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In short, I review clinical research on an almost daily basis. What I post tends to be articles that are relevant to the readers in addition to some curiosities that have intriguing potential.
As a hobby, I truly enjoy the puzzle-solving play that statistics and programming as in the python language bring to the table. I just do not enjoy problem-solving, I love problem-solving and the childlike inspiration and exploration of that innocent exhilaration of discovering something new.
Enjoy ;-)
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Transport Ministry says AirAsia QZ8501 was not allowed to fly route, airline’s license may be revoked
By Coconuts Jakarta January 3, 2015 / 17:53 WIB The AirAsia plane that crashed off Indonesia was flying on an unauthorised schedule, the country’s transport ministry has said, adding that it has now frozen the airline’s permission to fly the… Read More ›
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A Mysterious Chinese blogger apparently predicted the fate of AirAsia flight QZ8501 two weeks before the tragic incident occurred.
MOSCOW, December 30 (Sputnik), Ekaterina Blinova – A Mysterious Chinese blogger seemingly predicted the AirAsia QZ8501 catastrophe, providing warnings to potential travelers some two weeks before the tragic incident actually happened. – © REUTERS/ EDGAR SU – AirAsia Crash Sparks… Read More ›
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EVES DRIFT IS COMING ONLINE
EVEs = Endogenous viral elements For those who keep tabs on Bio-weapons and potential Pandemic mutations – Man Made or Otherwise As the site is in development – You are welcome to bookmark or follow. This site is dedicated to… Read More ›
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Pakistan violates ceasefire again, fires on 13 border outposts
IndiaToday.in Jammu, January 1, 2015 | UPDATED 13:13 IST BSF had retaliated effectively to the Pakistani firing.AdTech AdBSF had retaliated effectively to the Pakistani firing.Pakistan rangers violated ceasefire on Thursday again by firing on 13 border outposts in Samba sector,… Read More ›
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Radioactive Leak Reported at Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Plant
Tuesday, 30 December 2014 A radioactive leak has been detected at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe, a media report says, citing the country’s emergency services. The report claims that levels of radiation are 16 times the… Read More ›
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Boom! World’s Richest Add $92B in 2014
Tuesday, 30 December 2014 The 400 richest billionaires in the world added another $92 billion to their names in 2014 and now sit on assets worth $4.1 trillion, but Russia’s super-wealthy have been hit by economic problems resulting from the… Read More ›
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Missing AirAsia jet: Chinese blogger predicted ‘black hand’ bringing down missing plane
DC | December 30, 2014, 13.12 pm IST An airport official checks a map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authority for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya. (Photo: AP) A… Read More ›
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US Airport Gun Smuggling Scheme Raises Concerns Amid Increased Shootings
US 02:24 25.12.2014 1900 The recently uncovered gun smuggling scheme in the United States raises concerns of increased violence in the country amid recent shootings of police officers in New York. MOSCOW, December 25 (Sputnik) — It was revealed on Tuesday that… Read More ›
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IQ destroying chemicals, and their abundance.
IQ destroying chemicals, and their abundance. Brief video with citations, explaining the chemical assault that is overtaking our young and our future. IQ erosion is probably not directly cumulative ( i.e. my arrival on the number 57, a drop in… Read More ›
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Weapons Inventor Says U.S. Ripped Him Off “U.S. Gov’t asked (presumably in jest) whether Mr. Trunk is now required to ‘shoot himself’ since he is in possession of classified information”
By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – A man whose stealth technology and weapons inventions put him on the road to a Nobel Prize says the government declassified his patents to reap the rewards. Physicist and engineer Frank Trunk made the… Read More ›
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The Coming IQ Armageddon
These are the rough notes taken so far, as I prep the next short video segment on the possible epigenetic consequences of our current environmental assault on neural development. In my humble opinion this ranks number one on environmental priorities. For… Read More ›
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Cost of cloud brightening for cooler planet revealed
Marine Cloud Brightening is a reversible geoengineering method proposed to mitigate rising global temperatures. It relies on propelling a fine mist of salt particles high into the atmosphere to increase the albedo of clouds – the amount of sunlight… Read More ›
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‘Radiogenetics’ seeks to remotely control cells and genes
It’s the most basic of ways to find out what something does, whether it’s an unmarked circuit breaker or an unidentified gene — flip its switch and see what happens. New remote-control technology may offer biologists a powerful way to… Read More ›
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Egyptian Burial Site with 1 Million Mummies Stuns Scientists
Thursday, 18 December 2014 An ancient cemetery in Egypt contains 1 million bodies, according to a team of archeologists who discovered the burial ground. What the site represents remains a mystery, as the scientists are still puzzled about where exactly… Read More ›
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Court case claims child welfare agencies regularly subvert the constitution, by seizing children when there is no danger to the child, and in fact no need to seize the child at all
Mom Fights Riverside Co.’s Seizure of Baby By REBEKAH KEARN RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CN) – Riverside County took a newborn baby from her mother without a reason or a warrant – and it makes a habit of it, the mother and… Read More ›
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BPA lined containers raise blood pressure fast
BPA lined containers raise blood pressure fast * – Urinary BPA concentration increased by up to 1,600 percent after consuming canned beverages compared to after consuming the glass-bottled beverages. – “A 5 mm Hg increase in systolic blood pressure by… Read More ›
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Islamic State Publishes Handbook for Female Slave Ownership
The Research and Fatwa Department of the Islamic State has released guidelines on interaction with non-Muslim female slaves, equating them to disposable property, allowing them to be beaten but however putting some restrictions on their use. MOSCOW, December 14 (Sputnik)… Read More ›
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Study supports the theory that men are idiots
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 11-Dec-2014 BMJ-British Medical Journal Sex differences in risk seeking behaviour, emergency hospital admissions, and mortality are well documented. Males are more likely to be admitted to an emergency department after accidential injuries, more likely to be admitted… Read More ›
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Can organic crops compete with industrial agriculture?
