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Hack your brain How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio
Post Date: 2009-01-12 12:25:54 by PSUSA
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Text by Johan Lehrer, graphics by Javier Zarracina DO YOU EVER want to change the way you see the world? Wouldn't it be fun to hallucinate on your lunch break? Although we typically associate such phenomena with powerful drugs like LSD or mescaline, it's easy to fling open the doors of perception without them: All it takes is a basic understanding of how the mind works. The first thing to know is that the mind isn't a mirror, or even a passive observer of reality. Much of what we think of as being out there actually comes from in here, and is a byproduct of how the brain processes sensation. In recent years scientists have come up with a number of simple tricks that expose the ...
Massive Greenland meltdown? Not so fast, say scientists
Post Date: 2009-01-12 00:15:50 by farmfriend
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Massive Greenland meltdown? Not so fast, say scientists by Marlowe Hood – Sun Jan 11, 1:21 pm ET PARIS (AFP) – The recent acceleration of glacier melt-off in Greenland, which some scientists fear could dramatically raise sea levels, may only be a temporary phenomenon, according to a study published Sunday. Researchers in Britain and the United States devised computer models to test three scenarios that could account for rapid -- by the standards applied to glaciers -- loss of mass from the Helheim Glacier, one of Greenland's largest. Two were based on changes caused directly by global warming: an increase in the amount of water that greases the underbelly of the glacier as ...
Escape Vehicle
Post Date: 2009-01-11 04:27:43 by noone222
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Did Earth's Twin Cores Spark Plate Tectonics?
Post Date: 2009-01-10 07:29:18 by Ada
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Jan. 6, 2009 -- It's a classic image from every youngster's science textbook: a cutaway image of Earth's interior. The brown crust is paper-thin; the warm mantle orange, the seething liquid of the outer core yellow, and at the center the core, a ball of solid, red-hot iron. Now a new theory aims to rewrite it all by proposing the seemingly impossible: Earth has not one but two inner cores. The idea stems from an ancient, cataclysmic collision that scientists believe occurred when a Mars-sized object hit Earth about 4.45 billion years ago. The young Earth was still so hot that it was mostly molten, and debris flung from the impact is thought to have formed the moon. Haluk ...
The 2012 Enigma by David Wilcock Pt. 01
Post Date: 2009-01-09 10:59:59 by gengis gandhi
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Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected
Post Date: 2009-01-08 20:55:53 by farmfriend
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Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected By Andrea Thompson Senior Writer posted: 07 January 2009 04:43 pm ET LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Space is typically thought of as a very quiet place. But one team of astronomers has found a strange cosmic noise that booms six times louder than expected. The roar is from the distant cosmos. Nobody knows what causes it. Of course, sound waves can't travel in a vacuum (which is what most of space is), or at least they can't very efficiently. But radio waves can. Radio waves are not sound waves, but they are still electromagnetic waves, situated on the low-frequency end of the light spectrum. Many objects in the universe, including stars and ...
The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand
Post Date: 2009-01-07 05:38:31 by Kamala
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January 7, 2009 The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand By IAN AUSTEN OTTAWA — The oil that is extracted from Canadian dirt is being portrayed as saving America from energy dependence on the unstable Middle East, or an environmental catastrophe in the making — depending on the perspective. As Barack Obama prepares to take office in two weeks, the debate is no longer academic. The president-elect has promised to move forward with an ambitious program aimed at fighting climate change. Not all oil is alike when it comes to environmental impact, and many environmentalists single out production from the oil sands as the epitome of “dirty oil.” In a recent study, the RAND ...
Florida Biochemist designs a citrus tree with THC
Post Date: 2009-01-06 11:55:50 by gengis gandhi
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Subscribe to thecrit.comSubscribe Browse > Home / Science & Technology / Florida Biochemist designs a citrus tree with THC Florida Biochemist designs a citrus tree with THC October 5, 2008 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (24 votes, average: 4.88 out of 5) Loading ... Loading ... In the summer of 1984, 10th-grader Irwin Nanofsky and a friend were driving down the Apalachee Parkway on the way home from baseball practice when they were pulled over by a police officer for a minor traffic infraction. After Nanofsky produced his driver’s license the police officer asked permission to search the vehicle. In less than two minutes, the officer found a ...
