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Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds
Post Date: 2007-04-05 12:27:11 by gengis gandhi
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By Ker Than Special to LiveScience posted: 27 April 2005 07:01 am ET Empathy allows us to feel the emotions of others, to identify and understand their feelings and motives and see things from their perspective. How we generate empathy remains a subject of intense debate in cognitive science. Some scientists now believe they may have finally discovered its root. We're all essentially mind readers, they say. The idea has been slow to gain acceptance, but evidence is mounting. Mirror neurons In 1996, three neuroscientists were probing the brain of a macaque monkey when they stumbled across a curious cluster of cells in the premotor cortex, an area of the brain responsible for ...
Russia's Rival To US Satnav On The Horizon
Post Date: 2007-04-05 11:39:37 by Brian S
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Thursday April 5, 2007 It has been the source of frustration, enlightenment and missed turnings for millions of drivers across the world. But the United States' long monopoly on satellite navigation - used by generals to guide nuclear missiles and by motorists to get to Woking - is about to come to an end. Russia has announced that it is now close to completing Glonass, its own rival global navigation satellite system. Russia's space agency says it intends to launch eight satellites by the end of the year, bringing the number of its satellites orbiting the earth to 18. By the end of 2009 it says it will have 24 satellites in space - the number needed for a satellite network. ...
Attacks Escalate As Microsoft Announces Emergency .ANI Patch
Post Date: 2007-04-05 00:40:17 by RickyJ
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Attacks Escalate As Microsoft Announces Emergency .ANI Patch Microsoft is getting ready to release an off-cycle patch Tuesday for the bug that has spawned more than 100 malicious sites and a worm over the last few days. By Sharon Gaudin InformationWeek April 2, 2007 12:03 PM Microsoft is releasing an off-cycle patch Tuesday for the .ANI vulnerability that saw an escalating number of threats appearing over the weekend. "From our ongoing monitoring of the situation, we can say that over this weekend attacks against this vulnerability have increased somewhat," Christopher Budd, security program manager at Microsoft's Security Response Center, wrote in a blog Sunday. ...
A Shooter Looks At The Shot Heard ‘Round The World
Post Date: 2007-04-04 19:54:39 by tom007
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A Shooter Looks At The Shot Heard ‘Round The World Recently I finished reading the definitive book (which I highly recommend) on the obviously, government-sanctioned, JFK assassination. Written from the unique perspective of a professional shooter, "Kill Zone: A Sniper Looks at Dealey Plaza," not only demolishes all the arguments of lone-assassin proponents, but examines the myriad reasons why Kennedy was killed. “The reason I knew that Oswald could not have done it, was because I could not have done it,” said former US Marine sniper, Craig Roberts. Credited with numerous kills while serving in Vietnam , Roberts turned an objective eye on the shot heard ...
Hunt's Deathbed Confession Reveals JFK Killers
Post Date: 2007-04-04 06:49:24 by Zoroaster
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Hunt's Deathbed Confession Reveals JFK Killers The Last Confession Of E. Howard Hunt - US government/CIA team murdered JFK By Larry Chin Online Journal Associate Editor 4-4-7 The April 5 issue of Rolling Stone features the deathbed confession of CIA operative and key Bay of Pigs/Watergate/Nixon administration figure E. Howard Hunt, The Last Confession of E. Howard Hunt by Erik Hedegaard. This piece is significant not only for its exploration of Hunt, but for breakthrough information that appears to thoroughly corroborate the work of key John F. Kennedy assassination researchers and historians. Who killed JFK? According to Hunt's confession, which was taken by his son, St. ...
Hydrogen: More polluting than petroleum?
Post Date: 2007-04-03 22:11:32 by mirage
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Once touted as the clean wonder fuel of the future, hydrogen fuel cells for cars or homes are now routinely panned as inefficient and impractical, particularly when compared to technologies like electric cars or solar thermal water heaters. Joseph Romm, a physicist, author of, among other books, Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--or Hydrogen and editor of the respected ClimateProgress, also points out that the gas can be worse for the atmosphere than regular gas, depending on the circumstances. Hydrogen burns clean out of the car's tailpipe, but producing hydrogen at a factory generates significant amount of CO2. The standard hydrogen process involves ...