“no significant differences in organic and conventional yields for leguminous crops, such as beans, peas and lentils.” PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 9-Dec-2014 Study finds smaller than expected gap in yields between organic and conventional farming Berkeley — A systematic overview of… Read More ›
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Ancient engravings rewrite human history
4 December 2014 An international team of scientists has discovered the earliest known engravings from human ancestors on a 400,000 year-old fossilised shell from Java. The discovery is the earliest known example of ancient humans deliberately creating pattern. “It rewrites… Read More ›
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Greece’s stock market just suffered its worst collapse ever
Greek stocks fell more than at any point during Europe’s debt crisis today after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras gambled his political future on bringing forward a parliamentary vote on a new head of state. Greek stocks are now down 13%… Read More ›
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China Readies Rocket for Manned Mission to Moon
Monday, 08 December 2014 China is working on its Long March-9 rocket which has “unprecedented lift capability” and will be the country’s first manned lunar mission. The experts say its payload will be 130 tons, which coincides with the… Read More ›
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Daily Aspirin and younger women a bad mix
Daily Aspirin and younger women a bad mix – ” they conclude that blanket treatment “is ineffective or harmful in the majority of women with regard to the combined risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and major gastrointestinal bleeding.” – Cons… Read More ›
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Insecticides foster ‘toxic’ slugs, reduce crop yields
Insecticides aimed at controlling early-season crop pests, such as soil-dwelling grubs and maggots, can increase slug populations, thus reducing crop yields, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of South Florida. “Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides… Read More ›
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Scientists in China, US, Israel review the worldwide rise of the ‘network of networks’
Interdependence of Different Infrastructure Sectors The interdisciplinary field of network science has attracted enormous attention in the past 10 years, although most results have been obtained by analyzing isolated networks. However many real-world networks interact with and depend on… Read More ›
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Unlike humans, monkeys aren’t fooled by expensive brands
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 2-Dec-2014 A group of researchers tested whether monkeys show a common human bias: the tendency to confuse the price of a good with its quality. Previous studies have shown that humans think wine labeled with an expensive… Read More ›
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Pentagon: Iran Attacked ISIS – but Didn’t Coordinate with Us
Pentagon confirms that Iranian fighter jets bombed ISIS jihadists, clarifies strikes were not coordinated with the United States. The Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday that Iranian fighter jets bombed Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in eastern Iraq, but clarified the strikes… Read More ›
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With Its Gold “Vaporized”, A Furious Ukraine Turns On Its Central Bankers
Tuesday, 02 December 2014 As reported two weeks ago, following to a stunning announcement by the head of Ukraine’s central bank, Valeriya Gontareva, we learned that (virtually) all of Ukraine’s gold was gone, or – in the parlance of Jon… Read More ›
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Child poverty pervasive in large American cities, new report shows
December 1, 2014 –Years after the end of the Great Recession, child poverty remains widespread in America’s largest cities. A paper just released by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), a research center based at Columbia University’s Mailman… Read More ›
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Forgetting the Presidents
Caption: US President Harry S. Truman will be forgotten by three-fourths of American college students by 2040, according to a new study by psychology researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. Public Release: 27-Nov-2014 Most American presidents destined to fade… Read More ›
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Post-medieval Polish buried as potential ‘vampires’ were likely local
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 26-Nov-2014 Potential vampires in the 17th-18th century buried with rocks, sickles to ward off evil Caption: Individual 49/2012 (30-39 year old female) is shown with a sickle placed across the neck. Potential ‘vampires’ buried in northwestern… Read More ›
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DNA may survive suborbital spaceflight, re-entry at temperatures over 1000°C
Plasmid DNA attached to rocket exterior may survive spaceflight Plasmid DNA attached to the outer surface of a sounding rocket may be able to withstand rocket launch, a period of residence in suborbital space, re-entry, and landing conditions into… Read More ›
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FDA often ignored or just not there for many drug approvals and trials
Study examines FDA influence on design of pivotal drug studies An examination of the potential interaction between pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss future studies finds that one-quarter of recent new drug approvals occurred… Read More ›
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The sound of status: People know high-power voices when they hear them
Being in a position of power can fundamentally change the way you speak, altering basic acoustic properties of the voice, and other people are able to pick up on these vocal cues to know who is really in charge, according… Read More ›
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Secret Malware in European Network Traced to NSA & GCHQ
Tuesday, 25 November 2014 Complex malware known as Regin is the suspected technology behind sophisticated cyberattacks conducted by U.S. and British intelligence agencies on the European Union and a Belgian telecommunications company, according to security industry sources and technical… Read More ›
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Trans Fats make brain go Hmmm?
