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This new jet concept could take you from London to New York in 30 minutes
Post Date: 2015-10-31 01:07:59 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert.... A Canadian engineer has come up with a new concept for a four-winged scramjet that could carry 75 passengers at speeds of up to Mach 10 - which is 10 times the speed of sound and five times faster than Concorde. That means the proposed Skreemr jet could cross the Atlantic in just half an hour. Unfortunately, the design is purely conceptual and the designers admit that it's unlikely to ever be realised, due to the current limitations of scramjet technology. But it's still a pretty cool glimpse into what we could one day achieve with air travel. As most science lovers will know, scramjet systems work by combusting liquid using oxygen taken from the atmosphere ...
NASA releases images of enormous 8,000-year-old patterns
Post Date: 2015-10-30 18:08:00 by Ada
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New satellite images from NASA have revealed unusual, massive patterns on the Earth’s surface. The geometric shapes are located in Kazakhstan, and are estimated to be up to 8,000 years old. The massive earthwork patterns called the Steppe Geoglyphs were originally discovered by a Kazakh economist when he was browsing Google Earth in 2007. When browsing through an otherwise empty Central Asian landscape, Dimitriy Dey found intriguing markings in the soil. But the study of these mysterious constructs is ramping up, and even NASA has taken an interest. Two weeks ago, the space agency released clear satellite photographs of the figures from about 430 miles in the sky. “I’ve ...
Project Loon is set to circle the planet with Internet balloons in 2016
Post Date: 2015-10-30 08:26:39 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Google’s Project Loon is a massively ambitious plan to provide Internet connectivity to areas of the planet that don’t already enjoy good access to the web. How? Via a huge fleet of helium balloons that hang in the stratosphere 20 kilometres above the surface, assembling to form a high-tech communication network that beams the web to the surface. And the undertaking is only getting more ambitious, with the company announcing this week that it plans to circle the planet with a ring of Project Loon balloons that will provide a perpetual data service for those living underneath its path. It sounds like science fiction, but this isn’t some faraway ethereal ...
Honda just unveiled its new hydrogen-powered car
Post Date: 2015-10-29 04:56:14 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Just when everyone’s getting all excited about electric cars usurping their fossil fuel-guzzling counterparts, Honda has announced that its hydrogen-powered cars will go on sale in Japan as early as March 2016, with launches in Europe and the US to follow. The five-seated sedan, called the FCV Clarity, can travel 700 km (434 miles) on a single charge. It’s been priced at 7.66 million yen, or US$62,807, which puts it just in the affordability range for the average consumer, the Japanese automaker saying it expects to sell far more than the 72 units it sold of its previous-generation model, the FCX Clarity. "We want this car to be the trigger for the ...
Pakistan exports Chinese HJ-8 missile to 20 nations
Post Date: 2015-10-29 02:02:55 by Tatarewicz
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Want... With the help of Pakistan, China North Industries Corporation, better known as Norinco, has been able to export its HJ-8 anti-tank missiles to 20 countries around the world, Duowei News, a news outlet operated by overseas Chinese, reported on Oct. 21. Pakistan produces the HJ-8 under license from China, which helped the South Asian country build an independent production line to manufacture the anti-tank missile. In the late 1980s, China convinced the Pakistan Army, which had been using the American-built BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile, to purchase the Chinese-made HJ-8. Pakistan carried out tests pitting the HJ-8 against the TOW system to see which missile was more suited to its ...
Should you trust Mark Zuckerberg's FACEBOOK?
Post Date: 2015-10-27 14:50:28 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Morocco's about to launch the world's largest concentrated solar plant
Post Date: 2015-10-27 04:28:53 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Morocco is set to become one of the world's leading suppliers of solar energy, when the first phase of an ambitious concentrated solar plant kicks off next month. The Noor Solar Project, being built just outside the Saharan city of Ouarzazate, will help provide almost half the country's energy by 2020 when its four phases are scheduled to be finished, and it will also contain hydro and wind energy systems. But what's really exciting about the plant is that it will be able to provide renewable energy even after the Sun's gone down. Concentrated solar power involves using huge amounts of mirrors to reflect sunlight onto a small area, allowing the Sun's ...
