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Latest Articles: Science/Tech
Unexpected discovery leads to a better battery
Post Date: 2016-04-19 03:06:00 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... PNNL's improved aqueous zinc-manganese oxide battery offers a cost-effective, environmentally friendly alternative for storing renewable energy and supporting the power grid. Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory An unexpected discovery has led to a rechargeable battery that's as inexpensive as conventional car batteries, but has a much higher energy density. The new battery could become a cost-effective, environmentally friendly alternative for storing renewable energy and supporting the power grid. A team based at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory identified this energy storage gem after realizing the new battery works ...
The dinosaurs were already doomed long before the meteorite hit, scientists find
Post Date: 2016-04-19 00:52:30 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... A new study has revealed that certain dinosaur species were in decline millions of years before the meteorite that's credited for wiping most of them out smashed into Earth. That's a pretty huge deal, because the results could finally put an end to one of the longest-running debates in palaeontology, and help us understand once and for all what happened in the final years of the non-avian dinosaurs on Earth. "One of the things that has been long debated about dinosaur evolution is whether they were reigning strong right up until the time of the meteorite impact, or whether there was a slow, gradual decrease in [the emergence of new species] or an increase in ...
The robot you will soon be dating (Win a date with Lucy the robot)
Post Date: 2016-04-18 16:18:46 by Horse
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JUST imagine it. You are sitting at a cafe in Sydney having a date with a woman sitting in a cafe in Melbourne. She is in front of you. You can hear, see and touch her but you’re in different states, or countries. This ladies and gentlemen is the future of online dating. The dating landscape now only requires a strong network connection, even when going out to dinner with a potential partner. Think about how much you would save on the bill, robots can’t eat. Australian media agency Atomic212 saw the growth of both online dating and the use of ‘robots’ in Australia simultaneously and decided they would be a match made in heaven. So they are giving someone an ...
Powerful Earthquakes Occurring Every Day Reflect A Planet in Deep Transition
Post Date: 2016-04-18 11:32:25 by Ada
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Five strong earthquakes have jolted Asia in the last several days. There have been 16 major earthquakes measuring 6.0 or higher in April alone and nine in the last seven days. The two biggest in this unprecedented wave of serious shakers just happened over the weekend in Ecuador with a mammoth 7.8 earthquake killing at least 77 people and a 7.0 in Kumamoto on Kyushu Island in southern Japan where three large earthquakes in three days have struck killing at least 41 people. Within the last two weeks, the tiny South Pacific island of Vanuatu alone has been hit with five major quakes. Four days ago a powerful 6.9 quake hit Myanmar killing two. And now with seven major shakers just in the last ...
Meet Triton: a device that could supply a third of America’s power
Post Date: 2016-04-18 07:03:22 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert...Oscilla Power It’s basically a wave harvester. Humanity is obsessed with the sea. Maybe it’s because it’s an environment that we're simply not meant to survive in, like space. Or, maybe it’s because we feel small when we look at it from the coastline. But the one undeniable thing about the ocean is that it’s powerful - much more powerful than any one person. That all sounds pretty poetic, but humanity might soon benefit from the vast power of the ocean by harnessing it with a new device called the Triton, and with over 332,519,000 cubic miles (that's 1,385,999,652.41 cubic kilometres) of ocean water, you can bet there’s a lot of energy ...
Photo Could the US's new hypersonic missile spark World War 3?
Post Date: 2016-04-18 01:22:01 by Tatarewicz
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www.ibtimes.c...ss/yahoous/news The US has reportedly created a new missile as part of the Pentagon's development of hypersonic technology. But the US military has insisted that the weapons will carry conventional missiles rather than nuclear ones, as the arms race with China and Russia grows more intense. The new missiles according to information released on 13 April will reportedly fly at five times the speed of sound (3,800mph) and make them virtually impossible to detect using radar. Researchers are still working on manoeuvre techniques and developing ways of being able to fully control the weapons. The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (Darpa) has ...
Could the US's new hypersonic missile spark World War 3?
