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We’re underestimating the mind-warping potential of fake video

We’re underestimating the mind-warping potential of fake video


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  12 Comments  •  6 years ago

Seeing is believing. And because of this fact, we’re screwed. Due to advances in artificial intelligence, it’s now possible to convincingly map anyone’s face onto the body of another...
Interest in science, not ability, builds trust in climate science

Interest in science, not ability, builds trust in climate science


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  6 years ago

Studies of how people perceive climate science paint a depressing picture—one in which ideology overwhelms evidence. Not only does opinion about the science break down along ideological lines,...
Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs

Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs


Via: tfargo  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  55 Comments  •  6 years ago

https://www.space.com/40374-uranus-clouds-smell-rotten-eggs.html So it's true everybody, Uranus STINKS!  On the bright side, It's only been probed once. There's a lot of really smelly stuff...
How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream

How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  6 Comments  •  6 years ago

At the northern end of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, the wind blows so hard that rows of trees grow in one direction, like gnarled flags. The relentless weather over this long strip of...
DIET SODAS Are the Dangers in the Chemicals or the Headlines?

DIET SODAS Are the Dangers in the Chemicals or the Headlines?


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  6 years ago

BY HARRIET HALL, M.D. I n April 2017, there was a flurry of news reports with alarming headlines: “Diet Sodas May Raise Risk of Dementia and Stroke, Study Finds” “A Daily Diet Soda...
Red States Are Leading the Wind Energy Charge

Red States Are Leading the Wind Energy Charge


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  10 Comments  •  6 years ago

Republicans may be lukewarm on climate policy, but they’re all about that wind energy, according to a report on the state of wind power in the U.S. released Tuesday by the American Wind Energy...
Google Update Chrome v. 66 Arrives, kills auto-play

Google Update Chrome v. 66 Arrives, kills auto-play


By: tfargo  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  8 Comments  •  6 years ago

Google released the newest version of their Chrome browser and it kills auto-play.  A uto-playing content that is muted still plays automatically. Autoplaying content with sound, whether it has...
China made solar panels cheap. Now it’s doing the same for electric buses.

China made solar panels cheap. Now it’s doing the same for electric buses.


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  11 Comments  •  6 years ago

It is now more or less taken for granted that solar panels are getting cheaper and cheaper. But that didn’t just happen — solar PV did not jump onto that trajectory on its own. After all, solar...
The billion-dollar question: How does the Clipper mission get to Europa?

The billion-dollar question: How does the Clipper mission get to Europa?


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  4 Comments  •  6 years ago

ars technica : At one end of the conference room, four large window panes framed a view of the San Gabriel Mountains. Outside, ribbons of greenery snaked across the hills, a vestige of spring...
Rose Acre Farms Recalls Shell Eggs Due to Possible Health Risk

Rose Acre Farms Recalls Shell Eggs Due to Possible Health Risk


Via: tfargo  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  11 Comments  •  6 years ago

FDA recalls eggs.  Check your fridge! https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm604640.htm For Immediate Release April 13, 2018 Contact Consumers   (855) 215-5730...
The Skeptical Virtue of Seriously Just Being Quiet

The Skeptical Virtue of Seriously Just Being Quiet


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  30 Comments  •  6 years ago

Apr. 10, 2018 by   Daniel Loxton   |   Comments (9) This post is something of a personal reflection. If you’re looking for some straight up debunking, my   latest is here . Recently I...
Ars Technica: FTC: Warranty-voiding language like Nintendo’s and Sony’s is illegal

Ars Technica: FTC: Warranty-voiding language like Nintendo’s and Sony’s is illegal


Via: tfargo  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  6 years ago

Cite:  https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/ftc-warranty-voiding-language-like-nintendos-and-sonys-is-illegal/ FTC warns companies to stop voiding warranties for unauthorized repairs....
Spaceflight Now: Investigation into Zuma failure reportedly lays blame on Northrop Grumman

Spaceflight Now: Investigation into Zuma failure reportedly lays blame on Northrop Grumman