Suppliers gear up for self-driving car revolution
Post Date: 2015-10-27 00:10:22 by Tatarewicz
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Want... Several high-end car brands have announced plans to invest in the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs), or self-driving cars, and begin selling thesm from 2016, Beijing's Economic Observer reports. In China, Xu Heyi, chair of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC Group), announced recently that the company's first driverless car will debut at the Beijing Auto Show next year. In addition to the current trend towards electric vehicles, autonomous cars are also expected to play a major role in the evolution of the automobile industry, the report said, adding that a major concern is how long it will take for the public to get on board. Citing a report issued by the Boston ...
Earth is in grave danger of being hit by a catastrophic comet shower triggered by the sun, warn scientists
Post Date: 2015-10-26 09:48:48 by Ada
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The study found that we wrongly thought we were in a 'safe zone' Scientists discovered a correlation between extinction events on Earth to the path our solar system takes through crowded areas of the Milky Way The galactic disk of the Milky Way contains dense clumps of dark matter Researchers claim the dark matter can throw comets into planet's path Earth may be in great danger as the sun's path through the galaxy sends comet flying towards our planet, scientists have warned. Researchers have identified a 26 million-year cycle of meteor impacts that coincides with the timing of mass extinctions over the past 260 million years. The doomsday events are linked to the motion ...
Belgium to power 170 trains with wind energy
Post Date: 2015-10-26 02:17:11 by Tatarewicz
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BRUSSELS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Belgium has inaugurated a project to power 170 trains by wind energy, with the first seven of 25 turbines entering service on Saturday, local media reported Sunday. Sudpresse newspaper group said turbines will be built along the main rail line from Leuven to Liege, generating enough power for every high-speed and local train using the line. The number of trains to be covered by the wind energy project represents about five percent of the country's total rail traffic, Belgian railtrack operator Infrabel said. Belgian broadcaster RTL reported that once all 25 turbines are operating, they are expected to produce 35,000 megawatt hours -- enough energy to ...
This clever new refrigerator keeps food cold without electricity
Post Date: 2015-10-26 00:37:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... It’s easy to take that hulking great white beast of a machine in our kitchens for granted, but for the 1.3 billion people in the world who are living without electricity, a working refrigerator is not an option. So a team of students in Canada has invented a cooling device that not only works without any electricity whatsoever, it’s also cheap and portable, making it ideal for those in remote and rural areas who struggle to keep their produce fresh. "We thought it would be good to decrease the amount of food waste in the world, and we came up with this design because it's easy to build and the materials are relatively cheap," one of the students, ...
Monsanto clears USDA regulatory hurdle for new GMO corn
Post Date: 2015-10-25 06:02:27 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday signed off on a new genetically modified type of corn developed by Monsanto Co after a review concluded it posed no significant threat to agricultural crops, other plants or the environment. The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it would deregulate Monsanto's MON 87411 maize, which was developed to protect plants against corn rootworms that can damage roots and drag down grain yields and be tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate. The so-called trait would be inserted into a line of corn seeds' genetic code and could be "stacked" with other traits. Glyphosate, ...
Study finds the warmer it gets, the more world economy hurts
Post Date: 2015-10-22 04:49:55 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With each upward degree, global warming will singe the economies of three-quarters of the world's nations and widen the north-south gap between rich and poor countries, according to a new economic and science study. Compared to what it would be without more global warming, the average global income will shrivel 23 percent at the end of the century if heat-trapping carbon dioxide pollution continues to grow at its current trajectory, according to a study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature. Some countries, like Russia, Mongolia and Canada, would see large economic benefits from global warming, the study projects. Most of Europe would do slightly ...
