© Collage “The Voice of Russia” Hacking group Anonymous_Korea claimed they have taken down five of North Korea’s official websites, including the country’s official web portal and the foreign relations committee’s site. The hacktivist group Anonymous_Korea published a list of… Read More ›
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Chewing gum could make you FAT because the minty taste makes sugary food more tempting
The chemical responsible for the minty flavour in gum makes healthy food unappealing People who chew gum eat fewer meals – but not less calories – because they chose unhealthy foods By Emma Innes PUBLISHED: 08:59 EST, 29 March 2013… Read More ›
N.Korea says to enter “state of war” against South Korea – KCNA
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:21 GMT Reuters SEOUL, March 30 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea in a continuing escalation of tough rhetoric against Seoul and Washington after… Read More ›
Russia warns tensions are ‘slipping out of control’ as North Korea ‘readies rockets to attack United States targets’
Kim Jong-un responded to use of the B-2 bombers by the United States by saying his rocket forces were ready ‘to settle accounts with the US’ Rob Williams Friday, 29 March 2013 Russia has warned that tensions between North Korea,… Read More ›
Obama signs ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ written by Monsanto-sponsored senator
Published time: March 28, 2013 19:04 US President Barack Obama (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowsky) United States President Barack Obama has signed a bill into law that was written in part by the very billion-dollar corporation that will benefit… Read More ›
Brain scans might predict future criminal behavior
Contact: Kent Kiehl kkiehl@mrn.org 505-925-4516 Duke University Low anterior cingulate activity linked to repeat offenses ALBUQUERQUE, NM and DURHAM, NC–A new study conducted by The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, N.M., shows that neuroimaging data can predict the likelihood of… Read More ›
Wastewater injection spurred biggest earthquake yet, says study / 5.7 earthquake
Contact: Kevin Krajick kkrajick@ei.columbia.edu 212-854-9729 The Earth Institute at Columbia University 2011 Oklahoma temblor came amid increased manmade seismicity A new study in the journal Geology is the latest to tie a string of unusual earthquakes, in this case, in… Read More ›
Our genomic liberty may be lost: ” Companies have essentially claimed the entire human genome for profit”
Contact: Lauren Woods Law2014@med.cornell.edu 646-317-7401 Weill Cornell Medical College You don’t ‘own’ your own genes Researchers raise alarm about loss of individual ‘genomic liberty’ due to gene patents that may impact the era of personalized medicine NEW YORK (March 25,… Read More ›
Combinations of estrogen-mimicking chemicals found to strongly distort hormone action
Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston For years, scientists have been concerned about chemicals in the environment that mimic the estrogens found in the body. In study after study, researchers have found links between… Read More ›
The first caffeine-‘addicted’ bacteria
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that — literally. Their report in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology describes bacteria… Read More ›
C. diff infection risk rises with antihistamine use to treat stomach acid, Mayo Clinic finds
Contact: Robert Nellis newsbureau@mayo.edu 507-284-5005 Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients receiving antihistamines to suppress stomach acid are at greater risk of infection from Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a common cause of diarrhea, particularly in health care settings, Mayo… Read More ›
Pesticide combination affects bees’ ability to learn
Contact: Rob Dawson Rob.Dawson@bbsrc.ac.uk 01-793-413-204 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Two new studies have highlighted a negative impact on bees’ ability to learn following exposure to a combination of pesticides commonly used in agriculture. The researchers found that the… Read More ›
Research suggests popular diabetes drugs can cause abnormal pancreatic growth in humans
Contact: Enrique Rivero erivero@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2273 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas, including cell proliferation, that may be associated… Read More ›
More than HALF of U.S. rivers are too polluted to support life as shocking report reveals scale of water contamination
Pollution is due to fertiliser use and over-development Harmful levels of toxic mercury in fish from U.S. rivers By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:27 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:27 EST, 27 March 2013 More than half of America’s… Read More ›
Ohio county condemns two new Amish houses because they have outhouses and the owners refuse to install modern plumbing
