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DINOSAUR and HUMAN FOOTPRINTS TOGETHER [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-10-14 06:12:12 by HOUNDDAWG
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Introduction: In early July, 2000 Alvis Delk, assisted by James Bishop (both of Stephenville, Texas), was working in the Cretaceous limestone on the McFall property at the Paluxy River near Glen Rose, Texas and discovered a pristine human footprint intruded by a dinosaur footprint. This discovery was made in the vicinity of McFall I and II Sites where the Creation Evidence Museum team has excavated since the Spring of 1982. The eleven-inch human footprint matches seven other such footprints of the same dimensions in the “Sir George Series,” named in honor of His Excellency Governor General Ratu Sir George Cacobau of Fiji.[2] Scientific Verification of Footprint Authenticity: ...
Can a blood test really tell you when you'll die?
Post Date: 2011-10-13 07:41:19 by Tatarewicz
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A small Spanish biological research company was deluged with queries after reports that its blood test could predict the age you would die. Well, can it? As a taxi takes me across Madrid to the laboratories of Spain's National Cancer Research Centre, I am fretting about the future. I am one of the first people in the world to provide a blood sample for a new test, which has been variously described as a predictor of how long I will live, a waste of time or a handy indicator of how well (or badly) my body is ageing. Today I get the results. Some newspapers, to the dismay of the scientists involved, have gleefully announced that the test – which measures the telomeres (the ...
Al Gore kicked out of the Global Warming Club
Post Date: 2011-10-12 14:49:16 by wudidiz
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Al Gore kicked out of the Global Warming ClubOctober 9, 2011 by Don Surber As the world turns away from the hysterics of the global warming crowd, the True Believers are looking for a scapegoat for their turn in fortunes. To blame Michael Mann or Phil Jones would be to admit that Climategate proved once and for all the fallacy of their “science” — that it was based on the manipulation of data and outright forgery. Looking for dead weight in this sinking ship, Myles Allen of the Guardian has decided to toss Al Gore overboard: “Al Gore is doing a disservice to science by overplaying the link between climate change and weather. To claim that we are causing meteorological ...
Boys who email ‘brighter’
Post Date: 2011-10-12 06:29:32 by Tatarewicz
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“So when we say that children who use the internet under certain circumstances are more popular – that’s true.” Surveyed boys who used email at home were brighter and more popular than boys who did not – according to a recent study by an educational psychologist from Curtin University. The study by School of Education Senior Lecturer Genevieve Johnson analysed responses by 51 boys and 44 girls at a Canadian primary school. Dr Johnson likened the situation of boys who did not use email to that of boys from a generation or two before who did not watch TV. “Think back to when you were a little kid if one of your friends didn’t have a lunch box with the ...
Giant virus found off Chile coast
Post Date: 2011-10-12 02:37:36 by Tatarewicz
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The largest virus yet discovered has been isolated from ocean water pulled up off the coast of Chile. Called Megavirus chilensis, it is 10 to 20 times wider than the average virus. It just beats the previous record holder, Mimivirus, which was found in a water cooling tower in the UK in 1992. Scientists tell the journal PNAS that Megavirus probably infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that are floating free in the sea. The particle measures about 0.7 micrometres (thousandths of a millimetre) in diameter. "It is bigger than some bacteria," explained Prof Jean-Michel Claverie, from Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. "You don't need an electron ...
Superwave: Project Camelot interviews Dr Paul LaViolette
Post Date: 2011-10-11 10:38:54 by gengis gandhi
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Upside-Down Mountain Revealed Inside Earth Oct 6, 2011 2:00 PM ET
Post Date: 2011-10-11 10:29:57 by gengis gandhi
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Upside-Down Mountain Revealed Inside Earth Oct 6, 2011 2:00 PM ET By Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer Southern California's Salton Sea, and, just south, the edge of the Gulf of California. It's an area of active rifting where the continent is being torn asunder. A study examined the bottom of the tectonic plate beneath this region and found some big surprises. Credit: NASA. Scientists today (Oct. 6) unveiled the most detailed portrait yet of a mysterious region of the planet that human eyes have never seen — and likely never will — the bottom of Earth's tectonic plates. A Perfect Golf Swing?PerfectConnectionGolfSwing.com "Rebel" PGA ...
Aquion Energy Battery Is Three Times Cheaper And Is Targeting Grid Scale Energy Storage
Post Date: 2011-10-10 14:55:35 by gengis gandhi
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Aquion Energy Battery Is Three Times Cheaper And Is Targeting Grid Scale Energy Storage Sun Oct 09 2011 13:04 SHARE THIS STORY 0 Share 0 0 inShare Advertisement From NextBigFuture.com Advanced battery maker Aquion Energy landed $30 million in private equity from three venture capital firms on Sept. 7 Aquion, which has about 50 workers, could employ 500 people by 2014 when it reaches commercial-scale production, said Ted Wiley, vice president of business and market development. He said he envisions perhaps 1,000 workers by about 2017. Aquion's electrolyte, based on salt water rather than on a flammable organic solvent, makes its batteries environmentally friendly and keeps costs ...
