Tag: science
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china leads weather control race
from wired: Not content to push the edge in cloning, architecture & geological engineering, China’s also leaving the rest of the world behind when it comes to controlling the weather. A few years ago, Australian journalist John Taylor reported: It’s uncanny living in Beijing how it rains on the eve of major events. Be it…
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152 dolphins off iranian coast ‘suicided’ by US sonar
from abc: The mysterious “mass suicide” of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran’s coast over the past month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame pointed at regional fishing practices. from gulf news: The mass death of more than 150 Striped Dolphins in southern Iran over the last month could be due to the herd of…
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halting hurricanes with directed energy
from blacklisted news/telegraph uk: Scientists have made a breakthrough in man’s desire to control the forces of nature – unveiling plans to weaken hurricanes and steer them off course, to prevent tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina. The damage done to New Orleans in 2005 has spurred two rival teams of climate experts, in America and…
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genetic ‘barcodes’ may cut illegal trade
from reuters: New genetic tests could help crack down on illegal food or timber trade, fight malaria or even give clues to how to stop bird strikes with planes, scientists said on Friday. Experts have identified DNA “barcodes” – named after the black and white lines that identify products in a supermarket – of more…
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microchip implants cause tumors in lab animals
damning research could spell the end of VeriChipfrom inteldaily: The Associated Press will issue a breaking story this weekend revealing that microchip implants have induced cancer in laboratory animals and dogs, says privacy expert and long-time VeriChip opponent Dr. Katherine Albrecht. As the AP will report, a series of research articles spanning more than a…
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biofuels switch a mistake, say researchers
from guardian: Increasing production of biofuels to combat climate change will release between two and nine times more carbon gases over the next 30 years than fossil fuels, according to the first comprehensive analysis of emissions from biofuels. Biofuels – petrol and diesel extracted from plants – are presented as an environmentally friendly alternative to…
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pentagon’s new drug weapons
from wired: They’ve got Skunk, they’ve got Special K, they’ve got Angel Dust, they’ve got Aceeeeed… and they’ve also got a whole pharmacy of extra special stuff that they’re not going to tell anyone about. They’re heavily armed, and the law can’t touch them. Because they’re the Pentagon’s own nonlethal chemical weapons developers. While the…
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science chief: cut birthrate to save earth
from guardian: The new head of the Science Museum has an uncompromising view about how global warming should be dealt with: get rid of a few billion people. Chris Rapley, who takes up his post on September 1, is not afraid of offending. ‘I am not advocating genocide,’ said Rapley. ‘What I am saying is…
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news on the march
pentagon funds gay bombs & armed sharksfrom abc: Creating armor that renders a soldier invisible. Stimulating the brain to suppress sleep for days. Arming sharks with chemical implants and cameras to work as spies. This year the Pentagon will spend $78 billion – about half of all government research and development dollars – on a…
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darpa to create brain-chipped cyborg moths
from cryptogon/register uk: Famed US military mad-scientist bureau DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is engaged in an effort to grow/build cyborg moths for use as spies. No, really. The program is called Hybrid Insect Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, or HI-MEMS. In it, the arguably over-caffeined DARPA boffins aim to construct a tiny lepidopterine…
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scientists determine second jfk assassin ‘possible’
from washington post: In a collision of 21st-century science and decades-old conspiracy theories, a research team that includes a former top FBI scientist is challenging the bullet analysis used by the government to conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald alone shot the two bullets that struck and killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The “evidence…
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US unwittingly evolved superpathogen
from raw story: A drug-resistant bacteria that is infecting wounded US soldiers in Iraq – and has spread to civilian hospitals in parts of Europe – accidentally evolved in US military hospitals in Iraq, Wired Magazine will report in a massive expose on Monday, RAW STORY has learned. The full story is now available here.…
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scientists prepare to move doomsday clock forward
from reuters: The keepers of the “Doomsday Clock” plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world. The symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, currently is set at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight marking global catastrophe… “The major new…
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taser launches ‘stylish’ stun gun
from bbc: US stun gun maker Taser is unveiling a sleeker version of its controversial weapon aimed at safety and fashion conscious members of the public. Available in pink, blue, silver and black, the gun fits into a handbag like a mobile phone. It will be launched at a Las Vegas electronics fair on Monday.…
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news on the march
from int’l herald tribune: Outsourcing hits a new class of workers: Journalists… The long arm of ‘offshoring’ reaches into the news industry from earth times: MADD wants alcohol sensors in cars… As a first step in trying to rein in DUI, Mothers Against Drunk Driving will campaign for the introduction of alcohol sensors in every…