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America Getting Smarter: Why Have IQ Scores Risen in the US Over the Last Century?
Post Date: 2015-11-14 20:56:58 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceTimes... A continual increase in intelligence quotient (IQ) scores over the past century seems to indicate that most Americans are smarter than their grandparents were. Is this really true? And if so, why? The dramatic rise in IQ scores over the past century has been termed the Flynn effect, after psychologist James Flynn who discovered this trend in the 1980s. Flynn states that if a person living a century ago would have taken an IQ test and scored it against today's standards, he or she would have received an average score of 70. Meanwhile, if a person from the current generation were to take a test in accordance with prior generations' norms, he or she would score an IQ ...
1 State’s Plans to Force Gun Shop Owners to Sell Guns They Don’t Want to Sell
Post Date: 2015-11-14 12:40:58 by BTP Holdings
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1 State’s Plans to Force Gun Shop Owners to Sell Guns They Don’t Want to Sell Imagine you’re a gun shop owner who follows all the laws. You sell to people who jump through the loopholes they need to so they can get the guns they’re allowed to have. Then more laws start piling up and soon the state you live in decides they’re going to force you to sell a gun you don’t even want to sell. Sounds unfair doesn’t it. That’s what store owners in New Jersey are expected to do if Senator Loretta Weinberg’s new bill goes through. Her bill would require shop owners to sell smart guns, even if the gun store owner didn’t want to: State Senate ...
Dubai firefighters will get jetpacks to battle skyscraper blazes
Post Date: 2015-11-13 03:33:09 by Tatarewicz
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Rt... Dubai is set to purchase futuristic first response units for its emergency services, once jetpacks manufactured by Martin Aircraft hit the market next year. The city famous for its high-rise buildings hopes the technology will save lives if disaster strikes. The New Zealand-based company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai’s Directorate of Civil Defence for the future delivery of 20 “manned and unmanned Jetpacks,” and two simulators that will come with technical service and training. “Dubai is one of the fastest growing future cities in the world. With its modern skyscrapers and vast infrastructure, it has always been a world leader in adapting ...
New study suggests we're sending our kids to school too young
Post Date: 2015-11-12 23:52:48 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... How old should our children be before they start a formal education? That's the question asked by new research from academics at Stanford University in the US, and it turns out that it might be better for our youngsters if they started school later – a whole year later in the case of the Danish children involved in the study. Researchers used surveys filled out by tens of thousands of parents in Denmark, where youngsters typically start kindergarten at the age of six. Those who started aged seven showed lower levels of inattention and hyperactivity, factors known to be influential in improving self-regulation, which in turn is linked to academic achievement. The ...
Russia may be planning to develop a nuclear submarine drone aimed at 'inflicting unacceptable damage'
Post Date: 2015-11-12 07:19:46 by BTP Holdings
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Russia may be planning to develop a nuclear submarine drone aimed at 'inflicting unacceptable damage' Business Insider By Jeremy Bender 18 hours ago The potential plans of Russia's drone submarine. During a regular meeting with defense officials on November 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed methods of countering NATO's missile-defense shield, which the Kremlin worries could neutralize the country's nuclear deterrent. Putin's come up with a possible countermeasure, boasting that the Kremlin would develop "strike systems capable of penetrating any missile defenses." Footage of the meeting includes a clear view of a document that defense ...
Biologists Could Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. But Should They?
Post Date: 2015-11-11 03:00:47 by Tatarewicz
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Wired... In central Kenya, three of the world’s four remaining Northern white rhinos are stubbornly refusing to mate. Since 2009, conservationists have tried and failed to coax the animals together—and with the lone male nearing his 43rd birthday, too old to breed, extinction is inevitable. It’s a matter of time before the remaining beasts die off, one by one. So in the meantime, in San Diego, scientists are working to resurrect them. At the Scripps Research Institute, regenerative medicine researcher Jeanne Loring has figured out how to make induced pluripotent stem cells, capable of transforming into any cell type in the body, out of rhino skin. She and her team are now ...
