Live From The International Space Station!The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable satellite that was launched on October 31 2000 and has had continued human occupation ever since, the longest on record. It's an observatory and research laboratory in low Earth orbit with crew conducting experiments in Biology, Physics and Astronomy, amongst other things. The station... Continue Reading →
U.S.‘TOO BIG TO JAIL’ BANKS TARGETED IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROBEFederal prosecutors are moving closer to getting criminal charges brought against some of the world’s biggest banks, The New York Times reported Wednesday.If the move leads to a guilty plea, it would represent the first such criminal admission of guilt from a major bank in more than... Continue Reading →
U.S.‘TOO BIG TO JAIL’ BANKS TARGETED IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROBE
Men’s Skin Cells Turned Into Sperm Precursors
http://youtu.be/DPRj2wntk-8 Skin cells from infertile men can be turned into the precursors of sperm cells in a lab, according to a new study. The findings raise the possibility of one day making sperm from the skin cells of men with fertility problems, the researchers said. However, much more research is needed to determine if this... Continue Reading →
Oral B introduces ‘Smart Series’ connected toothbrush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRvYQXruyKk Oral B, a brand you likely interact with a few times a day (or at least should!), have released their Smart Series Electric Toothbrush. Claiming it’s the first of its kind, Oral B’s smart toothbrush uses Bluetooth 4.0 to communicate with an accompanying smartphone app. The goal is to get us brushing smarter, or... Continue Reading →
Chicago Approves Ban On Plastic Shopping Bags
http://youtu.be/nKWsvxN_sGs Chicago has become the latest U.S. city to approve a ban on plastic shopping bags. The City Council voted overwhelmingly in favor of a partial plastic bag ban in Chicago on Wednesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. The proposal was backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and passed with a vote of 36-10. The new ordinance... Continue Reading →
Environmentally friendly, energy-dense sugar battery developed to power the world’s gadgets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z45mU5BfpcY A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable. The findings from Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life... Continue Reading →
New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8-8FveMieM A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell. This technique could also make it easier to store the energy for later use, the researchers say. In this case,... Continue Reading →
Murdoch of Fox News Admits Manipulating the News for Agenda
http://youtu.be/0K2pLo8JV5Y Rupert Murdoch of News Corp / Fox News Admits Manipulating the News for Agenda - Admits he supported the Bush Agenda in Iraq - He is part of the Bilderburg group - This is why Fox News has an agenda.
Bioengineers Build Circuit Board Modeled On The Human Brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3T1tiVcRDs Stanford scientists have generated a hardware system based on the human brain that is capable of simulating, in real-time, a million neurons with billions of synaptic connections using only a similar amount of power to what is required to run a tablet computer. The results have been published in Proceedings of the IEEE. Generating... Continue Reading →
The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers $4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account the medical care of wounded veterans and expensive repairs to a force depleted by more than a decade of fighting, according to a new study by a Harvard researcher. Washington increased military benefits in late 2001 as... Continue Reading →