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Subsurface methane cause earth wabbling in Siberia
Post Date: 2016-07-23 03:16:42 by Tatarewicz
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MailOnline Over recent years, mysterious giant holes suddenly appearing in northern Siberia have been attributed to gas eruptions, which cause the permafrost to melt. Now new footage has captured another incredible feature caused by this build up of gas. Ground on Belyy Island, normally rock hard from permafrost, is seen 'bubbling' or swaying and measurements indicate it is leaking methane and carbon dioxide, according to scientists. The ground in this part of the Russian Arctic, normally rock hard from permafrost, can be seen bubbling under the pressure of someone's foot. Researchers spotted 15 separate patches of trembling tundra The ground in this part of the Russian ...
Sunlight helps scientists derive hydrogen from grass
Post Date: 2016-07-22 04:36:35 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers have found a way to derive hydrogen from the grass growing on suburban front lawns. CARDIFF, Wales, July 21 (UPI) -- Scientists in Wales see gas in the grass. The green stuff growing in your yard might be an inexpensive source of renewable energy. With just sunlight and the help of a cheap catalyst, researchers at Cardiff University have found a way to derive hydrogen gas from fescue grass. "Hydrogen is seen as an important future energy carrier as the world moves from fossil fuels to renewable feedstocks, and our research has shown that even garden grass could be a good way of getting hold of it," Michael Bowker, a professor at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, ...
We'll only have one year's warning before a planet-devastating super-eruption
Post Date: 2016-07-22 04:01:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists in the US have discovered that rare volcanic eruptions – so catastrophically powerful that they could potentially devastate the entire planet – might only give up to a year's warning before they unleash fiery hell. Super-eruptions, which can eject thousands of cubic kilometres of magma to the planet's surface, build up over a massive time frame – but volcanic samples suggest the final stage of decompression before magma release happens much more quickly. "The evolution of a giant, super-eruption-feeding magma body is characterised by events taking place at a variety of time scales," says geochemist Guilherme Gualda from ...
Drone over N. Israel: Iranian with stolen US apps
Post Date: 2016-07-21 07:50:36 by Tatarewicz
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Debka... The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that flew on July 17 over northern Israel was a “Yasir’ drone made in Iran that was launched from a Hizballah base in Syria’s Qalamoun Mountains, some 60km from central Golan. This is reported by debkafile military and intelligence sources. The Yasir can reach an altitude of 5,000 feet, operate in a 200km radius and stay aloft for 8 hours. There is no information as to whether it was launched by a Iranian or a Hizballah team. This UAV displayed exceptional maneuverability, unlike most drones, due it is believed to the advanced US electronic systems installed by reverse engineering of the American US ScanEagle drone that was downed ...
Future according to Musk: Super safe money-earning-self-driving cars
Post Date: 2016-07-21 04:58:09 by Tatarewicz
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Elon Musk has unveiled part two of his ‘Master Plan’: A “true self-driving” car that not only would be 10 times safer than manual driving, but that would earn money for its owner when not in use. Musk is serious about perfecting his Tesla’s “beta” Autopilot system to make it drive safely no matter what happens to a car. “All Tesla vehicles will have the hardware necessary to be fully self-driving with fail-operational capability, meaning that any given system in the car could break and your car will still drive itself safely,” Musk wrote in his brand-new “Master Plan, Part Deux.” Ten years ago, Musk presented a “Master ...
eplacing Kerosene Lanterns With Solar-LEDs Can Spur Jobs
Post Date: 2016-07-21 04:29:24 by Tatarewicz
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I4U... Replacing Kerosene Lanterns with Solar-LEDs can Spur Jobs Japanese electronics giant Panasonic engineer Kiyofumi Abo displays a prototype of a solar lantern for people living without electricity, composed with solar cell (L) and five LED portable lantern during the African Fair, an affiliated event of the conference with dozens of African leaders, Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) In addition to environmental benefits, shifting away from inefficient and polluting fuel-based lighting -- such as candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns -- to solar-LED systems can spur economic development as well -- to the tune of two million potential new jobs, a study ...