French set rail speed record: 357.2 mph
Post Date: 2007-04-03 17:27:17 by robin
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In this aerial photo jointly released on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 by the French railway company SNCF, Alstom Transport and the Reseau Ferre de France (RFF), or French Railway Infrastructure, the high-speed French train, with a souped-up engine and wheels, speeds on its way to break the world speed record for conventional rail trains in eastern France, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, reaching 574.8 kph (357.2 mph). The black and chrome train with three double-decker cars, named the V150, bettered the previous record of 515.3 (320.2 mph), set in 1990 by the French fast train. However, it fell short of the ultimate record set by Japan's non-conventional magnetically levitated train, which sped to ...
Breaking: New Gag Rule Issued on US Scientists
Post Date: 2007-04-03 13:46:46 by bluedogtxn
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Breaking: New Gag Rule Issued on US Scientists by greendem [Subscribe] Tue Apr 03, 2007 at 10:34:54 AM PDT Here we go again. It's so amazingly blatant what is going on here. The Bushies are closet Stalinists. Any government scientist who practices their job with honesty, anyone who dares speak truth or share "non-approved" data with their employers (the American taxpayer) will run afoul of the Bush Politburo. Heads will roll. Under rules posted last week, these federal scientists must obtain agency pre-approval to speak or write, whether on or off-duty, concerning any scientific topic deemed "of official interest." greendem's diary :: :: CLIMATE AND OCEAN ...
Forecaster: "Very Active" Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted
Post Date: 2007-04-03 11:04:11 by Brian S
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should be "very active," with nine hurricanes, including five intense or major hurricanes, a top researcher said Tuesday. Colorado State University researcher William Gray's forecast says there is a 74% probability of a major hurricane making landfall along the U.S. coastline this year, compared with the average of 52% over the past century. The forecast calls for a total of 17 named storms. The five intense or major hurricanes are expected to have sustained winds of 111 mph or greater. The hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. Last season had nine named storms and five hurricanes, two of them ...
Ways to Avoid a Climate Catastrophe
Post Date: 2007-04-02 23:08:08 by robin
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - April 2, 2007, 03:43 PM URL: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,474218,00.html'TIME FOR A REVOLUTION'Ways to Avoid a Climate CatastropheBy Philip Bethge and Christian Wüst The rapid change in the world's climate and shrinking oil and natural gas reserves are forcing a radical shift in the way we think about energy. Declining prosperity seems unavoidable unless the global community chooses a more sustainable approach to producing and consuming energy. Editor's Note: Humanity only has 13 years left to take the actions needed to prevent a climate change hard landing. According to the recent United Nations climate report, annual carbon ...
Mercury in Energy-Saving Bulbs Worries Scientists
Post Date: 2007-04-02 22:27:24 by DeaconBenjamin
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NEW YORK -- There's an old joke about the number of people it takes to change a light bulb. But because the newer energy-efficient kinds contain tiny amounts of mercury, the hard part is getting rid of them when they burn out. Mercury is poisonous, but it's also a necessary part of most compact fluorescent bulbs, the kind that environmentalists and some governments are pushing as a way to cut energy use. With an estimated 150 million CFLs sold in the United States in 2006 and with Wal-Mart alone hoping to sell 100 million this year, some scientists and environmentalists are worried that most are ending up in garbage dumps. Mercury is probably best-known for its effects on the ...
Elon Calls the Test Flight a Success
Post Date: 2007-04-02 17:09:16 by bluedogtxn
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Posted March 20, 2007 The second test launch of Falcon 1 took place today at 6:10 pm California time. The launch was not perfect, but certainly pretty good. Given that the primary objectives were demonstrating responsive launch and gathering test data in advance of our first operational satellite launch later this year, the outcome was great. Operationally responsive (i.e. fast) launch has become an increasingly important national security objective, so demonstrating rapid loading of propellants and launch in less than an hour, as well as a rapid recycle following the first engine ignition are major accomplishments. We retired almost all of the significant development risk items, in ...
