Novel CNT-copper nanocomposite delivers a 100-fold increase in current density
• nanowerk.comWith the semiconductor industry still on the path of Moore's law, researchers have already been toying with single-molecule electronics ......
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Breakthrough water tech uses electrical pulses to clean and sanitize water
• treehugger.comA new type of water cleanup technology that can effectively and efficiently remove organic contaminants from large quantities of water, without using any added chemicals, could be a huge step forward for aquaculture and the world's growing farmed....
Did we really evolve to screw ourselves over?
• treehugger.comSome time ago, I posted about a documentary comparing consumerism to a collective mental illness. Consumed, directed by English film maker Richard Heap, is now available free to view online via YouTube, and it's well worth watching—
4 Composting Outhouses That Provide a Room With a View
• treehugger.comLloyd has always been an advocate of going "off the pipe"—taking buildings and removing them from centralized sewer treatment and possibly even water supply. Usually, such efforts involve high tech composting toilets and rainwater harvesting.
What’s in Your Condiments?
• MercolaSmall, frequent doses of potentially harmful ingredients can be far from benign, having a cumulative biological effect. In fact, there is scientific evidence that more significant health effects may occur at low doses than high, especially for hormon
Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening (Video)
• treehugger.comGrowers in colder climates often utilize various approaches to extend the growing season or to give their crops a boost, whether it's coldframes, hoop houses or greenhouses.Greenhouses are usually glazed structures, but are typically expensive ......
Dog the Bounty Hunter to pursue Snowden Bounty
• Internet ChronicleDuane Chapman, better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, announced plans to enter Russia illegally in order to capture fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden. Dog, in an impromptu press conference held outside Da Kine bail bonds, said, “Sometimes you got
Ability to perceive minds of others emerges in robot
• newscientist.comTHE pearly white humanoid watches placidly as the woman moves a toy brick sitting on the table. Inside, iCub's imagination is running wild.
Self-Defense Shooting Question (Video)
• The ExaminerEach month the Armed Citizens Legal DefenseNetwork’s online journal includes a column titled “Attorney Question of the Month”, in which we ask you, our affiliated attorneys, questions about members’ potential interactions with the criminal justice sy
Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of "willful blindness"
• ted.comGayla Benefield was just doing her job -- until she uncovered an awful secret about her hometown that meant its mortality rate was 80 times higher than anywhere else in the U.S. But when she tried to tell people about it, she learned .....
Five reasons every athlete should do yoga
• naturalnews.comThere are arguments against athletes' practicing yoga. The notion of developing flexibility seems contrary to developing the hard, strong muscles that some sports demand.
U.S. government awards millions in contracts to companies owned by fictitious people
• naturalnews.comOne of the major problems with the size of the American bureaucratic state is the fact that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage.
Shocking: The industrial applications of sodium fluoride
• naturalnews.comIf you're connected to natural health circles, you've probably been privy to a lot of the buzz about fluoride (it's a subject that just doesn't seem to permanently go away).
Scientists working on organic solar cells that collect energy like plants do..
• naturalnews.comA cohort of scientists from the U.S. and Great Britain have made a breakthrough discovery with regards to solar technology that could revolutionize the way we harvest light for energy.
Fukushima now in state of emergency, leaking 300 tons of radioactive water into the ocean daily
• naturalnews.comJapan's nuclear watchdog has now declared the leak of radioactive water from Fukushima a "state of emergency."
Interior Secretary: I don't want any climate-change deniers in my department
• Washington ExaminerIn an agency-wide address to employees Interior Secretary Jewell took the unusual step of saying, “I hope there are no climate-change deniers in the Department of Interior,” she said.
Bloomberg lashes out at judge’s ruling that NYPD tactic amounts to racial profiling
• NBC News (video)The judge appointed an outside lawyer to oversee changes to the program and issue regular public reports. She also ordered a trial program in which officers would wear cameras in one precinct in each of New York’s five boroughs to record their encoun
Yet Another White House Obamacare Delay: Out-Of-Pocket Caps Waived Until 2015
• ForbesFirst, there was the delay of Obamacare’s Medicare cuts until after the election. Then there was the delay of the law’s employer mandate. Then there was the delay enforcement of a number of key eligibility requirements for the law’s health
CFTC subpoenas Glencore, others as metals inquiry heats up
• ReutersThe U.S. commodities market regulator has subpoenaed a number of major metals warehousing firms seeking documents and communications from the last 3 years as an inquiry into complaints about inflated metals prices gathers steam.
Obama: Snowden Is No Patriot
• Jonathan TurleyThe fear seems to be that Snowden has to be a traitor or Obama is a tyrant. High-ranking Congressmen have been frog walked back before cameras for uttering praise for Snowden. Obama comes forward to assure people Snowden is no patriot.
Official: Embassy Attack Threat “Had No Basis in Fact”
• InfoWarsA high-ranking Yemeni security official told McClatchy the Obama administration’s terror threat which supposedly targeted US embassies had “no basis in fact” and was manufactured merely to dampen opposition to drone strikes.
Fukushima: Uncontainable
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Israeli Occupation Harshness Prevents Peace
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Judge: New York’s stop-and-frisk policy is unconstitutional if only minorities fingered
• National Constitution CenterU.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled on Monday that the New York City police department has violated the Constitution in how it implements a stop-and-frisk policy that targets certain groups of citizens.
Marijuana relieves 6-year-old of epileptic seizures
• Yahoo! News blogMost parents in the United States try their hardest to keep their kids from using marijuana. But not little Charlotte Figi's mother. The 6-year-old from Colorado has Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, which causes debilitating seizures.
Facebook Blackout, August 25, 2013
• by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)Not only do users whom Facebook dislikes (mostly those who call themselves conservatives) find themselves "suspended" and the posts they've made officially removed, but in a more devious and sinister operating procedure,
Hyperloop - by Elon Musk, Chairman, Product Architect & CEO
• .The underlying motive for a statewide mass transit system is a good one. It would be great to have an alternative to flying or driving, but obviously only if it is actually better than flying or driving.
Enemies and Friends
• by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)My regular readers know that I have long suspected that many if not all of the spectacular and telegenic mass shootings over the past five decades were coldly contrived to manipulate public opinions about gun ownership.
Judge Orders Parents To Change Baby's Name To Martin Because Messiah Is Reserved For Jesus
• Jonathan TurleyParents in Tennessee came to court to deal with a dispute over the last name to be used for their 7-month-old son. However, Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ordered the first name to be changed because the parents had named the boy “Messiah.”
LAPD's Hypocrisy About Gun Prosecutions - by C.D. Michel
• L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian EnterpriseThe LAPD needs help from the federal government's lawyers to determine whether LAPD SWAT officers violated federal firearm laws by purchasing and reselling special edition Kimber brand pistols for profit to civilians.
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