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EXCLUSIVE: Siberian scientists announce they now have a 'high chance' to clone the woolly mammoth
Post Date: 2014-03-14 18:18:07 by X-15
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Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major breakthrough by international team. The experts believe they will be able to extract high quality DNA from the remains which have undergone a unique autopsy in Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Repblic, also called Yakutia. There was palpable excitement among the team which included scientists from Russia, the UK, the USA, Denmark, South Korea and Moldova. Radik Khayrullin, vice president of the Russian Association of Medical Anthropologists, said in Yakutsk: 'The data we are about to receive will give us a high chance to clone the mammoth.' He immediately called for responsibility in bringing the ancient beast - ...
Google redesigns search results on PCs
Post Date: 2014-03-14 02:40:19 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Web surfing through the Internet's main gateway now looks slightly different on personal computers, thanks to a few cosmetic changes to Google's search engine this week. The tweaks to the way Google's search results appear on desktop and laptop computers mirror a makeover on smartphones and tablets introduced a few months ago. The new presentation increases font sizes and removes the underlines below the blue links of each search result on PCs. Ads appearing along the top and the right-hand panel of the results page no longer are presented in boxes shaded in blue and yellow. The marketing pitches are now marked by small ad tags to distinguish them ...
Takes half a second for first impression
Post Date: 2014-03-13 23:56:29 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- People make judgements on others' trustworthiness in just half a second by hearing their voice, an international research team revealed on Thursday. In their new study, British researchers from University of Glasgow, together with U.S. researchers, have shown that a simple "Hello" is enough to allow most people to draw conclusions about personality type. And people can make these judgements even without seeing the person they are speaking to. The researchers played recordings of people saying hello, and asked participants to rank them according to 10 pre-defined personality traits, including trustworthiness, dominance, attractiveness and warmth. ...
As the Web Turns 25, Its Creator Talks About Its Future
Post Date: 2014-03-12 08:53:05 by Tatarewicz
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In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a software engineer, sat in his small office at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva and started work on a new system called the World Wide Web. On Wednesday, that project, now simply called the web, will celebrate its 25th anniversary, and Mr. Berners-Lee is looking ahead at the next 25. But this moment comes with a cloud. The creators of the web, including Mr. Berners-Lee, worry that companies and telecommunications outlets could destroy the open nature that made it flourish in their quest to make more money. Slide Show Today, more than two people in five are connected to the web. Every minute, billions of connected people send each ...
.....Audi wants to make stopping at red lights a thing of the past
Post Date: 2014-03-12 08:27:47 by Tatarewicz
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Audi Online Traffic Light Information System.The company just needs a green light from regulators to start rolling out a time-saving feature to its future cars. Imagine the scene. Your car pulls on to a road and in the distance is a set of traffic lights. But that's okay because the car already knows and is showing on its display the optimum speed to adopt in order to cruise right through them before they change from green to red. However, it's not always possible to beat the lights -- without breaking the speed limits and other rules of the road -- so the system can also count down the time until the lights will change and use that time to automatically shut down the engine and ...
iPhone owners less likely to need a replacement device
Post Date: 2014-03-12 01:49:49 by Tatarewicz
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Shane McGlaun Smartphones are expensive so many of the people that buy them opt for protection for their device. That protection runs the gamut from cases and screen protectors up to replacement insurance that will give the owner a new phone at a reduced rater if the original is lost, broken, or stolen. One of the companies that offer insurance is called ProtectCELL. ProtectCELL has offered up some insight into what sort of devices it replaces most often for the people it insures. It appears that iPhone users take better care of their devices than users on other platforms. According to the company data, iPhone users are about 46% less likely to need a replacement device than other device ...
Germany tops Europe innovation list
Post Date: 2014-03-11 03:20:09 by Tatarewicz
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Figures from the Munich-based European Patent Office (EPO) released on Thursday showed Siemens, Bosch, BASF and Bayer leading the field for the most applications. There were 1,620 from Siemens, 1,546 from Bosch and 1,541 from BASF. But the stats also showed German patent applications dropped by 5.4 percent in 2013. Rainer Osterwalder, deputy spokesman at EPO told The Local the decline was due to drops in certain fields including pharmaceutical and bio-tech. “Patent applications are filed strategically so they may feel next year is better, but it is very hard to predict,” he said. He added the number of patent applications filed reflected the amount of research and ...
Elephants can judge threat from human languages: study
Post Date: 2014-03-11 00:27:47 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Elephants are able to identify humans that pose a threat to them by distinguishing between the language and voices of different ethnic groups, a new study said Monday. The study, carried out in Amboseli National Park in Kenya, involved family groups of African elephants being played sound recordings of the voices of two different human ethnic groups known to them: the Maasai, who, periodically come into conflict with elephants over access to water and grazing for their cattle, and the Kamba, whose more agricultural lifestyle poses less of a threat to elephants. The results showed that elephants were more likely to demonstrate defensive behavior, such as ...