Crew Chosen for 4 Month Mars Simulation Mission
Post Date: 2007-04-02 16:45:19 by bluedogtxn
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Crew Chosen for Four-Month Arctic Mars Simulation Mission by Kevin F Sloan — last modified 2006-12-06 21:33 The crew has been chosen for this unprecedented four-month human Mars simulation mission that will be conducted from May through August of 2007 at The Mars Society’s Flashline Mars Artic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island, in the high Canadian arctic. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Kevin Sloan (814) 574-1211 November 20, 2006 – The Mars Society announced earlier this month the selection of University of New Brunswick geologist Melissa Battler as crew commander of FMARS 2007. This unprecedented four-month human Mars simulation mission will be conducted from ...
Elon Musk Coming to Mars Society Convention
Post Date: 2007-04-02 16:37:08 by bluedogtxn
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Elon Musk To Speak At 2007 Mars Society Convention by Alex Kirk — last modified 2007-03-29 13:40 Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, will speak at the 2007 Mars Society Convention, to be held at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA, August 30-Sept 2, 2007. The Mars Society is proud to announce that Elon Musk will be speaking at the 10th International Mars Society Convention, which will be held at UCLA, Los Angeles, August 30-Sept 2, 2007. Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of SpaceX, an entrepreneurial rocket development company that just made history by reaching an altitude of 200 miles with its privately developed Falcon 1 launch vehicle. Much larger Falcon 5 and Falcon 9 vehicles are reportedly under ...
Lots of Ice Found at the South Pole
Post Date: 2007-04-02 16:30:56 by bluedogtxn
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Mars' South Pole Ice Deep and Wide 03.15.07 Pasadena, Calif. -- New measurements of Mars' south polar region indicate extensive frozen water. The polar region contains enough frozen water to cover the whole planet in a liquid layer approximately 11 meters (36 feet) deep. A joint NASA-Italian Space Agency instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft provided these data. This new estimate comes from mapping the thickness of the ice. The Mars Express orbiter's radar instrument has made more than 300 virtual slices through layered deposits covering the pole to map the ice. The radar sees through icy layers to the lower boundary, which is as deep as 3.7 ...
THE HUBBLE DEEP FIELD: THE MOST IMPORTANT IMAGE EVER TAKEN (cool video)
Post Date: 2007-04-02 14:25:54 by gengis gandhi
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George Orwell, Big Brother is watching your house 32 CCTV cameras around George Orwell’s home
Post Date: 2007-04-01 21:25:21 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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George Orwell, Big Brother is watching your house 32 CCTV cameras around George Orwell’s home According to the latest studies, Britain has a staggering 4.2million CCTV cameras - one for every 14 people in the country - and 20 per cent of cameras globally. It has been calculated that each person is caught on camera an average of 300 times daily. http://jkn.com/View?j=788764.931880553073 The Big Brother nightmare of George Orwell's 1984 has become a reality - in the shadow of the author's former London home. It may have taken a little longer than he predicted, but Orwell's vision of a society where cameras and computers spy on every person's movements is now here. ...
Mystery of Great Pyramid 'solved'
Post Date: 2007-03-31 17:55:40 by robin
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Mystery of Great Pyramid 'solved' Internal ramps were used to push the stones into place, Houdin says A French architect claims to have solved the mystery of how Egypt's Great Pyramid was built. Jean-Pierre Houdin said the 4,500-year-old pyramid, just outside Cairo, was built using an inner ramp to lift the massive stones into place. Other theories contend that the three million stones - each 2.5 tons - were pushed into place using external ramps. Mr Houdin studied the problem for eight years and used a computer model to illustrate how he thought it was done. "This is better than the other theories, because it is the only theory that ...
Massive Solar Plant Opens in Portugal
Post Date: 2007-03-30 02:35:07 by robin
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - March 29, 2007, 10:43 AM URL: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,474623,00.htmlSOAKING UP THE SUNMassive Solar Plant Opens in Portugal One of the largest solar plants in the world has opened in Portugal's sunny south. The project is intended to help reduce the country's reliance on imported energy. AFP The new Serpa solar plant is located in one of Europe's sunniest locations -- pay no attention to those clouds in the sky. Some countries are just better suited to wean themselves off fossil fuels than others. Sun-kissed Portugal is one of the lucky ones when it comes to potential for solar power generation, and the country has now opened one of ...
