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Sweden sets its sights on becoming the world's first fossil fuel-free nation
Post Date: 2015-09-25 02:32:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... The Swedish government announced this week that they will be spending an extra US$546 million on renewable energy and climate change action in their 2016 budget, with the aim of becoming one of the world's first nations to end its dependence on fossil fuels. They haven't set a deadline for this ambitious goal just yet, but last year the country announced plans to make its capital Stockholm fossil fuel-free by 2050, so we're imagining a similar time frame. It may seem like a pretty big task, but the Scandinavian country already gets two-thirds of its electricity from non-fossil fuel energy sources - predominately hydroelectric and nuclear - and it will now be ...
Airbus Perlan Mission II Glider Soars Into History
Post Date: 2015-09-24 23:33:03 by X-15
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September 24, 2015 – The Perlan 2 glider, the world’s first engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, achieved its successful first flight Wednesday about 5,000 feet above Robert’s Field, the Redmond Municipal Airport in Oregon. This was the first test flight of the aircraft, which next year will attempt to set a world altitude record. The Perlan 2 glider was developed by The Perlan Project, a volunteer-run, nonprofit endeavor headed by leaders in aerospace and engineering. It is supported by Airbus Group and a group of other sponsors that includes Weather Extreme Ltd., United Technologies and BRS Aerospace. “We’re extremely excited about the ...
Global warming: are trees going on strike
Post Date: 2015-09-24 05:17:23 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... Paris (AFP) - Trees, crucial absorbers of climate-harming carbon dioxide gas, may finally be balking at an ever-earlier spring season brought on by global warming, researchers said Wednesday. Over the past several decades, trees across central Europe have been steadily sprouting their spring leaves earlier in response to warmer temperatures, they said. As a result, forests absorbed more carbon dioxide in a longer growing season -- a boon that has been worked into global warming projections. But a study published in the science journal Nature said trees have slowed their pace of seasonal advance -- raising fears it may stop altogether. The slowdown "suggests a current and ...
Two people just played 20 questions by reading each other’s thoughts
Post Date: 2015-09-24 02:05:20 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists in the US have linked up the brains of participants almost 1.5 km apart, allowing them to play a 20 questions-style game using nothing but their thoughts. This is the first experiment to demonstrate that two brains can be linked up directly to allow one person to accurately guess what's on the other's mind, and it's a pretty huge deal. The experiment involved a question-and-answer game, but instead of asking each other questions in person, the participants were put in separate buildings and were not allowed to talk to each other or communicate using anything but thoughts transmitted over the Internet. Using this system, participants were able to ...
Humans can be identified by the unique ‘microbial cloud’ that surrounds them
Post Date: 2015-09-24 01:54:44 by Tatarewicz
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It’s made of farts and skin bacteria. It’s no secret that we’re covered in microscopic organisms, both inside and out. In fact, there are 10 times more bacterial cells in our bodies than human cells, and they make up 98 percent of our genetic material, setting up shop everywhere, from inside our mouths and the tips of our eyelashes, to under our skin and in our digestive systems. And I’m sorry to tell you this, but whatever you do - whether it’s waving to someone, scratching your head, or just sitting quietly in a chair - you’ll be surrounded by a ‘cloud’ of microbes that are being shed from your body at a constant rate, 24 hours a day. And ...
Lead Developer of HPV Vaccines Comes Clean, Warns Parents & Young Girls It’s All A Giant Deadly Scam
Post Date: 2015-09-22 18:16:07 by Horse
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Dr. Diane Harper was a leading expert responsible for the Phase II and Phase III safety and effectiveness studies which secured the approval of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines, Gardasil™ and Cervarix™. Dr. Harper also authored many of the published, scholarly papers about the vaccines. She is now the latest in a long string of experts who are pressing the red alert button on the devastating consequences and irrelevancy of these vaccines. Dr. Harper made her surprising confession at the 4th International Converence on Vaccination which took place in Reston, Virginia. Her speech, which was originally intended to promote the benefits of the vaccines, took a 180-degree turn ...
Science is funny -- comic relief!
Post Date: 2015-09-22 02:54:23 by NeoconsNailed
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They're using the word creation this time..... !?
Go Ahead and Have Fun: Sex Doesn't Cause Heart Attacks, Study Finds
Post Date: 2015-09-22 01:28:44 by Horse
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Patients with heart disease can worry about one less thing: German researchers find sex doesn't seem to trigger heart attacks, strokes or other unpleasant events. The American Heart Association advises that sex after a heart attack is OK. But patients don't always get that message, says Dr. Dietrich Rothenbacher, who led a small study at Ulm University in Germany. American Heart Association "Based on our data, it seems very unlikely that sexual activity is a relevant trigger of heart attack," Rothenbacher said in a statement. "It is important to reassure patients that they need not be worried and should resume their usual sexual activity." They questioned ...
