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Japan to test first homegrown stealth fighter jet: report
Post Date: 2014-08-12 07:45:57 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... AFP A group of major Japanese firms are planning a test flight next year for the nation's first homegrown stealth fighter jet, a report said Tuesday. The consortium -- led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -- is developing a jet that has similar technology to US-made F-35 stealth fighters, with a prototype set for a test run in January, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said. About 39.2 billion yen ($384 million) has been invested in the project, said the report, which did not cite sources. Following the initial flight, the jet will undergo about two years of testing at the defence ministry with Tokyo set to decide on whether to buy the plane by early 2019, it added. The story ...
MIT Develops Tech to Record Conversations Using Inanimate Objects
Post Date: 2014-08-07 21:49:28 by Horse
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MIT researchers have developed new technology that can record conversations via the miniscule vibrations that sound waves create in inanimate objects, paving the way for yet more invasive forms of surveillance. Lead author Abe Davis and his team demonstrated that movements in objects like chip packets or pot plants could be recorded by video cameras and then turned back into audible sound, including words, even when the camera is outside the room where the conversation is taking place. “Using only a video of the object and suitable processing algorithm we can extract these minute vibrations and partially recover the sounds that produced them letting us turn everyday objects into ...
Stem cell controversy scientist kills self
Post Date: 2014-08-07 07:49:55 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Chief researcher in a stem cell study, which before being discredited was thought to have revolutionized the field, has committed suicide. "Deputy directory of the Developmental Biology Center Yoshiki Sasai was found with something that seemed to be a will. After that he was taken to the Kobe City Medical Center hospital but was pronounced dead at 11:03AM," Riken's director of public relations, Satoru Kagaya told journalists. As deputy director of Riken's Center for Developmental Biology, Sasai supervised the work of lead author Haruko Obokata. The work kicked up much commotion in scientific circles by alleging discovery of a method involving transformation ...
The free energy device that scares Obama to death...
Post Date: 2014-08-06 16:52:59 by BTP Holdings
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Please take a few seconds to read this email from energy innovator Michael Sherman. He has a very important message about your energy bills. Yours in Liberty, Oli Fischer --------------- This video has already become the #1 topic in the energy world
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it down. ...
Clean, Abundant Energy
Post Date: 2014-08-06 16:34:40 by BTP Holdings
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"Hi, there," begins a friendly note from our reader mailbag. "You threw the 'thorium' word into your review." Thorium, as you'll recall, is a potential solution to the spread of nuclear warheads and other bombs… Not to mention a less toxic, more abundant, cheaper and all-around safer means to make nuclear energy. Our reader continues: "I have been trying to get answers from energy companies and the U.K. government, but most unusually, I am not having even a polite 'We're looking into it.' It seems that, for some reason, this is a subject that no one wants to talk about. "Do you know what is happening with thorium? It has been ...
Michio Kaku on C2C Wed night
Post Date: 2014-08-06 01:11:19 by Tatarewicz
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Good at describing current state of physics.
Why does the CDC own a patent on Ebola 'invention?'
Post Date: 2014-08-03 19:33:05 by Itistoolate
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(NaturalNews) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control owns a patent on a particular strain of Ebola known as "EboBun." It's patent No. CA2741523A1 and it was awarded in 2010. You can view it here. (Thanks to Natural News readers who found this and brought it to our attention.)Patent applicants are clearly described on the patent as including:The Government Of The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health & Human Services, Center For Disease Control.The patent summary says, "The invention provides the isolated human Ebola (hEbola) viruses denoted as Bundibugyo (EboBun) deposited with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
10 Reasons to Use StartPage
Post Date: 2014-08-01 09:12:55 by Lod
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Is Social Mobility a Myth?
Post Date: 2014-07-31 06:52:00 by Ada
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The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility, Gregory Clark, Princeton University Press, 384 pages Most people intuit that coming from the “right sort” of family is a big advantage in life, while being from the “wrong side of the tracks” is a serious disability. And they suspect that these advantages and disadvantages persist, as demonstrated by the continuing prominence of, say, people whose ancestors “came over on the Mayflower” among the upper crust in America. The difficulty with this intuitive understanding is that social-science research does not seem to back it up. Psychologists, sociologists, and economists have found rates of ...
The Agricultural Holocaust explained: the 10 worst ways GMOs threaten humanity and our natural world
Post Date: 2014-07-30 17:04:50 by BTP Holdings
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The Agricultural Holocaust explained: the 10 worst ways GMOs threaten humanity and our natural world Sunday, July 27, 2014 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) Why are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) a serious threat to humanity and the environment? The reasons span the realms of science, social justice, economics and the environment, and once you understand this, you'll readily understand why so many environmentalists, humanitarians, responsible scientists and social justice advocates are strongly opposed to GMOs. Here are the top 10 ways GMOs threaten us all: #1) Every grain of GM corn contains poison GM corn is genetically engineered to develop a deadly ...
