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Samsung shows off the world’s biggest hard drive: a 16TB SSD
Post Date: 2015-08-15 06:03:34 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... It’s not always easy to fit our computing lifestyles within the bounds of our computing hardware. Photos, movies, music, games – you name it. All our digital media starts to add up after a while, and before you know it you’ve run out of room on your hard drive. Which is why the news that Samsung has just unveiled the world’s biggest hard drive immediately piqued our interest. The Korean company revealed its new uber-mega-drive this week at the Flash Memory Summit currently underway in California. And this thing really is big, offering a whopping 16 terabytes of storage, which is a whole 6 terabytes larger than the previous record holder. To put things ...
Humans May Face Malnutrition If Birds and Bees Disappear
Post Date: 2015-08-15 02:55:29 by Tatarewicz
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Medscape... (Reuters Health) - If all the birds, bugs, bees and other creatures that pollinate our food crops were to disappear from the planet, humans could face a sharp increase in malnutrition, disease and death in many parts of the world, scientists estimate. Researchers analyzed supplies of 224 types of food in 156 countries, quantified the vitamins and nutrients in foods dependent on animal pollinators, and then calculated what nutritional deficits people could face if pollinators ceased to exist. Globally, dietary changes forced by the extinction of pollinators might increase deaths from non-communicable diseases and malnutrition-related problems by about 1.4 million, or a 2.7% ...
AVOWED ATHEIST INVOKES 'GOD PARTICLE' - Stephen Hawking’s new doomsday warning
Post Date: 2015-08-13 13:24:30 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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“This could happen at any time and we wouldn’t see it coming,” Hawking claimed in the book. Stephen Hawking says the ‘God Particle’ that scientists believe created the world could actually end it, too. The particle – know as Higgs boson – “has the worrisome feature” that it could become unstable at extremely high energies and create a “black hole” that would collapse the universe, the legendary British physicist has warned in a new book titled Starmus, according to the Daily Express. “This could happen at any time and we wouldn’t see it coming,” Hawking claimed in the book. But don’t quit your job and ...
Scientists discover molecular difference in male, female brains
Post Date: 2015-08-13 03:50:07 by Tatarewicz
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While an experimental drug affected neurotransmitters in female brains, it had no effect on male brains. Researchers found a difference in the way a specific endocannabinoid in the brain reacts to a drug designed to help it inhibit neurotransmitters in the brain. Neurotransmitters are released at synapses, the gap between neurons. EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Male and female brains function differently on a molecular level, researchers found while testing the effects of an anti-depressant drug. While the study was conducted on mice, researchers at Northwestern University said the research is important because the drug they were working with, URB-597 -- an anti-depressant that ...
Charged liquid droplets levitate atop electric blue light
Post Date: 2015-08-12 04:38:29 by Tatarewicz
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AQUITAINE, France, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Researchers in France have levitated a liquid droplet using a stream of electricity, creating a thin layer of plasma beneath. The phenomenon is similar to the Leidenfrost effect, in which floating droplets are propped up by a layers of hot vapor. Instead of hot air, the droplets are buoyed by a charge of radiation. Scientists, who detailed their recent discovery in the journal Applied Physics Letters, say the tecnique offers a simple, new way to generate freely movable microplasma. The levitating droplets may help researchers answer fundamental questions of physics. "This method is probably an easy and original way to make a plasma," Cedric ...
Could Platinum and Rocket Fuel Be Mined From Asteroids in Just a Decade?
Post Date: 2015-08-12 01:59:01 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... Looks like humanity may be closer than we thought to the commercial exploitation of space rocks. Terrestrial companies say they may be just a decade away from space-based industrial mining, and some of them are keen to share their prospects. Asteroid mining may not be the stuff of sci-fi flicks for long, as one company prepares to launch it's first exploratory satellite from the International Space Station in July. © Flickr/ Hubble ESA Pricey Payload: Asteroid Carrying $5 Trillion of Platinum to Pass by Earth The long-predicted — and picturesquely described in science fiction — industrial mining of both plentiful and precious resources from asteroids may be ...