Global Warming - The Skeptics
Post Date: 2015-10-22 04:40:33 by Tatarewicz
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JR... No one believes you any more, Seth-baby, and your BIG GREEN MONEY scam. Here's peer review scientists, in their OWN words, on the lying horseschitt of faux global warming: “Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly….As a scientist I remain skeptical.” - Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Joanne Simpson, the first woman in the world to receive a PhD in meteorology and formerly of NASA who has authored more than 190 studies and has been called “among the most preeminent scientists of the last 100 years.” “Inevitably in climate science, when data conflicts with models, a small coterie of ...
Scientists find two distant stars touching, and the results could be catastrophic
Post Date: 2015-10-22 00:08:10 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Some 160,000 light-years away, two stars are overlapping one another in what has been described as a potentially catastrophic ‘final kiss’. An international team of astronomers detected the dramatic double star system using the European Space Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope – not to be confused with the upcoming Extremely Large Telescope. The system, called VFTS 352, is the hottest and most massive double star system that’s so far been discovered. VFTS 352 is located in the Tarantula Nebula, which is the most active area of star formation in the Local Group of galaxies – of which the Milky Way is a part. But what’s so remarkable ...
Swatch Bellamy: These are the new pay-by-the-wrist Swatch watches using NFC (Near Field Communication) technology
Post Date: 2015-10-21 13:26:46 by X-15
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Swatch has joined forces with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications to introduce contactless payment “by-the-wrist” to China. Discover the four new Swatch Bellamy by clicking on “read more” … These are the first four watches combine exciting, colorful Swatch design with built-in NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. NFC technology uses high-frequency radio waves to enable electronic devices to communicate over short distances. The new Swatch Bellamy watches have all the fun, color and great design that Swatch is famous for – along with a built-in NFC chip hidden under the dial. Like a prepaid bankcard, a Swatch Bellamy watch allows customers to pay ...
Solar power could be cheaper than conventional electricity in three years: Australian report
Post Date: 2015-10-21 07:19:12 by Tatarewicz
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SYDNEY, Oct. 21 (Xinhua)-- Climate advocates say the coupling solar panels with battery storage could be the cheapest way to obtain electricity within three years, revolutionising the way Australians access their energy needs. Australia could be the premier market for home battery storage as electric feed in tariffs are phased out and grid electricity becoming more expensive, a Climate Council report released on Wednesday shows. The report argues by 2018, due to advances in battery storage and solar cells, Australian house-holds going off-grid will become more cost competitive, creating a potential 24 billion Australian dollar (17.36 billion U.S. dollar) market if just half of ...
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) charges Exxon Mobil 'affirmative campaign against science of climate change' echoes conspiracy case against Big Tobacco...
Post Date: 2015-10-21 06:20:30 by Tatarewicz
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On today's BradCast, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) joins me to explain the letter he sent late last week, with Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), to Attorney General Loretta Lynch seeking an investigation and, if appropriate, prosecution of ExxonMobil. In light of internal company documents recently unearthed and published by Inside Climate News and by the Los Angeles Times revealing that Exxon knew about the "potentially catastrophic" dangers of global warming as early as 1977 and their subsequent funding of the climate change denial industry in an attempt to obscure their own science, Lieu tells me he believes that a conspiracy case, akin to the one brought against Big Tobacco, ...
A New American Revolution is Brewing
Post Date: 2015-10-20 21:03:09 by BTP Holdings
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Can America be great again? It’s a question many are asking in today’s trying times. So what I’m about to say might surprise you—might even seem controversial given all the doom and gloom you hear about America these days… I think we are on the cusp of a new revolution that is going to help America once again achieve greatness and return to her place as the strongest and most powerful economy in the world. And best of all, there’s nothing the fools in Washington, D.C. can do to get in its way. My name is Charles Payne, and you may know me from my show on Fox Business News or my regular appearances on Fox News. But I’m writing today to share what I ...
