This artist’s impression shows the planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system that is the closest to Earth. Alpha Centauri B is the most brilliant object in the sky and the other dazzling… Read More ›
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If FP ( foreign-policy ) nerds were ‘the public’: 15 questions for a more interesting debate
Posted By Joshua Keating Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – 11:37 AM Tonight’s presidential debate will be conducted in Town Hall format. Every election, we’re promised that this will make the event more “unpredictable,” but in reality, it means we’re likely to… Read More ›
UK Hacker who gained Pentagon UFO Access wins Extradition battle
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 UK Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that Gary McKinnon, who was accused of hacking into the Pentagon’s computer network, will not be extradited to the US. The move is due to the… Read More ›
The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders
And how the Pentagon later turned on them by: Guy Lawson HIGH ON WAR: David Packouz (left) and Efraim Diveroli at a gun range near Miami (top). One of the illegal shipments of ammo they supplied to the Afghan… Read More ›
New planet with four suns identified by ‘armchair astronomers’
New planet with four suns identified by ‘armchair astronomers’ A new planet with four suns has been identified by two ”armchair astronomers”. The illustration shows PH1, a planet with four suns discovered by volunteers from the planethunters.org citizen science project… Read More ›
Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released… and here is the chart to prove it
The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures This means that the ‘pause’in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period… Read More ›
More Parody: Nobel Peace Prize goes to European Union!?
Friday, 12 October 2012 The Nobel Peace Prize has seemingly the same value as Taco Bell Employee of the Month! The parody continues… First Al Gore, then Obama, now this came from the… Read More ›
Harvard’s annual ‘IncestFest’ party where students ‘are encouraged to hook up with each other’ branded ‘offensive and insensitive’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:16:50 EST, 11 October 2012| UPDATED:16:50 EST, 11 October 2012 Students at Harvard University have lambasted one of its halls of residence for naming a party ‘IncestFest’ – at which students are reportedly encouraged to make… Read More ›
Brazilian city council candidate passes out cocaine in exchange for votes
Posted By Annie Z. Yu On 1:54 AM 10/10/2012 @ 1:54 AM A woman running for a city council position in Brazil, the world’s second-largest consumer of cocaine, was arrested on Sunday — election day — after allegedly handing out… Read More ›
Florida governor accidentally gives out PHONE SEX number instead of meningitis hotline… as death toll rises to 12
By Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED:17:14 EST, 10 October 2012| UPDATED:17:15 EST, 10 October 2012 Oops: Florida Gov Rick Scott accidentally gave out phone sex number instead of the state’s meningitis hotline Florida Gov Rock Scott sent thousands… Read More ›
TEPCO couldn’t get battery during Fukushima meltdown; went to hardware store the next day
National Oct. 10, 2012 – 07:15AM JST TOKYO — Recent tapes released have sent ripples across Japan’s news programs showing first-hand Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) handling of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Many were outraged over TEPCO management’s muddled communications… Read More ›
Republican candidate Fuqua endorses death penalty for rebellious children
UPDATES: Republican candidate Fuqua endorses death penalty for rebellious children Posted by Max Brantley on Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:32 AM Remember former Republican legislator Charlie Fuqua, running again for legislature with financial support from the Arkansas Republican Party… Read More ›
Arkansas legislator says slavery may ‘have been a blessing’
Arkansas legislator, Republican Jon Hubbard, says slavery may ‘have been a blessing’ in new book. News DeskOctober 6, 2012 17:34 US Arkansas legislator makes claims about slavery in new book. (Paula Bronstein/AFP/Getty Images) Arkansas legislator, Republican Jon Hubbard, says slavery… Read More ›
NPR anchor ties term ‘illegal immigrant’ to Nazi Germany: “I don’t think I’ve known a single person who hasn’t broken the law,”
Engineering Evil: Comments on this article are turned off…..This article has impact due to an attempt to control the language of the debate. Control the language and you influence the outcome. Even though there may be historical inaccuracies as well as… Read More ›
Bhutan aims to be first 100% organic nation
Sapa-AFP | 07 October, 2012 08:27 Lyonchoen Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan Image by: MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking “happiness” for its citizens, is aiming… Read More ›
Facebook and Twitter more tempting than sex: study
Technology Oct. 07, 2012 – 06:40AM JST( 7 ) SAN FRANCISCO — A study arousing interest online has found that checking Facebook or Twitter is more alluring than sex for those immersed in Internet Age lifestyles. The week-long poll conducted in… Read More ›
World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row
5 October 2012 Last updated at 06:29 ET Playing WoW leads people to live a “bizarre double life” say Maine Republicans The gaming hobby of a political candidate has become an issue in a state senate race in New England,… Read More ›
You wouldn’t think the undead would be so good at CPR! Zombies save dying woman from cardiac arrest in creepy PSA video
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:21:44 EST, 5 October 2012| UPDATED:23:49 EST, 5 October 2012 With Halloween just around the corner, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has decided the time is right for an hilarious Zombie-themed public service announcement…. Read More ›
Archaeologists return to ancient Greek ‘computer’ wreck site: official
By Agence France-Presse Friday, October 5, 2012 9:19 EDT Topics: ancient Greek ♦ Antikythera ♦ Antikythera mechanism A new search has begun at a Greek island where an ancient device known as the world’s “oldest computer” was found over a… Read More ›
What number is halfway between 1 and 9? Is it 5 — or 3?
