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Nautilus crew discover mysterious purple orb near ocean floor
Post Date: 2016-07-30 07:40:16 by Tatarewicz
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UPI... The crew of the Exploration Vessel Nautilus has posted a YouTube video of their discovery of a mysterious purple orb-shaped creature living very near the bottom of the Pacific Ocean not far off the coast of Los Angeles. In addition to footage of the creature, the researchers can be heard making observations and engaging in a discussion about whether or not to capture it and bring it aboard for further study. The Nautilus is a ship operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, which was set up by Robert Ballard with the goal of conducting both scientific research and capturing images of an undersea world that most people never get to see. Recently, the current crew of eaight has been ...
This woman lived 24 years without knowing she was missing her entire cerebellum
Post Date: 2016-07-30 07:14:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Back in 2014, doctors in China were shocked when they discovered that a 24-year-old woman was living without her cerebellum, a vital section of the brain that holds up to 50 percent of a person’s total neurons. Even crazier, the woman – who remains unnamed – had no idea of her condition and had been living out a pretty normal, full life, proving just how little we know about the brain and how it can adapt to cope with what should be a debilitating condition. The woman’s story started in 2014, when her mother brought her into a Chinese hospital in Shandong Province because she was complaining of nausea and dizziness. Since these are not uncommon issues, ...
To keep soil health, scientists say mix up plant species
Post Date: 2016-07-29 07:42:13 by Tatarewicz
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MANCHESTER, England, July 28 (UPI) -- Soil health is deteriorating around the globe. A combination of commercial agricultural practices, global warming and pollution are draining nutrients and encouraging the accumulation of contaminants. The solution, scientists say, is biodiversity. New research highlights the importance of soil structure for soil health. Advertisement As a new paper in the journal Ecology Letters explains, the best way to maintain proper soil structure is to increase the diversity of plant species. Soil relies on plant roots for water and protection from erosion. While the roots of some species are especially good at keeping soil well-watered, the roots of other ...
Scientists grow dandelions to make rubber
Post Date: 2016-07-28 10:46:09 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers at Ohio State are trying to turn the lowly dandelion into a sustainable source of rubber. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27 (UPI) -- Scientists have developed a dandelion strain with natural rubber in its roots. The summer weed that invades suburban lawns could be the next rubber tree. Researchers are working to improve the weed so that it can be produced fast and efficiently enough to be a sustainable source of rubber. Only 10 to 15 percent of the dandelion's roots are rubber, making the crop much less efficient than the rubber trees grown on Southeast Asian plantations. But the rubber trees of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia take years to mature, making it difficult for farmers ...
Maunder minimum
Post Date: 2016-07-27 19:31:57 by BTP Holdings
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Maunder minimum Written By: The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica Maunder minimum, unexplained period of drastically reduced sunspot activity that occurred between 1645 and 1715. Graph of average yearly sunspot numbers showing the 11-year solar cycle. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Sunspot activity waxes and wanes with roughly an 11-year cycle. In 1894 the English astronomer Edward Walter Maunder pointed out that very few sunspots had been observed between 1645 and 1715. Astronomers such as John Flamsteed and Gian Domenico Cassini who did observe sunspots during that period noted that they were the first they had seen in years. However, most of Maunder’s fellow ...
Bad news for Bob the Builder: Watch Hadrian X the robo-builder create an entire house in just two days
Post Date: 2016-07-27 15:02:42 by Horse
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It can lay 1,000 bricks an hour and work around the clock, 24 hours a day A robotic 'hand' lays the brick, and applies adhesive instead of mortar, which improves the thermal efficiency It 3D scans its surroundings to work out exactly where to place bricks - and is simply parked next to site It can build an entire house in just two days - and never takes tea breaks. An Australian firm has revealed the Hadrian X, a giant truck mounted building robot that can lay 1,000 bricks an hour, glueing them into place. It can work 24 hours day, and finish an entire house in just two days. Scroll down for video Mounted on the back of a truck, Hadrian X is simply driven onto a building ...
Researchers have finally found a way to make people smarter, but it's not pleasant
Post Date: 2016-07-27 09:38:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... As we learn more and more about the brain, we're getting better at figuring out how to supercharge it. One of the most promising and at this point, popular ways (at least, among a certain community of mostly-DIY body-hackers) to directly charge up our mental abilities involves headsets that direct electric or magnetic pulses at specific regions of the brain. Brain stimulation is not a new technique. Neuroscientists have been experimenting with various forms of brain stimulation in its modern form for at least 15 years. But now, due to both a growing body of available how-to knowledge and the ability to purchase brain-stimulating devices off the internet, the devices ...
Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things
Post Date: 2016-07-27 00:40:53 by Tatarewicz
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NYT... William F. Martin says that the Last Universal Common Ancestor can be traced back to deep sea vents like this one off the Galápagos. A surprisingly specific genetic portrait of the ancestor of all living things has been generated by scientists who say that the likeness sheds considerable light on the mystery of how life first emerged on Earth. This venerable ancestor was a single-cell, bacterium-like organism. But it has a grand name, or at least an acronym. It is known as Luca, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, and is estimated to have lived some four billion years ago, when Earth was a mere 560 million years old. The new finding sharpens the debate between those who ...
