This is actually a very difficult question, since nations are currently not being evaluated based on the good they are doing for the world by anyone other than Simon Anholt. According to him in his video presentation below, the answer is Ireland. All too frequently, we see nations ignore the science and the experts in... Continue Reading →
Harvard Scientists Say That There May Be An Ancient Earth Inside Earth
A team of Harvard scientists may have found an indication that a portion of an ancient Earth exists inside our planet’s mantle. A study presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Sacramento, California, claims that the previously inexplicable isotope ratio from the depths of the Earth may be an “echo” of the ancient Earth that existed... Continue Reading →
A Senate committee just approved a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a resolution to amend the US Constitution to allow greater regulation of political spending, on a 10-8 party line vote. This clears the way for a vote by the full Senate later this year. The proposal, sponsored by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), is intended to reverse recent Supreme... Continue Reading →
Pop-up solar station can take electricity, water and shelter anywhere
Released this month, the PowerCube can provide electricity, water and shelter to remote villages and emergency situations anywhere in the world. How do we quickly get power to a remote village sitting miles off the grid or a bunch of homes hit by a natural disaster? "Not very easily", would usually be the answer, but... Continue Reading →
McDonald’s hires 7,000 touch-screen cashiers
"Welcome to McDonald's . My name is HAL 9000. May I take your order?" McDonalds recently went on a hiring binge in the U.S., adding 62,000 employees to its roster. The hiring picture doesn't look quite so rosy for Europe, where the fast food chain is drafting 7,000 touch-screen kiosks to handle cashiering duties. The... Continue Reading →
Barclays to replace virtually all of its traditional bank cashiers with machines
Barclays is to scrap virtually all its traditional bank cashiers. Instead, customers will be encouraged to use machines to pay in cash and cheques. Familiar glass booths will gradually be ripped out of all 1,560 branches. More than 6,500 former cashiers – armed with iPads and renamed community bankers – will give advice on things... Continue Reading →
Fact-Checking Site Finds Fox News Only Tells the Truth 18 Percent of the Time
For liberals, it’s not exactly “breaking news” to find out that Fox News is mostly comprised of misinformation or flat-out lies. Anyone with even a shred of common sense can watch just a handful of their featured shows and see that the entire channel is nothing more than a propaganda mechanism for the Republican party.... Continue Reading →
Help the Honest Politician Crash the Most Expensive Senate Race of All Time
The "honest politician" we've all been waiting for! America's biggest problems are going unsolved because our government is overrun by Big Money special interests and lobbyists. The amount of money corrupting our political system is at an all time high, so we're setting out to make "fixing the corruption" the #1 issue in America. Enter,... Continue Reading →
First Google Glass telekinetic app allows users to take pictures with their thoughts
A new telekinetic app operates with Google Glass to harness the power of the mind in order to control functions. MindRDR, developed by British firm This Place, links Google Glass with another piece of attachable hardware, the Neurosky EEG biosensor, that picks up brainwaves, which the app then translates into action. A function is carried... Continue Reading →
Detroit activists block trucks sent to shut off water
As Detroit’s water provider continues to carry out its plan to turn off the taps for tens of thousands of nonpaying customers across the city, activists are resorting to civil disobedience in an attempt to stop what they call a human rights violation. Some 50 demonstrators on Thursday held a protest outside the offices of... Continue Reading →