—to zero in on genetic differences linked to IQ. A year ago, no gene had ever been tied to performance on an IQ test. Since then, more than 500 have, ...
More GMO food coming to supermarket
Post Date: 2018-04-03 06:12:16 by Tatarewicz
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More genetically altered food, including chocolate and citrus, expected in stores now that Crispr can be more freely used to meet changing plant growing conditions. Also see: http://www.wired.com/story/what-...mbid=BottomRelatedStoriesPoster Comment:Will humans have to be Crispr'd to adapt to growing list of GMO foods?
Microsoft is ready for a world beyond Windows
Post Date: 2018-04-01 04:25:44 by Tatarewicz
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Verge... ”We want to move from people needing Windows to choosing Windows, to loving Windows. That is our bold goal,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella three years ago. At the time, Microsoft was unveiling more details about Windows 10, and surprising people with technologies like the HoloLens headset. It was an exciting time of opportunity and optimism that had Microsoft betting on people loving Windows so much that Windows 10 would be running on 1 billion devices within three years. Neither wager worked out — which is fine, because Windows as we know it is no longer critical to Microsoft’s future success. Microsoft announced a new reorganization yesterday. It’s ...
How to store meat long-term when living off-grid
Post Date: 2018-03-31 23:40:28 by BTP Holdings
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How to store meat long-term when living off-grid Thursday, March 29, 2018 by: Zoey Sky (Natural News) Preppers know that there are several methods that can be used to prepare meat for long-term storage. However, canning is one of the simplest ways to store meat when SHTF because it ensures that the food has a long shelf life. Canning meat when you’re off-grid is similar to when you’re canning meat the modern way. If you have access to solar power, canning meat will be as easy as doing it in a modern kitchen. (h/t to BioPrepper.com) Pressure canning is the recommended method of canning meat and low-acid vegetables to prevent a fatal kind of food poisoning called botulism. ...
Harnessing static electricity? Invention makes self-powered devices possible, without batteries
Post Date: 2018-03-31 13:13:31 by BTP Holdings
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Harnessing static electricity? Invention makes self-powered devices possible, without batteries Saturday, March 31, 2018 by: Edsel Cook (Natural News) Do you remember your encounters with static electricity, e.g. every single time you walked across the carpet and grabbed the doorknob? Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) are unraveling the process with the hopes of turning it into an energy source, reported a Newswise article. According to Zhong Lin Wang, a Regent’s Professor at the university, his research team discovered how certain materials can store the energy from contact electrification at room temperature for hours. “Our research ...
how many human cells are made in a minute
Post Date: 2018-03-24 17:01:30 by Horse
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No one really knows the exact number of cells, but we can approximate to about 10-50 trillion. Cells are always created and destroyed in the human body. About 300 million cells die every minute in our bodies! Since different cells have different jobs in our body, there are about 210 different "types" of cells. These are replaced at a rate of about 2 million per second (again, from wikipedia). There are 86,400 seconds in a day and so: (2 million x 86,400) + 50 to 70 billion = 222 billion to 242 billion cells produced every day by the average human body. Note, this is for the average adult. How many cells are produced in human body? And their final count is…37.2 trillion. ...
Experts Warn The Next Carrington Event Will Plunge Us Back Into The Dark Ages
Post Date: 2018-03-23 21:33:52 by BTP Holdings
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Experts Warn The Next Carrington Event Will Plunge Us Back Into The Dark Ages March 21, 2014 0 Comments Michael Snyder The Truth March 21, 2014 Most people have absolutely no idea that the Earth barely missed being fried by a massive EMP burst from the sun in 2012, in 2013 and just last month. If any of those storms would have directly hit us, the result would have been catastrophic. Image: Solar Flare (Wiki Commons). Electrical transformers would have burst into flames, power grids would have gone down and much of our technology would have been fried. In essence, life as we know it would have ceased to exist – at least for a time. These kinds of solar storms have hit the ...
