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Most dangerous drug in the world can block free will, wipe memory - Was it involved in Batman shooting?
Post Date: 2012-08-03 11:26:56 by Ada
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(NaturalNews) The borrachero tree, which is marked by beautiful white and yellow blossoms that droop ever so innocuously from the plant's slender branches, holds a secret that few people outside northern South America know about. The tree's seeds, flowers, and pollen possess hallucinogenic chemical substances that, when inhaled or consumed, are capable of eliminating a person's free will, and turning him or her into a mindless zombie that can be fully controlled without any inhibitions. Back in May, the U.K.'s Daily Mail ran a report on the borrachero tree, also known as the "drunken binge" tree, explaining how a substance derived from it, scopolamine, blocks a ...
UFO Sightings LAPD Police Helicopter Surveys UFOs! July 12 2012
Post Date: 2012-08-02 17:59:20 by FormerLurker
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Never Again a Flat Battery: Early Warning System for Vehicle Batteries Developed
Post Date: 2012-08-02 06:56:36 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 31, 2012) — A new battery management system frequently checks the age, state of charge and operational reliability of the battery. A flat battery can turn an unsuspecting car driver into an unintentional pedestrian. The fact that vehicle batteries go flat all of a sudden is a well-known problem, but one that can also be avoided in future. Scientists from the RUB working group for Energy Systems Technology and Power Mechatronics headed by Professor Dr. Constantinos Sourkounis and Philip Dost have now developed an effective early warning system together with the Isabellenhütte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG. Means of avoiding threatened total breakdown The new ...
Artificial Butter Flavoring Ingredient Linked to Key Alzheimer's Disease Process
Post Date: 2012-08-02 06:39:45 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2012) — A new study raises concern about chronic exposure of workers in industry to a food flavoring ingredient used to produce the distinctive buttery flavor and aroma of microwave popcorn, margarines, snack foods, candy, baked goods, pet foods and other products. It found evidence that the ingredient, diacetyl (DA), intensifies the damaging effects of an abnormal brain protein linked to Alzheimer's disease. The study appears in ACS' journal Chemical Research in Toxicology. Robert Vince and colleagues Swati More and Ashish Vartak explain that DA has been the focus of much research recently because it is linked to respiratory and other problems in ...
Brain Imaging Can Predict How Intelligent You Are: 'Global Brain Connectivity' Explains 10 Percent of Variance in Individual Intelligence
Post Date: 2012-08-02 06:25:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (Aug. 1, 2012) — When it comes to intelligence, what factors distinguish the brains of exceptionally smart humans from those of average humans? As science has long suspected, overall brain size matters somewhat, accounting for about 6.7 percent of individual variation in intelligence. More recent research has pinpointed the brain's lateral prefrontal cortex, a region just behind the temple, as a critical hub for high-level mental processing, with activity levels there predicting another 5 percent of variation in individual intelligence. Now, new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that another 10 percent of individual differences in ...
Hotmail to be replaced by Outlook.com in Microsoft switch
Post Date: 2012-08-01 05:12:19 by Tatarewicz
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Microsoft is overhauling its free webmail service, dropping the Hotmail brand it has used since acquiring the product in 1998, and adopting the name Outlook.com. The revamped service will help sort messages as they arrive and allow users to make internet calls on Skype. It said the move would help tackle the problem of "cluttered" inboxes. The action may also be designed to win over users of Google's rival Gmail service. Microsoft said that in many cases email had become a "chore" because its users accounts had become "overloaded" with material. Its solution is to automatically sort messages into different areas to distinguish between emails from ...
Brains Are Different in People With Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
Post Date: 2012-07-31 04:45:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 30, 2012) — UC Irvine scientists have discovered intriguing differences in the brains and mental processes of an extraordinary group of people who can effortlessly recall every moment of their lives since about age 10. The phenomenon of highly superior autobiographical memory -- first documented in 2006 by UCI neurobiologist James McGaugh and colleagues in a woman identified as "AJ" -- has been profiled on CBS's "60 Minutes" and in hundreds of other media outlets. But a new paper in the peer-reviewed journal Neurobiology of Learning & Memory's July issue offers the first scientific findings about nearly a dozen people with this ...
New rocket engine passes test and revs up China's space hopes
Post Date: 2012-07-30 01:04:36 by Tatarewicz
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A next-generation engine, that will pave the way for lunar exploration, was successfully tested on Sunday. The engine, with a 120-ton-thrust using liquid oxygen (LOX) and kerosene, will enable the Long March 5 carrier rocket - which is expected to make its maiden voyage in 2014 - to place a 25-ton payload into near-Earth orbit, or place a 14-ton payload into geostationary orbit, experts said. The tests, which included seeing how the engine would respond to rotational speeds of nearly 20,000 revolutions per minute and temperatures of 3,000 C for 200 seconds, were held in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province. "The successful tests confirm the reliability of China's LOX/kerosene ...
