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Study quantifies environmental impact of genetically modified crops
Post Date: 2016-09-18 06:03:01 by Tatarewicz
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"I did not expect to see such a strong pattern," researcher Federico Ciliberto said. Soybean farmers who adopted genetically modified crops use more herbicides, new research shows. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The largest, most comprehensive analysis of genetically modified crops suggest the practice has led to a reduction in insecticide use but a spike in the employment of herbicides. A team of researchers at the University of Virginia, led by economist Federico Ciliberto, compiled and analyzed the growing methods of 5,000 soybean and 5,000 maize farmers in the United States from 1998 to 2011. "The fact that we have 14 years of farm-level data from farmers ...
Backyard ABM defense
Post Date: 2016-09-17 08:46:28 by Tatarewicz
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Thucydides says: Just found this on LiveLeak ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Disassemble a bunch of microwave ovens and put the microwave generators on the armored vehicles. Those microwaves can detonate the missile before it reaches the target. In order to detect infrared homing missiles like the Javelin, you need an infrared detection circuit, which you can make it yourself for less than 10 bucks. ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ I posted this myself many times on LiveLeak (my ...
Global satellite network planned by China to boost internet
Post Date: 2016-09-15 04:09:45 by Tatarewicz
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China Daily... China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, the nation's largest missile developer, plans to build a space-based information network that will provide global coverage. Liu Shiquan, deputy general manager of the State-owned space and defense giant, said on Monday the company will put 156 communications satellites into low Earth orbit, at an altitude of 160 to 2,000 km. Each satellite of the network will be able to transmit 500 mega-bytes of data per second. "We will launch a satellite this year to demonstrate the technologies for the Hongyun Project. Before 2019, four satellites will have been put into space to conduct trial operations. The rest will follow in 2019 ...
Scientists have just bred live mice without using fertilised eggs
Post Date: 2016-09-15 03:42:18 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Centuries-old assumptions about reproduction just got overturned In a world first, scientists have successfully bred mice without using fertilised eggs, and the results could have implications for endangered species with low female numbers, and one day even humans. The experiment, performed by embryologists at the University of Bath in the UK, also suggests that egg cells might not be as vital to reproduction as we’ve assumed, with the team proposing that something as simple as a skin cell could act as an adequate replacement. "This is [the] first time that full term development has been achieved by injecting sperm into embryos," said one of the team, Tony ...
SpaceX Stumped by Mysterious Rocket Explosion
Post Date: 2016-09-13 05:29:26 by Tatarewicz
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An illuminating series of tweets from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company has not ruled out an 'unknown object' as the cause of their recent rocket explosion. In a remarkable display of transparency, the billionaire entrepreneur detailed how the mysterious Falcon 9 disaster constitutes "the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years." He explained that there are a number of aspects surrounding the explosion which have left the company baffled. According to Musk, the incident occurred during a routine operation to supply the rocket with fuel and that "there was no apparent heat source." Additionally, he told his Twitter ...
Tesla upgrades Autopilot, with radar as primary control sensor
Post Date: 2016-09-13 02:49:09 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tesla Motors, Inc. on Monday announced software upgrade for the Autopilot mode of its electric vehicles, turning an onboard radar into a primary control sensor. The new software includes dozens of small refinements plus what the automaker called "significant upgrade" in the wake of the May 7 fatal crash of a Tesla S, a luxury model, on a road in Williston, Florida, southeastern United States. In the first fatality on record operating a Tesla electric vehicle on Autopilot mode, neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed a tractor trailer turning in front of the vehicle, so the brake was not applied, resulting in the sedan to pass under the ...
30-ton meteorite found in northern Argentina
Post Date: 2016-09-13 02:43:46 by Tatarewicz
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BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have excavated a meteorite weighing over 30 tons in northern Argentina, it was reported on Monday. The meteorite was found on Sept. 10 in the town of Gancedo, 1,085 km north of Buenos Aires, Mario Vesconi, president of the Astronomy Association of Chaco, told the daily newspaper Clarin. "While we hoped for weights above what had been registered, we did not expect it to exceed 30 tons," Vesconi noted, adding that "the size and weight surprised us." "It was in Campo del Cielo, where a shower of metallic meteorites fell around 4,000 years ago," the team was quoted as saying. The meteorite will be weighed again to ...
Interview: Technological innovation sparks new industrial revolution, says expert
Post Date: 2016-09-12 01:44:15 by Tatarewicz
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LIMA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Technological innovations have sparked a new industrial revolution, and people need to keep up with these developments to understand both opportunities and challenges they pose, according to a leading Spanish academic and advisor. Alberto Andreu, an associate professor with University of Navarra School of Economics and Business Administration based in Pamplona, Spain, shared his opinions with Xinhua on Saturday about the fast pace of technological transformations. "The digital revolution is already disrupting all industries and all sectors, starting with the sector of media and the sector of culture, and it will finally take us to the sector of ...
