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Spotlight: Cloned monkeys could help development of drugs for human brain diseases
Post Date: 2018-02-07 06:00:14 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists' successful cloning of monkeys could eventually help the development of new drugs to treat human diseases, like brain and nervous system problems, a leading Chinese neuroscientist said. At the end of 2017, a non-human primate research facility under the Beijing-based Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) produced two cloned macaques. Allaying fears that cloning monkeys for research could ultimately lead to human cloning, Poo Muming, director of the Institute of Neuroscience at CAS, told Xinhua, "We have no intention to clone humans." The macaque cloning was done for a humane reason, he said: "Because this is the species ...
Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built
Post Date: 2018-02-06 08:06:41 by Tatarewicz
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NYT... With smartphones, “they’ve got you for every waking moment,” said Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook and a member of the new Center for Humane Technology. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Silicon Valley technologists who were early employees at Facebook and Google, alarmed over the ill effects of social networks and smartphones, are banding together to challenge the companies they helped build. The cohort is creating a union of concerned experts called the Center for Humane Technology. Along with the nonprofit media watchdog group Common Sense Media, it also plans an anti-tech addiction lobbying effort and an ad ...
Nobel Laureate in Physics; "Global Warming is Pseudoscience"
Post Date: 2018-02-05 21:27:39 by BTP Holdings
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Poster Comment:Global warming is phony baloney and I knew it all along.
Star Trek - Starfleet Academy (The Movie) (1997)
Post Date: 2018-02-05 20:10:54 by BTP Holdings
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Poster Comment:For all the Trekki's out there.
Samsung Begins Manufacturing ASIC Chips for Mining Cryptocurrency
Post Date: 2018-02-04 05:14:13 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Samsung is currently the top chipmaker in the world, and it’s quietly expanding into a new market: cryptocurrency mining. Samsung isn’t mining coins itself, but it is using its massive manufacturing capacity to produce so-called “application specific integrated circuits,” or ASIC chips, for use in mining rigs. These chips are designed just to mine coins, making them vastly more efficient than a stack of GPUs. Cryptocurrencies have different features, values, and management features, but almost all of them can be mined. To mine coins, your machine has to complete complex mathematical calculations as “proof of work.” This computing power goes ...
Esteemed Scientist Makes Shocking Human-Chimp Hybrid Claim
Post Date: 2018-02-03 06:24:45 by Tatarewicz
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C2C... A highly respected evolutionary biologist has sparked headlines after claiming that scientists once secretly created a human-chimpanzee hybrid! While musing about the possibility for such a 'humanzee' to exist, Gordon Gallup told the UK newspaper the Sun that not only could it be done, but that it had already been accomplished. According to the renowned researcher, who said that he was told this tale by his former professor, the stunning scientific endeavor occurred in the 1920's at a facility in Florida devoted to studying primates. Incredibly, Gallup recalled, the hybrid creature was successfully created, via artificial insemination, in the womb of a female chimp ...
Nordics dropping in IQ, becoming as dumb as Rocks
Post Date: 2018-02-02 11:30:58 by Ada
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The long and prosperous era of growing IQ results is now being challenged by dramatically declining results in Scandinavia. This trend may expand to engulf more countries, researchers warn. Contrary to the 20th century trend of nations performing better in tests measuring intelligence (IQ), the Scandinavian countries have been experiencing a continuous drop in IQ in the past decades. In the so-called Flynn effect named after New Zealand researcher James Flynn, fluid and crystallized intelligence in vast parts of the world has continuously increased since 1930s, which was attributed to more intense school curricula and a more rational way of thinking. Since the mid-1990s, however, ...
Human Genome Decoded With Pocket-Sized Device
Post Date: 2018-02-02 06:48:17 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Scientists used a portable device no bigger than a cellphone to sequence the most complete human genome ever assembled with a single technology, according to a study published Monday. The breakthrough, detailed in the journal Nature Biotechnology, brings us closer to the day when family doctors will order up genome scans during a regular check-up along with blood work, the authors suggested. "We are definitely approaching the point where sequencing genomes will become a routine part of advanced clinical exams," lead author Matthew Loose, a professor at the University of Nottingham, told AFP. The new sequencing method is the first to read long, unbroken strands ...