Post Date: 2016-04-17 16:37:42 by BTP Holdings
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Could the US's new hypersonic missile spark World War 3? By Joe Gamp April 16, 2016 12:18 BST 790 Hypersonic Missiles An artist’s rendering illustrates what a hypersonic missile could look like as it travels along the edge of Earth's atmosphere. Raytheon The US has reportedly created a new missile as part of the Pentagon's development of hypersonic technology. But the US military has insisted that the weapons will carry conventional missiles rather than nuclear ones, as the arms race with China and Russia grows more intense. The new missiles – according to information released on 13 April – will reportedly fly at five times the speed of sound (3,800mph) and ...
Will MIT Researchers Be Able To Prevent A Wide-Scale Grid-Down “Blackout Collapse”? Don’t Bet On It…
Post Date: 2016-04-17 12:27:37 by BTP Holdings
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Will MIT Researchers Be Able To Prevent A Wide-Scale Grid-Down “Blackout Collapse”? Don’t Bet On It… by Jeff Anderson The U.S. government has known it for a long time… One of the weakest links in our infrastructure is our fragile, out-dated electical grid where a single failure in the system — such as a downed power line or a tripped relay — can cause power outages throughout a neighborhood… a town… or even an entire city. Even worse, our enemies know of how weak our networks are and this is why former CIA Director, James Woolsey, warned that the one thing that kept him awake at night is a “grid-down blackout” and… Researchers ...
Paying Ransomware – Should you or shouldn’t you?
Post Date: 2016-04-16 19:39:54 by BTP Holdings
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Paying Ransomware – Should you or shouldn’t you? April 9, 2016 by Kayla Thrailkill You’re hit with ransomware – do you pay the ransom or not? In the past, the FBI’s opinion on ransomware has been to pay it. This has resulted in millions of dollars being sent to the hackers, in an attempt to obtain the encryption key so the victim’s files could be accessible. Now, with ransomware becoming more and more prevalent, we ask, do you pay? I firmly believe that paying the hackers is positive reinforcement to a negative behavior. A simple psychology course will teach you that if you reward negative behavior, said negative behavior is bound to continue with the ...
SSD Trends (Solid State Drivers)
Post Date: 2016-04-16 19:10:05 by BTP Holdings
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SSD Trends March 25, 2016 by Kayla Thrailkill Solid state drivers (SSDs) have been around for years, yet their popularity has continued to increase. A SSD is a hard drive device used to increase storage capacity. Unlike the typical hard disk drive (HDD), SSDs are far faster, but also more expensive. The cost for SSDs has decreased since their origination; however they are still more expensive than the HDD alternative. Also, unlike HDDs, SSDs do not feature any moving parts and utilize a NAND-flash memory. Solid state drivers have continued to grow in popularity in the last four years, and according to Fair Market Research, SSDs will continue to grow by 9.5% from 2015-2020. The most ...
DARPA Prepares to Unleash a Storm of "Gremlins" on U.S. Foes
Post Date: 2016-04-16 18:58:08 by BTP Holdings
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DARPA Prepares to Unleash a Storm of "Gremlins" on U.S. Foes by Rich Smith April 16, 2016 at 12:13PM Four companies are poised to prosper as DARPA begins handing out multimillion-dollar contracts. Caution: Gremlins at work. Don't get them wet. Image source: DARPA. Six months in the making, DARPA's Gremlins program is finally getting off the ground -- and that statement probably requires a bit of explaining. "DARPA" is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the "mad scientists" division of the Pentagon, responsible for funding and developing leading-edge technologies that can be employed in warfare. Respectively, "Gremlins" is ...
QuickTime for Windows Is Dead, and You Should Uninstall It to Stay Secure
Post Date: 2016-04-16 03:40:19 by Tatarewicz
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.howtogeek QuickTime for Windows has dangerous security vulnerabilities that let attackers take over your computer, but Apple won’t be updating it to fix them. It’s time to uninstall it. Annoyingly, Apple only announced this in a statement to Trend Micro. Apple hasn’t announced it on its own website, and doesn’t seem to be making a real effort to warn people about this outdated program. They’re even still offering it for download on their website with no warning! If you’re using a Mac, don’t worry. Apple’s QuickTime for Mac is still supported with security updates. Only the Windows version is dead and rotting. Why (and How) You Should Uninstall ...