Humans may also be uniquely identified by hair: study
Post Date: 2016-09-12 01:36:24 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Proteins in human hair could be as effective as DNA profiling in identifying unique individuals, researchers from the U.S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found. Currently, DNA profiling is commonly used for identification in forensic science and archaeology because DNA is unique to each individual. However, environmental and chemical processes can degrade DNA, limiting its usefulness over time, the researchers reported this week in the U.S. journal PLOS ONE. In contrast, protein is more stable than DNA and has variations that may be unique to the individual, they said. In the new study, Brad Hart from the Lawrence Livermore National ...
Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post Date: 2016-09-09 18:37:09 by Ada
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This is atrociously long, criminally even, by internet standards but I post it anyway because I get occasional requests. Few will read it, which is understandable. Apologies. The Devil made me do it. Regular readers, if there is one, will have seen most of it before since in large part it is a gluing together of several columns. Archaeopteryx “A scientist is part of what the Polish philosopher of science Ludwik Fleck called a “thought collective”: a group of people exchanging ideas in a mutually comprehensible idiom. The group, suggested Fleck, inevitably develops a mind of its own, as the individuals in it converge on a way of communicating, thinking and feeling. This ...
How to raise a genius, according to a 45-year study on extraordinary kids
Post Date: 2016-09-08 08:10:07 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... A survey of 5,000 intellectually talented children has now entered its 45th year, and the insights it’s uncovered when it comes to fostering talented and struggling kids alike could inform how future generations are taught in schools. "Whether we like it or not, these people really do control our society," Jonathan Wai, a psychologist at the Duke University Talent Identification Program, said of the participants. "The kids who test in the top 1 percent tend to become our eminent scientists and academics, our Fortune 500 CEOs and federal judges, senators, and billionaires." Initiated by Julian C. Stanley from Johns Hopkins University, the Study of ...
When Artificial Intelligence Judges a Beauty Contest, White People Win,
Post Date: 2016-09-08 01:29:23 by NeoconsNailed
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Sometimes bias is difficult to track, but other times it’s clear as the nose on someone’s face–like when it’s a face the algorithm is trying to process and judge. An online beauty contest called Beauty.ai, run by Youth Laboratories (that lists big names in tech like Nvidia and Microsoft as “partners and supporters” on the contest website), solicited 600,000 entries by saying they would be graded by artificial intelligence. The algorithm would look at wrinkles, face symmetry, amount of pimples and blemishes, race, and perceived age. However, race seemed to play a larger role than intended; of the 44 winners, 36 were white. The tools used to judge the ...
The 'impossible' EM Drive is about to be tested in space
Post Date: 2016-09-06 03:40:02 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... An actual EM Drive is about to be launched into space for the first time, so scientists can finally figure out - once and for all - if it really is possible for a rocket engine to generate thrust without any kind of exhaust or propellant. Built by American inventor and chemical engineer, Guido Fetta, the EM Drive is as controversial as it gets, because while certain experiments have suggested that such an engine could work, it also goes against one of the most fundamental laws of physics we have. As Newton's Third Law states, "To each action there's an equal and opposite reaction," and many physicists say the EM Drive categorically violates that law. ...
Listverse short: bizarre hellish ecosystem discovered in (where else) Romania
Post Date: 2016-09-05 04:34:58 by NeoconsNailed
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In south-eastern Romania, there is a cave that was locked away from the slightest ray of light for 5.5 million years—and that has a completely different atmosphere from the earth. The cave was discovered by workers looking to set up a powerplant. They tested the ground to see if it was a safe place to build—and cracked open a pathway that leads into one of the strangest places on earth. If you descend through the narrow shaft and past a series of tunnels, you enter a chamber with a lake of sulphuric water stinking of rotting eggs. The air there is toxic, filled with hydrogen sulphide and contaminated with 100 times the surface’s levels of carbon dioxide. The strangest ...
More on Eugenics: What Fun
Post Date: 2016-09-04 21:24:11 by Ada
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Most considerations of eugenics, before wobbling off into discussions of Hitler, deal with intelligence and physical characteristics, notably health and strength. By those who constitute the best argument for eugenics, eugenics is usually interpreted as a means of oppressing the poor, maltreating the more bedraggled minorities, and euthanizing the retarded. Most commentators on the matter would be endangered by the latter, so I understand their concern. However, behavior may be a more important field for eugenic consideration. Herewith a few ruminations, offering more questions than answers. See what you think. Most of the gravest problems facing humanity today have existed since at ...
Mysterious Signal Revealed to be from Earth
Post Date: 2016-09-04 03:56:45 by Tatarewicz
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C2C...The tantalizing space signal which made headliners earlier this week has been demystified after astronomers in Russia determined that it was of terrestrial origin. News of the signal set off a brief firestorm over the weekend as SETI scientists sprung into action in an effort to locate the anomaly once again. Perhaps indicative of just how ready the world is to hear from ET, the story spread like wildfire as millions hopes that perhaps this was the breakthrough we've been waiting for all this time. Alas, it turns out that the 'call' was yet another wrong number in the endless game of telephone between humans and aliens. The furor was enough to force astronomers working ...
Video: UFO Causes SpaceX Rocket Explosion?