The Star Wars Beam Weapons and Star Wars Directed-Energy Weapons (DEW)
Post Date: 2015-10-18 08:35:23 by BTP Holdings
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The Star Wars Beam Weapons and Star Wars Directed-Energy Weapons (DEW) (A focus of the Star Wars Program) by Dr. Judy Wood and Dr. Morgan Reynolds (originally posted: October 17, 2006) Page 1: The Bathtub At the time this article was being developed, many people expressed disbelief that energy weapons existed outside of science fiction until they were reminded of the Star Wars Program, also known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)*. The name of this article was chosen as a reminder that energy weapons do exist and have been developed over 100 years. Most of this technology is classified information. It can also be assumed that such technology exists in multiple countries. The ...
GREENPEACE FOUNDER: LETS CELEBRATE CO2
Post Date: 2015-10-17 07:49:10 by Ada
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Following his interview with Breitbart London, Greenpeace founder Dr. Patrick Moore addressed the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London last night, telling them why he left the environmentalist group and became sceptical of man- made global warming. Here is his speech: My Lords and Ladies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to set out my views on climate change. As I have stated publicly on many occasions, there is no definitive scientific proof, through real-world observation, that carbon dioxide is responsible for any of the slight warming of the global climate that has occurred during the past 300 years, since the peak of the Little Ice Age. If there were such a ...
GREENPEACE FOUNDER: LETS CELEBRATE CO2
Post Date: 2015-10-17 07:49:01 by Ada
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Following his interview with Breitbart London, Greenpeace founder Dr. Patrick Moore addressed the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London last night, telling them why he left the environmentalist group and became sceptical of man- made global warming. Here is his speech: My Lords and Ladies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to set out my views on climate change. As I have stated publicly on many occasions, there is no definitive scientific proof, through real-world observation, that carbon dioxide is responsible for any of the slight warming of the global climate that has occurred during the past 300 years, since the peak of the Little Ice Age. If there were such a ...
Tesla's rolled out an Autopilot update - now its cars can drive themselves
Post Date: 2015-10-17 01:52:34 by Tatarewicz
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When the history of the self-driving car is written, 5 October 2015 may well make it in as a footnote: it's the day when Tesla began rolling out an Autopilot software update to its fleet of Model S cars. The long-anticipated update activates the self-driving hardware that's been built into the vehicles' manufacturing and production processes since late last year. To be clear, these cars aren't suddenly going to develop a mind of their own and start taking control - fully autonomous vehicles aren't yet road legal, for a start - but the update does allow Tesla drivers to go 'hands-free' on the highway. A manual override will still be possible at all times, but ...
Astronomers have been looking at the KIC 8462852 star system with puzzled anticipation.
Post Date: 2015-10-16 23:47:28 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik... Tabetha Boyajian, astronomer at Yale University, has been studying the star’s anomalous flickering. The star dims drastically every few years. “It was kind of unbelievable that it was real data,” said Boyajian. “We were scratching our heads. For any idea that came up there was always something that would argue against it.” Boyajian wrote a paper trying to explain the star’s erratic behavior, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Professor Stephen Hawking © East News/ Photoshot/REPORTER Stephen Hawking Supports Search for Aliens Despite Threat of Earth Invasion She also sent the data to fellow astronomer Jason ...
Babies born during summer are more likely to be healthy adults, research suggests
Post Date: 2015-10-16 06:17:56 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Children who are born during summer are more likely to be heavier at birth and taller as adults than those born in the cooler months, according to a study that followed the development of 450,000 people in the UK. For women, there seem to be even more benefits, with the study finding that summer baby girls actually start their periods later than those born during the rest of the year - which is an indicator of female adult health. To be clear, this was an observational study and it only found a correlation between these health markers and the timing of birth, so we still have no idea what could be causing the link. But the researchers suggest that getting more sun - and ...
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