CDC likely fabricating link between Zika virus and microcephaly cases; admits people self-immunize against Zika and that 'no single piece of evidence provides conclusive proof'
Post Date: 2016-04-15 16:12:53 by Horse
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The CDC is now warning that gay sex partners can transmit Zika virus and infect each other. According to CBS News in Dallas, "...it's the first report of infection between a gay couple, and worry that Zika will spread even faster through sex -- as well as through mosquito bites." That same story also reports the CDC insists there is "no longer any doubt" that Zika virus causes microcephaly (abnormally small heads) in children born to those who are infected with Zika. However, with the CDC's history of rampant, anti- scientific fear mongering over infectious diseases, it's impossible to know whether the CDC is deliberately lying for the purpose of generating ...
Man accidentally 'deletes his entire company' with one line of bad code
Post Date: 2016-04-14 21:29:26 by NeoconsNailed
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A man appears to have deleted his entire company with one mistaken piece of code. By accidentally telling his computer to delete everything in his servers, hosting provider Marco Marsala has seemingly removed all trace of his company and the websites that he looks after for his customers. Mr Marsala wrote on a forum for server experts called Server Fault that he was now stuck after having accidentally run destructive code on his own computers. But far from advising them how to fix it, most experts informed him that he had just accidentally deleted the data of his company and its clients, and in so doing had probably destroyed his entire company with just one line of code. The problem ...
“Controversial Study Exposes ‘7 Innocent Words’ That Make Women Horny...”
Post Date: 2016-04-12 20:53:14 by BTP Holdings
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“Controversial Study Exposes ‘7 Innocent Words’ That Make Women Horny...” Thanks To This Incredibly Simple Trick, I’m Finally Having Sex Again Night After Night, Girl After Girl... April 12, 2016 A team of renegade scientists are claiming to have found a strange loophole in the female mind that can be used to turn women on at will. The shocking discovery they have made has nothing to do with “good looks” or the size of a man’s bank account. Instead, their discovery is a based on cutting edge research into a set of words that can be slipped into ordinary conversation for immediate female arousal. Though it sounds like something right out of a ...
Just Flasking Ridiculous
Post Date: 2016-04-12 08:21:28 by Ada
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Hey, did you know in Texas, it’s illegal to possess an Erlenmeyer flask without a permit from the government? What’s an Erlenmeyer flask? It’s that glass conical-bottom, narrow-necked flask you see in all the science labs. Remember high school science class? So why is a piece of science lab equipment illegal without das paperwerken from das government? Because it’s allegedly used to manufacture illegal drugs. Well, gosh, so are a lot of things! But this is a thing I have mentioned before here and now would like to expand on: Local government is often the most tyrannical because they can pass laws faster than the federal government can spend a billion dollars. I ...
Samsung just patented smart contact lenses with a built-in camera
Post Date: 2016-04-12 00:22:39 by Tatarewicz
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FUTURISM...Samsung just took another step into science fiction. South Korea has just granted the tech giant a patent for contact lenses with a display that can project images straight into the user's eye. The news comes from a Samsung-centric blog SamMobile. The lenses are equipped with a built-in camera and sensors that can be controlled simply by blinking. Content is sent to your smartphone through embedded antennas. This is where the data is processed. It seems that Samsung is developing the smart contact lenses as an alternative to creating improved augmented reality experiences over the current crop of wearables, reports SamMobile. With contact lenses instead of glasses, users ...
Lobster sex is complicated, gross and screamingly funny
Post Date: 2016-04-11 19:36:46 by NeoconsNailed
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Lobsters like their foreplay. Lucky for the females, 25 million years have provided ample time to refine their skills as apothecaries. Arriving at the entrance of an aggressive male’s shelter, all a female lobster needs to do is spritz him with some of her pee, a little each day over several days, and he will be putty in her claws. The ability to shoot pee forward—something male and female lobsters both put to good use—requires some unique engineering (the mammalian penis is another example). For most animals, the outgoing waste ducts evolved to point away from the head, for obvious reasons. In lobsters, however, the bladder sits below the brain, with two reservoirs storing ...