Smart Meters mandated by government spontaneously exploding, setting off fires in private homes
Post Date: 2015-08-11 16:49:04 by BTP Holdings
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Smart Meters mandated by government spontaneously exploding, setting off fires in private homes Tuesday, August 11, 2015 by: L.J. Devon, Staff Writer (NaturalNews) June 2015: Jolted awake at one in the morning, Veronica Onyskiw of Ontario Canada awoke to the sound of a loud revving car engine. That's how she described the noise that was growing outside her home. She looked outside and quickly noticed a burning light outside the house, lighting up her backyard. As the revving sound grew louder, the lights in the house dimmed. Then suddenly, the lights went out and an explosion went off. Consumed by the smell of burning plastic and a fear that people were trying to burn down her house, ...
Hackers Make Millions on Wall Street
Post Date: 2015-08-11 16:13:36 by Lod
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Don't Panic, But Our Universe Is Dying
Post Date: 2015-08-11 09:27:22 by Ada
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Don't get too attached to the universe. It won't be around much longer. The universe will long outlast Earth. However, in the cosmic sense, it is slowly dying -- something scientists have believed to be the case since the 1990s, but recently confirmed in a new study. A team of international researchers measured the energy output across a large portion of space and found that it was only half of what it was a mere 2 billion years ago. And that decline will continue. In the simplest terms, the universe is not only burning out... it's also fading away. "The universe will decline from here on in, sliding gently into old age," Simon Driver, leader of the Galaxy and Mass ...
Russians are working sacrificially to save bees
Post Date: 2015-08-11 05:49:34 by NeoconsNailed
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Literally from dawn to dusk -- without vacations I assume. A healthy, normal- looking slice of Russky life. The email: From: "Brasscheck TV" Subject: How Russia is saving its bees =================== BrasscheckTV Report =================== Bees are dying out all over the world. So what are people doing about it? One country has created a bee preserve in a pristine wilderness. Video: (12:33) www.brasschecktv.com/page/2758 6.html - Brasscheck TV P.S. Please share Brasscheck TV with your friends and colleagues. Miss a broadcast? All Brasscheck TV broadcasts are backed up on Facebook and Twitter Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrasscheckTV Twitter: twitter.com/BrasscheckTV ...
Climate change: the Hoax that Costs Us $4 Billion a Day
Post Date: 2015-08-10 16:46:32 by BTP Holdings
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Climate change: the Hoax that Costs Us $4 Billion a Day Oli Scarff/Getty Images by James Delingpole 8 Aug 2015 “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” Upton Sinclair. The global climate change industry is worth an annual $1.5 trillion, according to Climate Change Business Journal. That’s the equivalent of $4 billion a day spent on vital stuff like carbon trading, biofuels, and wind turbines. Or — as Jo Nova notes — it’s the same amount the world spends every year on online shopping. But there’s a subtle difference between these two industries — the global warming one and ...
Fermilab experiment sees neutrino oscillation
Post Date: 2015-08-09 04:10:33 by Tatarewicz
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The NOvA experiment at Fermilab is already proving a success. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have reported observing neutrino oscillation. Neutrinos are neutral subatomic particles unaffected by most atomic forces and with only a smidgen of mass. They're produced by a variety of high-energy reactions, including the Big Bang, solar fusion, supernovas and nuclear reactions. What makes them so fascinating is that they can travel directly through matter as if it wasn't there. They also oscillate, changing from one type to another -- from muon neutrinos to electron neutrinos. The NOvA ...
Verizon will drop phone contracts, end discounted phones
Post Date: 2015-08-09 03:37:58 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon, the nation's largest wireless provider, will stop offering phones at discounted prices when customers sign two-year service contracts. The move was made in the name of simplification, but it could result in some customers paying more. All wireless carriers have been trying to wean customers off subsidies, in which a $649 iPhone 6 goes for $200 with a two-year contract. Instead, carriers have been encouraging people to buy phones outright by paying the full retail price in monthly installments. A few carriers, namely Sprint, also offer leasing options for a lower monthly fee, but the customer doesn't get to keep and resell the phone without ...
