Navy Launches a Drone from a Submerged Submarine
• cdn.defenseone.comThe Naval Research Lab just launched a drone from a submerged submarine – giving a huge edge to the future of special operations.
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New data show ‘meteoric’ rise of Texas oil
• fuelfix.comOil production in Texas has hit its highest monthly rate on record, more than doubling in less than three years, according to new federal data.
Scientists Color Silk By Feeding Silkworms Fabric Dyes
• popsci.comThe process is designed to be more environmentally friendly than traditional dyeing.
Google's Mystery Barge In San Francisco Bay Under Investigation
• businessinsider.comThe agency that oversees development in the San Francisco Bay in California has begun a formal investigation into the construction of a secretive Google Inc barge on an island in the bay.
Ancient Humans Had Sex With A Mystery Species
• businessinsider.comA new, improved sequencing of ancient human relative genomes reveals that Homo sapiens didn't only have sex with Neanderthals and a little-understood line of humans called Denisovans.
Geraldine Hamilton: Body parts on a chip
• TEDIt's relatively easy to imagine a new medicine, a better cure for some disease. The hard part, though, is testing it, and that can delay promising new cures for years. In this well-explained talk, Geraldine Hamilton shows how her lab creates organs a
Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain?
• TEDThe human brain is puzzling -- it is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a tremendous amount of energy for its weight and has a bizarrely dense cerebral cortex. But: why?
Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement May Be Linked
• Wired.comThis advance is so meta.
Why Global Warming Science is Nothing but Fraud
• lewrockwell.comThere is no real science to be found in the subject of global warming. Modern studies of global warming could be traced back to Charney et all, 1979 .
Mind Controlled Video Game Demonstrated
• arcleinThe game is set aboard a space station, where players become robots trying to escape by embodying a series of stronger robots. The mind-bending part is that players use only their thoughts, no hand-held controllers—to take over other
Tin-based stanene could conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency
• gizmag.comA team of theoretical physicists from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University is predicting that stanene, a single layer of tin atoms laid out in a two-dimensional structure...
"World's first" smartphone-controlled SmartPlane takes off
• gizmag.comParrot's AR Drone quadcopter has been strutting its smartphone-controlled stuff for a few years now, but fixed wing remote controlled aircraft have been a little thinner on the ground –
Self-contained powered Copenhagen Wheel hits the market – at last
• gizmag.comBack in 2009, MIT's SENSEable City team unveiled its Copenhagen Wheel prototype. In a nutshell, it's a self-contained electrically-powered rear bicycle wheel that can be installed on any regular bike, instantly turning it into an e-bike.
Low-cost, open-source 3D printer looks beyond plastic
• gizmag.comWith 3D printers dropping below the US$200 mark, the home 3D printing revolution appears to be getting into full swing, which is great ...
Let's grow algae in sewage then use it to power things
• dviceEnergy is everywhere, and I don’t mean a feng shui type of energy. I mean real energy, the good stuff that powers all of our electronics.
iPad Art - Morgan Freeman Finger Painting
• YoutubeiPad Art - Morgan Freeman Finger Painting
Open Letter to Peter Schiff by Erik Voorhees
• Daily PaulDear Peter, It was a privilege and an honor to be a guest on your radio show today. I’ve been a fan of yours for more than five years; you were one of the reasons I discovered Austrian economics (and, in turn, Bitcoin), and your eloquent explanation
Colored Plastic Doubles Solar Cell Power
• technologyreview.comUsing plastic to absorb light could lower the cost of solar power.
Spooky Physics Phenomenon May Link Universe's Wormholes
• space.comThough wormholes have never been proven to exist, these theoretical passageways through space-time are predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity.
Webcast: SpaceX Launches Commercial Satellite Into Orbit on Falcon 9 (Video)
• space.comUpdate for 7 p.m. EST: SpaceX has successfully launched an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SES-8 communications satellite into orbit. Liftoff occurred at 5:41 p.m. EST (2241 GMT). The SES-8 satellite was successfully deployed about 33 minutes a
Scientists Publish Paper discussing the dangers of Geo-Engineering Programs
• thelibertybeat.comA team of scientists from Japan, North America, and Europe has published a paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research–Atmospheres discussing the dangers of Geoengineering programs,...
1/4 of federal scientists forced to exclude or alter information for non-scientific reasons
• .Hundreds of federal scientists said in a survey that they had been asked to exclude or alter technical information in government documents for non-scientific reasons, and thousands said they had been prevented from responding to the media or the publ
Researchers Regrow Hair, Cartilage, Bone, Soft Tissues
• arcleinA new study from researchers at the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital suggests that it can. By reactivating a dormant gene called Lin28a, which is active in embryonic stem cells, researchers were able to regrow hair and repair cartilag
Go off-roading with this tank of a wheelchair
• dviceThis is Der Zeisel, the tank tread equipped wheelchair that can conquer just about anything mother nature can dish out. In German, Der Zeisel means "the ground squirrel" and its operators just might feel like they're zipping about just like a squirre
GMO Rat Study Retracted..by New Journal Editor from (Surprise!) Monsanto
• theorganicprepper.caRemember the Seralini study, with those gruesome images of GMO-fed rats that were engulfed by horrific tumors?
The hardwired difference between male and female brains could explain ...
• independent.co.ukAnd why women are 'better at remembering a conversation'
This Ad From 1926 Is The Driving Force Behind Much Of The Internet's Viral Content
• businessinsider.comUp until today, no one knew for sure who was behind ViralNova, the home for sharable, clickable, viral content that takes stories circulating the news ...
Applebee's Will Put Tablets At Every Table Next Year
• businessinsider.comApplebee's plans to introduce tablets at every restaurant by the end of 2014, according to USA Today.
The Demographics Of Social Media Audiences, And The Unique Opportunities Offered By Each Network
• businessinsider.comEach social media platform has a unique identity based on who uses the network and how they're engaging on the site.
Migraines link to plastic cups and bottles:
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Mark HowarthDrinking water from plastic cups or bottles could be giving millions of Britons headaches.
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