Scientists have found a way to 3D-print embryonic stem cell 'building blocks'
Post Date: 2015-11-10 21:32:47 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Pluripotent cells are great, but they can be difficult to steer into growing the way you want. Now scientists have found a new way to create 3D-printed 'building blocks' of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), which could be used for growing micro-organs, performing tissue regeneration experiments, testing medication and other biology research purposes. While bioprinting with ESCs is not entirely new, until recently researchers have only managed to produce two-dimensional sheets of cells. Now a team of scientists from Tsingua University in China and Drexel University in Philadelphia have published a study in Biofabrication, introducing a novel technique for printing a ...
Sorcha says California UFO a Hyper Dimensional experiment
Post Date: 2015-11-10 05:41:17 by Tatarewicz
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Sorcha Faal... US Plasma Beam Opens “Hyper-Dimension” Over California By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers The High Command of the Aerospace Forces (HCAF) is reporting today that its Space Forces (SF) have detected a “hyper-dimensional” [of or pertaining to a system having more dimensions than naturally observed in our universe] “opening event” occurring over California after the firing of a US Navy Trident II missile. According to this report, Space Forces experts who are charged with the monitoring of potential threats to the Federation in space and from space, and the prevention of attacks as needed, first notified the High Command ...
New artificial material mimics photosynthesis to create clean, self-sustaining energy source
Post Date: 2015-11-09 22:04:55 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... It’s one of the holy grails of scientific research: discovering a way of replicating the natural process of photosynthesis, such that light could be easily converted into energy for other purposes, just like a plant does. And now researchers in the US have discovered an artificial material that lets them mimic this system to create a clean, sustainable source of power. Researchers at Florida State University have discovered a method of using manganese oxide – also known as birnessite – to capture sunlight and then use that solar energy to create an oxidation reaction, breaking down water (H2O) into hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O2). Oxidation occurs during ...
Toyota to invest $1B in Silicon Valley artificial intelligence research lab
Post Date: 2015-11-09 00:56:18 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Toyota, the world's largest carmaker, announced it is investing $1 billion to create a Silicon Valley research company that will develop artificial intelligence and robotics. The Toyota Research Institute will focus on "smart" cars with self-driving technologies and other technology applications "to improve production efficiency and accelerate scientific discovery in materials." The new company, which will begin operations in January with about 200 employees, will be located near Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., home to other major companies with eyes on similar technological advances. "Toyota believes artificial ...
NASA’s ‘Impossible’ Warp Drive Engine Actually Seems to Work
Post Date: 2015-11-06 23:53:33 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... An electromagnetic drive being developed by NASA to operate without rocket fuel, in a vacuum, is seemingly defying the laws of physics, and raising hopes for the future of space travel. © Flickr/ NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Breakthrough: NASA Confirms Electromagnetic Drive Produces Thrust in Vacuum For years, NASA has been working on an engine capable of providing tons of thrust without consuming fuel. It now looks like that pursuit is bearing fruit: the second-generation EmDrive upgrade gives necessary “anomalous thrust signals” while its main characteristics have been solidly improved, Paul March, a researcher participating in the project, wrote on ...
The White House is prepping for a huge solar storm that could kick us back into the Dark Ages
Post Date: 2015-11-06 23:23:34 by Tatarewicz
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NASA/ ScienceAlert For our electronic way of life, the Sun is a formidable foe, and the White House is taking protective action against it. On October 29, the White House’s National Science and Technology Council released its strategic plan to prepare for an extreme space weather event that could destroy satellites, spacecraft, and vital telecommunications systems. Many of these electrical systems depend on each other, which is a recipe for disaster. “These critical infrastructures make up a diverse, complex, interdependent system of systems in which a failure of one could cascade to another,” the Council reported in the plan. A $US2 trillion gamble Every second, the Sun ...
The Next Generation of Surveillance: “Everything That Is A Moving Object Is Being Automatically Tracked”
Post Date: 2015-11-06 09:40:48 by Neo TryingtoWarnYou
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The Next Generation of Surveillance: “Everything That Is A Moving Object Is Being Automatically Tracked” The following video highlights one of the scariest surveillance technologies you’ve ever seen. With Congress having recently authorized 30,000 drones www.thedailysheeple.com/a...ll-be-watching-you_022012 to patrol America’s skies by 2015, this technology will soon become available to law enforcement officials all over the country. It’s creator, Yiannis Antoniades, says that it’s the next generation of surveillance and as you’ll see, it’s capabilities are so advanced that it can actively scan an area encompassing 15 square miles – about the ...
