Cosmic rays could have caused one of the worst mass extinctions on Earth
io9 450 million years ago, the Earth’s warm oceans teemed with life we’d recognize as seaweed, starfish, clams, and coral reefs. Suddenly, over half these species died. Now scientists say it was caused by cosmic rays – and could happen again. Image of a proton shower via University of Chicago. Usually called the Ordovician Extinction, [...]
Read More →Israel fears UK moving towards recognising Palestinian state
Belfast Telegraph The UK is preparing to confer diplomatic status on the Palestinian delegation in London for the first time, renewing fears in Israel that Europe is moving closer to recognising an independent Palestinian state. The British Foreign Office confirmed it was studying a plan to see Palestinian “general delegations” upgraded to “diplomatic missions” in [...]
Read More →Pope’s child porn ‘normal’ claim sparks outrage among victims
Belfast Telegraph Victims of clerical sex abuse have reacted furiously to Pope Benedict’s claim yesterday that paedophilia wasn’t considered an “absolute evil” as recently as the 1970s. In his traditional Christmas address yesterday to cardinals and officials working in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI also claimed that child pornography was increasingly considered “normal” by society. “In [...]
Read More →US, South will pulverize Pyongyang if North takes bait (Video)
North Korea says it’s ready to use its nuclear deterrent in what it calls a ‘sacred war’ against the South. The North’s defence minister’s statement was reported by state media there. The minister accused Seoul of deliberately stoking tension by staging successive joint military drills with the U.S. next to the North’s territory.
Read More →Online petition against releasing GM mosquitoes
Free Malaysia Today Concerned citizens who are against the proposed release of genetically modified (GM) male mosquitoes in certain parts of the country have started an online petition campaign to get their message across the nation. The online petition, titled “No to the release of GM mosquitoes in Bentong and Alor Gajah”, was initiated by [...]
Read More →Banknotes go electric to outwit counterfeiters
New Scientist GOOD old-fashioned cash is to go down the electronic route, now that it is possible to stamp simple electronic circuits directly onto banknotes. Modern banknotes contain up to 50 anti-counterfeiting features, but adding electronic circuits programmed to confirm the note’s authenticity is perhaps the ultimate deterrent, and would also help to simplify banknote [...]
Read More →The Oil BP Tried To Hide Has Been Discovered, In Thick Layers On the Sea Floor Over An Area of Several Thousand Square Miles
Washington’s Blog BP and the government famously declared that most of the oil had disappeared. But as I’ve noted, as much as 98% of the oil is still in the ocean. I have repeatedly pointed out that BP and the government applied massive amounts of dispersant to the Gulf Oil Spill in an effort to [...]
Read More →Blasts hit foreign embassies in Rome
PressTV Two parcel bomb explosions have rocked the Swiss and Chilean embassies in the Italian capital of Rome, leaving two people injured, reports say. In the first incident, an employee in the Swiss embassy in Rome was severely injured when a parcel bomb put in a package exploded. The bomb exploded when the embassy employee [...]
Read More →Fluoride in Water Linked to Lower IQ in Children
Is this the end of water fluoridation? PRNewswire Exposure to fluoride may lower children’s intelligence says a study pre-published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (online December 17, 2010). Fluoride is added to 70% of U.S. public drinking water supplies. According to Paul Connett, Ph.D., director of [...]
Read More →North Korea threatens nuclear ‘holy war’
MSNBC North Korea’s minister of armed forces said on Thursday its military was prepared to wage a “holy war” against the South using its nuclear deterrent after what he called Seoul’s attempt to initiate conflict. Minister Kim Yong Chun repeated Pyongyang’s charge that the South had been preparing to start a war by conducting live-fire [...]
Read More →Placebos work, even if you know they’re fake
io9 It’s well known that placebos, or fake medicine, often work better than the real deal. Some doctors secretly prescribe them to problem patients when nothing else is working. But what happens when the patient knows they’re taking sugar pills? In a study published today in PLoS One, researchers compared two groups of patients with [...]
Read More →Pentagon Wants to Give Troops Terminator Vision
Wired No more will soldiers’ vision be limited to the socket-embedded spheres that God intended. The Pentagon now wants troops to see dangers lurking behind them in real time, and be able to tell if an object a kilometer away is a walking stick or an AK-47. In a solicitation released today, Darpa, the Pentagon’s [...]
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