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George Takei Dismantles Racist, Sexist Criticism Of 'Star Trek: Discovery'
Post Date: 2017-05-29 21:14:39 by BTP Holdings
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George Takei Dismantles Racist, Sexist Criticism Of 'Star Trek: Discovery' HuffPost Maxwell Strachan 3 hrs ago Takei boldly silences ‘Star Trek’ diversity attacks CBS released a trailer earlier this month for its upcoming “Star Trek: Discovery,” the first television series in the franchise since “Star Trek: Enterprise” ended in 2005. The trailer excited many fans, but it also led to a familiar anger, as many people decried the casting of Michelle Yeoh, an Asian woman, as the ship’s captain and Sonequa Martin-Green, a black woman, as the ship’s first officer. Click to expand Watch: Trailer for the new "Star Trek: ...
How To Build A Simple Faraday Cage For EMP Survival
Post Date: 2017-05-28 04:18:17 by Tatarewicz
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PMF... Of all of the reasons to prepare, one that we all need to take seriously is the possibility of a catastrophic EMP, or electromagnetic pulse. This is a frequent topic in many post-apocalyptic novels and something that most of us are aware of, even if we do not completely understand the science. As I wrote way back when in the article Prepping for an EMP and Solar Flares: To be blunt about it, an EMP, if large enough, would affect the entire planet. In an instant, civilization as we know it would change as we get swept backward in time by a century or two. Understanding the risks of an EMP goes hand in hand with threats of a cyber-attack since there is a cause and effect ...
China Just Extracted Gas From 'Flammable Ice', And It Could Lead to a Brand New Energy Source
Post Date: 2017-05-24 07:00:05 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... For the first time, Chinese engineers have successfully extracted natural gas from icy deposits beneath the South China Sea. Just last year, China's government announced that geologists had found new reserves of methane hydrate - also known as 'flammable ice' - and now it looks like they've managed to harvest some of it, bringing the world a step closer to harnessing this untapped energy source. Methane hydrate is a fascinating substance that looks like ice, but actually consists of methane trapped inside a lattice of water molecules. If you put a match to it, it won't just melt - it will actually catch fire. These solid gas deposits are found in ...
Evidence of conscientiousness found in birds, bees, other critters: researchers
Post Date: 2017-05-24 02:50:36 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have found evidence of conscientiousness in insects, reptiles, birds, fish and other critters. The researchers, in reviewing nearly 4,000 animal behavior studies, devide the conscientious characteristics in animals into two main categories: "order and Industriousness," which includes organization and cleanliness, and "achievement striving and competence," which covers mastery and deliberation. Just as in humans, conscientiousness in animals, which includes working hard, paying attention to detail and striving to do the right thing, has such evolutionary benefits as giving them an edge ...
Introducing The 'Chit' - The World's First One-Bit Chemical Hard Drive
Post Date: 2017-05-23 08:39:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... In classical computing, information is stored in bits that are read by physical phenomena such as electricity. You might recognise them as 1s and 0s, also called binary code. In quantum computing, it's stored in quantum bits, or 'qubits'. However, computers aren't the only way we can store information: chemistry is also capable. Scientists at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in Warsaw have developed a way in which chemical droplets can store information like bits and qubits in a one-bit chemical memory unit called the 'chit'. The chit is made up of three droplets. Between the droplets, chemical ...
Scientists discover intelligence linked to 52 ‘smart genes’
Post Date: 2017-05-23 06:42:20 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Links to intelligence have been found in 52 genes, 40 of which have been identified for the first time, new research has revealed. However, the discovery does not mean that the genes determine genius.' On Monday, a team of 30 scientists, led by Danielle Posthuma of VU University Amsterdam, released a new study in the journal Nature Genetics announcing “new insight into the genetic architecture of intelligence.” "For the first time, we were able to detect a substantial amount of genetic effects in IQ," Posthuma told AFP. "Our findings provide insight into the biological underpinnings of intelligence." Read more © Vin Catania Scientists restore ...
Ukraine supplied 88 APCs to Iraq, but only 34 could actually move – inquiry
Post Date: 2017-05-22 03:52:16 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Only 34 out of 88 armored vehicles supplied by Ukraine to Iraq as part of a 2009 deal were able to move, leaked results of the inspection revealed. The botched contract is still being probed in Kiev, but now it wants to find a Russian role there. READ MORE: Ukraine has no 'justifiable defense' for non-payment of $3bn debt to Russia - UK court Ukrainian website ZN.ua obtained a letter, addressed by the former head of Ukrainian state-run weapons exporter, Ukrspetsexport, Aleksandr Kovalenko, to Ukroboronprom defense industry concern in 2014. Read more AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven. © Sgt. 1st Class Michael Guillory US-supplied surveillance mini-drones useless in Ukraine ...