China may have conducted test flight of world's fastest aircraft
Post Date: 2015-09-22 01:04:51 by Tatarewicz
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Want... China may have recently conducted a successful test of the fastest hypersonic aircraft in the world, reports Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao. According to a report released Friday on the official website of state-owned aerospace and defense giant Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), one of its test flight centers has completed an initial test flight on an unspecified high-altitude, super-fast aircraft with a "unique flying style." Though the report was deleted shortly after, military analysts believe it is likely that China is developing a new hypersonic aircraft that can travel at five times the speed of sound. Related News Stuffed panda used as lucky charm ...
Philips' Magnifier Engine Can Slash Your Electric Bill By More Than 70% Almost Overnight - Guaranteed!
Post Date: 2015-09-21 17:26:04 by BTP Holdings
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FINALLY REVEALED: Philips' Magnifier Engine Can Slash Your Electric Bill By More Than 70% Almost Overnight - Guaranteed! My name is Darren Holman. In a couple minutes you'll see how I took a magnifying glass, which my kids used to fry ants on the sidewalk… Used it to power my entire home, and slashed my energy bill by more than 70%, under 3 weeks. Now I know it may be hard to believe, but this may change your mind: You're going to see how an invention developed by Philips Electronics in the 1950’s (yes, that same Philips Electronics selling DVD players at Walmart)… before they eventually decided to hide their breakthrough and keep it a secret… ...
Electron transport between species discovered in deep-sea research
Post Date: 2015-09-21 03:26:24 by Tatarewicz
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PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered two microbial species capable of sharing the energy needed to consume methane through electron transfer without direct contact. Researchers say it is the first time interspecies electron transport, or the external passing of electrons from one type of cell to another, has been discovered among microorganisms in a natural setting. The research, detailed in the latest issue of Nature, was led by Professor of Geobiology Victoria Orphan, whose lab has studied the relationship between these two species in deep-sea methane seeps for the last two decades. A species of bacteria and a ...
Pakistan, China in pact to keep JF-17 tech away from US, India: report
Post Date: 2015-09-20 23:49:28 by Tatarewicz
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Want... China and Pakistan have a pact to keep the technology of their jointly developed JF-17 Thunder multirole combat aircraft away from the United States and India because of its superiority to America's F-16 fighter jet, claims the Beijing-based Sina Military Network. The Block II variation of the JF-17, known as the FC-1 Xiaolong by China, recently entered into service for the "Minhas" No. 2 squadron of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). The new and improved configuration of the lightweight fighter jet is said to include improved avionics and better software, as well as a fixed air-to-air refueling probe. Minhas is the third PAF squadron to be upgraded to the JF-17, which is ...
Alien silence explained? Snowden says encryption could be squashing space signals
Post Date: 2015-09-19 23:45:03 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Encryption has become a top priority for those wanting to protect their privacy online, but US whistleblower Edward Snowden says the security measure could be making it impossible to detect signals sent from...aliens. Snowden's comments were made during an interview on the 'StarTalk' podcast of astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. The whistleblower was speaking from Moscow via a robot video link called a “beam remote presence system.” Controlling the robot from Russia, he was able to roll straight into Tyson's office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York. JUST POSTED: Hero or Traitor? @StarTalkRadio’s exclusive ...
MIT Researchers Solve Temperature Problem in 3D Printing Glass; End of Glass Blowers?
Post Date: 2015-09-19 13:54:32 by Horse
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Are custom glass blowers next in line to be replaced by robots? The problem has always been in working with temperatures at close to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. However, MIT researchers have solved the problem. Please consider Scientists Develop New High-Temperature System to 3D Print Transparent Glass. MIT researchers have for the first time developed a new high-temperature system that can produce 3D printed transparent glass objects. Researchers have attempted to 3D print glass objects in the past, but a major obstacle has been the extremely high temperature needed to melt the material. The high-temperature system developed by the team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...
Building a rope bridge with flying machines
Post Date: 2015-09-19 13:48:07 by Horse
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Building a rope bridge with flying machines in the ETH Zurich Flying Machine Arena. The video shows quadrocopters autonomously assembling a rope bridge. This is part of a body of research in aerial construction, a field that addresses the construction of structures with the aid of flying machines. In this work, a rope bridge that can support the crossing of a person is built by quadrocopters, showing for the first time that small flying machines are capable of autonomously realizing load-bearing structures at full-scale and proceeding a step further towards real-world scenarios. Except for the required anchor points at both ends of the structure, the bridge consists ...
Scientists Ask Obama To Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics
Post Date: 2015-09-19 11:29:25 by BTP Holdings
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Scientists Ask Obama To Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics by Michael Bastasch 4:39 PM 09/17/2015 The science on global warming is settled, so settled that 20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man-made global warming. Scientists from several universities and research centers even asked Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to prosecute groups that “have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America’s response to climate change.” RICO was a law designed to take down organized crime ...