Via: tfargo  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  8 Comments  •  6 years ago

  Article from Spaceflightnow.com : https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/04/09/investigation-into-zuma-failure-reportedly-lays-blame-on-northrop-grumman/ SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Jan....
Scientists Still Can't Decide How to Define a Tree

Scientists Still Can't Decide How to Define a Tree


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  17 Comments  •  6 years ago

Several years ago, after Thanksgiving dinner at my parents’ house in Vermont, lightning struck a backyard maple tree. There was a ferocious crack and the darkness outside the kitchen windows...
Socialized Medicine: A Dose of Reality

Socialized Medicine: A Dose of Reality


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  59 Comments  •  6 years ago

Socialized Medicine: A Dose of Reality by Ileana Johnson , Gatestone Institute, March 31 2018 According to a recent Pew poll, support for universal health care, provided and...
What is good science?

What is good science?


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  15 Comments  •  6 years ago

Demanding that a theory is falsifiable or observable, without any subtlety, will hold science back. We need madcap ideas. The Viennese physicist Wolfgang Pauli suffered from a guilty...
Trump considers stiffer environmental standards for imported cars

Trump considers stiffer environmental standards for imported cars


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  3 Comments  •  6 years ago

The Trump administration is considering ways to require imported automobiles to meet stricter environmental standards in order to protect U.S. carmakers, according to two sources familiar with...
From Darkness To Everlasting Light

From Darkness To Everlasting Light


By: magnoliaave  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  55 Comments  •  6 years ago

  The day it all changed for me going from living a nightmare to living in reality started out as just another day.  This was going to be different.  In walked this young aide and the only thing...
Darkness (continued)

Darkness (continued)


By: magnoliaave  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  9 Comments  •  6 years ago

On January 15, I returned to my apartment and at some point collapsed.  I didn't pass out, but just collapsed to the floor.  It felt so good just lying there and not moving.  The next day my two...
The real reason the U.S. spends twice as much on health care as other wealthy countries

The real reason the U.S. spends twice as much on health care as other wealthy countries


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  3 Comments  •  6 years ago

A sweeping new study of health-care expenditures found that the United States spends almost twice as much on health care as 10 other wealthy countries, a difference driven by high prices —...
Nine Weeks of Darkness

Nine Weeks of Darkness


By: magnoliaave  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  13 Comments  •  6 years ago

Nine weeks of darkness, fear, confusion, paralysis and even as I just began writing. I am overcome with emotion.  I have never read anything like this before.  Does it happen and people are too...
No, It's Not an Alien — Here's What That Tiny, Pointy-Headed Skeleton Really Is

No, It's Not an Alien — Here's What That Tiny, Pointy-Headed Skeleton Really Is


Via: johnrussell  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  3 Comments  •  6 years ago

A tiny, pointy-headed skeleton that fits in the palm of a hand isn't an alien, despite conspiracy theories that have circulated for years. The skeleton, with a dramatically elongated skull...
Patients regain sight with experimental stem cell treatment

Patients regain sight with experimental stem cell treatment


Via: gordy327  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  14 Comments  •  6 years ago

From CBS NEWS : Nearly three years ago, 86-year-old Douglas Waters developed severe vision problems. He was diagnosed with severe wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a chronic eye...
The Quality of Abortion Care Depends on Where a Woman Lives

The Quality of Abortion Care Depends on Where a Woman Lives


Via: arkansashermit-too  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  16 Comments  •  6 years ago

The Quality of Abortion Care Depends on Where a Woman Lives, Says One of Most Comprehensive Reviews of Research on Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the U.S. WASHINGTON -- While legal...
A Year In Space Changed Astronaut's DNA

A Year In Space Changed Astronaut's DNA


Via: johnrussell  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  14 Comments  •  6 years ago

NASA study: Astronaut's DNA no longer identical to his identical twin's after year in space A new study from NASA has found that astronaut Scott Kelly’s genes are no longer identical to...
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