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Desert elephants pass on knowledge -- not mutations -- to survive
Post Date: 2016-08-03 19:35:46 by Ada
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Despite reported differences in appearance and behavior, DNA evidence finds that Namibian desert elephants share the same DNA as African savanna elephants. However, Namibian desert-dwelling elephants should be protected so they can continue to pass on their unique knowledge and survival skills to future generations. "The ability of species such as elephants to learn and change their behavior means that genetic changes are not critical for them to adapt to a new environment," said lead author Alfred Roca, a professor of animal sciences and member of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois. "The behavioral changes can allow species to ...
3D printer used to create fingerprint to unlock phone
Post Date: 2016-08-03 16:27:54 by Horse
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Future is Now: World’s First Elevated Bus Tested in China
Post Date: 2016-08-03 07:16:54 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... China road tested its futuristic method of public transport, the transit elevated bus (TEB-1), which allows cars to pass underneath due to its straddle design. The test was conducted Tuesday in Qinhuangdao City, north China's Hebei Province, in order to evaluate the braking system, drag and power consumption. Elevated bus debuts at Beijing International High-Tech Expo Youtube / CCTV News Riding High: This Huge 'Bus' is Not Afraid of Any Traffic Jams China's homebuilt bus is 22-meter-long, 7.8-meter-wide and 4.8-meter-high and can carry up to 300 passengers. The interior of the TEB-1 features ample seats and plenty space to stand. The bus follows a rail path. ...
28 Pieces of Weather Wisdom From the Pioneer Days
Post Date: 2016-08-03 06:56:14 by Ada
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pioneer weather wisdomThis year when I was getting ready to plant my spring garden, I was a little hesitant to plant according to frost date this year. In February, I had seen a local farmer post on Facebook something that sounded to me like pioneer weather wisdom: February thunder brings a May frost. It sounded like something out of the Farmer’s Alamanc. We had a thunderstorm on February 2, this year, and while our last frost date is usually around Mother’s Day (May 8), we had a frost on May 16. That frost damaged several crops in the area, and I was glad I had seen that farmer’s post and had waited to plant in my garden. I saw another saying come true this year as well ...
Flossing might not actually have any proven medical benefits
Post Date: 2016-08-03 05:59:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert: It seems like simple, obvious advice: Eat your vegetables, get some exercise, and - of course - floss. Or not. Turns out that despite being recommended by numerous scientists and universities, the effectiveness of flossing has never been researched, according to a new report from the Associated Press. The US government has recommended flossing for nearly four decades. But according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a set of recommendations the agency sends out every five years, all of the recommendations have to be grounded in scientific evidence. And flossing is, well, not. In its report, published Tuesday, the Associated Press says that it used the Freedom of ...
Trees talk to each other and recognize their offspring
Post Date: 2016-08-03 00:24:28 by Tatarewicz
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TreeHugger The Lorax might have spoken for the trees, but it turns out that trees can speak for themselves. At least to other trees, that is. While it's not news that a variety of communication happens between non-human elements of the natural world, the idea of mycelia (the main body of fungi, as opposed to the more well-known fruiting bodies - mushrooms) acting as a sort of old-school planetary internet is still a fairly recent one, and may serve as a spore of a new breed of forestry, ecology, land management. Paul Stamets famously posited that "mycelia are Earth's natural Internet," and a variety of research has borne out that concept, but like many things we ...
Britain’s scientists are freaking out over Brexit
Post Date: 2016-08-01 06:32:37 by Tatarewicz
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WAPO... CANTERBURY, England — Britain has been a powerhouse of discovery since the age of science began. Newton, Darwin, Crick? They parted the curtain on gravity, evolution and DNA. Now comes Brexit, and to use a nonscientific term, the scientists in the country are freaking out. Since the vote in June to leave the European Union, leaders of Britain’s scientific academies are making dire predictions about what could happen to research and innovation here. Damage to British research, the scientists warn, could be among the cascade of unintended — and largely unappreciated — consequences of the vote to exit the bloc. The researchers worry that Britain will not ...
Tesla brakes, not autopilot, at fault in fatal crash, company says
Post Date: 2016-08-01 04:19:52 by Tatarewicz
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Tesla Motors, Inc. believes the braking system on its Model Smay have failed to work properly leading to a fatal accident near Williston, Florida May 7, 2016 LOS ANGELES, July 31 (UPI) -- Tesla Motors Inc. is considering the possibility it's "crash prevention" system failed in a fatal crash of a Model S, not its autopilot system. The company told Senate investigators the crash involved the vehicle's automatic braking system, which may have detected the truck that the car was about to hit, but didn't act on it, the New York Times reported. The autopilot combines steering and cruise control and other technology to avoid accidents. Tesla representatives told the ...
