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Study links better bone health with green tea, Taichi
Post Date: 2011-04-11 00:47:25 by Tatarewicz
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LOS ANGELES, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Drinking green tea and practicing Taichi may promote bone health of postmenopausal women and reduce the risk of inflammation, a new study suggests. The study, conducted by researchers at the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, focused on postmenopausal women and investigated the potential for green tea to work synergistically with Taichi in enhancing bone strength of postmenopausal women. Originating as a martial art in China, Taichi is a mind-body exercise that utilizes slow, gentle movements to build strength and flexibility, as well as deep breathing and relaxation, to move qi, or vital ...
Conservatives rely on older amydala - Liberals use newer cognative brain
Post Date: 2011-04-10 05:01:28 by Tatarewicz
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A new study shows that brain structure may have something to do with which side a person lands on the political scale, researchers told LiveScience. Researchers at Britain's University College London scanned the brains of nearly 120 adults who ranked their political views on a scale of one to five from very liberal to very conservative. The results showed that those who considered themselves conservatives had a larger amygdala, a part of the brain that processes fear. Liberals tended to have a bigger anterior cingulate cortex, which monitors conflict and uncertainty. The difference in brain structure could explain some of the traits that distinguish conservatives and liberals, ...
Chemical mix allows mamals to regrow limbs
Post Date: 2011-04-09 07:49:51 by Tatarewicz
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Move over, newts and salamanders. The mouse may join you as the only animal that can re-grow their own severed limbs. Researchers are reporting that a simple chemical cocktail can coax mouse muscle fibers to become the kinds of cells found in the first stages of a regenerating limb. Their study, the first demonstration that mammal muscle can be turned into the biological raw material for a new limb, appears in the journal ACS Chemical Biology. Darren R. Williams and Da-Woon Jung say their "relatively simple, gentle, and reversible" methods for creating the early stages of limb regeneration in mouse cells "have implications for both regenerative medicine and stem cell ...
Thought control of computer via implant
Post Date: 2011-04-09 07:35:02 by Tatarewicz
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The act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for the first time to show that a computer can listen to our thoughts. In a new study, scientists from Washington University demonstrated that humans can control a cursor on a computer screen using words spoken out loud and in their head, holding huge applications for patients who may have lost their speech through brain injury or disabled patients with limited movement. By directly connecting the patient's brain to a computer, the researchers showed that the computer could be controlled with up to 90% accuracy ...
Arctic cold water dump could alter climate in Europe - N. America
Post Date: 2011-04-09 07:06:47 by Tatarewicz
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A swirling pool of icy Arctic meltwater has the potential to flush quickly into the Atlantic Ocean and alter weather in Northern Europe, climate scientists reported Tuesday. Located just north of Alaska and Canada, the vast pool's percentage of freshwater from rivers has grown by about 20 percent since the 1990s and that change in salinity level could impact ocean circulation and cause temperatures in Northern Europe to cool, the experts said. That level of increase in Arctic freshwater has never before been observed by scientists, Laura de Steur, an oceanographer with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, told msnbc.com. "The volume of water discharged into the ...
New ‘shock wave’ engine to revolutionize vehicles
Post Date: 2011-04-08 23:20:12 by Armadillo
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Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a prototype of an entirely new type of engine that is partially powered by shock waves, which some in the auto industry believe could greatly reduce the fuel consumption of hybrid vehicles, reports New Scientist. ... Unlike internal combustion engines found in cars today, the Wave Disk Generator doesn’t need a transmission, radiator, pistons, valves or any number of other parts found on a traditional engine. This makes the new type of engine far lighter and smaller than a traditional engine, which further allows for less fuel consumption. A Wave Disk Generator is basically just a metal disk with channels cut into it. When the disk ...
800-horsepower Mustang on the way
Post Date: 2011-04-08 14:39:40 by X-15
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- An 800-horsepower version of the Ford Mustang will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show later this month. The 2012 Shelby GT500 Super Snake will be built by Shelby American Inc., a Las Vegas-based performance car company. Shelby works with Ford Motor Co. to create various high-performance versions of the iconic Mustang. While the base Super Snake will produce a mere 750 horsepower, those who feel the need for more power will be able to add an optional upgrade package that will provide 50 more. Shelby provides no warranty on the engine and transmission, in either case. The base version of the outgoing 2011 Super Snake produces 630 horsepower, although no-warranty ...
Going underground? Sales of spaces in U.S. doomsday bunker soar 1000% after Japan quake reawakens nuclear fallout fears [LOL]
Post Date: 2011-04-08 08:24:58 by Eric Stratton
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Going underground? Sales of spaces in U.S. doomsday bunker soar 1000% after Japan quake reawakens nuclear fallout fears Reservations for a doomsday bunker in the U.S. have rocketed since Japan's catastrophic earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown.The 137,000sq ft bunker - designed to house 950 people for a year and withstand a 50 megaton blast - is currently being built under the grasslands of Nebraska.Vivos, the California-based company behind it, is taking $5,000 (£3,100) deposits, which will have to be topped up to $25,000 (£15,600) to secure a place. Cower in luxury: Vivos's doomsday shelters are to be kitted out with all the modern conveniences American ...
