Contact: Aeron Haworth aeron.haworth@manchester.ac.uk 44-161-275-8387 University of Manchester Researchers at The Open University (OU) and The University of Manchester have found conclusive proof that Ancient Egyptians used meteorites to make symbolic accessories. The evidence comes from strings of iron beads… Read More ›
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One giant leap for reptiles: Have alien-hunters found a lizard on Mars?
Samuel Muston Wednesday, 29 May 2013 While studying pictures of Mars sent back to Earth by the Curiosity rover, a Japanese alien-enthusiast spotted something between the endless plain of rocks spread out on the screen in front of him…. Read More ›
Navy Seeks To Map the Mind
May. 17, 2013 – 03:50PM By Michael Peck In some visions of the future, you’ll drive your car with little more than your mind. Electrodes on your head, you can climb into your car, think about how much you’d like… Read More ›
Popular St. Louis anchor who complained about IRS harassment after interview with Obama taken off the air
By Jessica Montoya Coggins PUBLISHED: 18:09 EST, 17 May 2013 | UPDATED: 02:57 EST, 18 May 2013 A popular news anchor in Missouri has found himself in the middle of the IRS scandal that is engulfing the Obama White … Read More ›
High home ownership can seriously damage your labour market
Government policies that boost the amount of home ownership in a country are likely to inflict severe damage on the labour market, new research from the University of Warwick suggests. Professor Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick and Professor… Read More ›
The nocebo effect: media reports may trigger symptoms of a disease
Expectation of negative effects can increase likelihood of experiencing symptoms / Media needs to be more responsible when warning about health risks 06.05.2013 Media reports about substances that are supposedly hazardous to health may cause suggestible people to develop symptoms… Read More ›
Plants ‘talk’ to plants to help them grow
Contact: Hilary Glover hilary.glover@biomedcentral.com 44-020-319-22370 BioMed Central Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communication, such as contact, chemical and light-mediated signals, are blocked… Read More ›
Just in Time for Mother’s Day
By CAMERON LANGFORD ShareThis GALVESTON, Texas (CN) – An 80-year-old woman sued one of her sons, saying he swiped her house from under her, claiming it as “compensation” for losing two vehicles to his siblings. Lydia Gracia sued Joseph… Read More ›
Scientists genetically modify cows to remove their horns in health and safety bid to cut the risk of injury to farmers and other animals: Program starts in the Midwest of America, within weeks.
Genetically modified cow will be same as other livestock minus the horns Scientists to use sophisticated gene-editing technique to add extra DNA Will mean farmers no longer have to burn off horn buds in young animals By James Rush PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
Obama’s pick for ambassador to France ‘turned down the job because of his ties to a Russian $100 million illegal poker and money-laundering ring’
By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 11:54 EST, 26 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:54 EST, 26 April 2013 President Obama’s top pick for ambassador to France was never offered the job because of his possible ties to an alleged Russian money-laundering ring,… Read More ›
Is the White House Correspondents’ dinner being dumbed down? Tom Brokaw blasts low-brow guest-list of latest ‘nerd prom’
By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 23:18 EST, 26 April 2013 | UPDATED: 23:47 EST, 26 April 2013 The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is an annual tradition where Washington’s political elite and the journalists that cover them commune for some laughs, but… Read More ›
Shocking US government leaflet tells Mexican immigrants they can collect food stamp benefits without admitting they’re in the country illegally
Conservative legal group obtained Agriculture Department flyer ‘You need not divulge information regarding your immigration status in seeking this benefit for your children’ Program in all 50 Mexican consulates in the U.S. helps push food stamps PUBLISHED: 06:56 EST, 26 … Read More ›
Zuckerberg earned over $2bn at Facebook in 2012
27 Apr 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg earned more than $2 billion worth of stock and $503,000 in base pay last year for running the world’s leading social network. Zuckerberg was also given bonuses that added… Read More ›
They talked about girls, credit limits and whether anyone listens to CDs any more: Boston carjack victim breaks silence over harrowing 90 minutes with bomb suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
EEV: Article quote ” Danny’s refusal at giving his full Chinese name is telling of his humility, wary of attracting too much attention “ Chinese entrepreneur known only as Danny recalls night of terror that sparked 9,000-strong manhunt Steve Anderson… Read More ›
School pupils should be taught ‘not all porn is bad’, advise experts
Teachers should be aware that “not all pornography is bad” when taking sex education classes, according to guidance made available to schools. Pupils as young as 11 should be taught the dangers of ‘sexting’ Photo: PA By Melanie Hall and… Read More ›
Mammogram rate did not decline after controversial USPSTF recommendations
Contact: Tom Langford tlangford@partners.org 617-534-1605 Brigham and Women’s Hospital In 2009, the United States Preventative Services Task Force recommended against annual mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49 Boston – More than three years after the United… Read More ›