E-Cat Test Validates Cold Fusion Despite Challenges
Post Date: 2011-10-10 14:54:38 by gengis gandhi
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http://pesn.com/2011/10/08/9501929_E- Cat_Test_Validates_Cold_Fusion_Despite_Challenges/ You are here: PureEnergySystems.com > News > October 8, 2011 E-Cat Test Validates Cold Fusion Despite Challenges The test of the E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) that took place on October 6, 2011 in Italy has validated Andrea Rossi's claim that the device produces excess energy via a novel Cold Fusion nuclear reaction. Despite its success, the test was flawed, and could have been done in a way that produced more spectacular results -- as if confirmation of cold fusion is not already stunning enough. Andrea Rossi stands in front of his E-Cat apparatus, October 6, 2011 Photo by Maurizio Melis of ...
Scientists' Analysis disputes FBI closing of Anthrax Case
Post Date: 2011-10-10 12:25:18 by Ada
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A decade after wisps of anthrax sent through the mail killed 5 people, sickened 17 others and terrorized the nation, biologists and chemists still disagree on whether federal investigators got the right man and whether the F.B.I.’s long inquiry brushed aside important clues. Now, three scientists argue that distinctive chemicals found in the dried anthrax spores — including the unexpected presence of tin — point to a high degree of manufacturing skill, contrary to federal reassurances that the attack germs were unsophisticated. The scientists make their case in a coming issue of the Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense. F.B.I. documents reviewed by The New York Times ...
Brain 'rejects negative thoughts'
Post Date: 2011-10-10 08:20:35 by Tatarewicz
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"Don't worry, everything will be fine," says the brain One reason optimists retain a positive outlook even in the face of evidence to the contrary has been discovered, say researchers. A study, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggests the brain is very good at processing good news about the future. However, in some people, anything negative is practically ignored - with them retaining a positive world view. The authors said optimism did have important health benefits. Scientists at University College London said about 80% of people were optimists, even if they would not label themselves as such. They rated 14 people for their level of optimism and tested them in a ...
Inflamatory damage blocked by RNA technique
Post Date: 2011-10-10 06:06:13 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers have found a way to block, in an animal model, the damaging inflammation that contributes to many disease conditions. In their report receiving early online publication Sunday in Nature Biotechnology, researchers describe using small interfering RNA technology to silence the biochemical signals that attract a particular group of inflammatory cells to areas of tissue damage. "The white blood cells known as monocytes play a critical role in the early stages of the immune response," says Matthias Nahrendorf, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Systems Biology, the paper's senior author. "We now know there ...
UV risk grows in northern latitudes with growing Arctic ozone hole
Post Date: 2011-10-09 02:21:39 by Tatarewicz
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The ozone loss over the Arctic was so severe this year that for the first time a 'hole' in the ozone layer, similar to the one over the Antarctic, appeared. At a level of around 13 miles above the ground, 80 per cent of the ozone was lost, potentially exposing people on Earth's surface to harmful ultraviolet-B rays from the sun, which can cause sunburn and skin cancer. The loss happened not because of increased use of ozone-destroying chemicals - now banned, and rarely used - but because cold high-altitude weather made the existing chemicals 'more active'. An ozone hole five times the size of California opened over the Arctic this spring, matching ozone loss over ...
Chinese rocket sends French telecom satellite into space
Post Date: 2011-10-08 07:54:00 by Tatarewicz
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XICHANG, Sichuan, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Long March-III2 rocket carrier sent a French-made telecom satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center Friday afternoon, marking the first time for China to provide launch service for a European satellite operator. It was also the 148th launch for the Long March rocket family. According to information and data received by the Xi'an Satellite Measuring and Monitoring Center, the satellite and rocket carrier separated on schedule and the satellite is now in orbit. The launch marked the first time for China to cooperate with a European satellite operator since the signing of a Sino-French satellite launch agreement in 20 ...
Talk on Area 51 by David Adair
Post Date: 2011-10-07 15:18:04 by gengis gandhi
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New UAW deal confirms 2013 Shelby GT500 will get 5.8-liter supercharged V8 (600hp)
Post Date: 2011-10-06 19:01:43 by X-15
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Today Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers agreed to a new four-year contract that will add $6.2 billion of investment to U.S. factories, and a close look at the details reveals some news about the upcoming 2013 Shelby GT500. There has been much speculation about what engine will be used in the next generation Shelby. Back in March Car and Driver reported that the new GT500 would pack more than 600 horsepower to one-up the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. At the time it was thought the increase in horsepower would come via an increase in displacement to 5.8-liters and that the Eaton M112 supercharger would be replaced with the newer and larger TVS2300 unit. A few months later a batch of ...
Cannabis oil is a highly efficient natural cancer cure
Post Date: 2011-10-05 18:29:59 by gengis gandhi
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Cannabis oil is a highly efficient natural cancer cure Monday, October 03, 2011 by: Michelle Bosmier See all articles by this author Email this author 4136 Share (NaturalNews) Ever since the mid 70s, medical scientists have been well aware of the beneficial effects of cannabinoid compounds over cancerous cells. Thanks to modern science, over a dozen studies conducted during recent years have been able to partially reveal just how it works. Yet cannabis is still not endorsed by pharmaceutical companies as a cancer cure, and since it is not promoted through mainstream channels, very few people are aware of its benefits. Consequently, it is not sought after as an alternative to ...