Flu: Vitamin D better than vaccine at prevention
Post Date: 2011-04-07 06:33:47 by Tatarewicz
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NaturalNews) If scientists discovered something that worked better than vaccines at preventing influenza, you'd think they would jump all over it, right? After all, isn't the point to protect children and adults from influenza? A clinical trial led by Mitsuyoshi Urashima and conducted by the Division of Molecular Epidemiology in the the Department of Pediatrics at the Jikei University School of Medicine Minato-ku in Tokyo found that vitamin D was extremely effective at halting influenza infectionsin children. The trial appears in the March, 2010 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Am J Clin Nutr (March 10, 2010). doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.29094) The results are from a ...
54 Planets Potentially Have Water - Kepler Team
Post Date: 2011-04-06 14:25:12 by gengis gandhi
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1235 Planets Discovered By NASA Kepler By Article Chase Technology 5th April, 2011 Life beyond our planet is not such a fantasy or part science fiction novel when you consider the findings of a prolific planet finding mission hosted by the NASA Kepler Space Observatory – a spacecraft detecting planets orbiting stars. Some 1235 planets and more have been discovered subject to confirmation to date. Photographic evidence of planets crossing their neighboring sun’s have been recorded by the Kepler mission, which is discovering planets faster than at any other point in human history. One of these planets could hold the key to answers that is on the lips of many scientists and ...
Glaciers in Chile 'melt at fastest rate in 350 years'
Post Date: 2011-04-06 01:56:37 by Tatarewicz
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Upsala glacier San Rafael Glacier in Patagonia, one of the 270 glaciers included in this study, has retreated about 8km since the peak of the 'Little Ice Age' Melting mountain glaciers are making sea levels rise faster now than at any time in the last 350 years, according to new research. Universities at Aberystwyth, Exeter and Stockholm looked at longer timescales than usual for their study. They mapped changes in 270 of the largest glaciers between Chile and Argentina since the "Little Ice Age". Studies showed glaciers have lost volume on average "10 to 100 times faster" in the last 30 years. The rapid melt rate is linked to their contribution to global ...
Study confirms genetic differences in breast tissue among races
Post Date: 2011-04-04 15:07:40 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.Moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research Study confirms genetic differences in breast tissue among races ORLANDO, Fla. — Scientists from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine are working on a series of genetic analyses that suggest the underlying differences among racial groups are present not just in tumors, but in normal tissue as well. Lisa Baumbach, Ph.D., associate research professor, and colleagues will present the full study results at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6. "Our group has been working for quite some time on the hypothesis that ...
China GM cows produce 'human milk'
Post Date: 2011-04-04 06:52:20 by Tatarewicz
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(UKPA) Scientists in China have created genetically modified cows that produce "human" milk, it has been reported. They have introduced human genes into dairy cows to produce milk similar to human breast milk, according to a report in The Sunday Telegraph. The researchers believe that milk from these herds of 300 cows can provide an alternative to human breast milk and formula milk for babies, which is often criticised as being an inferior substitute. Copyright © 2011 The Press Association. All rights reserved. Related articles * Cows make 'human' milk Sydney Morning Herald - 20 hours ago * Test Tube Cows Produce 'Human-Like Milk' Defamer Australia - 7 ...
Agenda 21 In One Easy Lesson
Post Date: 2011-04-03 04:58:48 by Coral Snake
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Agenda 21 In One Easy Lesson By Tom DeWeese Awareness of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development is racing across the nation as citizens in community after community are learning what their city planners are actually up to. As awareness grows, I am receiving more and more calls for tools to help activists fight back. Many complain that elected officials just won't read detailed reports or watch long videos. "Can you give us something that is quick, and easy to read that we can hand out," I'm asked. So here it is. A one page, quick description of Agenda 21 that fits on one page. I've also included for the back side of your hand out a list of quotes for the ...
Banana-based plastics for cars
Post Date: 2011-04-03 01:35:13 by Tatarewicz
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Brazilian scientists have developed a way of using fibers from bananas, pineapples and other plants to create plastic that is stronger and lighter than the petroleum-based stuff. So-called nanocellulose fibers rival Kevlar in strength but are renewable, and the researchers believe they could be widely used within a couple of years. “The properties of these plastics are incredible,” Alcides Leão, a researcher at Sao Paulo State University, said in a statement. “They are light, but very strong — 30 percent lighter and three to four times stronger.” That could reduce the weight of new vehicles, which would increase fuel economy. Several automakers are cutting ...
Paleoclimatologist- Prepare for new Ice Age
Post Date: 2011-04-02 22:43:57 by Armadillo
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Geologic records show that Ice Ages are the norm, punctuated by brief periods of warming. Now one of the most highly respected paleoclimatologists has weighed in and is warning everyone to prepare for a new Ice Age. ... George Kukla, 77, retired professor of paleoclimatology at Columbia University and researcher at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory responds, "The only thing to worry about global warming is the damage that can be done by worrying. Why are some scientists worried? Perhaps because they feel that to stop worrying may mean to stop being paid." The "Earth has experienced an ongoing cycle of ice ages dating back millions of years. Cold, glacial periods affecting ...