Trans fat consumption is linked to diminished memory in working-aged adults – For those eating the highest amounts of trans fats, this translated to an estimated 11 fewer words (a more than 10 percent reduction in words remembered), compared to… Read More ›
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Long awaited logo upgrade for our Engineering Evil site
Long awaited logo upgrade for our site dedicated to global issues. For those interested in the editing: Cyberlink PowerDirector 13 Adobe After Effects (Cloud) Video Blocks After Effects Sound is 3 separate layered and spliced sound clips running simultaneously with… Read More ›
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Soap and toothpaste ingredient may be linked to liver tumors and fibrosis
Soap and toothpaste ingredient may be linked to liver tumors and fibrosis Cleaning yourself to death? -Triclosan, a common antimicrobial in personal hygiene products, causes liver fibrosis and cancer in mice -Study suggests triclosan may do its damage by interfering… Read More ›
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Cost of meeting basic needs rising faster than wages in Washington state
A Washington family of four must spend 46 percent more on average to make ends meet today than 13 years ago, according to a new report from the University of Washington. “families with two adults, a preschooler and a school-aged… Read More ›
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Spooky alignment of quasars across billions of light-years
Artist’s Impression of Mysterious Alignment of Quasar Rotation Axes Caption: This artist’s impression shows schematically the mysterious alignments between the spin axes of quasars and the large-scale structures that they inhabit that observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed…. Read More ›
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Were Neanderthals a sub-species of modern humans? New research says no
Disappearance of Neanderthals likely the result of competition from Homo sapiens, and not from poor adaptation to cold In an extensive, multi-institution study led by SUNY Downstate Medical Center, researchers have identified new evidence supporting the growing belief that Neanderthals… Read More ›
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Adjusting Earth’s thermostat, with caution
Harvard scientists say aspects of solar geoengineering can—and should—be tested without need for full-scale deployment November 17, 2014 Cambridge, Mass. – November 17, 2014 – A vast majority of scientists believe that the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate… Read More ›
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74 percent of parents would remove their kids from daycare if others are unvaccinated
41 percent of parents say under-vaccinated kids should be excluded from daycare, according to U-M’s National Poll on Children’s Health ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Most parents agree that all children in daycare centers should be vaccinated, and that daycare providers… Read More ›
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Ukraine Admits Its Vast Gold Reserves are Gone
Tuesday, 18 November 2014 Back in March, at a time when the IMF reported that Ukraine’s official gold holdings as of the end of February, (just as the US State Department-facilitated coup against former president Victor Yanukovich was concluding), amounted… Read More ›
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Greece Locks up Autistic Children in Cages
Thursday, 20 November 2014 After perfecting their economic model, Greece has revolutioned the way a country takes care of its handicapped children. A BBC reporter was stunned during a visit to one of Greece’s Government run “institution” where disabled children… Read More ›
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Meteor #2? Massive Flash Stuns Russian residents
Wednesday, 19 November 2014 An extraordinary bright orange flash has lit up the sky in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region in the Urals. While locals captured the massive ‘blast’ on numerous cameras, both scientists and emergency services still struggle to explain the… Read More ›
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High Fructose Corn Syrup a Natural Sugar, Totally Debunked
Excerpt: In the current study, Chi-Tang Ho, Ph.D., conducted chemical tests among 11 different carbonated soft drinks containing HFCS. He found ‘astonishingly high’ levels of reactive carbonyls in those beverages. These undesirable and highly-reactive compounds associated with “unbound” fructose and… Read More ›
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Scientist discover Virus that Makes People More Stupid – 43% of those tested were infected
Algal viruses attach, enter, and infect green alga (seen in series here). Liz is a staff writer for Science.By Elizabeth Pennisi 27 October 2014 3:30 pm It’s not such a stretch to think that humans can catch the Ebola virus… Read More ›
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