Plasma jet engine breakthrough heralds beginning of new era in space travel - study
Post Date: 2017-05-22 03:34:31 by Tatarewicz
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RT... A major new breakthrough in jet propulsion technology could revolutionize the aerospace industry, paving the way for plasma jet engines that could carry a craft to the edge of space using only air and electricity. Berkant Göksel, the lead researcher in a new study by the Technical University of Berlin, says his team have successfully completed tests on plasma engines that could take future aircraft to altitudes of 30 miles (50km) and beyond. Read more © SolarStratos Sun-powered ‘space plane’ completes first test flight en route to stratosphere (PHOTOS,VIDEO) While studies into plasma jet engines has largely focused on their ability to manoeuvre small satellites ...
Russia’s ‘Killer Satellites’ Re-Awaken
Post Date: 2017-05-20 07:22:56 by BTP Holdings
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Russia’s ‘Killer Satellites’ Re-Awaken The trio of mysterious spacecraft were idle for at least a year. Now they’re zooming toward foreign satellites again—and no one really knows why. David Axe 05.19.17 1:00 AM ET A trio of mysterious Russian government satellites startled space experts when, shortly after blasting into low orbit between 2013 and 2015, they began dramatically changing their orbits, demonstrating a rare degree of maneuverability for small spacecraft. Now after being idle for a year or more, two of the mystery-sats are on the move again. On April 20, 2017, one of them reportedly shaved hundreds of meters off its orbit in order to zoom within ...
Google Researchers Are Teaching Their AI to Build Its Own, More Powerful AI
Post Date: 2017-05-20 06:06:03 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Google has announced another big push into artificial intelligence, unveiling a new approach to machine learning where neural networks are used to build better neural networks - essentially teaching AI to teach itself. These artificial neural networks are designed to mimic the way the brain learns, and Google says its new technology, called AutoML, can develop networks that are more powerful, efficient, and easy to use. Google CEO Sundar Pichai showed off AutoML on stage at Google I/O 2017 this week - the annual developer conference that Google throws for app coders and hardware makers to reveal where its products are heading next. "The way it works is we take a set ...
Being an Only Child Can Actually Change The Structure of Your Brain
Post Date: 2017-05-18 03:24:50 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists have discovered that being an only child doesn't just lead to behavioural differences that can set kids apart from those with siblings - it actually affects a child's brain development, too. A new study comparing brain scans of only children and others who grew up with siblings has revealed significant differences in the participants' grey matter volume, and researchers say it's the first neurological evidence in this area linking changes in brain structure to differing behaviours. To investigate if only children demonstrated neurological differences from their peers who grew up with brothers and sisters, researchers at Southwest University in ...
Scientists Have Developed The Most Efficient Water-Splitting Catalyst Yet
Post Date: 2017-05-17 06:49:45 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists just found a new way to split water into hydrogen and oxygen that's cheap and effective - and it could mean we're able to produce an abundance of clean hydrogen fuel in the future. Hydrogen is a fantastic source for clean energy, but the challenge is making enough of it to be efficient and practical price. A newly developed catalyst now reportedly addresses both issues, boasting more efficiency for a lower cost than existing solutions - and it can run for 20 hours straight. According to the University of Houston scientists who developed the catalyst, it ticks all the boxes in terms of durability and energy storage, as well as cost and efficiency. ...
Hydrogen Bonds Have Been Directly Detected For The First Time
Post Date: 2017-05-16 07:34:54 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... For the first time ever, physicists have managed to directly detect a hydrogen bond within a single molecule - meaning we can now observe the smallest and most abundant element in the Universe in ways that scientists could only ever theorise about. The experiment also reveals just how sensitive our imaging devices have become - hydrogen bonds are far weaker than chemical bonds, and until now, it's been impossible to see them. Now, scientists can visualise them so clearly using an atomic force microscope, they can measure their exact force. Of all the elements in the Universe that scientists are striving to get better grasp on, hydrogen is arguably at the top of the ...
Never Pay For Cable Or Subscriptions Again? This Device Allows You To Watch Anything For Free
Post Date: 2017-05-16 06:49:12 by Tatarewicz
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This Is What Humans Could Look Like in 1,000 Years
Post Date: 2017-05-15 07:10:47 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Humans are still evolving, So, where will evolution take us in 1,000 years? Chances are we'll be taller. Humans have already seen a boom in height over the last 130 years. In 1880 the average American male was 5'7" (170 cm). Today, he's 5'10" (177 cm). We may also merge with machines that can enhance our hearing, eyesight, health, and much more. Right now, there are hearing aids that let you record sounds, generate white noise, and even come with a built-in phone. Another example is a team out of the University of Oregon which is developing bionic eyes that help the blind to see. But it's not impossible to imagine that this technology could ...
3D printed electric skateboard controlled by phone
Post Date: 2017-05-15 06:52:44 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV.. A startup in Berlin wants to revolutionize urban mobility with 3D printed, smartphone-controlled, skateboards. 'The Spine' is made for urbanites who prefer not to walk or cycle when getting around the city. It has a range of 10 kilometers, a top speed of 30 kilometers per hour and one electric engine driving the wheels. It can be controlled by smartphone. After connecting to the board via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, users just need to tilt their phone down to accelerate and tilt up to brake. Its price is about 800 euros. Engineers say the new transportation products are likely to complement electric autonomous cars and the public transportation system in the future Poster ...