British Scientists apply for license to modify human embryos
Post Date: 2015-09-18 22:36:59 by Tatarewicz
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RT... UK scientists have applied for permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time as part of research into the earliest stage of human development. Stem cell scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London have asked the government’s fertility regulator for a license to perform controversial genome editing on human embryos. Researchers hope the experiments will help scientists to learn more about genes in the first few days of human fertilization. Chinese researchers became the first researchers in the world to announce they had altered the DNA of human embryos in April. The news prompted a fresh debate over the ethics of cheap and simple new genetic ...
Scientists Ask Obama To Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics
Post Date: 2015-09-18 10:00:08 by Ada
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The science on global warming is settled, so settled that 20 climate scientists are asking President Barack Obama to prosecute people who disagree with them on the science behind man-made global warming. Scientists from several universities and research centers even asked Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to prosecute groups that “have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change, as a means to forestall America’s response to climate change.” RICO was a law designed to take down organized crime syndicates, but scientists now want it to be used against scientists, activists and organizations that voice ...
Monsanto Wants to Replace the Bees They Are Killing with Genetically Engineered Flying Ants
Post Date: 2015-09-18 07:56:57 by Tatarewicz
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NaturalNews.com Ecologists refer to bees and a few other select organisms as keystone species. This term is analogous to the keystone of an arch. Remove the wedge-shaped stone at the top, and the entire structure collapses. Bees are a keystone species because they are the world’s primary pollinators and are therefore crucial to the environment. While Monsanto claims bees only pollinate about a third of the world’s crops, others estimate their contribution to be closer to 90%. But the startling decline of the bee population isn’t just threatening our crops, it is also threatening varied and diverse wild plants across the globe that provide food for countless animal ...
Left Behind: US Jet Fighters Hold No Candle to Russian, Chinese Rivals
Post Date: 2015-09-17 22:05:10 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... The US Air Force is facing a serious dilemma: insufficient air superiority fighters as potential competitors Russia and China build up their capabilities in the field, an article in The National Interest by Dave Majumdar read. US Air Force Diluted F-35’s Capabilities to Meet Deadline, Congress’ Demands The Lockheed Martin F-35 fifth-generation jet fighter has its share of issues. Meanwhile, the F-22 Raptor fleet was terminated after only 187 aircraft were built, less than 50 percent of the 381 jets needed by the military. According to the article, the F-22 was a formidable combat aircraft, with a balanced combination of stealth, speed and maneuvering capabilities. ...
Monstrous Wolf-fish raises fears about Fukushima nuclear disaster
Post Date: 2015-09-17 13:10:19 by Horse
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The giant fish was more than 2 metres in length Credit: Hiroshi Hirasaka Japanese fishermen were left reeling after hauling in a colossal catch not far from the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster... Poster Comment:Look at the photo. That is one ugly fish.
Study: Birds Fall In Love, Reproduce More When They Do
Post Date: 2015-09-17 12:32:45 by Horse
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The term “lovebird” has a new meaning. A recent study reveals that birds can fall in love. According to Nature World Report, Malika Ihle and her team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany found that birds that ended up choosing their own mates had 37 percent more offspring than those that were paired up. The researchers used 160 zebra finches for the study, allowing 20 females to choose freely among 20 males. After the birds paired off, half were left alone while the other have were broken up and paired with other “broken up” birds. They found that birds that paired up on their own had higher reproduction rates than the ones paired ...
PLA may use electric reactive armor on tanks: Global Times
Post Date: 2015-09-17 02:03:40 by Tatarewicz
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Want... The People's Liberation Army may eventually equip its main battle tanks with electric reactive armor to prevent damage from anti-tank weapons, reports China's Global Times. Electric reactive armor is usually made of two electrical plates separated by an insulator to make a high-power capacitor. When a tank using the armor is hit by an incoming object such as a rocket or missile, it will discharge electricity from the capacitor to vaporize the object. The discharge is claimed to be powerful to turn the incoming object into plasma, said the report. From the Chinese perspective, the electric reactive armor is the best available defensive technology for tanks in the world and ...
Find out if your job is at risk from the future robot workforce
Post Date: 2015-09-16 08:05:08 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... The idea of getting gangs of robots to do our dirty work and daily drudgery sounds appealing, until you consider the impact on the people who are doing those jobs already - will they be able to find work somewhere else? It's not a new dilemma (the same question has been asked since the Industrial Revolution and beyond) but the rise of super-smart AI-driven robots has brought it into sharper focus in recent years. The BBC, together with researchers from the University of Oxford and Deloitte, has put together a comprehensive list of the jobs that are most (and least) at risk. If you're a telephone salesperson you might want to start polishing up your CV - the study ...
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