Bolivia declares Israel a terrorist state
Post Date: 2014-07-30 16:49:58 by Horse
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LA PAZ: Bolivia on Wednesday renounced a visa exemption agreement with Israel in protest over its offensive in Gaza, and declared it a terrorist state. President Evo Morales announced the move during a talk with a group of educators in the city of Cochabamba. It "means, in other words, we are declaring (Israel) a terrorist state," he said. The treaty has allowed Israelis to travel freely to Bolivia without a visa since 1972. Morales said the Gaza offensive shows "that Israel is not a guarantor of the principles of respect for life and the elementary precepts of rights that govern the peaceful and harmonious coexistence of our international community." More than two ...
NASA sounds red alert over solar flare that nearly wiped out human civilization two summers ago
Post Date: 2014-07-29 17:05:20 by BTP Holdings
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NASA sounds red alert over solar flare that nearly wiped out human civilization two summers ago Monday, July 28, 2014 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) The news you are about to read should be front page news everywhere. There is arguably nothing more important to humanity's survival than the alarming facts presented in this report from NASA, yet most of the world pretends this event never happened in 2012, and they falsely assume it won't happen again. They are wrong. According to shocking new research published by NASA, each decade there is roughly a 12% chance of a near-wipeout of humanity's high-tech civilization. In fact, one such event nearly wiped out ...
Climate Science; Winning The Science Battle, But Losing the Policy War
Post Date: 2014-07-29 08:17:15 by Ada
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(Elaboration of my Heartland Climate Conference Presentation) We’re drowning in information and starving for knowledge. Rutherford Rogers So-called climate skeptics, practicing proper science by disproving the hypothesis that human CO2 is causing global warming, achieved a great deal. This, despite harassment by formal science agencies, like the Royal Society, and deliberate neglect by the mainstream media. It combined with an active and deliberate Public Relations campaign, designed to mislead and confuse. Most people and politicians understand little of what is going on so the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) strategy of using created science for a political agenda ...
Computer models: Even a small nuclear war would cause global famine and wipe out billions of people
Post Date: 2014-07-28 16:56:18 by BTP Holdings
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Computer models: Even a small nuclear war would cause global famine and wipe out billions of people Monday, July 28, 2014 by: J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) While millions of people around the world have an innate fear of nuclear weapons and think that every country that has them should dismantle them, many foreign policy experts who have adopted a "realist" worldview maintain that those mighty weapons of mass destruction have actually kept the world safer since they were developed at the close of World War II. While that sounds odd given their destructive power, these experts point out that without them -- and when there was relative military parity between the great nations -- ...
Human-robot technology takes quantum leap
Post Date: 2014-07-27 21:42:58 by Tatarewicz
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Kejia, an intelligent service robot designed by the University of Science and Technology of China, neatly lines up several drinks at the 2014 RoboCup@Home competition in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, on Wednesday. (Photo: China Daily) BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Robots designed by the University of Science and Technology of China amazed the audience and won the championship for the first time at the RoboCup, which concluded on Friday in Joao Pessoa, Brazil. Recognized for their stability and precision, the robots of USTC's WrightEagle team - dubbed Kejia - won top honors in the RoboCup@Home league, one of several leagues at the global competition, officially known as the 2014 Robot World ...
Russia has lost a satellite full of geckos
Post Date: 2014-07-27 05:46:20 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert...Russian research satellite Foton-M4 was launched last Saturday (19 July) with a precious cargo of five geckos, insects and plants on board. The orbiting geckos were expected to mate, allowing scientists from Russia’s Institute of Medico-Biological Problems to determine the effects of weightlessness on reptile reproduction. But the research stalled when scientists reported on Thursday that their gecko sex satellite had gone AWOL and was not responding to commands. Video footage of out-of-this-world gecko sex is still reaching Earth but if contact is not re-established the geckos will die from hunger in a few months. This is one of a number of recent calamities in the ...
Only 8.2 pct of human DNA "functional": study
Post Date: 2014-07-27 01:08:11 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Only 8.2 percent of human DNA is likely to be doing something important or "functional," in a departure from previous figures, according to a British study published in American scientific journal Plos Genetics Friday. In 2012, scientists involved in the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (Encode) project stated that 80 percent of human genome had some biochemical functions. However, that claim has been controversial, with many arguing that the biochemical definition of "function" was too broad and that just because an activity on DNA occurs, it does not necessarily have a consequence. To reach their latest figures, researchers from Oxford ...