Five-year-old savant from LA who displays signs of being telepathic
Post Date: 2015-11-06 02:58:31 by Tatarewicz
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MailOnLine... Five-year-old savant from LA who displays signs of being telepathic - and is already learning seven languages - is being studied by scientists after his mother filmed him 'reciting numbers written in secret' Ramses Sanguino, aged five, was filmed seemingly displaying telepathy He correctly recounted numbers that were written down 'out of eyesight' Videos were posted online and attracted the attention of a neuroscientist Ramses is now part of a cutting-edge telepathy study by Dr Diane Powell His mother insists the footage of her autistic son's 'talents' is not trickery A five-year-old savant who is apparently displaying signs of telepathy is being ...
This is what happened to Mars' water.
Post Date: 2015-11-05 21:53:56 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... We finally have an understanding of how Mars transformed from a once habitable, Earth-like planet into the dry world we see today. NASA researchers have just announced that Mars' once rich atmosphere was stripped away by solar winds in the early days of the Solar System, causing the planet to dry out. Solar winds blast out from the Sun at around a million miles per hour (about 1.6 million km/h), and fortunately Earth is protected from these by our magnetic field. But although Mars used to have a magnetic field, it lost it as its planet cooled down billions of years ago, and that allowed the ions in its atmosphere to effectively be blown away. Scientists were able to ...
Watch: The best explanation of string theory we've seen
Post Date: 2015-11-05 02:50:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... When it comes to physics, there are some pretty complicated ideas out there, but one of the most confusing is string theory, which involves the existence of extra dimensions, tiny strings within atoms and, well, a whole lot else we don't really understand. But in this 2005 TED talk, theoretical physicist Brian Greene, author of New York Times bestsellers The Fabric of the Cosmos and The Hidden Reality, explains the basics. And to date it's still the best explanation we've ever seen. In addition to his work as a science communicator, Greene is also a researcher at Cornell University in the US, where he works on superstring theory, which is an attempt to come up ...
Air and water show inside a 2,400-square-foot home
Post Date: 2015-11-04 07:13:04 by BTP Holdings
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Air and water show inside a 2,400-square-foot home Usually when we hear of someone building a house that’s completely off the grid, it’s a cabin or small home tucked away on a mountain with not a whole lot of civilization around it. Enter the “Urban Frontier House.” That’s what longtime Billings, Montana, resident Randy Hafer calls the 2,400-square-foot home that he and his wife are building on the city’s north side. It’s located on the corner of North 23rd Street and Seventh Avenue North, where their 23-foot high wind turbine is situated. The house will not only be disconnected from the electrical power grid, but also from the city’s water and ...
Super-Dogs Genetically Engineered By Scientists
Post Date: 2015-11-04 06:06:42 by Tatarewicz
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C2C... Scientists confirm they have created genetically engineered super-dogs that are stronger and faster than the average mutt. Chinese scientists have confirmed that they have genetically engineered a new form of man's best friend. The new-improved beagles, named Hercules and Tiangou, have "more muscles and are expected to have stronger running ability, which is good for hunting, police (military) applications," Liangxue Lai , a biology researcher, at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, told MIT Technology Review. They engineered the super-pups by editing out a key gene, myostatin, doubling the dogs' muscle mass, the scientists said. The Chinese ...
Researchers create lithium-air battery that could be 10x more powerful than lithium-ion
Post Date: 2015-11-03 22:54:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... A new lithium-air battery created by researchers at the University of Cambridge points the way to the ultimate battery packs of the future, its makers say. With a very high energy density, more than 90 percent efficiency and the capability for more than 2,000 recharge cycles, the new test battery could prove an important stepping stone in the development of this essential technology. If you're getting tired of announcements about breakthroughs in battery technology, that's understandable: as they're so essential to modern life, many teams of scientists are busy working on the problem around the clock, but it's an incredibly complex area of chemistry. Any ...