Chernobyl could soon find a second life as a giant solar farm
Post Date: 2016-08-01 02:21:52 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... The Ukrainian government has announced a plan to turn the area surrounding Chernobyl - the site of one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in history - into a solar energy farm, by constructing a series of solar panels inside the exclusion zone. Not only would this plan - which is currently seeking investment - allow the country to use a giant chunk of radioactive land that’s unfit for human settlement, it would also provide a cheaper source of reusable energy that might decrease the country’s reliance on Russia. "The Chernobyl site has really good potential for renewable energy," Ukraine’s environment minister Ostap Semerak said in an interview in ...
Organic Garden Pest Control
Post Date: 2016-07-31 13:44:56 by BTP Holdings
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Dealing with pests is a common theme with survival gardens. Check out this quick video about organic and plant friendly ways of protecting your crops… If you liked that, you may also like: (links) Survival Medicine and wilderness survival… Essential Survival Skill Course… What this election might do to the country…
Humpback whales around the globe are mysteriously rescuing animals from orcas
Post Date: 2016-07-31 09:24:22 by Ada
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Scientists are baffled at this seemingly altruistic behavior, which seems to be a concerted global effort to foil killer whale hunts. humpback whale Humpback whale to the rescue? (Photo: Wiki Commons) Humans might not be the only creatures that care about the welfare of other animals. Scientists are beginning to recognize a pattern in humpback whale behavior around the world, a seemingly intentional effort to rescue animals that are being hunted by killer whales. Marine ecologist Robert Pitman observed a particularly dramatic example of this behavior back in 2009, while observing a pod of killer whales hunting a Weddell seal trapped on an ice floe off Antarctica. The orcas were able to ...
Nautilus crew discover mysterious purple orb near ocean floor
Post Date: 2016-07-30 07:40:16 by Tatarewicz
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UPI... The crew of the Exploration Vessel Nautilus has posted a YouTube video of their discovery of a mysterious purple orb-shaped creature living very near the bottom of the Pacific Ocean not far off the coast of Los Angeles. In addition to footage of the creature, the researchers can be heard making observations and engaging in a discussion about whether or not to capture it and bring it aboard for further study. The Nautilus is a ship operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, which was set up by Robert Ballard with the goal of conducting both scientific research and capturing images of an undersea world that most people never get to see. Recently, the current crew of eaight has been ...
This woman lived 24 years without knowing she was missing her entire cerebellum
Post Date: 2016-07-30 07:14:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Back in 2014, doctors in China were shocked when they discovered that a 24-year-old woman was living without her cerebellum, a vital section of the brain that holds up to 50 percent of a person’s total neurons. Even crazier, the woman – who remains unnamed – had no idea of her condition and had been living out a pretty normal, full life, proving just how little we know about the brain and how it can adapt to cope with what should be a debilitating condition. The woman’s story started in 2014, when her mother brought her into a Chinese hospital in Shandong Province because she was complaining of nausea and dizziness. Since these are not uncommon issues, ...
To keep soil health, scientists say mix up plant species
Post Date: 2016-07-29 07:42:13 by Tatarewicz
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MANCHESTER, England, July 28 (UPI) -- Soil health is deteriorating around the globe. A combination of commercial agricultural practices, global warming and pollution are draining nutrients and encouraging the accumulation of contaminants. The solution, scientists say, is biodiversity. New research highlights the importance of soil structure for soil health. Advertisement As a new paper in the journal Ecology Letters explains, the best way to maintain proper soil structure is to increase the diversity of plant species. Soil relies on plant roots for water and protection from erosion. While the roots of some species are especially good at keeping soil well-watered, the roots of other ...
Scientists grow dandelions to make rubber
Post Date: 2016-07-28 10:46:09 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers at Ohio State are trying to turn the lowly dandelion into a sustainable source of rubber. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27 (UPI) -- Scientists have developed a dandelion strain with natural rubber in its roots. The summer weed that invades suburban lawns could be the next rubber tree. Researchers are working to improve the weed so that it can be produced fast and efficiently enough to be a sustainable source of rubber. Only 10 to 15 percent of the dandelion's roots are rubber, making the crop much less efficient than the rubber trees grown on Southeast Asian plantations. But the rubber trees of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia take years to mature, making it difficult for farmers ...
Maunder minimum
Post Date: 2016-07-27 19:31:57 by BTP Holdings
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Maunder minimum Written By: The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica Maunder minimum, unexplained period of drastically reduced sunspot activity that occurred between 1645 and 1715. Graph of average yearly sunspot numbers showing the 11-year solar cycle. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Sunspot activity waxes and wanes with roughly an 11-year cycle. In 1894 the English astronomer Edward Walter Maunder pointed out that very few sunspots had been observed between 1645 and 1715. Astronomers such as John Flamsteed and Gian Domenico Cassini who did observe sunspots during that period noted that they were the first they had seen in years. However, most of Maunder’s fellow ...