By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 16:59 EST, 27 March 2013 A county health board in Ohio has condemned two houses recently built by the Amish because they have outhouses… Read More ›
110 million Americans infected with some type of STD
Wednesday, 27 March 2013 According to new data released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 19.7 million new venereal infections in the United States in 2008, bringing the total number of existing… Read More ›
‘MoneyPak’ Cards Used for Extortion, Victims Group Claims
DALLAS (CN) – CVS Caremark, Kmart, Kroger, Walmart, Walgreens and 7-Eleven are helping criminals collect ransom payments for hijacking computers with a virus, a crime victims advocacy group claims in a proposed class action. MoneyPak Crime Victims LLC… Read More ›
Fruit flies fed organic diets are healthier than flies fed nonorganic diets, study finds
Posted on March 25, 2013 by Margaret Allen Fruit flies raised on diets based on organic foods performed better on a variety of health tests, including fertility and longevity A new study looking at the potential health benefits of organic… Read More ›
Egyptian mosque turned into house of torture for Christians
Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse…. Read More ›
North Korea rockets and artillery ‘target’ US bases
Pyongyang puts military in ‘combat mode’ saying it is now targeting US bases in Guam, Hawaii and American mainland Tania Branigan in Beijing guardian.co.uk,Tuesday 26 March 2013 13.55 EDT North Korea has reportedly trained its rockets and long-range artillery on… Read More ›
Experts doubt Anonymous Mossad spy outing claims are kosher
Tinker, tailor, soldier, cobblers By John Leyden Posted in Security, 26th March 2013 12:56 GMT Free whitepaper – IT infrastructure monitoring strategies Hacktivists claim to have published leaked data on more than 30,000 Israeli officials, including members of Israel’s Mossad… Read More ›
South Korean spy steals Russian missiles
Photo: RIA Novosti The achievements of the Republic of Korea in the field of rockets and space are largely based on Russian technologies, including stolen ones. This conclusion is evident from sensational confessions of a South Korean businessman to the… Read More ›
Guccifer emails link Tony Blair to top-secret Bohemian Grove gathering
Published time: March 25, 2013 17:28 Former British prime minister Tony Blair (AFP Photo / Carl Court) Attending the elusive Bohemian Grove retreat should be a priority for former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, News Corp executive Andrew Knight… Read More ›
Vial containing strain of potentially deadly virus missing from Texas laboratory
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:20 EST, 24 March 2013 | UPDATED: 18:20 EST, 24 March 2013 A small vial containing a potentially harmful strain of virus has gone missing from a Texas laboratory, it was revealed today. The… Read More ›
Harvard stripped of quiz championships for cheating
Harvard University has been stripped of a string of US quiz championship titles after a cheating scandal was uncovered by organisers. Championships awarded to the Ivy League college, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2009 and 2010, and two separate titles… Read More ›
Mursi warning stirs fears in Egypt opposition
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:32 GMT Reuters * Mursi warns of steps to “protect this nation” * Stirs fears among opposition of a crackdown * Warning follows protest outside Brotherhood HQ By Tom Perry CAIRO, March 24 (Reuters) – Egyptian… Read More ›
Tense in Cyprus, National Guard burns German Flags
Friday, 22 March 2013 Cypriot national guard soldiers have removed German flags from two building and burn them. The buildings housed German soldiers who are engaged in UN peace mission in Lebanon. Bank employees are protesting in Nicosia, earlier in… Read More ›
She’s being thrown out the home she’s lived in for 47 years because of $49 in property taxes — which she paid early
The Saddest Story You Ever Heard By DAVID LEE AUSTIN (CN) – An ill, elderly Texas woman claims in court that she’s being thrown out the home she’s lived in for 47 years because of $49 in… Read More ›
Child Soldiers In Syria: Sick Mascots or the New Face of Global Jihad?
posted by Versha Sharma on March 22,2013 in Sneak Peek Young kids with Ak-47s. Really young. As in toddlers. Some of the rebels in Syria’s civil war think it’s cute. Some of the pro-Assad forces are using the pictures of… Read More ›
Education Department website removes Chairman Mao quote
5:21 PM 03/22/2013 Robby Soave Reporter, The Daily Caller News Foundation In this Tuesday Sept. 18, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters hold portraits of the late Communist leader Mao Zedong and wave Communist party and national flags while marching on the… Read More ›
How Low Can a TV Show Go?