Permian Basin Exhibits Unstoppable Growth
Post Date: 2014-07-24 17:41:48 by BTP Holdings
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Permian Basin Exhibits Unstoppable Growth Published Wed, Jul 23, 2014 | Karim Rahemtulla, Chief Resource Analyst The Permian Basin is easily the most prolific oil-producing area in the United States right now. The region gets its name from fossils that date back to the Permian age, which were first reported by geologists in 1858. Little did these scientists know, the outcroppings contained sedimentary rock that would one day prove to be the biggest source of oil in the United States. In 2007, the area was pumping out 850,000 barrels per day. Now that number has grown to over 1.35 million barrels, and 18% of the oil produced in the United States comes from the Permian Basin. Its ...
Smarter than a first-grader? Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-and-effect water displacement tasks
Post Date: 2014-07-24 04:19:26 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: ] In Aesop's fable about the crow and the pitcher, a thirsty bird happens upon a vessel of water, but when he tries to drink from it, he finds the water level out of his reach. Not strong enough to knock over the pitcher, the bird drops pebbles into it -- one at a time -- until the water level rises enough for him to drink his fill. Highlighting the value of ingenuity, the fable demonstrates that cognitive ability can often be more effective than brute force. It also characterizes crows as pretty resourceful problem solvers. New research conducted by UC Santa Barbara's Corina Logan, with her collaborators at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, demonstrates ...
China conducts successful land-based missile interception test
Post Date: 2014-07-24 01:36:01 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China has announced the success of a missile interception test conducted from land. The test, conducted within its territory late on Wednesday, "achieved the preset goal", according to a statement posted on the website of the Ministry of National Defense. Military authorities provided no other information about the operation. China has already successfully completed two mid-course land-based missile interception tests, in 2010 and 2013, both of which "attained preset objectives." By developing the ability to intercept incoming warheads such as ballistic missiles, it is hoped that the tests can help strengthen China's air defense. It ...
Feature: Ambitious Finnish project looks to lead storage systems for clean energy
Post Date: 2014-07-22 19:59:35 by Tatarewicz
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HELSINKI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Finland has been a straggler in the race to exploit renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. But a new research project is looking to place the small Nordic nation well ahead of the pack in terms of developing storage systems for these clean energy sources. An ambitious 7 million-euro (9.4 million U.S. dollars) NEO-CARBON ENERGY project is being led by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and involves collaborators from the Lappeenranta University of Technology and the University of Turku's Finland Futures Research Centre. "Finland may not be the largest producer of wind turbines or solar panels but we have a chance to take the ...
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Post Date: 2014-07-22 17:48:24 by BTP Holdings
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Rechargeable eggplant-based batteries could soon be a reality
Post Date: 2014-07-19 01:00:26 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... An 18-year-old Singaporean student has figured out a way to use carbonised Chinese eggplant to make batteries. Eggplant_Phua Shannon Lee doesn’t like to eat eggplant, but she's found a better way to use it. The Singaporean student recently won one of the Young Scientists Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her eggplant-based catalyst that can be used to recharge batteries. Although more research still needs to be conducted, her discovery could be “an ideal replacement for lithium-ion batteries that are widely used in electric cars and various other high-consuming energy devices,” wrote Kane Cunico at Contented. In this ...
Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless
Post Date: 2014-07-18 14:55:48 by X-15
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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is probably the most widely used personality test in the world. An estimated 2 million people take it annually, at the behest of corporate HR departments, colleges, and even government agencies. The company that makes and markets the test makes somewhere around $20 million each year. The only problem? The test is completely meaningless. "There's just no evidence behind it," says Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania who's written about the shortcomings of the Myers-Briggs previously. "The characteristics measured by the test have almost no predictive power on how happy you'll be in a ...
When is a molecule a molecule? Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding molecules
Post Date: 2014-07-18 06:26:44 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Using ultra-short X-ray flashes, an international team of researchers watched electrons jumping between the fragments of exploding molecules. The study reveals up to what distance a charge transfer between the two molecular fragments can occur, marking the limit of the molecular regime. The technique used can show the dynamics of charge transfer in a wide range of molecular systems, as the scientists around Dr. Benjamin Erk and Dr. Daniel Rolles of DESY and Professor Artem Rudenko of Kansas State University report in the scientific journal Science. Such mechanisms play a role in numerous chemical processes, including photosynthesis. "The charge transfer takes place ...
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