For Immediate Release:October 5, 2012 contact: Caroline McCall, MIT News Office email: cmccall5@mit.edu phone: 617-253-1682 A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Ask adults… Read More ›
Whether we like someone affects how our brain processes movement
Contact: Suzanne Wu suzanne.wu@usc.edu 213-740-0252 University of Southern California Hate the Lakers? Do the Celtics make you want to hurl? Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their actions, according to new research from the Brain and… Read More ›
Sacre bleu! Mystery of French bees making coloured honey is solved… after keepers find M&M waste plant nearby
Beekeepers around the town of Ribeauville in the region of Alsace have seen bees returning to their hives carrying unidentified colourful substances Biogas plant has been processing waste from a Mars plant producing M&M’s in bright red, blue, green, yellow… Read More ›
Mind-controlled Tail Wags Based on Your Mood
Sep 30, 2012 by Michelle Do friends never know how you’re feeling based on facial cues? Ever find yourself enviously eyeing your dog and its expressive posterior appendage? Oh tailless one, you are in luck! From the makers of Necomimi… Read More ›
Japan shows bomb-detecting plane ticket reader
Oct 04 — AFP Plane passengers could soon be scanned for bombs as they swipe their boarding pass, a Japanese company said Wednesday, unveiling the world’s first explosive-detecting departure gate. Engineers from hi-tech firm Hitachi showcased a machine that blows… Read More ›
Japanese firms look at other countries as alternatives to China
By Shingo Ito BusinessOct. 01, 2012 – 06:37AM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Riots at Japanese factories, stricter customs inspections and other barriers thrown up over a territorial row have reawakened an alarmed Japan Inc to the risks of doing… Read More ›
U.S. intelligence now says Benghazi attack “deliberate and organized”
6:25pm EDT By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence authority issued an unusual public statement on Friday declaring it now believed the September 11 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, was a “deliberate and organized… Read More ›
Kitkat makers Nestle hide tracking devices in chocolate bars
KitKat maker Nestle has hidden tracking devices in their chocolate bars as part of a new competition in which lucky winners will be hunted down and handed a briefcase containing thousands of pounds. The ‘We Will Find You’ competition will… Read More ›
World’s smallest state, Vatican holds one-of-a-kind trial of Pope’s former butler
By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 28, 2012 8:03 EDT Topics: Paolo Gabriele ♦ vatican The trial of Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and a Vatican computer technician for leaking secret papers starting on Saturday has no precedent since the Holy… Read More ›
Never lose your data again! Hitachi develops glass-based storage system that will last for 100 MILLION years
By John Hutchinson PUBLISHED:15:13 EST, 27 September 2012| UPDATED:15:18 EST, 27 September 2012 Breakthrough: A woman holds up Hitachi’s newly unveiled quartz glass plate technology, which can be used for the indefinite storage of data The developments in recent years… Read More ›
Rutgers College of Nursing Professor’s Research Links Increased Hospital Infections to Nurse Burnout
By Ferlanda Fox Nixon September 27, 2012 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year nearly 100,000 hospitalized patients die from infections acquired while undergoing treatment for other conditions. While many factors may contribute to the… Read More ›
Mass. chemist’s colleagues had questioned her work: 60,000 drug samples submitted in the cases of about 34,000 defendants are now in question
AP foreign, Wednesday September 26 2012 BRIDGET MURPHY Associated Press= BOSTON (AP) — A chemist at the center of a drug lab testing scandal admitted she faked results for two to three years, forged signatures and skipped proper procedures, a… Read More ›
Where is everybody?