7 Ways to Spring Clean Your PC for Better Performance
Post Date: 2016-07-20 01:23:11 by Tatarewicz
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highya... Learn how to clean your PC inside and out for free! We detail easy steps to removing unwanted programs and grime, helping your computer run more efficiently. Remember how quickly your computer worked when fresh out of the box? Over time, installed programs, unused desktop shortcuts, saved files, and downloaded data accumulate, making your system slower. There may even be malware—spyware or viruses that you’ve unknowingly downloaded by clicking links or opening emails. Just like your home requires regular inspection to ensure that everything is in tip-top shape, your PC also requires maintenance. Here’s our list of how to spring clean your computer—from ...
Physicists show that gravity isn't affected by the quantum world Physicists show that gravity isn't affected by the quantum world
Post Date: 2016-07-19 08:25:38 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... When it comes to physics, gravity rules pretty much everything we can see in the Universe - it keeps planets orbiting stars, stars orbiting black holes, and, well, all of us stuck on the planet. But while all the massive objects in the Universe have an influence on gravity, researchers have failed once more to show a connection between gravity and quantum mechanics. In other words, gravity just doesn't seem to care about the quantum world. And that's kind of a bummer for our hopes of a theory of everything. Let's back up here a second though, because all this quantum/classical stuff can get a little bit messy. In physics, there are basically two theories ...
Early research suggests eating cinnamon might make you learn more
Post Date: 2016-07-15 08:26:37 by Tatarewicz
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SciienceAlert... Researchers from the US have found evidence that suggests eating cinnamon might have a positive impact on your ability to learn. The research has only been conducted in mice for now, but, if confirmed, the findings might offer a simple, at-home way to help those who struggle to learn new tasks, as well as allowing researchers to better understand the underlying mechanisms in the brain that control learning. "Understanding brain mechanisms that lead to poor learning is important to developing effective strategies to improve memory and learning ability," said lead researcher Kalipada Pahan from Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago. To fully understand the ...
Rumors of Earth's 2nd moon are slightly exaggerated
Post Date: 2016-07-12 23:49:45 by NeoconsNailed
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Well, this is awkward. Earth's relationship with the moon is no longer a monogamous one. Scientists have identified a second, mini-moon orbiting our planet that has probably only been around for about 100 years, reports NASA. This second moon looks to be a recently captured asteroid, and like a mistress, its subtle dance with Earth may be fleeting, only sticking around for a few centuries. Still, it's a remarkable event that proves just how dynamic our gravitational relationship is with near-Earth objects. The video above showcases in detail the path of the new moon's orbit as it bobs up and down like a tiny float in choppy water. As said, it's small, measuring in at only ...
Self-driving car hits tractor-trailer, kills passenger
Post Date: 2016-07-07 09:55:54 by Artisan
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DOT investigating fatal crash in which self-driving car slammed into tractor-trailer The dash of a Tesla Model S. The U.S. DOT announced last week it’s investigating a fatal Florida crash in which a Tesla Model S — driving in the vehicle’s self-driving Autopilot mode — failed to brake and slammed into the side of a Class 8 tractor-trailer, killing the occupant of the Tesla. Tesla vehicles are all-electric sedans that can operate in semi-autonomous modes in certain situations. The truck involved in the crash pulled in front of the Tesla to take a left across a divided highway. The Tesla’s Autopilot system failed to brake to avoid the collision and drove ...
Robots to determine outcome of future wars: Russian army's tech chief
Post Date: 2016-07-07 07:41:32 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... The Russian military's tech chief says the outcome of future wars will be determined by robots. (Sputnik) The Russian military's tech chief says the outcome of future wars will be determined by robots. (Sputnik) Robots will replace conventional soldiers on the battlefield in the future, says the Russian military’s tech chief. “I see a greater robotization [of war], in fact, future warfare will involve operators and machines, not soldiers shooting at each other on the battlefield,” RT quoted Lieutenant General Andrey Grigoriev, the head of Russia’s Advanced Research Foundation (ARF), as saying on Wednesday. Noting that days of conventional warfare ...