FLIPPIN’ EK Earth’s magnetic poles could be about to FLIP sparking chaos and mass blackouts
Post Date: 2018-02-01 14:58:28 by Ada
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Parts of the planet could be rendered uninhabitable by the reversal, experts have warned THE Earth's magnetic poles could be about to flip, sparking chaos and making large parts of the planet uninhabitable, it has emerged. Experts have warned that the change is extremely likely with the magnetic field weakening by 15 per cent over 200 years. The earth's magnetic fields could flip, it has been warned Getty - Contributor 4 The earth's magnetic fields could flip, it has been warned According to an Undark report, the flip could cause "devastating streams of particles from the sun, galactic cosmic rays, and enhanced ultraviolet B rays from a radiation". The report ...
Resurrecting YouTube's Banned Videos and Channels
Post Date: 2018-01-29 16:32:43 by Ada
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Last month I’d announced that I was adding a new Video section to this website, with a central motivation being the increasingly harsh ideological censorship that YouTube was beginning to impose upon its content, as had been originally announced last Fall. During the last few weeks, this regime of YouTube censorship has indeed intensified. A few days ago we ran an article by Sayed Hasan recounting YouTube’s sudden termination of his five-year-old video channel that had contained hundreds of videos served many millions of views. His content had sharply criticized Zionism and imperialism and strongly defended the rights of the Palestinians, presumably leading the ADL to demand ...
Is There A Ticking Time Bomb Under The Arctic? Is There A Ticking Time Bomb Under The Arctic?
Post Date: 2018-01-28 03:44:43 by Tatarewicz
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NPR... The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility, dug in the mid-1960s, allows scientists a three-dimensional look at frozen ground. A short drive north of Fairbanks, Alaska, there's a red shed stuck right up against a hillside. The shed looks unremarkable, except for the door. It looks like a door to a walk-in freezer, with thick insulation and a heavy latch. Whatever is behind that door needs to stay very cold. "Are you ready to go inside?" asks Dr. Thomas Douglas, a geochemist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Behind the door is a geological time bomb, scientists say. No one knows exactly how big the bomb is. It may even be a dud that barely detonates. But the fallout ...
Lake Michigan has become dramatically clearer in last 20 years — but at a steep cost
Post Date: 2018-01-26 17:24:10 by Ada
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Over the past 20 years, Lake Michigan has undergone a dramatic transformation. Here’s a look at how invasive mussels have changed the lake’s landscape. Decades ago, Lake Michigan teemed with nutrients and green algae, casting a brownish-green hue that resembled the mouth of an inland river rather than a vast, open-water lake. Back then, the lake’s swampy complexion was less than inviting to swimmers and kayakers, but it supported a robust fishing industry as several commercial companies trawled for perch, and sport fishermen cast their lines for trout. But in the past 20 years, Lake Michigan has undergone a dramatic transformation. In analyzing satellite images between ...
China Focus: Macaque cloning breakthrough offers hope against human illnesses
Post Date: 2018-01-25 09:04:14 by Tatarewicz
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Two cloned macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua are held by a nurse at the non-human-primate research facility under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan. 22, 2018. China on Thursday announced it successfully cloned world's first macaques from somatic cells by method that made Dolly. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang) BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) - China on Thursday announced it successfully cloned world' s first macaques from somatic cells by method that made Dolly. It makes research with customizable populations of genetically uniform monkeys a possibility. The two cloned macaques, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, were produced at the ...
Something Shocking Happened in Florida After the Alaska Earthquake: Well Water Levels Changed
Post Date: 2018-01-25 06:20:25 by Horse
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Toggle Menu Seismic waves traveling through the earth often cause groundwater changes after earthquakes. Tuesday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska sent vibrations through the earth that caused water to rise and fall in wells in Florida, thousands of miles away. Sensors near Fort Lauderdale and Madison, near the Georgia border, showed a minor change in water levels after the earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). image The blue line is the time of the Gulf of Alaska earthquake Tuesday. You can see the small water displacement in both wells a short time later as indicated by the sharp upward motion of the red line (well near Madison) and ...