Picture of the DaySep. 27, 2012 – 06:52AM JST Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. Noda spoke about Japan’s territorial disputes with China and South Korea and… Read More ›
German court rules Catholics must pay tax to remain in church
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:41 EDT Topics: catholics ♦ roman catholics ♦ the Catholic Church A top German court ruled on Wednesday that Roman Catholics must pay their church tax in order to remain a member of… Read More ›
Buddhist statue, discovered by Nazi expedition, is made of meteorite, new study reveals
Contact: Ben Norman sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 44-012-437-70375 Wiley Priceless thousand year old statue is first carving of a human in a meteorite It sounds like an artifact from an Indiana Jones film; a 1,000 year-old ancient Buddhist statue which was first recovered… Read More ›
Newly spotted comet may outshine the full moon: In +/- 12 months
21:57 25 September 2012 Space Jeff Hecht, contributor (Image: E. Guido, G. Sostero, N. Howes) Today, the newfound comet seen above is just a tiny dot in the sky beyond Jupiter. But in about a year, it might be one… Read More ›
Outrage as Pennsylvania high school marching band commemorates 1917 Russian Revolution at half time
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:07:56 EST, 25 September 2012| UPDATED:08:12 EST, 25 September 2012 A Pennsylvania high school marching band has caused outrage by commemorating the Russian Revolution in a halftime performance – brandishing red flags, military uniforms, hammers and… Read More ›
‘He was the da Vinci of mental manipulation’: Guru goes on trial for ‘brainwashing’ French aristocratic family out of £3.6m fortune
Thierry Tilly is accused of defrauding 11 members of theVédrines family He allegedly told them they were in mortal danger and he’d protect them Tilly denies persuading victims to part with property, savings and jewellery By Leon Watson PUBLISHED:04:24 EST,… Read More ›
Cell scientist pushes to clone extinct mammoth
2012-09-24 19:56 A South Korean private bioengineering laboratory led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Monday it is stepping up efforts to make progress in cloning an extinct woolly mammoth. To that end, the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation… Read More ›
Japanese porn star in workbook (school book) angers Indonesian parents
Indonesian authorities are investigating how a picture of a Japanese porn star came to be printed on a junior high school worksheet, media reports say. An English subject worksheet for third-year students at an Islamic school in East… Read More ›
Facebook has been flooded with complaints from users who say some of their old private messages have been re-published publicly on the social network.
Even though not validated yet Facebook denies the claim https://engineeringevil.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3008&action=edit&message=6 Facebook flooded with complaints after messages ‘bug’ Some Facebook users said that messages they had sent privately on the social network between 2007 and 2009 were being republished into their public… Read More ›
New Study of Political Defections Identifies ‘Personality Type’ Prone to Switch Sides
ScienceDaily (Sep. 24, 2012) — A new study on political defections from the University of Leicester has identified an ‘archetype’ for someone who is likely to break political ranks. The research, published in the week following Lord Stevens’ defection to… Read More ›
Obama’s Shaky Libya Narrative: Libyan Politician may have asked Libyan security to stand down for a pending attack
by Eli Lake Sep 21, 2012 4:45 AM EDT Sources say the attack on the Libyan ambassador was pre-meditated, with the possible collaboration of a Libyan politician. Eli Lake on the continuing collapse of the official U.S. line. Ten… Read More ›
Wild parrots name their babies | video | : Rival Human Language
Wild green-rumped parrotlet parents give their babies their own individual names Wild pair of green-rumped parrotlets, Forpus passerinus, photographed in Venezuela. Male (left) and female (right). Image: screengrab. . People who live with parrots know that they can mimic their… Read More ›
More than 1,000 pastors plan to challenge IRS by endorsing presidential candidate
By Eric W. Dolan Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:10 EDT Topics: conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom ♦ IRS rule ♦ presidential candidate More than 1,000 pastors plan to openly defy the IRS by telling their congregation on October 7… Read More ›
Sifting Social Media for Early Signs of Adverse Drug Reactions
ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2012) — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $130,000 grant to a team co-led by University of Virginia professor Ahmed Abbasi to fund research that will analyze social media, including tweets and online discussion forums, to… Read More ›
Anderson Cooper admits that CNN found slain American ambassador’s journal inside U.S. consulate in Libya and ‘secretly’ used it in reporting
CNN found Ambassador Christopher Stevens’ personal journal on the floor at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi Journal consisted of seven handwritten pages in a hard-bound book Network says it notified Stevens’ family at once and handed over the journal By… Read More ›
German bishops get tough on Catholics who opt out of church tax
Fri, Sep 21 2012 By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters)- Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops have decreed that people who opt out of a “church tax” should not be given sacraments and religious burials, getting tougher on worshippers who choose… Read More ›
The drugs don’t work: a modern medical scandal
The doctors prescribing the drugs don’t know they don’t do what they’re meant to. Nor do their patients. The manufacturers know full well, but they’re not telling. Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Friday 21 September 2012 18.00 EDT Drugs are tested by… Read More ›
Taxman’s ‘underhand’ ploy to charge larger fines (UK)
The taxman is “cynically” delaying informing businesses that they have been late to file their Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax submissions in order to increase the size of penalty payments, according to an accountancy firm. HMRC said penalties are… Read More ›
Outcry over jailed Russian chemist
Narcotics expert Olga Zelenina falsely accused of aiding drug trafficking, say supporters. Quirin Schiermeier 21 September 2012 For Olga Nikolaevna Zelenina, a Kafkaesque nightmare has come true. The Russian chemist stands accused of complicity in organized drug trafficking, and is currently… Read More ›
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