Is Musk's Space X rocketry full of hot air?
Post Date: 2016-07-26 10:23:23 by NeoconsNailed
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Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future
Post Date: 2016-07-26 08:19:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... An international team of scientists has just sequenced a protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches. The reason? It’s more than four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and, the researchers think it could be the key to feeding our growing population in the future. Although most cockroaches don’t actually produce milk, Diploptera punctate, which is the only known cockroach to give birth to live young, has been shown to pump out a type of ‘milk’ containing protein crystals to feed its babies. The fact that an insect produces milk is pretty fascinating – but what fascinated researchers is the fact that a single one of these protein ...
What’s that “New ‘$39 Computer’ Hitting U.S. Markets?”
Post Date: 2016-07-25 01:28:07 by Tatarewicz
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Bonner & Partners, which is yet another publisher subsidiary of Bill Bonner’s Agora empire, has a new teaser pitch out for Jeff Brown’s Exponential Tech Investor — and what caught the eye of Gumshoe readers was the headline, in the ad from Bonner’s Managing Director Amber Lee Mason, that promises huge gains from a “$39 computer” that will be as transformative as television or the internet. “Tom Mainelli, a tech analyst at International Data Corporation (IDC) said, ‘This is the next generation of computing.’ ‘[“The $39 Computer”] is going to have as big an impact on businesses as the PC had…. It’s going to change the ...
The CIA tried mind control to create the perfect assassin
Post Date: 2016-07-24 12:46:02 by Ada
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Matt Damon plays the titular character in "Jason Bourne," a man brainwashed by the government. Photo: Universal Pictures Next Friday, Matt Damon returns for a fourth outing in the film “Jason Bourne,” as the superspy continues to investigate his fuzzy past and piece together all the terrible things he’s done. Bourne’s amnesia has always been central to the character’s story. The ex-black ops soldier has spent years (and three previous films) trying to elude the authorities and uncover exactly how the CIA manipulated him. And while “Jason Bourne” includes several ripped-from-the-headlines details — austerity protests in Greece, a battle ...
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Post Date: 2016-07-24 12:16:11 by BTP Holdings
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Chinese scientists develop new metal 3D printing technology
Post Date: 2016-07-23 06:19:42 by Tatarewicz
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WUHAN, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Researchers with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in central China's Hubei Province have successfully manufactured metal parts and molds using new 3D printing technology, sources with the university announced on Friday. The new metal 3D printing technology addresses existing problems in traditional metal 3D printing methods, said Zhang Hai'ou, leader of the 3D printing technology research team at the university. These problems, such as flowing, dropping or crumbling of fused materials due to gravity, cracking, stress and rapid heating and cooling can severely affect modeling performance and accuracy, according to Zhang. After over a ...
Subsurface methane cause earth wabbling in Siberia
Post Date: 2016-07-23 03:16:42 by Tatarewicz
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MailOnline Over recent years, mysterious giant holes suddenly appearing in northern Siberia have been attributed to gas eruptions, which cause the permafrost to melt. Now new footage has captured another incredible feature caused by this build up of gas. Ground on Belyy Island, normally rock hard from permafrost, is seen 'bubbling' or swaying and measurements indicate it is leaking methane and carbon dioxide, according to scientists. The ground in this part of the Russian Arctic, normally rock hard from permafrost, can be seen bubbling under the pressure of someone's foot. Researchers spotted 15 separate patches of trembling tundra The ground in this part of the Russian ...
Sunlight helps scientists derive hydrogen from grass
Post Date: 2016-07-22 04:36:35 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers have found a way to derive hydrogen from the grass growing on suburban front lawns. CARDIFF, Wales, July 21 (UPI) -- Scientists in Wales see gas in the grass. The green stuff growing in your yard might be an inexpensive source of renewable energy. With just sunlight and the help of a cheap catalyst, researchers at Cardiff University have found a way to derive hydrogen gas from fescue grass. "Hydrogen is seen as an important future energy carrier as the world moves from fossil fuels to renewable feedstocks, and our research has shown that even garden grass could be a good way of getting hold of it," Michael Bowker, a professor at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, ...
We'll only have one year's warning before a planet-devastating super-eruption
Post Date: 2016-07-22 04:01:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists in the US have discovered that rare volcanic eruptions – so catastrophically powerful that they could potentially devastate the entire planet – might only give up to a year's warning before they unleash fiery hell. Super-eruptions, which can eject thousands of cubic kilometres of magma to the planet's surface, build up over a massive time frame – but volcanic samples suggest the final stage of decompression before magma release happens much more quickly. "The evolution of a giant, super-eruption-feeding magma body is characterised by events taking place at a variety of time scales," says geochemist Guilherme Gualda from ...