Tablet makers rush into drone production in China
Post Date: 2015-08-09 01:30:51 by Tatarewicz
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Want... With lackluster sales in the global tablet market, Chinese makers have been looking to expand into the development and production of smartphones, wearable devices, vehicle navigation systems and , particularly, drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the first half of this year, reports Shanghai's China Business News (CBN). Statistics released by International Data Corp. (IDC), a US-based market research firm, showed that global shipments of tablet PCs declined by 7% year-on-year to 447 million units in the second quarter of the year. "The downward trend will continue," said Gu Yong, marketing director of Ramos Digital Technology, a Shenzhen-based tablet maker. ...
Physicists produce world’s first sample of potential wonder-material: stanene
Post Date: 2015-08-08 06:19:47 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists have been theorising about its existence since 2013, but now it’s finally here in physical form: stanene, an intriguing new material made up of a one-atom thick mesh of tin. Just like its much-hyped cousin, graphene - which is made of one-atom thick layers of carbon - computer models predict that stanene could conduct electricity without heat loss. In fact, theories predict that stanene could be the most efficient material ever made when it comes to conducting electricity. Being two-dimensional, the material allows electrons to zoom along the edges of the mesh in a single lane, bypassing the energy-sapping collisions that occur in three-dimensional ...
Study to help suburbanites have a pretty and bee-friendly lawn
Post Date: 2015-08-08 02:08:10 by Tatarewicz
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"Our goal is to eventually attract pollinators to the entire yard, rather than just to flower beds," said researcher Gregg Munshaw. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- In suburban America, a clean slate of turf serves as the default for front and back yards. But with bee and butterfly populations in decline, some homeowners are hoping to grow a lawn that's both attractive and eco-friendly. Researchers at the University of Kentucky are looking to give such homeowners and lawn caretakers a viable solution. Specifically, researchers are trying to understand whether the addition of white clover might foster a more pollinator-friendly yard, and one that requires less fertilizer. ...
Airbus patents new hypersonic aircraft
Post Date: 2015-08-06 07:56:36 by Tatarewicz
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Pravda.Ru Airbus, Europe's largest airline, has patented a hypersonic jet. The aircraft will be capable of developing the speed of up to 4.5 speeds of sound. Thus, a flight on board the new jetliner from London to New York will take one hour instead of eight on board Airbus A33, Pravda.Ru reports with reference to Business Insider. It was said that the hypersonic aircraft would be equipped with a delta wing on each side of the fuselage. In addition, the aircraft will have a whole system of three different types of engines. The aircraft will be able to develop the cruising speed of more than 3000 m/h. The first-ever hypersonic passenger airliner was USSR's Tu-144: the aircraft ...
Russian Electronic Warfare Systems Way Better Than America’s – US Analyst
Post Date: 2015-08-06 07:41:38 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... Russia’s electronic jamming capability is way better than America’s and can inflict extensive damage to the US armed forces, US defense analysts admitted earlier this week. Pentagon: We Are Losing Electronic Warfare Dominance “No Americans have been under Russian artillery or rocket fire, or significant Russian electronic warfare, jamming or collecting,” Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the commander of the US Army Europe, told the Defense News portal. Top US and NATO officials have confirmed that Russia has extensive capabilities to shut down enemy communications. Russia maintains an ability to destroy command-and-control networks by jamming radio communications, ...
Report: Apple may offer wireless service in U.S., Europe
Post Date: 2015-08-05 07:11:42 by Tatarewicz
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CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Technology giant Apple may soon offer its own wireless service, according to a new report from Business Insider. Apple is considering the launch of a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the U.S. and Europe. It is already privately trialing such service in the U.S. but is conversing with telecommunications companies in Europe in order to potentially offer service there as well. Were Apple's wireless service to become a reality, customers would pay the company directly for data, calls and texts. They would also receive an Apple SIM that switches between carriers in order to provide them with the best service. This is an advantage of MVNOs, ...