Men, women have different nightmares: Study
Post Date: 2014-03-08 02:24:04 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV...A team of researchers at the Canadian University of Montreal asked over 300 men and women to write down the content of their dreams after waking up for up to five weeks. According to the study, diary entries on nightmares, in which a person wakes up mid-dream, were longer than those for bad dreams, which while still disturbing, are less intense, and women wrote longer descriptions of their bad dreams than men. The dream journals of women also indicated that their disturbing dreams tend to focus on social conflicts, friendships and romances, as they are more likely to have nightmares about rows, broken friendships and relationship fears, including infidelity. In contrast, the ...
How the system screws you
Post Date: 2014-03-05 17:54:16 by Itistoolate
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When a Judge, in a court room calls out someones' 'NAME" they stand up ie ACKNOWLEDGE and come forward. The "TRICK" just completed is as follows: What is IDEM SONANS? Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term appliedto names which are substantially the same, though slightly varied in the spelling, as”Lawrence” and “Lawronce,” and the like. 1 Cromp. & M. 800; 3 Chit Gen. Pr. 171.Two names are said to be “idem sonantes” if the attentive ear finds difficulty indistinguishing them when pronounced, or if common and long-continued usage has bycorruption or abbreviation made them identical in pronunciation. State v. ...
Polaris TerrainArmor Non-Pneumatic Tires Finalist for Tire Technology of the Year
Post Date: 2014-03-05 00:23:00 by Tatarewicz
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Minneapolis – Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) today announced the company’s TerrainArmor™ Non-Pneumatic Tire (NPT) was a finalist for Tire Technology of the Year by Tire Technology International. “Polaris would like to thank Tire Technology International for recognizing TerrainArmor tires as part of their short list for Technology of the Year,’” said Rich Haddad, general manager of Polaris Defense. “Polaris is the first manufacturer to bring NPT technology to the off-road consumer and defense markets, and we feel the technology will make a great impact on the future of our industry.” In 2013, Polaris Defense started offering TerrainArmor tires ...
X-ray analysis suggests Neanderthals spoke languages similar to our own
Post Date: 2014-03-04 07:45:37 by Ada
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Researchers have found evidence to suggest that Neanderthals may have spoken languages not too different from ones currently used by humans. Scientists at the University of New England used 3-D X-ray imaging to examine the hyoid bone from 60,000-year-old Neanderthal remains discovered about 25 years ago in Israel. The remains revealed that Neanderthals’ hyoid bone, which is found in the front of the throat and allows the formation of distinct sounds used in speech, was virtually indistinguishable from the one found in humans. Scientists suspected this similarity allowed Neanderthals to speak, but they were unable to prove it without recent advances in three-dimensional X-ray ...
A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
Post Date: 2014-03-04 05:17:27 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Summary: When the sun sets on a remote desert outpost and solar panels shut down, what energy source will provide power through the night? A battery, perhaps, or an old diesel generator? Perhaps something strange and new. Scientists now envision a device that would harvest energy from Earth's infrared emissions into outer space. Heated by the sun, our planet is warm compared to the frigid vacuum beyond. Thanks to recent technological advances, the researchers say, that heat imbalance could soon be transformed into direct-current (DC) power, taking advantage of a vast and untapped energy source. "We’re talking ...
Why in the world are they spraying? (Documentary)
Post Date: 2014-03-03 20:36:38 by christine
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Poster Comment:They chemtrail here in Austin a shocking number of times per week.
Newly discovered catalyst could lead to the low-cost production of clean methanol from carbon dioxide
Post Date: 2014-03-03 06:24:09 by Tatarewicz
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Summary: Scientists have discovered a potentially clean, low-cost way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol, a key ingredient in the production of plastics, adhesives and solvents, and a promising fuel for transportation. Scientists combined theory and experimentation to identify a new nickel-gallium catalyst that converts hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methanol with fewer side-products than the conventional catalyst. ScienceDaily... An international research team has discovered a potentially clean, low-cost way to convert carbon dioxide into methanol, a key ingredient in the production of plastics, adhesives and solvents, and a promising fuel for transportation. Scientists from ...
Promise and peril in an ultra-connected world
Post Date: 2014-03-03 06:07:24 by Tatarewicz
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives. Toothbrushes tell your mirror to remind you to floss. Basketball jerseys detect impending heart failure and call the ambulance for you. At least that's the vision presented this past week at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain. The four-day conference highlighted what the tech industry has loosely termed "the Internet of things." Some of that wisdom is already available or promised by the end of the year. Fitness ...
Where Does the Carbon Dioxide Really Come From?
Post Date: 2014-03-02 07:03:18 by Ada
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Ian Rutherford Plimer is an Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and the director of multiple mineral exploration and mining companies. He has published 130 scientific papers, six books and edited the Encyclopedia of Geology. Born12 February 1946 (age 67) Residence Australia Nationality Australian Fields Earth Science, Geology, Mining Engineering Institutions University of New England,University of Newcastle,University of Melbourne,University of Adelaide Alma mater University of New South Wales,Macquarie University Thesis The pipe deposits of tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth in ...
