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Latest Articles: Science/Tech
Solar-sailing era begins in space
Post Date: 2005-06-19 19:44:52 by DeaconBenjamin
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Like many a sailing voyage, Louis Friedman's "cruise" began in a saltwater harbor. But his tiny craft's destination is unlike anything a wind-whipped sailor has ever experienced. Tuesday, Cosmos-1 is slated for launch from a Russian ballistic-missile submarine beneath the Barents Sea. If all goes well, the craft will unfurl its reflective sails 528 miles above earth to become the first spacecraft to harness the gentle nudge of sunlight for propulsion. The $4 million mission, spearheaded by the nonprofit Planetary Society in Pasadena, Calif., and privately funded, is designed to demonstrate that solar sails can play a key role for space travel within the solar system. But first, ...
2012: END OF THE 5TH SUN
Post Date: 2005-06-18 21:35:02 by timetobuildaboat
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Certain aspects of the interlocking Maya calendar system have filtered into public consciousness in the last decade and a half. One of them is the prediction that we will come to the end of a solar-planetary cycle in 2012. But what is this cycle exactly and why is it going to end on the winter solstice of that auspicious year? Is the world going to end as some people are forecasting? The Maya conceived of time and human history as moving in cycles, small and large. While we use a single calendar to keep track of our annual solar circuit and to mark all of the important days within a year, the Maya used a variety of calendars. The array included a 365-day solar calendar; a 260-day sacred ...
New model 'permits time travel'
Post Date: 2005-06-18 08:12:30 by gengis gandhi
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BBC NEWS New model 'permits time travel' By Julianna Kettlewell BBC News science reporter If you went back in time and met your teenage parents, you could not split them up and prevent your birth - even if you wanted to, a new quantum model has stated. Researchers speculate that time travel can occur within a kind of feedback loop where backwards movement is possible, but only in a way that is "complementary" to the present. In other words, you can pop back in time and have a look around, but you cannot do anything that will alter the present you left behind. The new model, which uses the laws of quantum mechanics, gets rid of the famous paradox surrounding time travel. ...
Now 88 Dead Scientists And Microbiologists
Post Date: 2005-06-17 07:36:13 by Zipporah
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While some of these deaths may be purely coincidental and seem to pose no connection, many of these deaths are highly suspicious and appear not to be random acts of violence. Many are just plain murders. If you see any incorrect dates or errors, please provide me with accurate information, Thank you! Peace, Mark Marconi Scientists Mystery In the 1980,s over two dozen science graduates and experts working for Marconi or Plessey Defence Systems died in mysterious circumstances, most appearing to be 'suicides.' The MOD denied these scientists had been involved in classified Star Wars Projects and that the deaths were in any way connected. Judge for yourself... March 1982 - Professor ...
The Battle for Your Mind-Persuasion and Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public Today
Post Date: 2005-06-10 10:20:52 by gengis gandhi
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Click on the blue ball at the end of each section [*] to return to the topic index. The Battle for Your Mind by Dick Sutphen Persuasion and Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public Today Reformatted for WWW display and distribution by Dynamic Living Media Special - Exposing the Moonies Summary Of Contents *Introduction *The Birth of Conversion: Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in 1735. *The Three Brain Phases: The Pavlovian Explanation *How Revivalist Preachers Work *The "Voice Roll" Technique *The Build-up Process.: Inducing Altered States *Assured Continuation: Fleecing the Flock *Bonding by Fear and Suggestion *Testimony: Creating Community Spirit *Miracles *The ...
Surviving a lightning strike.
Post Date: 2005-06-09 20:06:57 by crack monkey
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Don't Stand By Me Surviving a lightning strike. By Joshua Foer Posted Monday, June 6, 2005, at 4:24 AM PT Jerry LeDoux is a guy you don't really want to interview, because interviewing him means having to be near him, and that's like planting yourself by a dartboard. The stone claw hanging from his neck attests to his grisly encounter with a bear's jaw at a roadside park in August 1990. (His wife, Bee, brandishes a photo album that documents the mauling before he's done telling the story.) The Purple Heart on his Navy Seals sniper hat testifies to the three bullets he took in Vietnam. The ugly black mark on his finger is evidence that he once air-nailed it to a floorboard. The scar on ...
Survey: Scientific Misbehavior Is Common
Post Date: 2005-06-08 17:21:04 by Don
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Survey: Scientific Misbehavior Is Common By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Wed Jun 8, 2:07 PM ET NEW YORK - It's not the stuff of headlines, like fraud. But more mundane misbehavior by scientists is common enough that it may pose an even greater threat to the integrity of science, a new report asserts. One-third of scientists surveyed said that within the previous three years, they'd engaged in at least one practice that would probably get them into trouble, the report said. Examples included circumventing minor aspects of rules for doing research on people and overlooking a colleague's use of flawed data or questionable interpretation of data. Such behaviors are "primarily ...