Bad news for Bob the Builder: Watch Hadrian X the robo-builder create an entire house in just two days
Post Date: 2016-07-27 15:02:42 by Horse
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It can lay 1,000 bricks an hour and work around the clock, 24 hours a day A robotic 'hand' lays the brick, and applies adhesive instead of mortar, which improves the thermal efficiency It 3D scans its surroundings to work out exactly where to place bricks - and is simply parked next to site It can build an entire house in just two days - and never takes tea breaks. An Australian firm has revealed the Hadrian X, a giant truck mounted building robot that can lay 1,000 bricks an hour, glueing them into place. It can work 24 hours day, and finish an entire house in just two days. Scroll down for video Mounted on the back of a truck, Hadrian X is simply driven onto a building ...
Researchers have finally found a way to make people smarter, but it's not pleasant
Post Date: 2016-07-27 09:38:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... As we learn more and more about the brain, we're getting better at figuring out how to supercharge it. One of the most promising and at this point, popular ways (at least, among a certain community of mostly-DIY body-hackers) to directly charge up our mental abilities involves headsets that direct electric or magnetic pulses at specific regions of the brain. Brain stimulation is not a new technique. Neuroscientists have been experimenting with various forms of brain stimulation in its modern form for at least 15 years. But now, due to both a growing body of available how-to knowledge and the ability to purchase brain-stimulating devices off the internet, the devices ...
Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things
Post Date: 2016-07-27 00:40:53 by Tatarewicz
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NYT... William F. Martin says that the Last Universal Common Ancestor can be traced back to deep sea vents like this one off the Galápagos. A surprisingly specific genetic portrait of the ancestor of all living things has been generated by scientists who say that the likeness sheds considerable light on the mystery of how life first emerged on Earth. This venerable ancestor was a single-cell, bacterium-like organism. But it has a grand name, or at least an acronym. It is known as Luca, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, and is estimated to have lived some four billion years ago, when Earth was a mere 560 million years old. The new finding sharpens the debate between those who ...
Is Musk's Space X rocketry full of hot air?
Post Date: 2016-07-26 10:23:23 by NeoconsNailed
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Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future
Post Date: 2016-07-26 08:19:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... An international team of scientists has just sequenced a protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches. The reason? It’s more than four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and, the researchers think it could be the key to feeding our growing population in the future. Although most cockroaches don’t actually produce milk, Diploptera punctate, which is the only known cockroach to give birth to live young, has been shown to pump out a type of ‘milk’ containing protein crystals to feed its babies. The fact that an insect produces milk is pretty fascinating – but what fascinated researchers is the fact that a single one of these protein ...
What’s that “New ‘$39 Computer’ Hitting U.S. Markets?”
Post Date: 2016-07-25 01:28:07 by Tatarewicz
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Bonner & Partners, which is yet another publisher subsidiary of Bill Bonner’s Agora empire, has a new teaser pitch out for Jeff Brown’s Exponential Tech Investor — and what caught the eye of Gumshoe readers was the headline, in the ad from Bonner’s Managing Director Amber Lee Mason, that promises huge gains from a “$39 computer” that will be as transformative as television or the internet. “Tom Mainelli, a tech analyst at International Data Corporation (IDC) said, ‘This is the next generation of computing.’ ‘[“The $39 Computer”] is going to have as big an impact on businesses as the PC had…. It’s going to change the ...
The CIA tried mind control to create the perfect assassin
Post Date: 2016-07-24 12:46:02 by Ada
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Matt Damon plays the titular character in "Jason Bourne," a man brainwashed by the government. Photo: Universal Pictures Next Friday, Matt Damon returns for a fourth outing in the film “Jason Bourne,” as the superspy continues to investigate his fuzzy past and piece together all the terrible things he’s done. Bourne’s amnesia has always been central to the character’s story. The ex-black ops soldier has spent years (and three previous films) trying to elude the authorities and uncover exactly how the CIA manipulated him. And while “Jason Bourne” includes several ripped-from-the-headlines details — austerity protests in Greece, a battle ...
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Post Date: 2016-07-24 12:16:11 by BTP Holdings
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Chinese scientists develop new metal 3D printing technology
Post Date: 2016-07-23 06:19:42 by Tatarewicz
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WUHAN, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Researchers with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in central China's Hubei Province have successfully manufactured metal parts and molds using new 3D printing technology, sources with the university announced on Friday. The new metal 3D printing technology addresses existing problems in traditional metal 3D printing methods, said Zhang Hai'ou, leader of the 3D printing technology research team at the university. These problems, such as flowing, dropping or crumbling of fused materials due to gravity, cracking, stress and rapid heating and cooling can severely affect modeling performance and accuracy, according to Zhang. After over a ...
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