Drone over N. Israel: Iranian with stolen US apps
Post Date: 2016-07-21 07:50:36 by Tatarewicz
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Debka... The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that flew on July 17 over northern Israel was a “Yasir’ drone made in Iran that was launched from a Hizballah base in Syria’s Qalamoun Mountains, some 60km from central Golan. This is reported by debkafile military and intelligence sources. The Yasir can reach an altitude of 5,000 feet, operate in a 200km radius and stay aloft for 8 hours. There is no information as to whether it was launched by a Iranian or a Hizballah team. This UAV displayed exceptional maneuverability, unlike most drones, due it is believed to the advanced US electronic systems installed by reverse engineering of the American US ScanEagle drone that was downed ...
Future according to Musk: Super safe money-earning-self-driving cars
Post Date: 2016-07-21 04:58:09 by Tatarewicz
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Elon Musk has unveiled part two of his ‘Master Plan’: A “true self-driving” car that not only would be 10 times safer than manual driving, but that would earn money for its owner when not in use. Musk is serious about perfecting his Tesla’s “beta” Autopilot system to make it drive safely no matter what happens to a car. “All Tesla vehicles will have the hardware necessary to be fully self-driving with fail-operational capability, meaning that any given system in the car could break and your car will still drive itself safely,” Musk wrote in his brand-new “Master Plan, Part Deux.” Ten years ago, Musk presented a “Master ...
eplacing Kerosene Lanterns With Solar-LEDs Can Spur Jobs
Post Date: 2016-07-21 04:29:24 by Tatarewicz
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I4U... Replacing Kerosene Lanterns with Solar-LEDs can Spur Jobs Japanese electronics giant Panasonic engineer Kiyofumi Abo displays a prototype of a solar lantern for people living without electricity, composed with solar cell (L) and five LED portable lantern during the African Fair, an affiliated event of the conference with dozens of African leaders, Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) In addition to environmental benefits, shifting away from inefficient and polluting fuel-based lighting -- such as candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns -- to solar-LED systems can spur economic development as well -- to the tune of two million potential new jobs, a study ...
7 Ways to Spring Clean Your PC for Better Performance
Post Date: 2016-07-20 01:23:11 by Tatarewicz
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highya... Learn how to clean your PC inside and out for free! We detail easy steps to removing unwanted programs and grime, helping your computer run more efficiently. Remember how quickly your computer worked when fresh out of the box? Over time, installed programs, unused desktop shortcuts, saved files, and downloaded data accumulate, making your system slower. There may even be malware—spyware or viruses that you’ve unknowingly downloaded by clicking links or opening emails. Just like your home requires regular inspection to ensure that everything is in tip-top shape, your PC also requires maintenance. Here’s our list of how to spring clean your computer—from ...
Physicists show that gravity isn't affected by the quantum world Physicists show that gravity isn't affected by the quantum world
Post Date: 2016-07-19 08:25:38 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... When it comes to physics, gravity rules pretty much everything we can see in the Universe - it keeps planets orbiting stars, stars orbiting black holes, and, well, all of us stuck on the planet. But while all the massive objects in the Universe have an influence on gravity, researchers have failed once more to show a connection between gravity and quantum mechanics. In other words, gravity just doesn't seem to care about the quantum world. And that's kind of a bummer for our hopes of a theory of everything. Let's back up here a second though, because all this quantum/classical stuff can get a little bit messy. In physics, there are basically two theories ...
Early research suggests eating cinnamon might make you learn more
Post Date: 2016-07-15 08:26:37 by Tatarewicz
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SciienceAlert... Researchers from the US have found evidence that suggests eating cinnamon might have a positive impact on your ability to learn. The research has only been conducted in mice for now, but, if confirmed, the findings might offer a simple, at-home way to help those who struggle to learn new tasks, as well as allowing researchers to better understand the underlying mechanisms in the brain that control learning. "Understanding brain mechanisms that lead to poor learning is important to developing effective strategies to improve memory and learning ability," said lead researcher Kalipada Pahan from Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago. To fully understand the ...
Rumors of Earth's 2nd moon are slightly exaggerated
Post Date: 2016-07-12 23:49:45 by NeoconsNailed
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Well, this is awkward. Earth's relationship with the moon is no longer a monogamous one. Scientists have identified a second, mini-moon orbiting our planet that has probably only been around for about 100 years, reports NASA. This second moon looks to be a recently captured asteroid, and like a mistress, its subtle dance with Earth may be fleeting, only sticking around for a few centuries. Still, it's a remarkable event that proves just how dynamic our gravitational relationship is with near-Earth objects. The video above showcases in detail the path of the new moon's orbit as it bobs up and down like a tiny float in choppy water. As said, it's small, measuring in at only ...
Self-driving car hits tractor-trailer, kills passenger
Post Date: 2016-07-07 09:55:54 by Artisan
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DOT investigating fatal crash in which self-driving car slammed into tractor-trailer The dash of a Tesla Model S. The U.S. DOT announced last week it’s investigating a fatal Florida crash in which a Tesla Model S — driving in the vehicle’s self-driving Autopilot mode — failed to brake and slammed into the side of a Class 8 tractor-trailer, killing the occupant of the Tesla. Tesla vehicles are all-electric sedans that can operate in semi-autonomous modes in certain situations. The truck involved in the crash pulled in front of the Tesla to take a left across a divided highway. The Tesla’s Autopilot system failed to brake to avoid the collision and drove ...
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