MAPS: Here's Tesla's Plan To Cover America In Superchargers
• Business InsiderTesla Motors will immediately and dramatically increase its network of Supercharger stations around the country, the electric car company announced this afternoon.
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Holder’s Attempt to Schmooze Media with Off the Record Meeting FAILS – Most Say No Thanks
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/For broadcast media, losing a big chunk of the coveted 25-54 age group is like a direct hit from a nuclear bomb. It also signals that the young are considerably less inclined to succumb to propaganda. While all of this is eminently entertaining,
Could Time End?: George Musser at TEDxUniTn
• youtubeGeorge is a contributing editor for Scientific American magazine in New York since 2012, before he was a Senior Editor since 1998 and the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory.
Russian Makes Record-Breaking BASE Jump From Mount Everest
• Business InsiderOn the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, Russian daredevil Valery Rozov BASE jumped — i.e. a parachute jump from a fixed point — off the north face.
Asteroid fly-by on Friday sparks debate over readiness for ‘Armageddon’-style event
• http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Shaun WatermanThe passage close to Earth of a mountain-sized asteroid expected Friday has reignited discussions among scientists about how to deal with the improbable — but definitely possible — circumstance of an asteroid predicted to hit the planet.
'GODFATHER' ON THE MOVE
• http://www.drudgereport.comIn this week's cover story, TIME's David Von Drehle interviews Mayor Rahm Emanuel about the enduring problems facing Chicago – school reform, gun violence, unemployment and budget shortfalls.
American WWII GIs were dangerous sex-crazed rapists who the French feared as much as the Germans
• http://www.dailymail.co., By Mail Foreign ServiceBook 'debunks myth that the GI were manly and always behaved well'
Life in Jail for a CIA Whisteblower, One Attempted Prison Terror Brawl at a Time
• The Atlantic WireMost interesting, however, is an incident in which Kiriakou claims prison administrators tried to incite a fight between him and a Muslim prisoner, apparently in an effort to send both to solitary confinement. Kiriakou, whose CIA work included recrui
Will Space Tourism Wreck the Environment?
• youtubeThe FAA and space tourism industry leaders say no, but scientists say the accumulation of black carbon in the stratosphere may have disastrous results. Why? Well, space tourism companies, like Virgin Galactic, are able to tout very low CO2 emissions,
U.S. senator McCain pictured with Syrian rebel kidnapper
• ReutersHe has insisted that the United States could locate the "right people" to help among rebel ranks infiltrated with radicalised Islamists. However, he may have crossed paths with men linked to a group notorious in the region for kidnapping the pilgr
21 Facts About Rising Government Dependence In America That Will Blow Your Mind
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Government dependence in the United States has reached a level never seen before. Fifty years ago, the federal government handed out about 10 cents for every dollar that American workers earned. Now, the federal government hands out about 35 cents fo
GMO lose Europe – victory for environmental organisations
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Monsanto will halt production of genetically modified corn in all of Europe, except Spain, Portugal and Czech republic. The agribusiness multinational states not to spend any more money on trials, development, marketing, court cases or anything else
Libertopia (full movie)
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Libertopia is a time capsule of the Free State Project from 2008-2009. For more information about the FSP, go to http://freestateproject.org/. If you like the movie, consider making a donation at http://libertopiafilm.com, so the filmmakers can keep
Nanotechnology applications for cancer treatment
• youtubeMesothelioma cancer, asbestos cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, etc... they'll all be able to profit and be fought with the aid of nanotechnology one day.
Hendrik Poinar: Bring back the woolly mammoth!
• ted.comIt’s the dream of kids all around the world to see giant beasts walk the Earth again. Could -- and should -- that dream be realized? Hendrik Poinar gives an informative talk on the next -- really -- big thing:
Return trips to Mars pose unacceptable radiation risk
• newscientist.comBad news wannabe Mars explorers. The round trip alone would blast you with doses of radiation that come close to the acceptable lifetime limits sets by NASA – and that's not including any practice trips to space or time spent on the Red Planet.
1 in 13 people have bendy chimp-like feet
• newscientist.comYOU may be walking on chimp-like feet without knowing it. At least 1 in 13 of us have feet that are specially adapted for climbing trees.
Asteroid miners unveil first crowdfunded space scope
• newscientist.comWant to take a closer look at the moon, or spy on your favourite nebula? Here's your chance.
Robot arm wrapped in sensitive skin has gentle touch
• newscientist.comIT MAY be a robot, and it may not have a body – but it definitely has feeling.
Smile, hydrogen atom, you're on quantum camera
• newscientist.comAN ATOM'S electrons are an ever-shifting quantum melee, but it turns out you can still take their photograph as if they were standing still.
Chinese Plant Compound Wipes out Cancer in 40 Days
• arcleinAnd just like with numerous other powerful substances like turmeric and ginger, mainstream science is still slowly confirming what many traditional practitioners have known for their entire lives. This is, of course, due to the fact that there is sim
Potato Blight Genetic History Resolved
• arcleinPhytophthora infestans changed the course of history. Even today, the Irish population has still not recovered to pre-famine levels. "We have finally discovered the identity of the exact strain that caused all this havoc," says Hernán Burbano from
X-ray Reconstruction Tackles Old Scrolls
• arcleinThe key difference between the new method and other techniques previously developed to read un-openable historical documents is the unprecedentedly high contrast resolution it provides to distinguish between ink and parchment. This means the ink show
Cosmic Impact Theory For YDB Event Supported - Pleistocene Nonconformity
• arcleinThe cause of this cooling has been much debated, especially because it closely coincided with the abrupt extinction of the majority of the large animals then inhabiting the Americas, as well as the disappearance of the prehistoric Clovis culture, kno
Matt Papke's speech at March Against Monsanto Tempe, AZ 5/25/2013
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A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents
• popsci.comA working model of the estimated $5-million device could be ready within a year.
How It Works: Masdar's Beam Down Optical Tower
• popsci.comAn experiment in concentrated solar power
Jackson Katz: Violence against women—it's a men's issue
• ted.comDomestic violence and sexual abuse are often called "women’s issues.” But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues -- and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood.
Arsenic being intentionally added to conventional chicken
• naturalnews.comThe old saying, "You are what you eat," poses troubling implications for public health in light of a new study on chicken meat, which found that most of it contains dangerously high levels of toxic arsenic.
Hungary torches 500 hectares of GM corn to eradicate GMOs from food supply
• naturalnews.comWhen it comes to protecting the public from GMOs, Hungary knows how to get the job done: set fire to the fields growing GM corn!
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