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Land-Sea Ecological Chain Fragile
May 19th, 2012 What we do on land can have a huge negative impact on the oceans.
Man Builds Tesla Gun That Can Shoot 20,000 Volts of Electricity
May 15th, 2012 It may not make as much fashion statement as this crazy-looking Tesla coil hat, but it sure looks dangerous.
Sunday Solar Eclipse Visible From National Parks
May 15th, 2012 Astronomy generally is the kind of thing people look for in national parks, so we’re glad to help people celebrate it here.
Sea Shepherd Founder Arrested – Needs Your Help!
May 15th, 2012 Urgent Call to Sea Shepherd Supporters – Help Save Captain Watson from Extradition to Costa Rica!
Russian Satellite’s 121-Megapixel Image of Earth is Most Detailed Yet
May 14th, 2012 The satellite takes a full image of Earth from its stationary point over 35,000 kilometers above the Indian Ocean every 30 minutes, providing the material for the video below.
Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise in 20 Years
May 13th, 2012 This Enterprise would be built entirely in space, have a rotating gravity section inside of the saucer, and be similar in size with the same look as the USS Enterprise that we know from Star Trek.
Israel’s Nukes a Grave Menace to World
May 10th, 2012 As a rogue nation that denies even having nuclear weapons, is not a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), frequently violates international law and UN directives, Israel’s nuclear arsenal poses a grave risk to the world.
NASA Spacecraft Detects Changes in Martian Sand Dunes
May 10th, 2012 For years, researchers debated whether sand dunes observed on Mars were mostly fossil features related to past climate, rather than currently active.
Antarctic Octopuses 10,000km Apart “Genetically Similar”
May 10th, 2012 Data on octopuses from other parts of Antarctica, not separated by this particular ice sheet, support the theory that the creatures are genetically different.
Americas War on the Children of Iraq
May 9th, 2012 Can America ever be forgiven for their atrocities against Iraq’s helpless children? Get the facts before you decide.
Light from Alien Super-Earth Seen for 1st Time
May 9th, 2012 Light from an alien “super-Earth” twice the size of our own Earth has been detected by a NASA space telescope for the first time in what astronomers are calling a historic achievement.
Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Prehistoric Earth
May 7th, 2012 The gassy emissions from these giant dinosaurs may have been enough to warm the Earth, the researchers say.
The Origin of Mysterious, Dark-Skinned Blonds Discovered
May 7th, 2012 Now, researchers have found the single gene that explains these fair tresses.
Nanoscientists Find Long-Sought Majorana Particle
May 4th, 2012 Nanoscientist Leo Kouwenhoven already caused great excitement among scientists in February by presenting the preliminary results at a scientific congress.
Morning in America
May 3rd, 2012 Can innocent, peace-loving, freedom-loving civilians survive in this People’s Republik of Amerika in the case of total economic collapse, food shortages, civil unrest, and martial law?
House Passes Draconian Internet Spying Bill
May 3rd, 2012 The evil puppets are poised to take away more of our privacy and make legal the spying that was already being done in secret.
Wind Turbines That Learn Like Humans
April 30th, 2012 Depending on the weather, wind turbines can face whispering breezes or gale-force gusts. Such variable conditions make extracting the maximum power from the turbines a tricky control problem, but a collaboration of Chinese researchers may have found a novel solution in human-inspired learning models.
White Killer Whale Spotted—Only One in the World?
April 27th, 2012 “Handsome” whale may be the only known all-white adult orca.
Inside The Expanding Panopticon: Covert Legal Interpretation and Mass Surveillance
April 26th, 2012 Telecommunications companies even charge police forces surveillance fees for making use of the extant tracking technology, installed in all modern cellphones, which is based on antenna location and not necessarily GPS.
We Can Survive Killer Asteroids — But It Won’t Be Easy
April 26th, 2012 The chances that your tombstone will read “Killed by Asteroid” are about the same as they’d be for “Killed in Airplane Crash”.
Ex-CIA Officer Who Destroyed Waterboarding Videos: Torturers “Disgusted” At Being Labeled “Torturers”
April 26th, 2012 Former CIA officer, Jose Rodriguez on waterboarding tape destruction: ‘Just getting rid of some ugly visuals’.
Mysterious Explosion And Daylight Fireball In Nevada, California Skies
April 25th, 2012 A loud explosion and a streak of light occurred over roughly a 600-mile line across Nevada and California. It was probably a meteor, say astronomers.
Susan Sarandon: The Government Tapped My Phone
April 25th, 2012 The filmmaker also suggested that the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal could spread from Britain to the United States.
Ancient Virus DNA Thrives In Us
April 25th, 2012 Much of the dark matter in our genome plays by its own rules.
Defense Clandestine Service: Yet Another U.S. Spy Agency
April 25th, 2012 The Pentagon is planning to ramp up its spying operations against high-priority targets such as Iran under an intelligence reorganization aimed at expanding on the military’s espionage efforts beyond war zones.
Human Flesh Search Engines
April 25th, 2012 Like many other technologies, high-powered facial recognition has trickled down to the average person’s fingertips in recent years.
In Weak Job Market, One In Two College Graduates Are Jobless Or Underemployed
April 25th, 2012 A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death
April 25th, 2012 Administering psilocybin to terminally ill subjects could be done safely while reducing the subjects’ anxiety and depression about their impending deaths.
If You Have a Smart Phone, Anyone Can Now Track Your Every Move
April 23rd, 2012 Navizon I.T.S. makes it easy to pinpoint Wi-Fi devices anywhere its listening nodes are installed. |

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