Antarctic ice breakup makes ocean absorb more CO2
Post Date: 2011-04-02 14:46:22 by Original_Intent
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Some cheerful news on the climate change front today, as US government boffins report that ice breaking off the Antarctic shelves and melting in the sea causes carbon dioxide to be removed from the environment. This powerful, previously unknown “negative feedback” would seem likely to revise forecasts of future global warming significantly downwards. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) which funded the iceberg study, describes the results as having “global implications for climate research”. “These new findings… confirm that icebergs contribute yet another, previously unsuspected, dimension of physical and biological complexity to polar ecosystems,” ...
Einstein exposed as a phony by 12-year-old? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-04-02 03:57:40 by Tatarewicz
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Home : News : 12-year-old genius takes aim as disproving Einstein's Theory of Relativity HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. - What were you doing when you were 12 years old? Playing video games? Dreaming of winning a Heisman Trophy? Maybe starting to show a little interest in a significant other? It’s probably safe to say you weren’t taking on Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Well, that’s what 12-year-old Jake Barnet, of Hamilton County, Indiana, is proposing. Jake has become somewhat of an Internet star thanks to YouTube videos of his ideas about mathematics and physics, which his mom shoots and posts online. In one of the most recent videos, Jake discusses ...
Secret Presidential Chemtrail Budget Uncovered – Congress Exceeds Billions To Spray Populous Like Roaches
Post Date: 2011-03-30 14:06:41 by gengis gandhi
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Secret Presidential Chemtrail Budget Uncovered – Congress Exceeds Billions To Spray Populous Like Roaches -->5 Comments The Budget Obama Didn’t Want You To Know About The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas & Avalon March 30, 2011 © 2011 All Rights Reserved Geoengineering has now been defined as: “the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change.” – The Royal Society 2009 Recently, the question has been asked, What In the World Are They Spraying? The documentary with the same name answers many of those questions. The question the world is now asking is “Who in the World Is Spraying Us?” ...
China may be tops in scientific research in two years
Post Date: 2011-03-29 05:52:56 by Tatarewicz
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China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 - far earlier than expected. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy. The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a globally important comeback. An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science. The study, Knowledge, Networks and Nations, charts the challenge to the traditional dominance of the United States, Europe and Japan. The figures are based on the papers published in recognised international ...
Kodak Sues Everybody, Could Win Big
Post Date: 2011-03-28 04:02:08 by Tatarewicz
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Kodak shares (NYSE:EK) surged 9.2% in trading Friday, as of 1:45 EST. Investors are excited about the next step in the company's mega patent-lawsuits. CEO Antonio Perez from slapping a cash value on the settlement that might result if it does. $1 billion. "This is a lot of money, big money," Perez told Bloomberg, adding that his company "deserves to win." Problem is, it lost once already. An ITC judge ruled in January that Apple and RIM didn’t violate the patent at issue here and declared the patent invalid because it’s an obvious variation of an earlier invention. Now, it’s certainly possible that the commission could overturn that ruling. And, ...
Scientists plan to drill all the way down to the Earth's mantle
Post Date: 2011-03-28 03:04:49 by Tatarewicz
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as a mammoth undertaking, scientists, led by British co-chiefs, Dr Damon Teagle of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England and Dr Benoit Ildefonse from Montpellier University in France, have announced jointly in an article in Nature that they intend to drill a hole through the Earth’s crust and into the mantle; a feat never before accomplished, much less seriously attempted. Ads by Google Oil Jobs in Alberta - Competitive salaries, benefits Priority on safety - Apply here - NaborsCanada.com The Earth’s mantle is the part of the planet that lies between the crust and the iron ball at its center, and to reach it, ...
Japan is doomed so is USA
Post Date: 2011-03-27 21:52:56 by Itistoolate
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Japan is doomed so is USA
Harmless? Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People
Post Date: 2011-03-26 05:11:58 by Original_Intent
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Harmless? Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People ENS Newswire Thursday, March 17, 2011 (FLASHBACK) NEW YORK, New York, – Nearly one million people around the world died from exposure to radiation released by the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl reactor, finds a new book from the New York Academy of Sciences published today on the 24th anniversary of the meltdown at the Soviet facility. The book, “Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment,” was compiled by authors Alexey Yablokov of the Center for Russian Environmental Policy in Moscow, and Vassily Nesterenko and Alexey Nesterenko of the Institute of Radiation Safety, in ...
Steve McIntyre uncovers another hockey stick trick – where are the academic cops?
Post Date: 2011-03-25 20:45:09 by Original_Intent
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Steve McIntyre uncovers another hockey stick trick – where are the academic cops? Posted on March 24, 2011 by John A NOTE: since this is clearly an important finding with far reaching implications, this will be a “top post” at WUWT for the next couple of days. I urge other bloggers to spread the word. – Anthony Just when you think the bottom of the Hockey Stick rabbit hole has been reached, Steve McIntyre finds yet more evidence of misconduct by the Team. The research was from Briffa and Osborn (1999) published in Science magazine and purported to show the consistency of the reconstruction of past climate using tree rings with other reconstructions ...
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