American, Canadian and a French scientist share Nobel Medicine Prize
Post Date: 2011-10-03 07:18:19 by Tatarewicz
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hree share 2011 Nobel in medicine Three researchers have been jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to the immune system. The prize was divided, with one half going jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity". The three scientists together have “revolutionized our understanding of the immune system”, according to a statement from The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet through research unlocking secrets about how ...
Mushrooms mop up radioactive waste
Post Date: 2011-10-03 06:59:10 by Tatarewicz
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When Russian scientists sent a robot into the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 2007, the last thing they expected to find was life. Inside the most radioactive areas of the breached core was a group of common fungi collectively referred to as "black mold" growing on the reactor walls. These molds were growing in one of the most hostile environments on the planet, with radiation levels high enough to give a lethal dose in minutes. But these fungi weren't just growing, they were thriving. A researcher at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Arturo Casadevall, investigated these resistant molds and helped to identify several distinct species. They all shared ...
Women found to be the tougher sex
Post Date: 2011-09-30 02:03:21 by Ferret
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While women have for centuries been labelled as the weaker sex, new research suggests the truth is quite the opposite. According to a study, the fairer sex is genetically programmed to better resist infections and cancer, and also have a back-up system for fighting disease. The discovery sheds light on why members of the so-called stronger sex succumb to "man-flu". Their immune systems are no match for those of wives and girlfriends because of the female X-chromosome, scientists believe. The reason why women are more robust appears to be microRNAs - short strands of RNA encoded on the chromosome. RNA is a genetic cousin of DNA and can have important biological effects. ...
How immune cells lead to cancer
Post Date: 2011-09-29 07:30:59 by Tatarewicz
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The study prompts a re-think of cancer therapies that aim at boosting the immune system. Scientists at A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have shown for the first time that PMN-MDSC body’s immune system to combat cancer, a type of immune cell in the body that suppresses the immune response, can actually accelerate the growth and spread of cancerous tumours directly. This finding explains how inflammation, the body's natural defence mechanism when a tissue or an organ becomes affected, is linked to cancer progression. It also highlights the need for a careful reassessment of current cancer therapies that target the body’s immune system to combat cancer. Using a ...
Antimagnet' joins list of invisibility approaches
Post Date: 2011-09-29 04:51:29 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers have designed a "cloak" that is invisible to magnetic fields both coming in and coming out. The idea of blocking magnetic fields has been proposed before, but the new design, in the New Journal of Physics, could even hide magnetic materials. It could thus find application in security or medical contexts, such as those surrounding MRI scans. The approach uses superconductor layers and the "metamaterials" familiar from recent invisibility cloak research. Metamaterials are artificially designed materials designed to guide electromagnetic waves - like light or magnetic fields - in a way that natural materials do not. Much research in recent years has ...
Sunspot 1302 unleashed towards Earth, detected on shortwave radio
Post Date: 2011-09-29 03:56:41 by Tatarewicz
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Greenbelt - Scientists are monitoring a sunspot that produced an X1.9-category solar storm that was unleashed over the weekend and could be headed towards Earth. Sunspot 1302 is so strong that it has been detected shortwave radio on this planet. Digital Journal has reported in the past on intense solar storms, and so far nothing catastrophic has occurred. The worst thing that has transpired thus far has been loss of radio signals in some parts of the United States. On Monday, NASA issued a news release that updated us on a strong X1.9-category solar storm that erupted from active region (sunspot) 1302 Saturday morning that was recorded by the space administration’s Solar Dynamics ...
Virus kills all grades of breast cancer ‘within 7 days’ in lab experiment
Post Date: 2011-09-27 09:13:49 by Tatarewicz
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Scientists at the Penn State College of Medicine said this week they have discovered a virus that is capable of killing all grades of breast cancer "within seven days" of first introduction in a laboratory setting. The virus, known as adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2), is naturally occurring and carried by up to 80 percent of humans, but it does not cause any disease. Researchers learned of its cancer-killing properties in 2005, after Penn State scientists observed it killing cervical cancer cells. They also found that women who carried the AAV2 virus and human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, had a lower propensity to develop cervical cancer. When ...
Storm computing enters cyberspace
Post Date: 2011-09-25 07:14:46 by Tatarewicz
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Google Bets Big on New Early-Stage Tech Boom By Andrew Mickey | Friday, September 23rd, 2011 The next big tech boom is here. All the big players are getting behind it: Google, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, AT&T — name a big technology company, and chances are they’ve already invested billions of dollars. It has all the benefits service providers and their customers want and use... More efficiency, lower energy cost, better service, and more capability are all part of it. And the rest of the world is just starting to see the potential of this tech boom and how it’s going to improve customers' lives and increase the bottom line. Best of all, any further economic slide ...
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