19.8.10
The End of Privacy: Entire City to Track People With Public Eye Scanners
The End of Privacy: Entire City to Track People With Public Eye Scanners: "Imagine a public eye scanner that can identify 50 people per minute, in motion. Now imagine that the government install these scanner systems all across an entire city. Or don't imagine it, because it's already happening, right now."
13.8.10
Hotter-burning sun warming the planet - Washington Times
Hotter-burning sun warming the planet - Washington Times: "'The sun has been at its strongest over the past 60 years and may now be affecting global temperatures,' said Sami Solanki, the director of the renowned Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany, who led the research.
'The sun is in a changed state. It is brighter than it was a few hundred years ago and this brightening started relatively recently -- in the last 100 to 150 years,' Mr. Solanski said."
'The sun is in a changed state. It is brighter than it was a few hundred years ago and this brightening started relatively recently -- in the last 100 to 150 years,' Mr. Solanski said."
9.8.10
Brain's reward system helps drive placebo effect | Reuters
Brain's reward system helps drive placebo effect | Reuters: "(Reuters Health) - Want to maximize the placebo effect? A good way to do this, according to a new study, is to tell someone they have a decent chance of getting the real treatment instead of a fake pill, but keep them guessing."
28.7.10
Worst heat ever - NYPOST.com
Worst heat ever - NYPOST.com: "While this month's sizzling weather may feel unbearable, with the temperature hitting a high of 97 degrees yesterday, tying a record, it pales in comparison to the heat wave that city residents endured in the summer of '96 -- 1896, that is."
24.7.10
Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican -Times Online
Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican -Times Online: "Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican"
22.7.10
California city approves marijuana farming - U.S. news - Life - msnbc.com
California city approves marijuana farming - U.S. news - Life - msnbc.com: "OAKLAND, California — The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for 'industrial' cultivation starting next year."
4.7.10
Chinese Edge Closer to Supercomputing Record - NYTimes.com
Chinese Edge Closer to Supercomputing Record - NYTimes.com: "SAN FRANCISCO — A Chinese supercomputer has been ranked as the world’s second-fastest machine, surpassing European and Japanese systems and underscoring China’s aggressive commitment to science and technology."
1.7.10
Terrafugia Transition 'flying car' gets go-ahead from US air authorities - Telegraph
Terrafugia Transition 'flying car' gets go-ahead from US air authorities - Telegraph: "The Terrafugia Transition, a light aircraft that can convert into a road-legal automobile, is to go into production after being given a special weight exemption by the US Federal Aviation Administration."
20.6.10
Smarter Than You Think - I.B.M.'s Supercomputer to Challenge 'Jeopardy!' Champions - NYTimes.com
Smarter Than You Think - I.B.M.'s Supercomputer to Challenge 'Jeopardy!' Champions - NYTimes.com: "For the last three years, I.B.M. scientists have been developing what they expect will be the world’s most advanced “question answering” machine, able to understand a question posed in everyday human elocution — “natural language,” as computer scientists call it — and respond with a precise, factual answer."
14.6.10
Israel forced to defend 'Mossad spy' arrested in Poland - Telegraph
Israel forced to defend 'Mossad spy' arrested in Poland - Telegraph: "Israel has been forced to the defence of an alleged Mossad spy who has been arrested in Poland on charges of using a German passport in an operation to kill a Palestinian militant."
13.6.10
LOS ALAMOS / Plutonium could be missing from lab / 600-plus pounds unaccounted for, activist group says
LOS ALAMOS / Plutonium could be missing from lab / 600-plus pounds unaccounted for, activist group says: "Enough plutonium to make dozens of nuclear bombs hasn't been accounted for at the UC-run Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and may be missing, an activist group says in a new report."
11.6.10
Relaxed people 'heal twice as quickly' - Telegraph
Relaxed people 'heal twice as quickly' - Telegraph: "Laid-back people can heal up to twice as rapidly as those who are very stressed, research indicates."
8.6.10
6.6.10
After Fall, Evangelical Leader Starts From Scratch : NPR
After Fall, Evangelical Leader Starts From Scratch : NPR: "'I believe the Bible teaches we should have heterosexual, monogamous relationships, and that can be inculcated into law and form families, etc. Now, that's inside the church. How that applies outside the church in civil law is a totally different discussion,' he said. 'I believe in civil law there should be total equality under the law. So if heterosexuals get certain benefits for heterosexual relationships, then homosexuals should get those same benefits in their homosexual committed relationships. And that's what I'm going to teach our people.'"
Tories ready to reopen Dr David Kelly suicide inquiry | Mail Online
Tories ready to reopen Dr David Kelly suicide inquiry | Mail Online: "The investigation into the death of weapons inspector David Kelly is likely to be reopened, it has emerged."
30.5.10
Are Goldman Sachs and the Megabanks Able to Wipe out an Entire Economy with a Keystroke? -- Signs of the Times News
Are Goldman Sachs and the Megabanks Able to Wipe out an Entire Economy with a Keystroke? -- Signs of the Times News: "'We don't really have a market as such anymore,' Marshall Auerback, senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, explained to AlterNet. 'It's a high-tech casino. And that is actually an insult to casinos, which are probably better regulated and which observe rules that make the house pay when it loses. Unlike our Frankenstein investment banks, which get government handouts.'"
28.5.10
New Ebola Drug 100 Percent Effective In Monkeys : NPR
New Ebola Drug 100 Percent Effective In Monkeys : NPR: "A team led by Thomas Geisbert of Boston University has used an experimental drug to protect monkeys from death after injecting them with massive doses of the most lethal strain of Ebola."
26.5.10
Study: Many Sunscreens May Be Accelerating Cancer - AOL News
Study: Many Sunscreens May Be Accelerating Cancer - AOL News: "WASHINGTON (May 24) -- Almost half of the 500 most popular sunscreen products may actually increase the speed at which malignant cells develop and spread skin cancer because they contain vitamin A or its derivatives, according to an evaluation of those products released today.
AOL News also has learned through documents and interviews that the Food and Drug Administration has known of the potential danger for as long as a decade without alerting the public, which the FDA denies."
AOL News also has learned through documents and interviews that the Food and Drug Administration has known of the potential danger for as long as a decade without alerting the public, which the FDA denies."
The memos and minutes that confirm Israel's nuclear stockpile | World news | guardian.co.uk
The memos and minutes that confirm Israel's nuclear stockpile | World news | guardian.co.uk: "This is the secret memo by South Africa's military chief of staff, General RF Armstrong, asking for nukes on the Jericho missiles. It has been revealed before, but its context was not understood. We now know the memo was the direct result of a meeting between PW Botha and Shimon Peres, and the basis of Botha's demand for nukes."
The Impact of the September 2008 Economic Collapse - The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Impact of the September 2008 Economic Collapse - The Pew Charitable Trusts: "Also, the combined peak loss from declining stock and home values totaled nearly $100,000, on average per U.S. household, during the July 2008 to March 2009 period."
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