Lucid Dreamers Help Scientists Locate the Seat of Meta-Consciousness in the Brain
Post Date: 2012-07-28 06:28:47 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 27, 2012) — Studies of lucid dreamers show which centers of the brain become active when we become aware of ourselves in dreams. Which areas of the brain help us to perceive our world in a self-reflective manner is difficult to measure. During wakefulness, we are always conscious of ourselves. In sleep, however, we are not. But there are people, known as lucid dreamers, who can become aware of dreaming during sleep. Studies employing magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) have now been able to demonstrate that a specific cortical network consisting of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the frontopolar regions and the precuneus is activated when this lucid ...
Scientists Use Microbes to Make 'Clean' Methane
Post Date: 2012-07-28 06:01:06 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 27, 2012) — Microbes that convert electricity into methane gas could become an important source of renewable energy, according to scientists from Stanford and Pennsylvania State universities. Researchers at both campuses are raising colonies of microorganisms, called methanogens, which have the remarkable ability to turn electrical energy into pure methane -- the key ingredient in natural gas. The scientists' goal is to create large microbial factories that will transform clean electricity from solar, wind or nuclear power into renewable methane fuel and other valuable chemical compounds for industry. "Most of today's methane is derived from natural ...
Apple Just Got a Patent for a Dimension that Doesn’t Even Exist Yet
Post Date: 2012-07-28 03:25:49 by Tatarewicz
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Apple has just been granted a patent for 5D technology. Wait, what the hell? Has it traveled to the future and come back with something we don't know about yet? What advanced life forms are the suits in Cupertino communicating with? Turns out 5D is essentially an agressive marketing ploy for a patent that has gigantic range of applications for watching TV, gaming, and more. Like a Disneyland ride on steroids, the system Apple proposes harnesses gesture-controlled gaming in the style of Kinect or Wii, video-conferencing, and virtual reality gloves for what could be a super-immersive home entertainment experience. The gloves, as described, could change their resistances to ...
Is It Possible that James Holmes Was On (DEVIL'S BREATH) Scopolamine ???
Post Date: 2012-07-27 05:08:36 by noone222
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Editor's Note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is the broadband television network of VICE. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process. We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers. Brooklyn, New York (VBS.TV) -- We had heard about a drug in Colombia that essentially eliminates free-will in humans. It is called scopolamine and it seemed to us to be so completely out there--like a plot device in an awful ...
Decoding the Secrets of Balance
Post Date: 2012-07-27 02:07:04 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 26, 2012) — If you have ever looked over the edge of a cliff and felt dizzy, you understand the challenges faced by people who suffer from symptoms of vestibular dysfunction such as vertigo and dizziness. There are over 70 million of them in North America. For people with vestibular loss, performing basic daily living activities that we take for granted (e.g. dressing, eating, getting in and out of bed, getting around inside as well as outside the home) becomes difficult since even small head movements are accompanied by dizziness and the risk of falling. We've known for a while that a sensory system in the inner ear (the vestibular system) is responsible for ...
Google unveils new ultra-high-speed internet
Post Date: 2012-07-27 01:08:10 by Tatarewicz
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CHICAGO, July 26 (Xinhua) -- After more than two years of anticipation, Google finally announced Thursday that the company's ultra-high-speed internet service Google Fiber would become available to the residents of its test community Kansas City starting in September. Offering an Internet connectivity speed of one gigabit per second, Google said the service will be about 100 times faster than the speed most Americans have with current broadband connections. Instead of a broadband connection, Google Fiber is composed of thin optical fiber lines that run directly from a person's home to a data center, which is then in turn connected to the national internet backbone. According to ...
Story Behind Apple's Disappointing Quarter in 1 Simple Graph
Post Date: 2012-07-26 01:37:28 by Tatarewicz
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In April this year, Apple announced their profit had doubled annually to a gob-smacking $11.6 billion, and analysts cheered the unique invincibility of the company. "This report should erase any doubt in investors' minds that this company can't continue to deliver," Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of Harris Private Bank, told Bloomberg. "It's astounding." Three months later, Apple announced a net profit of "only" $8.8 billion, and its stock promptly fell 5%, with analysts telling of storm clouds and headwinds and the end of the Apple-ish profit margins. One explanation of this about-face is that, if Moore's Law observes that technological ...
Dangerous levels of Fukushima radiation headed for West Coast, say scientists
Post Date: 2012-07-25 00:25:01 by christine
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NaturalNews) In the immediate wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster that occurred in Japan last year, radioactive releases of epic proportions flooded the waters of the Pacific Ocean, where they now flow adrift. And even though more than a year has passed since the time of the first releases, some scientists believe the worst is yet to come as these water-borne radioactive plumes head for the U.S. West Coast. Russia Today (RT) reports that a team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory recently constructed some models designed to assess the impact of Fukushima radiation over the longer term. To do ...
House Passes Pilot's Bill of Rights, Sending Measure to President for Signature
Post Date: 2012-07-24 16:49:10 by X-15
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Any pilot who has had the misfortune to become entangled in an enforcement action brought by the FAA would agree: The deck is stacked in the agency's favor. For example, the agency may not allow the airman to have access to the evidence against him, especially in an emergency certificate action. And if the airman chooses to appeal to the NTSB, which is tasked with hearing such cases, administrative law judges at the Safety Board usually will defer to the FAA. All that is set to change, thanks to the Pilot's Bill of Rights, legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Monday, clearing the measure for the president's signature. First proposed by U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe ...