Dell Gives the Go-Ahead for Linux
Post Date: 2007-03-30 02:24:09 by robin
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Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux Large firms like Oracle use open source Linux softwareComputer giant Dell will start to sell PCs preinstalled with open source Linux operating systems, the firm has said. The second largest computer maker in the world said it had chosen to offer Linux in response to customer demand. Earlier this year, 100,000 people took part in a Dell survey. More than 70% of respondents said they would use Linux. Dell has not released details of which versions of Linux it will use or which computers it will run on, but promised an update in the coming weeks. "Dell has heard you," said a statement on the firm's website. "Our first step in this ...
Does Maya Calendar Predict 2012 Apocalypse?
Post Date: 2007-03-28 11:39:01 by Brian S
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With humanity coming up fast on 2012, publishers are helping readers gear up and count down to this mysterious — some even call it apocalyptic — date that ancient Mayan societies were anticipating thousands of years ago. Since November, at least three new books on 2012 have arrived in mainstream bookstores. A fourth is due this fall. Each arrives in the wake of the 2006 success of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, which has been selling thousands of copies a month since its release in May and counts more than 40,000 in print. The books also build on popular interest in the Maya, fueled in part by Mel Gibson's December 2006 film about Mayan civilization, Apocalpyto. Authors ...
Bizarre hexagon spotted in Saturn’s clouds
Post Date: 2007-03-28 07:00:48 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Bizarre hexagon spotted in Saturn’s cloudsAstronomers can’t explain six-sided pattern at planet’s north polegetCSS("3088867")FREE VIDEO• Saturn's hexagonMarch 27: Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show a hexagonal cloud formation hovering over the north pole. http://MSNBC.com's Dara Brown reports.MSNBC.comhttp://class="credit">MSNBC.com st*l*="padding-bottom: 20px;">SLIDE SHOW• Best of CassiniClick "Launch" to see some of the greatest hits from Cassini's mission to Saturn. if (window.spacecom_hed) { spacecom_hed.appWidth=300; spacecom_hed.ID = "spacecom_hed"; spacecom_hed.appFmt = 1; ...
Michigan Teen Builds Nuclear Fusion Device
Post Date: 2007-03-27 20:13:16 by Red Jones
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Michigan Teen Builds Nuclear Fusion Device Steve Kovsky (Blog) - March 27, 2007 2:03 PM Teenager Thiago Olsen posted this picture of his homemade fusion device on a blog page for other amatuer physicists to admire.A high school senior has achieved nuclear fusion in his parents’ basement. When he's not running track and cross country at Stoney Creek High School, 17-year-old Thiago Olsen can be found tinkering with items such as high-voltage X-ray transformers, diffusion pumps, and neutron bubble dosimeters. Most of the devices were scrounged from eBay or built from scraps and pieces picked up at the local hardware store. This teen's dream of fusing two hydrogen atoms by ...
The World of Free Energy
Post Date: 2007-03-26 15:23:29 by intotheabyss
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For a two-page summary of this 10-page essay, click here In the late 1880's, trade journals in the electrical sciences were predicting free electricity and free energy in the near future. Incredible discoveries about the nature of electricity were becoming common place. Nikola Tesla was demonstrating "wireless lighting" and other wonders associated with high frequency currents. There was an excitement about the future like never before. Within 20 years, there would be automobiles, airplanes, movies, recorded music, telephones, radio, and practical cameras. The Victorian Age was giving way to something totally new. For the first time in history, common people were ...
Now scientists create a sheep that's 15% human
Post Date: 2007-03-26 10:17:31 by christine
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Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs. The sheep have 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells - and their evolution brings the prospect of animal organs being transplanted into humans one step closer. Professor Esmail Zanjani, of the University of Nevada, has spent seven years and £5million perfecting the technique, which involves injecting adult human cells into a sheep's foetus. He has already created a sheep liver which has a large proportion of human cells and eventually hopes to precisely match a sheep to a transplant patient, using their own stem cells to create their own ...
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