Is this proof evil killers are born not made? Psychopaths’ brains ‘lack basic wiring that triggers empathy and compassion’
Psychopathy affects around 20 to 30% of U.S. prison population This compares with just 1% of the general U.S. population Prisoners shown video footage of people being intentionally hurt MRI scans revealed distinct differences in brains’ responses By Kerry Mcdermott… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia deports 3 men for being too sexy
EEV: As reported in The Daily Caller and the New York Post Saudi Arabia deports 3 men for being too sexy By MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN Last Updated: 10:12 AM, April 17, 2013 Posted: 10:11 AM, April 17, 2013 Three men were… Read More ›
Czech ambassador: ‘The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very different entities’
Posted By Caroline May On 7:33 PM 04/19/2013 In World | The ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States stressed Friday that his country is different from Chechnya, the region with which one of the Boston Marathon bombing… Read More ›
Is this really human? DNA tests on six-inch skeleton of ‘alien-looking’ creature with over-sized head prove it was actually human claim scientists in new documentary
10 years ago the bones of a six-inch skeleton with a large head were found in Chile There was speculation that Ata was either an aborted fetus, a monkey or even an alien Now scientists have carried out conclusive DNA… Read More ›
US ricin attacks are more scary than harmful
But researchers hope that the incidents will renew development of stalled vaccines. Erika Check Hayden & Meredith Wadman 18 April 2013 Expand Ricin is made from castor beans, which come from the castor oil plant. Dinodia/Newscom The US Federal… Read More ›
High-salt diet and ulcer bug combine to increase risk of cancer : ” Every animal on the high salt diet developed cancer “
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that a diet high in salt is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Now Timothy L. Cover and colleagues of Vanderbilt University show that… Read More ›
Half of Tamiflu prescriptions went unused during 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic, sewage study concludes
Press release 2013/03 – Issued by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK A new study concludes that approximately half of the prescriptions of Tamiflu during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic went unused in England. The unused medication represents approximately … Read More ›
Experiencing existential dread? Tylenol may do the trick
Contact: Anna Mikulak amikulak@psychologicalscience.org 202-293-9300 Association for Psychological Science Thinking about death can cause us to feel a sort of existential angst that isn’t attributable to a specific source. Now, new research suggests that acetaminophen, an over-the-counter pain medication, may… Read More ›
Here Are The 18 Names On The Controversial ‘Blacklist’ That Could Derail US-Russia Relations
EEV: Where did Ramzan A. Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, go? Adam Taylor Apr. 12, 2013, 1:44 PM AP The U.S. Treasury has announced the names of 18 Russian citizens who will have sanctions imposed on them under the Magnitsky… Read More ›
Reuters accidentally publishes George Soros obituary
Reports of George Soros’ death have been greatly exaggerated, after Reuters accidentally published a story stating that the billionaire financier had passed away. Reports of George Soros’ death have been greatly exaggerated Photo: AFP By Andrew Trotman 12:15AM BST 19… Read More ›
‘Shooting galleries’: The drug plan that could be too liberal for even Brighton
Plans for Britain’s first legal ‘consumption rooms’ are unsettling the resort widely touted as a prime location Charlotte Philby Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Britain could see its first so-called “shooting gallery” – somewhere drug addicts can legally use heroin… Read More ›
Applicants wanted for 1 way trip to Mars
Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Want to go to Mars? Dutch organisation Mars One says it will open applications imminently. It would be a one-way trip, and the company hopes to build a community of settlers on the… Read More ›
Lockheed to build 10-megawatt thermal power plant off southern China
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:04 GMT Reuters (Corrects paragraphs 11, 12 to ammonia instead of ammonium) * One of largest facilities to use OTEC technology * Uses heat differences in tropical waters to drive turbines * Plant seen as step… Read More ›
Financial meltdown was caused by too many bankers taking cocaine, says former government drugs tsar Prof David Nutt
Academic, who was sacked for claiming that horse riding was as safe as taking ecstasy, said abuse of cocaine caused the financial meltdown. Rob Williams Monday, 15 April 2013 The former Government drugs tsar, Professor David Nutt, has said the… Read More ›
Source: White House Wanted DIA Finding on N. Korean Nukes Under Wraps
Apr. 12, 2013 – 01:36PM | By JOHN BENNETT | North Korea launched Unha-3 rocket Dec. 12 allegedly carrying the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3. The photo was taken by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA via Getty Images) WASHINGTON —… Read More ›
Putin unveils $50 bn drive for Russian space supremacy
12 Apr 2013 MOSCOW (AFP) President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome from where humans will fly to… Read More ›
Russia develops new-type spaceship