100yr countdown to extinction? Hawking believes humans need to colonize new planet… or else
Post Date: 2017-05-15 00:50:49 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Stephen Hawking appears to be at pains to warn the world that humanity is doomed. His latest prediction urges mankind to escape an ailing Earth for a fresh start on a new planet… before it’s too late. Trends Viral The renowned astrophysicist will present his chilling forecast, which sounds like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, in a new BBC documentary entitled Expedition New Earth that is currently still in production. In the program, which is part of the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World science season, Hawking will posit that humanity’s time on Earth is coming to an end, while warning that there are only 100 years left to “colonize another planet.” ...
US Navy Prepares Decapitating Attack Against Russia
Post Date: 2017-05-12 18:50:39 by Ada
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The US preemptive nuclear strike capability has significantly grown. The strategic nuclear forces modernization program has implemented new revolutionary technologies to vastly increase the targeting capability of the US submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) arsenal. The Bulletin of American Scientists reports that as a result of improvements in the killing power of US SLBMs, they carry more than three times the number of warheads needed to destroy the entire fleet of Russian land-based missiles. Since only part of the W76 force would be needed to eliminate Russia’s silo-based ICBMs, the United States will be left with a substantial number of higher-yield warheads that could be ...
In a world where everything’s interconnected through the Web, one blackout and you’re done
Post Date: 2017-05-12 10:02:36 by Tatarewicz
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RT... The future is here. The vivid dreams of authors and filmmakers, scientists, and artists are coming true – virtual reality is booming, cars drive themselves, and the world is growing more interconnected every day with the Internet of Things. But the highest hopes are mixed with the darkest of predictions – the death of privacy, mass unemployment and, of course, the rise of robots against mankind. What does the future hold for us? Are we putting too much trust in technology? Futurist, bestselling author, adviser to the world’s top CEOs – Jacob Morgan is on SophieCo. Follow @SophieCo_RT Sophie Shevardnadze: Jacob Morgan, futurist, bestselling author and speaker on ...
Elon Musk Just Announced His Solar Roofs Will Have "Infinity Warranty"
Post Date: 2017-05-11 05:54:35 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Last night, Elon Musk announced via Twitter that orders would begin today (10 May, 2017) for his revolutionary solar roof hardware. In another tweet, he promised that ordering would be available in most countries throughout the world. He also clarified that people could expect to see delivery begin in the United States in late 2017, and that deliveries would roll out sometime next year for overseas locations. But another announcement just came in that's even more revolutionary: The solar roofs will have an infinity warranty. Yes, you read that right. The Tesla website just released all the information that you will need regarding how to order their new solar roof ...
Bill Nye’s Fake Science
Post Date: 2017-05-10 19:04:26 by Ada
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Bill Nye became famous in the 1990s with a PBS kids’ show called Bill Nye The Science Guy. His new series for Netflix is called Bill Nye Saves the World. See the difference there? The title of the first show suggests objectivity. The title of the new show implies ideological activism with a touch of a messiah complex. Any alleged “scientist” who claims that his main goal is to “save the world” has forfeited his right to be called a scientist. Same principle applies for journalists. If your goal is to uncover anything but the unvarnished truth—no matter where the truth may take you or how brutally it may undermine your ideological leanings—then you are ...
The Secret of Terra Preta
Post Date: 2017-05-10 16:41:35 by Horse
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Soil Dwelling Bacteria: Streptomyces
Post Date: 2017-05-10 16:36:36 by Horse
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Gravitational Waves Could Be The Key to Discovering Extra Dimensions in Our Universe
Post Date: 2017-05-09 05:18:08 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... "Gravitational waves can walk along any dimension." If we want to find extra dimensions lurking within our Universe - something that string theory attempts to explain - gravitational waves could be our key to locating them, physicists suggest. This new hypothesis seeks to answer the long-standing mystery of why gravity appears to be weaker than the other fundamental forces in our Universe, by proposing that it's actually 'leaking out' into extra dimensions we're yet to detect. "Extra dimensions have been discussed for a long time from different points of view," Emilian Dudas from the École Polytechnique in France, who ...
The Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Just Landed After a Record-Breaking 718 Days in Orbit
Post Date: 2017-05-09 04:59:50 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... An experimental US Air Force space plane called the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has landed after a record-breaking 718 days in orbit, but with military officials keeping tight-lipped about the specific details of the operation, we're no closer to understanding the objectives of its secretive mission. X-37B OTV-4 touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre Shuttle Landing Facility at 7.47am ET on Sunday, rocking Floridians with a sonic boom before landing on a runway that hadn't been used for an orbital mission since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. The solar-powered, uncrewed vehicle, which looks like a miniature, windowless space shuttle, is ...
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