Amazon moves one step closer toward army of warehouse robots Robotics competition prize for best warehouse-working ‘picker’ machine awarded to robot designed by Dutch team
Post Date: 2016-07-06 17:55:36 by Horse
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Amazon’s progress toward an army of helpful robots is one step closer: a prize for the best warehouse-working “picker” machine has gone to a robot designed by a team from TU Delft Robotics Institute and Delft Robotics, both based in the Netherlands. The competition was held in conjunction with Germany’s Robocup in Leipzig. Announced on Monday, the winners took home $25,000, while the university of Bonn’s NimbRo won $10,000 for second place and Japanese firm PFN was awarded $5,000 for third. The contest, in Amazon’s words, “aimed to strengthen the ties between the industrial and academic robotic communities,” and ended with slightly fewer than half ...
Norway says possible to realize full-scale carbon capture chain within 2022
Post Date: 2016-07-06 03:54:31 by Tatarewicz
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OSLO, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Norway said Monday in a feasibility study report that it is possible to realize a full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) chain in the Nordic country within 2022, two years later than it had expected. "The feasibility studies are an important part of this work and show that realising a full-scale CCS chain in Norway within 2022 is possible and at lower costs than for projects considered in Norway earlier," Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien was quoted as saying in a statement when presenting the report. "Wide deployment of CCS is necessary for the world to reach its climate goals. The most important goal of a full-scale ...
Researchers in England have devised a better way to capture CO2 from smokestack emissions.
Post Date: 2016-07-05 00:24:41 by Tatarewicz
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Chemists unveil cheaper, more efficient carbon capture technology "It defies current accepted scientific understanding of the efficiency of carbon-capturing CO2," said researcher Michael North. YORK, England, July 4 (UPI) -- A team of scientists in England have found a better way to capture carbon from power plant emissions. The key to their new and improved technique is patented carbon-derived biomass material called Starbons. Starbons, which was pioneered a decade ago by scientists at the University of York, is made using biomass waste like food peelings and seaweed. Its key attribute is its porosity. Lots of tiny holes allow Starbons to capture lots of CO2. Current carbon ...
China finishes world's largest radio telescope to search for alien life
Post Date: 2016-07-04 23:38:12 by Tatarewicz
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Installation was completed on the world's largest radio telescope on Sunday morning in Pingtang, China. Photo by giohy.com GUIYANG, China, July 3 (UPI) -- China finished constructing the world's largest radio telescope to hunt for signs of alien life in deep space. The Five-hundred-meter Single-Aperture Radio Telescope, or FAST, contains 4,450 reflector panels with a diameter of 500 yards and is 30 football fields, according to the Xinhua news agency. About 300 people witnessed the installation Saturday of the last triangular-shaped panel to the reflector in Pingtang County of the southwestern province of Guizhou. The project was first conceived in 1994 and installation began ...
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Prepares for Cosmic Date With Jupiter
Post Date: 2016-07-04 22:24:31 by BTP Holdings
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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Prepares for Cosmic Date With Jupiter By alicia chang, ap science writer LOS ANGELES — Jul 4, 2016, 7:58 PM ET Space Journey To JupiterThe Associated Press This artist's rendering provided by NASA and JPL-Caltech shows the Juno spacecraft above the planet Jupiter. Five years after its launch from Earth, Juno is scheduled to go into orbit around the gas giant on Monday, July 4, 2016. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) A solar-powered spacecraft is spinning toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system. NASA's Juno spacecraft will fire its main rocket engine late Monday to slow itself down from a speed of 150,000 mph ...
Scientists just made it cheaper to produce hydrogen from water
Post Date: 2016-07-03 08:20:16 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... A hydrogen-fuel economy could finally become a reality with the recent discovery of a cheap, stable and efficient means of getting hydrogen from water. Scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm now report that they have unlocked one major barrier to exploiting this renewable energy source. Because the best-performing catalysts for electrochemical oxidation, or "water splitting," are expensive precious metals, the research team led by KTH Professor Licheng Sun is one of many worldwide searching for cheaper alternatives. Sun had earlier developed molecular catalysts for water oxidation (Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 418) with an efficiency approaching ...