The Y chromosome is disappearing – so what will happen to men?
Post Date: 2018-01-22 08:53:53 by Tatarewicz
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The Conversation...The Y chromosome may be a symbol of masculinity, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it is anything but strong and enduring. Although it carries the “master switch” gene, SRY, that determines whether an embryo will develop as male (XY) or female (XX), it contains very few other genes and is the only chromosome not necessary for life. Women, after all, manage just fine without one. What’s more, the Y chromosome has degenerated rapidly, leaving females with two perfectly normal X chromosomes, but males with an X and a shrivelled Y. If the same rate of degeneration continues, the Y chromosome has just 4.6m years left before it disappears completely. ...
MOON LANDINGS 'FAKE': What Stanley Kubrick's family say about 'hoax admission' video
Post Date: 2018-01-21 19:37:26 by BTP Holdings
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MOON LANDINGS 'FAKE': What Stanley Kubrick's family say about 'hoax admission' video RELATIVES of Stanley Kubrick have spoken out after a shocking video supposedly showing the movie legend make a deathbed confession that he helped NASA fake the moon landings emerged. By Jon Austin PUBLISHED: 22:29, Tue, Dec 15, 2015 | UPDATED: 22:29, Tue, Dec 15, 2015 The alleged Stanley Kubrick in the video and the iconic moon landing image In a statement released through a spokesperson, the family made it clear the film published on YouTube was a complete hoax, using an actor who was purporting to be the Clockwork Orange film director. The statement on behalf of his widow ...
DARK WEB Brit teen hacker posed as CIA boss to access secret military files – and sent lewd rape threats to Homeland Security chief
Post Date: 2018-01-21 07:22:12 by Ada
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Kane Gamble, 18, hacked into John Brennan's emails, rang his home and took control of his wife's iPad, a court heard A BRIT teen hacker posed as a CIA boss to access secret military files – and sent lewd rape threats to a Homeland Security chief, a court has heard. Kane Gamble, 18, hacked into intelligence head John Brennan's email account, made hoax calls to his family home and even took control of his wife's iPad, judges were told. Kane Gamble, 18, has pleaded guilty to a string of chargesPA:PRESS ASSOCIATION 3 Kane Gamble, 18, has pleaded guilty to a string of charges The hacks were carried out as part of a campaign of harassment against top US officials ...
Claim: Birds of Prey Deliberately Setting Wildfires
Post Date: 2018-01-15 15:31:05 by Ada
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So much for fire control – JoNova reports that raptors have been photographed congregating on the edge of large Australian bushfires, picking up burning sticks, and deliberately setting new spot fires in advance of the main blaze to flush out small mammals and other prey. This discovery potentially has profound implications for fire management in places like California. “ Burn, Baby, Burn: Australian Birds Steal Fire to Smoke Out Prey By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | January 9, 2018 11:23am ET Grassland fires that are deadly and devastating events for many kinds of wildlife are a boon to certain types of birds known as fire foragers. These opportunists prey on animals ...
(Others had failed predictions too) Prince Charles gives world reprieve: Extends ‘100-Month’ climate ‘tipping point’ to 35 more years
Post Date: 2018-01-15 08:43:07 by Horse
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Prince Charles had previously issued a 100-month climate tipping point deadline in 2009. Flashback: Earth ‘Serially Doomed': UN Issues New 15 Year Climate Tipping Point – But UN Issued Tipping Points in 1982 & Another 10-Year Tipping Point in 1989! Prince Charles declared on July 18, 2015 that the world now has “just 35 years to save the planet” from “global warming”. But this new climate ‘tipping point’ marks a huge reprieve from Prince Charles original 100 month tipping point issued in 2009. The 2015 UK Western Morning News interview with Charles revealed that “His Royal Highness warns that we have just 35 years to save the planet ...
