Tag: research
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cybersecurity: here’s what really worries the pentagon
from danger room: In Washington, “cybersecurity” is a term that’s come to have a thousand meanings, and none at all. Any crime, prank, intelligence operation, or foreign-government attack involving a computer has become a “cyber threat.” But at the Pentagon, they aren’t worried about some kid painting a Hitler moustache on Defense Secretary Robert Gates’…
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study shows hfcs may cause obesity, diabetes & heart disease
from consumerist: A University of California study on human subjects seems to indicate what food activists have long believed: high fructose corn syrup has special qualities which cause humans to pork up like animals in a feed lot. Oh, and it also may help cause life-threatening chronic diseases. The study was small, but frightening… High…
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scientists ‘grow’ meat in laboratory
from telegraph: Researchers in the Netherlands have created what was described as soggy pork and are now investigating ways to improve the muscle tissue in the hope that people will one day want to eat it. No one has yet tasted the product, but it is believed the artificial meat could be on sale within…
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climategate: hacked emails expose climate control schemes
climategate for dummies: a compendium of articles & videos from steve & paul joseph watson: On Thursday 19th November 2009 news began to circulate that hacked documents and communications from the University of East Anglia’s Hadley Climate Research Unit (aka CRU) had been published to the internet. The information revealed how top scientists conspired to…
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reports say gmo’s causing massive pesticide pollution
from food freedom: Two new reports this year on genetically modified foods expose Monsanto and other biotech company lies. The first by Union of Concerned Scientists, Failure to Yield, came out in February. The latest report comes from Organic Center: Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years, and exposes that…
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animal lovers say no to radioactive nasa monkeys
from the register: Animal rights groups are apparently not pleased with NASA’s plan to zap squirrel monkeys with repeated doses of radiation for science. The US space agency will expose between 18 to 28 of the moneys to low doses of radiation daily to better understand the effects of long-term exposure outside Earth’s protective magnetic…
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‘grow’ gm meat in your kitchen with rfid chips to ‘save the planet’
from daily mail: A controversial cooker that ‘grows’ meat and fish by heating animal cells in your kitchen claimed first prize in the Electrolux design competition tonight [9/25]. The invention, called Cocoon, could develop food with the make-up and nutrients of real meat. Mr Hederstierna, 27, said: “This will create 100 per cent pure meat…
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Fast Food Mind Control: Ice Cream & Burgers Go to Your Head
from reuters: It’s official. That tub of ice-cream really can control your brain and say “eat me.” A U.S. study by UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has found that fat from certain foods such ice-cream and burgers heads to the brain. Once there, the fat molecules trigger the brain to send messages to the…
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uk supermarkets in ‘secret talks to introduce gm foods to the shelves’
from daily mail: The big supermarkets have held secret talks to pave the way for the introduction of controversial GM crops on to their shelves, industry sources said last night. The stores banned GM ingredients more than ten years ago in response to public anxiety about their impact on human health and the environment. But…
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pot may protect brain from booze
brain scans show less damagefrom internet broadcasting: Marijuana may protect the brain from some of the damage caused by binge drinking, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of California San Diego performed brain scans on 16- to 19-year-olds in three groups: binge drinkers, binge drinkers who also smoke pot, and those with…
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biowars/swine flu updates: zombies, mass graves & video games
video: wmtw-tv report on flu riots & the military swine flu jab link to killer nerve disease:leaked letter reveals concern of neurologists over 25 deaths in USfrom daily mail: A warning that the new swine flu jab is linked to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the Government to senior neurologists in a…
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pure food obsession is latest eating disorder
from guardian: Eating disorder charities are reporting a rise in the number of people suffering from a serious psychological condition characterised by an obsession with healthy eating. The condition, orthorexia nervosa, affects equal numbers of men and women, but sufferers tend to be aged over 30, middle-class and well-educated. The condition was named by a…
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95% of US banknotes show cocaine traces
from bbc: The largest study of banknotes has found that 95% of dollar bills in Washington DC bear traces of the illegal drug cocaine. The figure for the US capital is up 20% over two years. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth tested notes from more than 30 cities worldwide. They say the…
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tobacco, fluoride, pharma-psychiatry & poor, stupid kids
big food is copying big tobacco’s disinfo tactics top uk dentist says water fluoridation is the answerfrom dr nigel carter: Simple measures can prevent the need for a child’s teeth to be extracted in hospital… As many know, brushing teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, visiting a dentist regularly and avoiding frequent sugary snacks…