Hanergy launches four full solar power vehicles in Beijing
Post Date: 2016-07-03 05:41:39 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, July 3, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A full solar power vehicle is presented during a ceremony held by Chinese renewable energy company Hanergy Holding Group in Beijing, capital of China, July 2, 2016 China to fund construction of 55MW solar power plant in Kenya finance.yahoo.com/news/hanergy-launches-full-solar-power-192700335.html Hanergy launches full solar power vehicles that can be commercialized PR Newswire Hanergy Holding Group BEIJING, July 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanergy Holding Group, the world's leading thin-film solar power company, launched four full solar power vehicles at a grand ceremony themed "Disruptive Innovations Drive the Future" outside its ...
Night-time light pollution causes spring to come early
Post Date: 2016-07-01 07:10:05 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Human use of artificial light is causing spring to come at least a week early in the UK, researchers at the University of Exeter in Cornwall have found. New research led by a team of biologists based at the University's Penryn campus highlights for the first time and at a national scale the relationship between the amount of artificial night-time light and the date of budburst in woodland trees. The study, the result of a long term collaboration with independent environmental consultants Spalding Associates, in Truro, made use of data collected by citizen scientists from across the UK, after the Woodland Trust asked them to note down when they first saw sycamore, oak, ...
Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson claims that sleeping with robots will be as common for women as watching porn is today
Post Date: 2016-07-01 02:58:54 by Horse
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Woman could be swapping human partners for robots in less than 10 years as the trend for sex with cyborgs continues to increase. Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson has compiled a report on the future of sex - where he suggests that sleeping with robots will be as common for women as watching porn is today. Sex with robots isn't exactly new though - and there are already a wide range of mechanical partners for humans out there. Footage, shared by Super Deluxe , was filmed in the Real Doll factory, and throws new light on the industry standard sex toys. Thanks to new developments, the pleasure aids have undergone a renaissance recently, with more than ever turning to them in lieu of human ...
Nobel laureates to Greenpeace: ‘Abandon your campaign against GMOs’
Post Date: 2016-06-30 02:57:33 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Over 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter asking Greenpeace to halt its campaign against genetically modified crops and feeds, especially Golden Rice. They argue that GMOs can offer life-saving food sources to the world’s poorest regions. The group is holding a news conference on Thursday to discuss the topic at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Thursday. “WE CALL UPON GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD to reject Greenpeace's campaign against Golden Rice specifically, and crops and foods improved through biotechnology in general; and to do everything in their power to oppose Greenpeace's actions and accelerate the access of farmers to all the tools of modern ...
Hubble telescope spots rare tadpole galaxy
Post Date: 2016-06-29 03:57:04 by Tatarewicz
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While some stars in the head of the elongated galaxy are less than a million years old, others farther from the head are hundreds of millions to billions of years old. WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- Tadpole galaxies are rare in the universe, and even more rare in the local universe -- there are just 20 in the "local" areas closest to Earth -- and new Hubble telescope images of one relatively close by is shedding new light on their formation. New images of LEDA 36252, also known as Kiso 5639, were captured by Hubble, suggesting many of the stars in the galaxy are still forming as it drifts through a relatively gasless "desert" in the universe, which is why it has formed ...
Singularity is Near! Full Documentary (Exponential growth of computer technology)
Post Date: 2016-06-26 09:23:27 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Published on May 3, 2016 Michio Kaku and Ray Kurzweil explains the exponential rate at which Technological Singularity is approaching and the future is far near than we can Imagine! Poster Comment:============================================= Romans 1:22 21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.…
'Brain training' is just the placebo effect working, study finds
Post Date: 2016-06-24 08:27:25 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... An experiment conducted by a team of researchers at the George Mason University finds that they can achieve what paid brain training programs claim - using a simple trick. They used two posters with different advertising messages to attract participants, but both posters lead to the exact same study and the exact same activities. One poster mentioned brain training and cognitive enhancement and citing studies that claim they can increase fluid intelligence. The other poster used the same design but simply offered credits for participation in a study. Fifty recruits were accepted to participate. The 25 participants lured by "Cognitive Enhancement" were the ...
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