2 degrees, flies planes, author, works at NASA. His age? 17
Post Date: 2015-11-02 06:55:06 by BTP Holdings
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2 degrees, flies planes, author, works at NASA. His age? 17 Associated Press By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press 3 hrs ago A Delta plane taxis for takeoff past a Northwest plane at Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore. Delta jet with engine trouble lands safely in Oregon This Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, photo courtesy of Facebook.com/Slater Moore Photography and newportwhales.com, shows an entangled humpback whale off the Southern California coast, during a whale watching trip in Long Beach. Calif. Rescuers will try again Saturday, Oct. 31, to remove more than 100 feet of fishing line from an entangled humpback whale that has been moving south along the ...
Could This Engineer’s Discovery Destroy Climate Change Argument?
Post Date: 2015-11-01 18:51:23 by BTP Holdings
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Could This Engineer’s Discovery Destroy Climate Change Argument? October 13th, 2015 A mathmatical discovery by an Australian electrical engineer and former climate modeller could totally destroy the premise that man-made ‘climate change’ is real. Dr. David Evans has six degrees in applied mathematiccs and used to work for the Australian government’s Greenhouse Office. He analyzed the architecture of the basic climate model which underpins all so-called ‘climate science.’ He discovered that while the underlying physics of the model is correct, it had been applied incorrectly. Dr. Evans corrected two errors and the new corrected model finds the ...
Russian Media Take Climate Cue From Skeptical Putin
Post Date: 2015-11-01 18:47:59 by Ada
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MOSCOW — Wildfires crackled across Siberia this summer, turning skies ochre and sending up enough smoke from burning pines to blot out satellite views of the 400-mile-long Lake Baikal. To many climate scientists, the worsening fires are a consequence of Siberia getting hotter, the carbon unleashed from its burning forests and tundra only adding to man-made fossil fuel emissions. Siberia's wildfire season has lengthened in recent years and the 2015 blazes were among the biggest yet, caking the lake, the "Pearl of Siberia", in ash and scorching the surrounding permafrost. But the Russian public heard little mention of climate change, because media coverage across ...
Instagram Joins Trend of Social Media Surveillance
Post Date: 2015-11-01 17:48:33 by BTP Holdings
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Instagram Joins Trend of Social Media Surveillance TOPICS: Joe Wright Surveillance. October 31, 2015 By Joe Wright A whole host of reasons are being given to justify the increased surveillance and data mining of social media: terrorism, suicide prevention, precrime detection of violence and other illegal acts … and now teenage alcohol abuse. Pattern recognition is at the heart of data mining for both public organizations and private companies. The Feds tried to get Congress to sign on to required reporting of “suspicious activity” in social media with the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2016, but that provision was ultimately rejected. However, the voluntary two-way ...
Teaching old robots new tricks: Machines swap knowledge about how to complete a task despite being hundreds of miles apart
Post Date: 2015-10-31 11:34:14 by Horse
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Roboticists trained a research robots to perform a range of simple tasks These included picking up mugs from a table and placing them on bowls The instructions were stored in a central database known as RoboBrain A robot called Baxter 325 miles (523km) used this information to work out how to perform the same task in a different setting Humans, monkeys and even birds are able to share knowledge and skills, and now robots can too. A machine called Baxter has taken instructions of how to complete a simple task from a robot 325 miles (523km) away and used them to carry out the same job. This is significant because Baxter and the training robot were designed differently and Baxter had to ...
Stellarator:world's largest nuclear-fusion machine
Post Date: 2015-10-31 05:51:11 by Tatarewicz
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(Science Magazine on YouTube) For more than 60 years, scientists have dreamed of a clean, inexhaustible energy source in the form of nuclear fusion. And they're still dreaming. But thanks to the efforts of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, experts hope that might soon change. Last year, after 1.1 million construction hours, the institute completed the world's largest nuclear-fusion machine of its kind, called a stellarator. The machine, which has a diameter of 52 feet, is called the W7-X. And after more than a year of tests, engineers are finally ready to fire up the $1.1 billion machine for the first time. It could happen before the end of this month, Science ...
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