Genes blamed for fickle female orgasm
Post Date: 2005-06-08 10:23:19 by gengis gandhi
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Genes blamed for fickle female orgasm Is this the ultimate excuse for poor performance in bed? “Sorry, darling,” the man says, just before falling asleep. “It’s your genes.” According to a study published this week, up to 45% of the differences between women in their ability to reach orgasm can be explained by their genes. Despite decades of surveys and conjecture about the role of culture, upbringing and biology in female sexual function, from Freud in 1905 to the Hite report in 1976, this is the first study of the role of a woman’s genes. Its findings suggest there is an underlying biological basis to a woman’s ability to achieve orgasm. Whether that ...
Revealed: how oil giant influenced Bush: WH sought advice from Exxon on Kyoto stance
Post Date: 2005-06-08 07:32:17 by Zipporah
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President's George Bush's decision not to sign the United States up to the Kyoto global warming treaty was partly a result of pressure from ExxonMobil, the world's most powerful oil company, and other industries, according to US State Department papers seen by the Guardian. The documents, which emerged as Tony Blair visited the White House for discussions on climate change before next month's G8 meeting, reinforce widely-held suspicions of how close the company is to the administration and its role in helping to formulate US policy. In briefing papers given before meetings to the US under-secretary of state, Paula Dobriansky, between 2001 and 2004, the administration is found thanking ...
The machine that can copy anything
Post Date: 2005-06-04 12:28:22 by Eoghan
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A revolutionary machine that can copy itself and manufacture everyday objects quickly and cheaply could transform industry in the developing world, according to its creator. The "self-replicating rapid prototyper," or "RepRap" is the brainchild of Dr. Adrian Bowyer, a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of Bath in the UK. It is based on rapid prototyping technology commonly used to manufacturer plastic components in industry from computer-generated blueprints -- effectively a form of 3D printer. But Bowyer told CNN the RepRap's ability to copy itself could put rapid prototyping technology within reach of the world's poorest communities by ...
Airbags associated with increased probability of death in accidents, study finds
Post Date: 2005-06-03 16:13:33 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Airbags associated with increased probability of death in accidents, study finds June 02, 2005 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that airbags installed in automobiles have saved some 10,000 lives as of January 2004. A just-released study by a statistician at the University of Georgia, however, casts doubt on that assertion. In fact, said UGA statistics professor Mary C. Meyer, a new analysis of existing data indicates that, controlling for other factors, airbags are actually associated with slightly increased probability of death in accidents. "NHTSA recorded 238 deaths due to airbags between 1990 and 2002, according to information about these ...
Bummed about your Google image? Get over it
Post Date: 2005-06-03 12:49:22 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Bummed about your Google image? Get over it By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM THE NEW YORK TIMES In the winter of 1996 -- back when I was a brunette who wore sensible shoes -- a photographer snapped my picture during a rehearsal for a college musical. The production mattered; eating and sleeping did not. The resulting portrait showed a pasty, gaunt girl being swallowed by a XXX-large T-shirt. The only thing more unfortunate than the photo is that nearly a decade after it was taken -- a decade in which I became a blonde and graduated to stilettos -- it is still the definitive image of me on the World Wide Web. It's the one that pops up every time my name is entered in a Google search. It even has ...
For Fruit Flies, Gene Shift Tilts Sex Orientation (Gay Fruit Flys)
Post Date: 2005-06-03 12:15:06 by crack monkey
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For Fruit Flies, Gene Shift Tilts Sex Orientation By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, International Herald Tribune When the genetically altered fruit fly was released into the observation chamber, it did what these breeders par excellence tend to do. It pursued a waiting virgin female. It gently tapped the girl with its leg, played her a song (using wings as instruments) and, only then, dared to lick her - all part of standard fruit fly seduction. The observing scientist looked with disbelief at the show, for the suitor in this case was not a male, but a female that researchers had artificially endowed with a single male-type gene. That one gene, the researchers are announcing today in the journal ...
Physics principles too myopic, Nobel winner says
Post Date: 2005-06-02 15:02:33 by Starwind
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Physics principles too myopic, Nobel winner saysRobert Laughlin thinks physics is in crisis because physicists have problems with their belief systems.By Ashley Lawson(June 2, 2005) Robert Laughlin argues that physicists have a belief problem. (Courtesy Photo: Free Press) BOSTON -- Physicists have problems with their belief systems and the field of physics is in crisis because of it, said Nobel Prize-winner Robert Laughlin at a recent Boston University lecture. "They have systems of belief just like everyone else," he said. "There is a belief system problem here." Laughlin, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1998, compared physicists to monotheists who ...
Freezing gas prices (Cryogenically Frozen Car Engine - Gets 120 MPG )
Post Date: 2005-05-31 08:18:09 by Grumble Jones
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Americans guzzle 65 billion gallons of fuel a year and lately we have been paying a pretty penny at the pump. NewsChannel 4 has done reports in the past on how to get the most out of your gas. Now we introduce you to a new way to save on those gasoline dollars. There is a man who fills up his tank once every two months. One tank of gas, literally, lasts him two months. He is freezing the price of gas by freezing something else. People complain about the price of gas and we are all spending dearly to stay on the road these days. The money we spend on gas seems to burn up faster than the fuel........... Click for Full Text!