Scientists are developing graphene solar panels that generate energy when it rains
Post Date: 2016-04-11 05:32:38 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Solar power is making huge strides as a reliable, renewable energy source, but there's still a lot of untapped potential in terms of the efficiency of photovoltaic cells and what happens at night and during inclement weather. Now a solution has been put forward in the form of producing energy from raindrops. Key to the new process is graphene: a 'wonder' material we've heard plenty about before. Because raindrops are not made up of pure water, and contain various salts that split up into positive and negative ions, a team from the Ocean University of China in Qingdao thinks we can harness power via a simple chemical reaction. Specifically, they want to use ...
[SOLVED] Windows 10 Bugs and Fixes
Post Date: 2016-04-09 21:59:20 by BTP Holdings
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 Bugs and Fixes Category: Windows-10 Windows 10 was released to the public on July 29, 2015. It’s seen one major update and dozens of minor bug patches as of November. It still isn’t 100% bug free - just like any other major piece of software with millions of lines of code. Here are some of the most common problems people are encountering with Win 10, and some suggestions for fixing them... The Rankin File Fixing Windows 10 Flaws Can’t upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.1? Sometimes the infamous "Get Windows 10" (also known as GWX) app won’t allow a Windows 10 installation even when a PC meets all the upgrade specs; or the GWX app never ...
Toshiba Recalls 100k Batteries For Melting Hazard
Post Date: 2016-04-09 21:51:58 by BTP Holdings
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Toshiba Recalls 100k Batteries For Melting Hazard April 1, 2016 by Kayla Thrailkill Earlier this year Laptop reported Toshiba has “nowhere to go but up”. They had no idea how accurate they were… Computer manufacturer, Toshiba, is recalling 100,000 lithium batteries. The batteries are being recalled for their risk of melting which may spark fires, resulting in potential burns to PC users. According to Gizmodo, the batteries that are being recalled have a battery pack number starting with “G71C”. If you do not want to manually look to see if your battery is one of the recalled, you can find a full list of the potentially affected PCs here. Lithium batteries have ...
Wisdom is a matter of both heart and mind, research finds
Post Date: 2016-04-09 03:59:37 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Researchers have found that people with more varied heart rates were able to reason in a wiser, less biased fashion about societal problems when they were instructed to reflect on a social issue from a third-person perspective. The fluctuations of your heartbeat may affect your wisdom, according to new research from the University of Waterloo. The study suggests that heart rate variation and thinking process work together to enable wise reasoning about complex social issues. The work by Igor Grossmann, professor of psychology at Waterloo, and colleagues based at the Australian Catholic University, appears in the online journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Their ...
Intense Volcanic Lightning in South Japan at Sakurajima Volcano
Post Date: 2016-04-08 16:32:25 by Horse
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Poster Comment:A large blast occurred in the early evening hours at Sakurajima Volcano in South Japan. The volcanic eruption produced plumes of ash reaching multiple kilometers into the sky. The ascending ash produced impressive displays of static discharge lightning. The lightning is produced by friction between the hot billowing clouds of ash, and the colder moist air surrounding the volcano which resides near the ocean in South Japan. Credit to the JMA for these videos. (Sakurajima means Cherry Island)
GoSun Stove
Post Date: 2016-04-08 00:30:30 by Tatarewicz
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Highya... GoSun Stoves feature anodized aluminum reflectors and a borosilicate vacuum tube that can cook some foods in just a few minutes, even without full sun. When you were in grade school, did you ever make a solar cooker in science class? The kind that uses a cardboard box and tin foil? When I was young, I remember thinking how cool this idea was, and wondering what kind of results I’d achieve after spending more time developing my design. In a classic case of “I wish I’d thought of that,” GoSun’s line of solar stoves use patented technology to provide fast, practical, fuel-free cooking in a simple setup that can go wherever—and cook for however many ...
World's smallest diode made from a single DNA molecule
Post Date: 2016-04-07 15:28:55 by NeoconsNailed
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(I've been wondering when it would reach the molecular level. What does that leave -- ectoplasm? Pics at site. NN) As electronic devices become ever more complex, and the densities of components in those devices increases exponentially, we are rapidly approaching the day when the limitations of Moore's Law will be realized. In an effort to avert this eventuality, research has concentrated on moving away from traditional silicon technologies and into the realms of molecule- sized components and alternative materials. In this vein, researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) and Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Israel have, for the first time, created a nanoscale electronic diode ...
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