Post Date: 2016-09-04 03:34:12 by Tatarewicz
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C2C... The fiery explosion of a SpaceX rocket on Thursday has drawn the attention of conspiracy theorists who contend that the disastrous event was caused by a UFO! In observing footage of the blast, numerous anomaly watchers noted, when slowed down, a dark, distinct orb can be seen zipping across the sky moments before the explosion erupts. Skeptics, of course, say that the oddity is merely a bird or insect, but conspiracy theorists suggest otherwise, suggesting that the sheer speed of the object precludes such a prosaic explanation. For their part, SpaceX says that the explosion was caused by a mishap during fueling, although conceded that the specific incident which sparked the ...
Mindfulness of Microbial Electronics | Electricity of Life
Post Date: 2016-09-04 01:08:25 by Horse
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Poster Comment:5 1/2 minute video.
Inside the mind of a PSYCHOPATH: Researchers find they do feel fear - but don't recognise danger
Post Date: 2016-09-03 09:00:10 by Ada
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Inability to experience fear has been thought to drive psychopaths' actions But, researchers say these individuals may actually feel the emotion Rather than lacking fear, they struggle to recognize and respond to threat Psychopaths are known to be manipulative and callous towards others, with severe emotional disturbances driving their antisocial actions. Neuroscientists have long attributed this behaviour to a general lack of fear – but according to a new study, psychopaths might not be as fearless as once thought. Researchers have found that these individuals may actually experience this emotion, but fall short in their ability to recognize and respond to threats. ...
In 1975, a cat co-authored a physics paper
Post Date: 2016-09-03 05:03:44 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Let’s be real here - getting research papers published is hard. But what if you could use your cat to cut through all that bureaucracy and get your paper into the journal of your choice. You’d give it a shot, right? It wouldn’t fly now, but back in 1975, it was a whole different story, because a cat named F.D.C. Willard was the co-author of a peer-reviewed physics paper called "Two-, Three-, and Four-Atom Exchange Effects in bcc 3He." Published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the paper describes the results of an experiment exploring the behaviour of the helium-3 isotope at various temperatures. Conducted by Jack H. Hetherington, a ...
Flat Earth PsyOp is the Real Conspiracy
Post Date: 2016-09-02 14:40:07 by Bill D Berger
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TMR Editor’s Note: There is perhaps no greater Internet-wide PSYOP than the CIA-directed Flat Earth Conspiracy (FEC). This covert black operation has London’s notorious Tavistock Institute written all over it. The Millennium Report has posted extensively on this extremely effective PSYOP since its inception. We have felt compelled to address it one last time because of a number of prominently configured truth-tellers who either subscribe to the FEC utter nonsense or who provide a safe haven to discuss their absurd and distracting ‘theories’. How is it that some major alternative news websites even host the ridiculous ramblings of Flat Earthers … … ...
The Myth of the Bee-pocalypse
Post Date: 2016-09-02 04:25:10 by NeoconsNailed
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...........Riding the buzz over dying bees, the Obama administration announced the creation of a pollinator-health task force to develop a “federal strategy” to promote honeybees and other pollinators. The task force unveiled its long- awaited plan, the National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators. The plan aims to reduce honeybee-colony losses to “sustainable” levels and create 7 million acres of pollinator-friendly habitat. It also calls for more than $82 million in federal funding to address pollinator health. But here’s something you probably haven’t heard: there are more honeybee colonies in the United States today than ...
See how this Japanese robot makes sushi
Post Date: 2016-09-01 16:35:52 by Horse
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Poster Comment:I have seen robots that can cook 500 hamburgers an hour to individual orders and one that can cook, 3,400 different gourmet meals. Both need a couple of tears to be perfected. Japan needs robots to replace young workers. Otherwise the shortage of young people will drive wages too high.
3.7-billion-year-old fossils may be the oldest signs of life on Earth
Post Date: 2016-09-01 06:43:02 by Ada
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Australian researchers Allen Nutman and Vickie Bennett hold a 3.7-billion-year-old fossilized stromatolite from Isua, Greenland. (Yuri Amelin) Scientists probing a newly exposed, formerly snow-covered outcropping in Greenland claim they have discovered the oldest fossils ever seen, the remnants of microbial mats that lived 3.7 billion years ago. It's a stunning announcement in a scientific field that is always contentious. But if confirmed, this would push the established fossil record more than 200 million years deeper into the Earth’s early history, and provide support for the view that life appeared very soon after the Earth formed and may be commonplace throughout the ...
In space, Scott Kelly aged slower than his brother on Earth - and here's why
Post Date: 2016-09-01 05:51:47 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Here's something to wrap your head around: when astronaut Scott Kelly went into space and his slightly older twin brother Mark stayed on Earth, the age gap between them increased, thanks to Scott's time in orbit. Bizarre, right? And it's all down to Einstein's revolutionary theory of relativity. What Einstein's theory suggests - and what evidence has since backed up - is that time moves more slowly for objects in motion than it does for a stationary observer. It also moves more slowly the closer you are to a gravitational mass like Earth. In other words, we're not all experiencing time at the same rate. The faster you move and accelerate, the ...
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