Ginseng-Fortified Milk Improves Cognition
Post Date: 2012-07-24 07:48:33 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 23, 2012) — American ginseng is reported to have neurocognitive effects, and research has shown benefits in aging, central nervous system disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. The challenges of incorporating ginseng into food are twofold: it has a bitter taste, and food processing can eliminate its healthful benefits. Reporting in the August issue of the Journal of Dairy Science®, a group of scientists has formulated low-lactose functional milk that maintained beneficial levels of American ginseng after processing. An exploratory study found the product was readily accepted by a niche group of consumers. "Our goal was to develop low-lactose milk that ...
Boosting New Memories With Wakeful Resting
Post Date: 2012-07-24 07:33:16 by Tatarewicz
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s ScienceDaily (July 23, 2012) — Too often our memory starts acting like a particularly porous sieve: all the important fragments that should be caught and preserved somehow just disappear. So armed with pencils and bolstered by caffeine, legions of adults, especially older adults, tackle crossword puzzles, acrostics, Sudoku and a host of other activities designed to strengthen their flagging memory muscles. But maybe all they really need to do to cement new learning is to sit and close their eyes for a few minutes. In an article to be published in the journal Psychological Science, a publication of the Association for Psychological Science, psychological scientist Michaela Dewar and ...
Artificial jellyfish engineered from rat heart cells
Post Date: 2012-07-23 05:12:24 by Tatarewicz
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Scientists have created a free-swimming 'jellyfish' out of silicone seeded with living heart muscle cells. The Harvard University and Caltech team say that their work marks a big step towards the development of an artificial heart - and suggests a broader definition of what counts as synthetic life. "I was surprised that with relatively few components - a silicone base and cells that we arranged - we were able to reproduce some pretty complex swimming and feeding behaviors that you see in biological jellyfish," says professor John Dabiri of Caltech. Jellyfish, believed to be the oldest multi-organ animals in the world, use muscles to pump their way through water. ...
German scientists create world's lightest material
Post Date: 2012-07-21 06:22:29 by Tatarewicz
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German scientists have invented the world's lightest material - which is also strong, regains its shape after being squashed and even conducts electricity. Scientists believe the material will have a wide range of uses. Aerographite made by scientists at Hamburg and Kiel universities, is 75 times lighter than polystyrene and four times lighter than the previous record holder for the world's lightest material. The jet-black, carbon-based material is causing a stir in scientific circles across the world, wrote Die Welt newspaper on Tuesday. “Our work is causing great discussions in the scientific community. Aerographite weights four times less than world-record-holder up to ...
Green Plants Reduce City Street Pollution Up to Eight Times More Than Previously Believed
Post Date: 2012-07-20 06:32:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 18, 2012) — Trees, bushes and other greenery growing in the concrete-and-glass canyons of cities can reduce levels of two of the most worrisome air pollutants by eight times more than previously believed, a new study has found. A report on the research appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Thomas Pugh and colleagues explain that concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and microscopic particulate matter (PM) -- both of which can be harmful to human health -- exceed safe levels on the streets of many cities. Past research suggested that trees and other green plants can improve urban air quality by removing those pollutants from the air. ...
Microsoft posts quarterly loss but beats Wall Street
Post Date: 2012-07-20 05:50:59 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp reported its first quarterly loss as a public company on Thursday as it took a previously announced hit for writing down the value of its ailing online unit, but held up better than expected in the face of stagnant computer sales. Excluding the multibillion-dollar write-down, which was signaled earlier this month, and factoring in some deferred Windows revenue, the world's largest software company actually exceeded Wall Street's expectations, boosting its shares in after-market trading. "It looks good, given the dicey economic environment and the weakness we already know about in PCs," said Brendan Barnicle, an analyst at Pacific Crest ...
Lower Ozone Standard Would Reduce Mortality and Morbidity
Post Date: 2012-07-19 06:46:41 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily (July 18, 2012) — Establishing a more stringent ozone standard in the U.S. would significantly reduce ozone-related premature mortality and morbidity, according to a new study published online July 18 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. "Abundant evidence links exposure to ozone with adverse health effects, including impaired pulmonary function, asthma exacerbations, increased hospital and emergency room visits, and increased mortality, yet the current National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 75ppb is often exceeded," said lead author Jesse Berman, a PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Our study shows that ...
Fuel Cell Treats Wastewater and Harvests Energy
Post Date: 2012-07-19 04:17:58 by Tatarewicz
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A new microbial fuel cell creates energy during wastewater treatment and also vastly reduces the amount of sludge produced. Israel-based company, Emefcy, named as a play on the acronym for microbial fuel cell (MFC), starts with the same principle as most wastewater treatment—water is aerated so bacteria in the liquid break down organic material in a closed series of containers known as a bioreactor. "We didn't invent anything scientifically new," says Ely Cohen, vice president of marketing and business development for the four-year-old company. The novelty factor: instead of using electricity to push air into the water, Emefcy uses a permeable filter that allows air in ...
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