Alex jones - Tv flicker rate, subliminals and pentagon
Post Date: 2009-01-05 22:58:45 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Alex jones talks about how the pentagon devoloped a specific flicker rate for the televisions to put people in a dream like state.. and more! Alex jones - Tv flicker rate, subliminals and pentagon
New ignition lock laws aim to foil drunk drivers [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2009-01-02 14:59:31 by Jethro Tull
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CHICAGO – Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week. The ignition interlocks prevent engines from starting until drivers blow into the alcohol detectors to prove they're sober. Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska and Washington state began Jan. 1 requiring the devices for all motorists convicted of first-time drunken driving. South Carolina began requiring them for repeat offenders. Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been conducting a nationwide campaign to mandate ignition locks for anyone convicted of drunken driving, claiming doing so would save thousands of lives. ...
Green revolution stalls on cheap oil
Post Date: 2009-01-01 15:41:51 by angle
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Low oil prices and the credit crunch are threatening to stall the green revolution. The value of crude has dropped from a summer high of nearly $150 a barrel to below $40, taking the wind out of the sails of turbine manufacturers and others trying to build low-carbon alternatives. Jeremy Leggett, founder and executive chairman of Solarcentury, says: "Talk of the death of renewables is premature but clearly big solar farms and wind projects are being cancelled. Everything is suffering in the current climate but its my contention that the low oil price is a temporary thing and the growth of renewables will resume." Michael Liebreich, chief executive of information ...
The Warm Turns
Post Date: 2008-12-31 21:51:37 by Horse
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Climate Change: The Earth has been warming ever since the end of the Little Ice Age. But guess what: Researchers say mankind is to blame for that, too. As we've noted, 2008 has been a year of records for cold and snowfall and may indeed be the coldest year of the 21st century thus far. In the U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration registered 63 local snowfall records and 115 lowest-ever temperatures for the month of October. Global thermometers stopped rising after 1998, and have plummeted in the last two years by more than 0.5 degrees Celsius. The 2007-2008 temperature drop was not predicted by global climate models. But it was predictable by a decline in sunspot ...
Morgellons disease May Be Cracked!
Post Date: 2008-12-30 09:42:29 by gengis gandhi
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Morgellons disease May Be Cracked! Morgellons disease: Managing a mysterious skin condition Morgellons disease is mysterious and controversial. Here you'll find answers to common questions about Morgellons disease — and suggestions for coping with it. Morgellons disease is a mysterious skin disorder characterized by disfiguring sores and crawling sensations on and under the skin. Although Morgellons disease isn't widely recognized as a medical diagnosis, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating reports of the condition. The Mystery may be over! Leading to even more very uncomfortable Questions? A sinister twist has ...
Scientists watch unusual Yellowstone quake swarm
Post Date: 2008-12-29 19:17:51 by farmfriend
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Scientists watch unusual Yellowstone quake swarm CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Scientists are closely monitoring more than 250 small earthquakes that have occurred in Yellowstone National Park since Friday. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone. But Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah, says it's very unusual to have so many over several days. The largest tremor was Saturday and measured magnitude 3.8. Smith says it's hard to say what might be causing the tremors but notes that Yellowstone is very geologically active. An active volcano there last erupted 70,000 years ago.
New Threats to Online Security
Post Date: 2008-12-27 14:27:11 by Ada
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Internet security has deteriorated markedly this year as a new generation of invasive computer attacks, often masterminded by criminal gangs, has reached a heightened level of sophistication, according to the latest studies of online threats. “It’s getting worse year after year,” warned Pat Peterson, chief security researcher at Cisco Systems, who blamed the deterioration on the fact that computer “hacking” is quickly turning into big business. “Capitalism is working against us,” he said. “It’s a step back after things had gotten better,” added John Pescatore, a security analyst at Gartner. In particular, computer security experts warn ...
Chocolate, wine and tea can boost brain power
Post Date: 2008-12-25 09:43:45 by Ada
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Eating chocolate and drinking wine and tea can improve your memory, according to a new study. Researchers discovered that wine has the most pronounced effect in boosting people's memory, followed by chocolate and tea. And those who regularly consume all three in modest amounts were found to perform best when asked to carry out a series of brain tests. However, those hoping to use the findings as justification for gorging on chocolates and enjoying a generous tipple over Christmas will be disappointed. The study also discovered that the positive effects levelled out after just half a glass of wine and only four squares of chocolate. The researchers from Oxford University examined ...