Firefox aims to power $25 smartphone
Post Date: 2014-03-01 04:13:35 by Tatarewicz
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Barcelona (AFP) - Firefox OS, an upstart smartphone operating system aimed at challenging the Apple and Google duopoly, will power a new category of $25 smartphones for developing countries, the California-based nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said Sunday. Mozilla sought to show off the success of its system, launched a year ago to prise open a market in which Google's Android was at the heart of 78.4 percent of all smartphones sold last year and Apple's iOS in another 15.6 percent, according to figures from technology research house Gartner Inc. On the eve of the opening on Monday of the four-day Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Mozilla announced the commercial launch of ...
Talking Dog Device Ready to Hit Market Soon
Post Date: 2014-02-28 06:57:14 by Tatarewicz
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Device Aims to Translate Dog Thoughts Into Words What if your dog could greet you with more than a growl, or announce the reason he's scratching at the door? It sounds absurd and much like the storyline from the Pixar film, “Up,” but Scandinavian scientists are working to develop a headset that could soon allow your furry best friend to speak his mind. The Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery is the brains behind “No More Woof” -- technology that aims to distinguish canine thought patterns and then issue them as short sentences via a microphone. “The brainwaves differ quite a lot from different races as well as individual dogs,” NSID writes on ...
The Worst Snowden Revelation of Them All
Post Date: 2014-02-28 06:41:12 by Ada
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So far ... One common reaction to Edward Snowden’s exposure of the National Security Agency’s pervasive surveillance of Americans and people around the world has been: Well, at least they aren’t doing what US government agents did in the 1960s and 1970s – targeting dissident political activists, spying on and disrupting their constitutionally-protected activities, and seeking to discredit them with programs like Cointelpro. Except they are, as it turns out. The latest revelations and newly-released documents, detailed by Glenn Greenwald in a shocking piece for his new outlet, The Intercept, show that’s exactly what they’re doing. Whereas J. Edgar ...
How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations
Post Date: 2014-02-25 06:01:31 by Ada
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One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and control online discourse with extreme tactics of deception and reputation- destruction. It’s time to tell a chunk of that story, complete with the relevant documents. Over the last several weeks, I worked with NBC News to publish a series of articles about “dirty trick” tactics used by GCHQ’s previously secret unit, JTRIG (Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group). These were based on four classified GCHQ documents presented to the NSA and the other three partners in the English-speaking “Five Eyes” alliance. ...
3-D Printer Helps Paralyzed Woman Walk
Post Date: 2014-02-25 02:42:28 by Tatarewicz
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When doctors told Amanda Boxtel in the early 1990s that she’d never walk again, they had probably never dreamed of 3-D printing. Now, the woman who was paralyzed from the waist down in a 1992 skiing accident is defying that prediction with the help of a 3D-printed exoskeleton, CNET reports. NEWS: Artists Discovery 3-D Printing The custom-built suit, developed by 3D Systems and EksoBionics, lets Boxtel stand up and walk on her own. “We had to be very specific with the design so we never had 3D-printed parts bumping into bony prominences, which can lead to abrasions,” Scott Summit, senior director for functional design at 3D Systems, told CNET. Bruising is a concern ...
Scientists create powerful artificial muscle with fishing line
Post Date: 2014-02-23 23:12:46 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- An international team of researchers said Thursday they have successfully used fibers, such as those used for fishing lines and sewing threads, to create inexpensive but powerful artificial muscles. In a paper published in the U.S. journal Science, the team led by the University of Texas and joined by other research institutes from China, Canada, Turkey, Australia and South Korea, described a surprisingly simple way to make the muscles by twisting high- strength polymer fibers until they coil up, just like one would twist the rubber band of a model toy airplane. "The new muscles are capable of lifting loads 100 times heavier than human muscles of the ...
This might be the best thing to happen to cars since the invention of headlights BGR.com
Post Date: 2014-02-22 08:55:38 by Tatarewicz
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Anyone in the Northeastern United States right now (or anywhere else that might be getting hammered by snow) knows how much of a pain it can be to drive during and after a blizzard. There’s ice everywhere, mounds of snow to drive around or over, and you have to fight your way through it all while other drivers who are less careful slide around the roads. Winter tires can definitely help, but buying them and having them put on your car is a pricey proposition that many people don’t want to deal with or simply can’t afford. But what if there was a better way? Nokian Tyres — not to be confused with Nokia, which actually did manufacture car tires many decades ago — ...
Potential Record Ice on Lake Superior May Mean a Cooler Summer
Post Date: 2014-02-20 07:56:12 by Ada
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With no end in sight, the winter of 2014 rages on, ushering in frigid Arctic air and dumping record-breaking snow and ice on much of the nation. This season, ice coverage on Lake Superior has exceeded other measurements in recent history. "By the long shot this is the most ice we've had on Lake Superior in 20 years," Associate Professor Jay Austin of the Large Lakes Observatory in Duluth, Minn., said. During a typical winter, 30 to 40 percent of the Great Lakes are covered by ice, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson. Click for Full Text!
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