Vladimir Popovkin Photo: The Voice of Russia Russia is developing a principally new type of a spaceship for interplanetary flights, the head of the Roscosmos Space Agency told reporters on April 12, which is traditionally marked as Cosmonautics Day in… Read More ›
Scientists calculate probability of World War IV
War. © Collage: “Voice of Russia” A pause between World War III and World War IV comes to an end, pundits from the Russian Academy of Military Sciences said on Thursday. The conclusion is based on a theory of cycles… Read More ›
Iranian scientist claims to have invented ‘Time Machine’ that can predict the future
Serial inventor Ali Razeghi registered “The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine” with Iran’s state-run Centre for Strategic Inventions Rob Williams Thursday, 11 April 2013 An Iranian scientist has claimed to have invented a ‘time machine’ that can predict the future of… Read More ›
FBI investigate secret recording of US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell planning mental health smear of opponent and actress Ashley Judd
McConnell’s campaign team claim the recording is the result of bugging from the political left Steve Anderson Wednesday, 10 April 2013 The FBI is investigating whether a secret recording of a senior US senator and his campaign discussing how to… Read More ›
Federal Reserve launches leak inquiry “various workers at Congress and at trade bodies. A whole day early” – ( Corruption ? )
There must be some seriously red faces at the Federal Reserve today, after its minutes were accidentally punted to various workers at Congress and at trade bodies. A whole day early. US Treasury bonds have weakened in value slightly today,… Read More ›
Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun
09 April 2013 by Stephen Battersby Magazine issue 2911. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Astrobiology Topic Guide With scans for alien radio signals drawing a blank, three teams are now searching for signs of extraterrestrial engineering… Read More ›
Hate crimes to include attacks on punks, goths and metallers ( U.K. )
Attacks and abuse aimed at punk rockers, heavy metal fans, Goths and other subcultures are to be recognised as hate-crimes for the first time, it has been announced. A punk rocker enjoys the fun of the fair on the south… Read More ›
N. Korean army says it has ‘ratified’ nuclear strike against US
Wed, 3 Apr 2013 20:31 GMT Reuters LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) – North Korea said it had “ratified” a merciless attack against the United States, potentially involving a “diversified nuclear strike”. “We formally inform the White House and Pentagon that… Read More ›
One in four Americans says Obama the antichrist – poll
Photo: RIA Novosti About one in four Americans suspect that President Barack Obama might be the antichrist, more than a third believe that global warming is a hoax and more than half suspect that a secretive global elite is trying to set… Read More ›
Alien insects devouring Chelyabinsk snow (VIDEO)
Screenshot: “YouTube” Alien insects that travelled across the space on the famous Chelyabinsk meteorite will help the Russian city to clear deep snows. Shocking video from Chelyabinsk Another snowstorm swept Moscow on April 1 as bitter frosts still grip… Read More ›
Lego Withdraws Racist Jabba Palace after Darth Mauling from Muslim Leaders
Toy giants Lego have agreed to remove a Star Wars play set after furious Turkish community leaders said it was racist and anti-Muslim, it emerged today (sat). The Jabba the Hutt set is supposed to show the movie villain in… Read More ›
Do you hate working out at the gym? You’re not lazy, it’s genetic, scientists claim
Brains’ reactions to exercise could be 50 per cent determined by genetics Some people are ‘benign masochists’ and enjoy the pain of exercise Others have a low threshold and could be tired out by cooking a meal By Emily Davies… Read More ›
Mexican vigilantes seize town, arrest police
Posted By Associated Press On 11:19 PM 03/27/2013 In World ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and… Read More ›
Planck shows almost perfect cosmos – plus axis of evil/ suggests that new universes are continually popping into existence and expanding
13:42 21 March 2013 by Jacob Aron For similar stories, visit the Cosmology Topic Guide Interactive graphic: See how Planck brings the cosmic ripples into focus The universe is almost perfect, 80 million years older than we thought, and… 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 ›
Cyprus bailout: Kremlin ‘could punish Europe’ in reprisal for bank levy
Fears mount that Russia could act against European companies if charge on deposits hits €30bn Russian investments Helena Smith in Nicosia, Simon Goodley and Toby Helm The Observer, Saturday 23 March 2013 15.20 EDT A pressure valve on a Russian… Read More ›
Kosovo school book: Rock Music is Criminal
Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Kosovo authorities are telling teachers and students to ignore a paragraph in a high school textbook that labels rock music as criminal. The citizenship textbook states that “rock music, pornography, violence on television – all… Read More ›
French budget minister Had a secret Swiss bank account, from which funds were transferred to Singapore
French budget minister resigns amid investigation © Flickr.com/hounddog32/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 French President Francois Hollande has granted a request by the French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac to terminate his responsibilities and accept his resignation. According to French media reports Bernard Cazeneuve has been… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 