QUIETLY TRACKING YOUR PRIVATE BEHAVIOR - Windows 10 Is Spying On You: Here’s How To Stop It
Post Date: 2015-08-05 00:16:59 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Windows 10‘s privacy settings very much need to be frowned at. Essentially: unless you pay close attention to the fluffy options offered when you first install Microsoft’s new operating system, it’s going to quietly track your behaviour and use it to fire targeted ads at you, as well as keeping tabs on your location history, data from messages, calendars, contacts and God knows what else. It is a bit scary, despite coming off the back of Microsoft’s own pledge to offer ‘real transparency’. You may or may not be OK with this yourself, but in any event at least some of this stuff can be turned off after the fact. I’ll explain how to do that below. Yesterday ...
US receives two RD-181 rocket engines under latest $1bn contract with Russia
Post Date: 2015-08-05 00:13:54 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Russia has delivered two RD-181 engines to the US Orbital Sciences Corporation for its Antares rocket under a $1bn contract, signed despite several rounds of Western-imposed sanctions and hot debates in Congress over US dependency on Russia for national security space launches. “On July 16 the first two engines were delivered to the US,” Russian rocket producer Energiya (NPO Energomash) said in a press release on Tuesday, RIA reported. Energia which has been conducting activities in the rocket-space industry since 1946 did not mention when the next batch of RD-181 will be delivered to its American partners. Under a $1 billion contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation, ...
Shocking Proof As To Why We Can No Longer Trust “Science”
Post Date: 2015-08-03 17:08:51 by BTP Holdings
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Shocking Proof As To Why We Can No Longer Trust “Science” The mainstream media has a problem with a lack of perspective. The only see their own one-sided, leftist, pie-in-the-sky, denial-of-reality view of the world, and this comes through in their “news” (if you can call it that) reporting. What many people don’t realize is that 90% of the news outlets are owned by a total of six corporations. That’s not a typo: six corporations. And you wonder why you hear the same stupid, mindless, unthinking schlock from them. Unfortunately, the science “news” outlets have the same problem. University of Montreal researchers found that this consolidation of ...
Meteor hits Iran
Post Date: 2015-08-02 01:55:05 by Tatarewicz
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PravdaForum... Started by Atossa. Iran has confirmed that a meteor has hit somewhere in the northern part of the country. The meteor landed in Avaj in the province of Qazvin, Mohammad Ali Ahani, director of Qazvin Crisis Management Staff said, Mehr news agency reported July 31. Also, there have been reports that some pieces of rock have hit areas in Eshtehard, Alborz Province, Arsalan Qasemi, governor of Boeen Zahra, county in Qazvin Province, said. Another local governor of Takestan County, Qazvin Province, said that the area witnessed the passing of the meteor, but nowhere in the district under his supervision had been hit. " http://en.trend.az/i...ty/2421112.html Zharkov ...
Hanging wind turbines under bridges could power up to 500 homes
Post Date: 2015-08-01 21:55:55 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... In countries like Australia, where we have plenty of empty space, finding places to put wind turbines and solar panels isn't a huge deal. But for all the nations out there with way more population density, working out how to generate renewable energy without taking up valuable land will be a big challenge in the coming decades. Placing wind turbines in 'dead space', such as underneath bridges, is a strategy that's often been suggested, but no one's ever tested how efficient it could be. Now researchers in the UK have used computer modelling to show for the first time that not only would wind turbines hanging below tall bridges be a viable way to ...
Qihoo 360 and Tencent remove Windows 10 download
Post Date: 2015-08-01 21:20:17 by Tatarewicz
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Want... Beijing-based internet company Qihoo 360 and Shenzhen-based internet company Tencent have halted downloads of Windows 10 from their websites, as Chinese users have reported problems using the newly launched OS. The companies said they will restart downloads after Microsoft has fixed problems with the OS experienced by Chinese users. Many users complained that their computers had frozen or kept restarting after downloading Windows 10. Many users reported that the previous operating system (OS) in use on their computer could not be synchronized with Windows 10. Microsoft started partnering with Chinese hardware and software companies to promote their Windows 10 for Chinese users ...
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