(Others had failed predictions too) Prince Charles gives world reprieve: Extends ‘100-Month’ climate ‘tipping point’ to 35 more years
Post Date: 2018-01-15 08:43:03 by Horse
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Prince Charles had previously issued a 100-month climate tipping point deadline in 2009. Flashback: Earth ‘Serially Doomed': UN Issues New 15 Year Climate Tipping Point – But UN Issued Tipping Points in 1982 & Another 10-Year Tipping Point in 1989! Prince Charles declared on July 18, 2015 that the world now has “just 35 years to save the planet” from “global warming”. But this new climate ‘tipping point’ marks a huge reprieve from Prince Charles original 100 month tipping point issued in 2009. The 2015 UK Western Morning News interview with Charles revealed that “His Royal Highness warns that we have just 35 years to save the planet ...
(Others had failed predictions too) Prince Charles gives world reprieve: Extends ‘100-Month’ climate ‘tipping point’ to 35 more years
Post Date: 2018-01-15 08:43:03 by Horse
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Prince Charles had previously issued a 100-month climate tipping point deadline in 2009. Flashback: Earth ‘Serially Doomed': UN Issues New 15 Year Climate Tipping Point – But UN Issued Tipping Points in 1982 & Another 10-Year Tipping Point in 1989! Prince Charles declared on July 18, 2015 that the world now has “just 35 years to save the planet” from “global warming”. But this new climate ‘tipping point’ marks a huge reprieve from Prince Charles original 100 month tipping point issued in 2009. The 2015 UK Western Morning News interview with Charles revealed that “His Royal Highness warns that we have just 35 years to save the planet ...
A STAR IS REBORN: 50TH ANNIVERSARY FORD MUSTANG BULLITT REVIVES SILVER SCREEN LEGEND WITH NEW LEVELS OF POWER
Post Date: 2018-01-14 23:15:03 by X-15
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DETROIT, Jan. 14, 2018 – Celebrating the 50th anniversary of iconic movie “Bullitt” and its fan-favorite San Francisco car chase, Ford introduces the new cool and powerful 2019 Mustang Bullitt. Third-generation member of the McQueen family, Molly, starred in a special movie of her own introducing the new third-generation Bullitt at the North American International Auto Show. In the film, Molly races a new Mustang Bullitt through a parking structure battling a Dodge Charger for the final free space. Helping it win that particular spot was the Bullitt’s upgraded 5.0-liter V8 engine that will deliver at least 475 horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. of torque, pushing the new ...
Conspiracy Theory Claims Stephen Hawking is an Imposter
Post Date: 2018-01-14 07:05:26 by Tatarewicz
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C2C... An odd conspiracy theory circulating online could rival that of the Flat Earth when it comes to sheer outrageousness. Those who ascribe to this head-scratching concept say that renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking actually died decades ago and was replaced by an imposter. Conspiracy theorists point to a litany of alleged clues gleaned from studying photographs of the famed scientist over the years as well as aspects about his life that, to them, just don't make sense, such as his remarkably long lifespan for someone diagnosed with ALS in the 1960's. To that end, they argue that he actually passed away in 1985, when Hawking is known to have fallen gravely ill, and the ...
Virus-Like Protein Important for Cognition, Memory
Post Date: 2018-01-13 04:50:05 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- A protein involved in cognition and storing long-term memories looks and acts like a protein from viruses. The protein, called Arc, has properties similar to those that viruses use for infecting host cells, and originated from a chance evolutionary event that occurred hundreds of millions of years ago. The prospect that virus-like proteins could be the basis for a novel form of cell-to-cell communication in the brain could change our understanding of how memories are made, according to Jason Shepherd, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at University of Utah Health and senior author of the study publishing in Cell on Jan. 11. Shepherd first suspected that something was different ...
Researchers Probe Origin of Superpowerful Radio Blasts from Space
Post Date: 2018-01-11 07:05:44 by BTP Holdings
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Researchers Probe Origin of Superpowerful Radio Blasts from Space Space.com Charles Q. Choi Space.com Contributor 13 hrs ago © Provided by Space.com New work probes the extraterrestrial source of incredibly powerful explosions of radio waves, investigating why that spot is the only known location to repeatedly burst with these blasts. These repeating bursts may come from a dense stellar core called a neutron star near an extraordinarily powerful magnetic field, such as one near a massive black hole, the study finds. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are intense pulses of radio waves lasting just milliseconds that can give off more energy in a fraction of a second than the sun does ...
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