Researchers Uncover Framework for How Stem Cells Determine Where to Form Replacement Structures
Post Date: 2018-03-21 04:57:48 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers at Whitehead Institute have uncovered a framework for regeneration that may explain and predict how stem cells in adult, regenerating tissue determine where to form replacement structures. In a paper that appeared online March 15 in the journal Science, the researchers describe a model for planarian (flatworm) eye regeneration that is governed by three principles acting in concert, which inform how progenitor cells behave in regeneration. The model invokes positional cues that create a scalable map; self-organization that attracts progenitors to existing structures; and progenitor cells that originate in a diffuse spatial zone, rather than a precise location, ...
The Black Hole in the Heart of Stephen Hawking
Post Date: 2018-03-20 10:07:00 by Ada
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John 1:5 – And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. For me, there is something about the night sky with its countless brilliant stars that evokes feelings of wonder, delight, astonishment, humility and worship. I cannot explain these feelings to anyone who does not have a sense of the numinous, as C.S. Lewis put it, to someone who is convinced there is nothing sacred and that there is no God; perhaps it would be like explaining music to someone who was born deaf or color to one who was born blind, someone too stubborn to believe that things he hasn’t experienced truly exist. The recent death of a secular saint, the much praised physicist Stephen ...
UFO encounter? New footage shows U.S. Navy pilots' apparent sighting of alien craft near East Coast
Post Date: 2018-03-18 13:22:04 by BTP Holdings
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UFO encounter? New footage shows U.S. Navy pilots' apparent sighting of alien craft near East Coast USA TODAY Matthew Diebel 6 days ago "Wow, what is that, man?" Newly declassified video and audio show U.S. Navy pilots apparently encountering a UFO — with no wings and no tail — as they flew their Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet along the East Coast in 2015. "What ... is that thing?" one pilot can be heard saying in the video. “Oh my gosh, dude! Look at that flying!” another exclaims. According to a report on ABCNews.com, the 35-second footage, captured by an infrared camera aboard an F/A-18 fighter jet traveling at ...
Meet the tech evangelist who now fears for our mental health
Post Date: 2018-03-18 06:45:26 by Tatarewicz
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The Guardian - Belinda Parmar was a passionate advocate of the digital revolution – but has started keeping her family’s smartphones and laptops locked away to protect her loved ones. Is she right to be so worried? Belinda Parmar, founder of Lady Geek, is launching a campaign to raise awareness of technological addiction. In Belinda Parmar’s bedroom there is a wardrobe, and inside that wardrobe there is a safe. Inside that safe is not jewellery or cash or personal documents, but devices: mobile phones, a laptop, an iPod, chargers and remote controls. Seven years ago, Parmar was the high priestess of tech empowerment. Founder of the consultancy Lady Geek, she saw it as her ...
Existence of New Form of Electronic Matter
Post Date: 2018-03-18 01:38:09 by Tatarewicz
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fna.ir/a4inc5 TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers have produced a 'human scale' demonstration of a new phase of matter called quadrupole topological insulators that was recently predicted using theoretical physics. These are the first experimental findings to validate this theory. The team's work with QTIs was born out of the decade-old understanding of the properties of a class of materials called topological insulators. "TIs are electrical insulators on the inside and conductors along their boundaries, and may hold great potential for helping build low-power, robust computers and devices, all defined at the atomic scale," said mechanical science and engineering professor ...
Be your own pilot: Google founder launches self-flying taxi
Post Date: 2018-03-15 01:50:25 by Tatarewicz
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RT... A new flying car has been unveiled by Google co-founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk company. The makers hope it will usher in a new era of self-flying ‘air taxis’ that would work like Uber. The vehicle, named ‘Cora,’ is an electric air taxi designed and built by Kitty Hawk, a California-based company. After eight years in development, the company released a video and a statement, launching the vehicle this week. According to the statement, Cora “rises like a helicopter and flies like a plane,” meaning it does not require a runway and can even take off from rooftops. It uses self-flying software, so no pilot training is needed. Kitty Hawk is working ...
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