Robot goes rogue after being handed the controls to a drone
• http://www.mirror.co'I really had no idea what was going to happen,' says bemused owner
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Science, Medicine and Technology
Why Renewables Are Doomed and Fossil Fuels Are the Future
• https://www.lewrockwell.comWe're on the verge of a new energy revolution. Except it's the exact opposite of the one the "experts" at places like BP, the International Energy Agency and - ahem - the Guardian are predicting.
A Cheap New Metamaterial Offers Air Conditioning Without Air Conditioners
• https://motherboard.vice.comA major advance in daytime radiative cooling.
Upcoming March for Government Science Encourages Falsity
• http://www.thedailybell.comScientists are worried about the Trump administration: His pick for the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't seem interested in protecting the environment, his energy secretary lacks the publication record of his highly academic predecessors, an
Weather modification: Satellite imagery reveals unmistakable aerosol operation over South Florida
• http://www.naturalnews.com(Natural News) Geoengineering is a very real -- and very scary -- phenomenon happening across the world. Evidence of weather control in the United States can be found as early as 1966 in a now highly cited document on National Weather Modification
Does Hot Water Freeze Faster Than Cold Water?
• youtube.comObservations over millenia and numerous experiments claim that warmer water freezes faster than cold water under identical conditions.
Princeton shrinks tabletop terahertz equipment down to a few square millimeters
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comResearchers at Princeton University have drastically shrunk much of the equipment for terahertz wave generation: moving from a tabletop setup with lasers and mirrors to a pair of microchips small enough to fit on a fingertip.
Leading development of hypersonic engines and spaceplanes
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comThe leading projects for developing a hypersonic spaceplane are Reaction Engines of the UK and Hypermach.
Google's New AI System Unscrambles Pixelated Faces
• https://www.technocracy.newsGoogle's neural networks have achieved the dream of CSI viewers everywhere: the company has revealed a new AI system capable of "enhancing" an eight-pixel square image, increasing the resolution 16-fold and effectively restoring lost data.
READ YOU LIKE A FACEBOOK Mark Zuckerberg funds bid to develop mind-reading brain implants
• https://www.thesun.co, BY JASPER HAMILLBillionaire pays for research into 'neural recording', a creepy-sounding technique which could change the lives of people suffering serious illnesses
CDC cronyism exposed: Scientists with integrity call out the agency's corrupt industry ties
• http://www.naturalnews.com(Natural News) According to its mission statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) "conducts critical science" to protect Americans against health threats. But can an agency with deep ties to various industries really conduct
This cheap and easy lab-on-a-chip could save lives
• popsci.com By Kendra Pierre-LouisDiagnosing diseases quickly and easily in poor regions
America's Exotic Car
• https://www.lewrockwell.comThe Corvette used to be America's sports car. It will soon be America's exotic car.
Morgan Irons is Running Her Own Martian Farming Experiment
• https://motherboard.vice.com"We want to help with human expansion into deep spaces on Earth, Mars, and beyond."
A Revolution In Building Roads
• https://www.plasticroad.euImagine that constructing a road would take days instead of months. That roads would last three times as long. That maintenance and traffic disruption are things of the past. And that cable and piping problems as well as the urban water problem are s
Scientists have figured out how our brains sharpen our memories while we sleep
• http://www.sciencealert.com, MIKE MCRAEWe snooze to lose.
Contaminated Vaccines
• https://www.lewrockwell.comItalian researchers studied the safety of vaccines currently in use. (1) They examined 44 types of vaccines to verify if there was physical contamination in the vaccines. Although the vaccines were obtained from two countries (France and Italy), th
Who needs asteroids? Earth makes its own water deep within the mantle
• arcleinWhile the popular view has been that icy asteroids or comets could have brought water to Earth billions of years ago in an epic collision that filled the planet's oceans, a new study shows Earth's inner regions had the necessary ingredients to make
The age of the BIONIC BODY...
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Jerome BurneWhen The Six Million Dollar Man first aired in the Seventies, with its badly injured astronaut being rebuilt with machine parts, the TV show seemed a far-fetched fantasy.
New Laser Based on Unusual Physics Phenomenon Could Improve Telecommunications, Computing and More
• nextbigfuture.comResearchers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated the world's first laser based on an unconventional wave physics phenomenon called bound states in the continuum.
Tech Giants Have the Legal Clout to Help Stop Trump's Refugee Ban
• https://www.wired.comIf the #DeleteUber campaign taught the tech industry anything, it's that trying to stay neutral on President Trump's refugee ban can quickly turn into a marketing catastrophe.
How to Keep Amazon Echo and Google Home From Responding to Your TV
• https://www.wired.comVoice assistants such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home are pretty smart, but they're not yet sharp enough to understand the difference between TV and reality. A Google commercial during yesterday's Super Bowl prompted Home to play whale noises,
Channeling Steve Jobs, Apple seeks design perfection at new 'spaceship' campus
• https://www.yahoo.comSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Inside the original Macintosh computer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs inscribed the signatures of his team, revealing his deep concern for even the hidden features of his products.
Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice, down to a whisper
• sciencedaily.comImproved delivery vector better penetrates the inner ear, also restores balance in a mouse model of Usher syndrome
Lab-made mini-brains are sprouting their own blood vessels
• http://newatlas.com, Michael IrvingIn 2015, scientists at Brown University developed "mini-brains," models of living brains created from 3D cultures of neural cells. Like organs-on-chips, these models could help reduce our reliance on animal testing in the search for new treatments an
In Flight Innovation: Charting What is Next for Aerospace
• https://www.wired.comMarco Polo altered the course of human history with a three-and-a-half-year journey between Venice and Beijing. Today, the world is far smaller. On a commercial airline, one can travel between those two cities in half a day.
Exposed: How World Leaders Were Duped Into Investing Billions Over Manipulated Global Warming Data
• https://www.lewrockwell.comThe Mail on Sunday today reveals astonishing evidence that the organization that is the world's leading source of climate data rushed to publish a landmark paper that exaggerated global warming and was timed to influence the historic Paris Agreemen
Scientist develops biodegradable, edible non-plastic bags to halt the continued plastic...
• http://www.naturalnews.compollution of the world...(Natural News) One country that has been making a concerted effort to reduce plastic waste is India. A ban on disposable plastics is set to go into effect in the Delhi region this year, outlawing the use of produce bags, cut
A quantum phase transition has been observed for the first time
• Science AlertThe microscopic flip from opaque to transparent.
Scientists simulate a new material that could be even weirder than graphene
• Science AlertWe all love graphene - the one-atom-thick sheets of carbon aren't just super flexible, harder than diamond, and stronger than steel, they've also recently become superconductors in their own right.
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