Experts: Climate Change Means Learning To Live With Floods, Tsunamis
Post Date: 2005-05-29 23:29:38 by robin
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Dikes and dams will not be enough to stop the deluge. With climate change, people will have to learn to live with floods and tidal waves, scientists at an international conference said. "We have gone from the point of defending ourselves from flooding to managing floods and learning to live with them," said Eelco van Beek, who was among the 300 experts attending a conference in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. During the past two years, more than 600 floods have been recorded in the world, causing the deaths of 19,000 people and damage valued at about 25 billion dollars (20 billion euros). The figures do not include the deaths of some 273,000 people when a tsunami hit the countries ...
I.B.M. Software Aims to Provide Security Without Sacrificing Privacy
Post Date: 2005-05-28 17:19:15 by robin
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International Business Machines is introducing software today that is intended to let companies share and compare information with other companies or government agencies without identifying the people connected to it. Security specialists familiar with the technology say that, if truly effective, it could help tackle many security and privacy problems in handling personal information in fields like health care, financial services and national security. "There is real promise here," said Fred H. Cate, director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University. "But we'll have to see how well it works in all kinds of settings." The technology for ...
Plan ''Daisy'' - (The Suppressed Document at LibertyForum.org) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-05-28 08:35:42 by toddbrendanfahey
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New DREAD Weapon - Devastating, Jam-Proof And Silent [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-05-27 18:45:59 by Eoghan
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Imagine a gun with no recoil, no sound, no heat, no gunpowder, no visible firing signature (muzzle flash), and no stoppages or jams of any kind. Now imagine that this gun could fire .308 caliber and .50 caliber metal projectiles accurately at up to 8,000 fps (feet-per-second), featured an infinitely variable/programmable cyclic rate-of-fire (as high as 120,000 rounds-per-minute), and were capable of laying down a 360-degree field of fire. What if you could mount this weapon on any military Humvee (HMMWV), any helicopter/gunship, any armored personnel carrier (APC), and any other vehicle for which the technology were applicable? That would really be something, wouldn't it? Some of you might ...
Wood Burning Electrical Generator
Post Date: 2005-05-27 18:35:33 by orangedog
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Someone with waaaaaaay too much time on his hands has built himself a wood burning setup to generate electricity. Follow the link for the video of this thing in operation.
Disney Outsourcing Jobs of 1,000 IT Workers
Post Date: 2005-05-27 12:07:29 by RickyJ
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - About 1,000 information technology workers throughout the Walt Disney Co. will have their jobs outsourced, but few layoffs are expected. Most workers would be moved into new jobs with two vendors, International Business Machines Corp. and Affiliated Computer Services Inc., after negotiations are completed this month, the company told employees Thursday. The outsourcing is planned to occur in mid-July. About one-third of the division's overall work force would be affected. Some workers may be offered jobs elsewhere at Disney or be laid off, the company told employees, but no numbers were provided. The IT unit handles such services as desktop computer support and ...
Limey Doctors call for UK Knife Control
Post Date: 2005-05-26 22:47:37 by Dude Lebowski
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A&E doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing. A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase - and kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings. They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon. The research is published in the British Medical Journal. The researchers said there was no reason for long pointed knives to be publicly available at all. They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen. None of the chefs felt ...
3-Billion Year Old Manufactured Spheroids?
Post Date: 2005-05-25 16:51:39 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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3-Billion Year Old Manufactured Spheroids? At least 200 have been found, and extracted out of deep rock at the Wonderstone Silver Mine in South Africa, averaging 1-4 inches in dia. and composed of a nickel-steel alloy that doesn't occur naturally. Some have a thin shell about a quarter inch thick, when broken open are filled with a strange spongy material that disintegrates into dust upon contact with air. A complete mystery according to Roelf Marx curator of the South African Klerksdorp Museum, as the one he has on exibit rotates on its own, ,locked in a display case, free of outside vibrations. The manufactured metallic spheroids have been mined out of a layer of pyrophyllite rock ...
Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds
Post Date: 2005-05-25 16:03:45 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds 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 ...
Lookout, France! Google hires neo-con headbanger
Post Date: 2005-05-24 18:59:36 by Eoghan
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The company that prides itself on "Doing No Evil" isn't taking any chances with its latest executive appointment. Dan Senor, the company's new Global Communications and Strategy VP, has a CV guaranteed to have Register columnist Otto Z Stern firing a celebratory fusillade skywards from his compound in New Mexico. A former Senior Associate at the Carlyle Group, Senor was briefly Scott McLellan's deputy as White House spokesman before becoming head of the the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq's information department. The White House web site bills him as Senior Advisor to Presidential Envoy L. Paul Bremer III. Fox News hired Senor as a panelist in February. While in Iraq ...
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