Princeton Physicist Calls Global Warming Science “Mistaken”
Post Date: 2008-12-24 12:22:12 by farmfriend
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Princeton Physicist Calls Global Warming Science “Mistaken” Michael Asher Daily Tech Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008 Scientist fired by Al Gore was told, “science will not intrude on public policy”. Noted energy expert and Princeton physicist Dr. Will Happer has sharply criticized global warming alarmism. Happer, author of over 200 scientific papers and a past director of energy research at the Department of Energy, called fears over global warming “mistaken”. “I have spent a long research career studying physics that is closely related to the greenhouse effect”, said Happer. “Fears about man-made global warming are unwarranted and are not based on ...
South Africa cannot protect its weapons-grade nuclear material
Post Date: 2008-12-23 22:44:49 by X-15
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There are growing fears among the nuclear powers that South Africa would not be able to safeguard its stored nuclear material. On November 7 2007, Africa's only enriched-uranium storage facility, Pelindaba in Pretoria, was invaded by two armed gangs. Pelindaba, described as a 'fortress', houses hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium -- remnants of the apartheid government's six nuclear bombs, dismantled in the early 1990s. This material is watched over by closed-circuit cameras from inside a supposedly secured control room which is surrounded by triple fencing and a cordon of other high-tech security measures. Yet last year 's unprecedented, boldest assault ...
Amazing New Table-saw Technology
Post Date: 2008-12-23 19:03:16 by Lod
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Blind man navigates maze
Post Date: 2008-12-23 17:17:00 by gengis gandhi
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Blind man navigates maze By Helen Briggs Health reporter, BBC News Advertisement See the man navigating the obstacle course Scientists have discovered that a blind person can navigate through a maze of obstacles unaided using intuition alone. The man, left blind by a stroke, was able to walk around chairs and boxes without bumping into them using hidden pathways in the brain. The study suggests we all use subconscious brain resources and can do things we think we are unable to do. The Harvard Medical School research is published in Current Biology. These are very exciting findings but it will require further research Sonal Rughani, RNIB The patient, known only as TN, was left ...
Our grip on reality is slim, says UCL scientist
Post Date: 2008-12-23 10:39:10 by gengis gandhi
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Our grip on reality is slim, says UCL scientist 24 June 2006 The neurological basis for poor witness statements and hallucinations has been found by scientists at UCL (University College London). In over a fifth of cases, people wrongly remembered whether they actually witnessed an event or just imagined it, according to a paper published in NeuroImage this week. Dr Jon Simons and Dr Paul Burgess led the study at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr Burgess said: “In our tests volunteers either thought they had imagined words which they had actually been shown or said they had seen words which in fact they had just imagined - in over 20 per cent of cases. That is quite a ...
Carbon Nanotubes Will Rewire Your Brain, Make You Smarter
Post Date: 2008-12-23 09:07:13 by gengis gandhi
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Carbon Nanotubes Will Rewire Your Brain, Make You Smarter By Annalee Newitz, 10:53 AM on Mon Dec 22 2008, 2,859 views Carbon nanotubes, or hollow microscopic wires made of carbon (pictured), may one day replace some of the neurons in your brain. They could repair brain damage, or give a turbo boost to healthy brains. A group of researchers in France and Italy have published a paper today in Nature Nanotechnology that carbon nanotubes can act as neural workarounds in the brain, forming tight contacts with the already-existing nerve cells and conducting electricity between them exactly the way neurons do with each other. According to Henry Markram, a lead scientist on the project at ...
Cooling is Warming
Post Date: 2008-12-22 06:30:42 by Ada
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Click for Full Text! My relatives in New England are fighting their way out from under a giant ice storm. Here in Las Vegas it's been snowing all week, several weeks earlier than our usual one-day-a-year photo op of snow and icicles sparkling one of our palm-bedecked golf courses before melting away by afternoon. The National Weather Service calls it "a rare snow event." Why? It's getting colder. 2008 was the coolest year in a decade. The American mainstream press seem to know "team players" don't mention such inconvenient developments, but in the U.K., the esteemed Guardian reports, "This year is set to be the coolest since 2000, according to a ...
The Marxist roots of the global warming scare
Post Date: 2008-12-22 01:41:56 by Disgusted
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The late Natalie Grant Wraga once wrote, "Protection of the environment has become the principal tool for attack against the West and all it stands for. Protection of the environment may be used as a pretext to adopt a series of measures designed to undermine the industrial base of developed nations. It may also serve to introduce malaise by lowering their standard of living and implanting communist values." And who was this person? Natalie Grant Wraga (who died in 2002 at age 101) was an internationally-recognized expert on the art of disinformation. In her Washington Post obituary, Herbert Romerstein — veteran intelligence expert in the legislative and executive branches ...
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
Post Date: 2008-12-19 22:28:34 by Old Friend
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