By ROBERT KAHN MANHATTAN (CN) – ABC TV filmed a man dying in a hospital, and a doctor telling his family he had died, and broadcast it all on the show “NY Med” without telling the family or… Read More ›
Couples caught having sex before marriage could be sent to prison for FIVE YEARS under new Muslim law in Indonesia
Even couples living together out of wedlock and have sex to face year in jail Part of a raft of proposals which include a ban on witchcraft and black magic Bid to revise laws based on laws of former colonial… Read More ›
Cyprus Keeps Banks Closed indefinitely
Friday, 22 March 2013 Russia rebuffed Cypriot entreaties for aid on Friday, leaving the island’s increasingly isolated leaders scrambling to strike a bailout deal with the European Union by next week or face the collapse of its… Read More ›
Guccifer releases second trove of Clinton emails
Published time: March 22, 2013 18:17 Hillary Clinton.(AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan) The hacker that has targeted Hillary Clinton and the Presidents Bush has leaked a new trove of classified emails to RT that discuss in detail the Algerian… Read More ›
Florida college student suspended for not ‘stomping on Jesus’
By Arturo Garcia Friday, March 22, 2013 14:38 EDT<!– Begin Social Code — A Florida Atlantic University student is accusing an instructor and local Democratic party leader of suspending him for refusing to stomp on a piece of paper… Read More ›
Number of dead pigs found in Shanghai rivers rises to 16,000
Melanie Leather Friday, 22 March 2013 A police campaign to curb the illicit trade in sick pig parts in China appears to be having little effect as the number of dead pigs recovered in the last two weeks from… Read More ›
Rapper gets jail for calling police dogs in song
Reuters Friday, Mar 22, 2013 TUNIS – A Tunisian court has sentenced a rap singer to two years in jail in absentia for insulting the police in a case likely to fuel debate over free speech under the Islamist-led government…. Read More ›
USA: Almost Half of Children born to Unwed Mothers
Thursday, 21 March 2013 Calling it “The Great Crossover,” a report by academics and social activists shows that for the first time in history the median age of American women having babies is lower than the median age of marriage… Read More ›
U.S., Japan review plans for retaking disputed islands
National Mar. 21, 2013 – 06:05PM JST ( 52 ) Disputed islands claimed by China and controlled by JapanAFP WASHINGTON — U.S. and Japanese officers are discussing worst-case contingency plans for retaking disputed islands in the East China Sea if… Read More ›
South Korea Cyber Attack was launched from a Chinese IP Address
South Korea Cyber Attack, Wiper malware and Chinese IP Address Posted by: Mohit Kumar onThursday, March 21, 2013 Yesterday we reported about a massive Cyber attack on South Korea that was responsible for shutting down networks of South Korean banks and… Read More ›
New study highlights strong anti-cancer properties of soybeans: inhibited cancer cell growth by 73% for colon cancer, 70% for liver cancer and 68% for lung cancer
Contact: Sacha Boucherie S.Boucherie@elsevier.com 31-204-853-564 Elsevier First study to report that proteins found in soybeans, could inhibit growth of colon, liver and lung cancers, published in Food Research International Soybean meal is a bi-product following oil extraction from soybean seeds…. Read More ›
Researchers link Gulf War Illness to physical changes in brain fibers that process pain
Contact: Karen Mallet km463@georgetown.edu Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have found what they say is evidence that veterans who suffer from “Gulf War Illness” have physical changes in their brains not seen… Read More ›
US company selling lead paint in Africa 5,000 times the allowable limit and is refusing to remove it !!!t
Contact: Melody Harris melody.harris@taylorandfrancis.com Taylor & Francis US company identified as manufacture of lead paint in Africa SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 19, 2013) – House paint containing dangerous concentrations of lead is being sold in Cameroon by an American company… Read More ›
New disorder could classify millions of people as mentally ill
Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal New condition that may lead to ‘inappropriate medical decision making,’ warns expert Personal View: The new somatic symptom disorder in DSM-5 risks mislabeling many people as mentally ill Millions of people could… Read More ›
Was there a Chinese spy at NASA? Fleeing researcher ‘carrying hard drive and laptops’ arrested on China-bound plane at Virginia airport
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:20 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:23 EST, 20 March 2013 Arrest: Bo Jiang, who worked for NASA, ‘failed to disclose the devices he was taking back to China’ A Chinese national… Read More ›
Is she a spy? Mystery of 27-year-old enigma Chinese student who ‘caught US defense contractor, 59, in honeytrap to get classified information’
Benjamin Pierce Bishop, 59, of Honolulu, charged with passing on secrets The defense contractor met younger lover at military defense conference He did not tell authorities about her as he should have done A covert search of his home in… Read More ›
South Korea on alert for cyber-attacks after major network goes down
Computer systems of banks and broadcasters are interrupted, with fingers immediately pointed at North Korea Tania Branigan in Beijing ◦guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 March 2013 06.00 EDT South Korea is investigating a suspected cyber-attack that paralysed systems at major media and… Read More ›
N. Korea threatens US bases in Japan, Guam
21 Mar 2013 The North Korean army on Thursday threatened a possible strike against US military bases in Japan, in response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea. “The US should not forget that… Read More ›
U.S. autism estimates climb to 1 in 50 school-age children: 72% increase since 2007
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:05 GMT Reuters * Boys four times more likely than girls to have diagnosis * Milder cases made up much of the increase (Adds CDC and expert interview, byline, background) By Julie Steenhuysen March 20 (Reuters)… Read More ›
New York Times says Royal Charter harms free speech
Small publishers and websites under threat, says paper that helped expose hacking scandal IAN BURRELL Wednesday, 20 March 2013 The New York Times has warned that British proposals to regulate the press through a Royal Charter will “chill free speech… Read More ›
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