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North Dakota creates task force to counter threats from rogue UAS activity

North Dakota creates task force to counter threats from rogue UAS activity


Via: community  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

An unmanned aircraft park near Grand Forks will anchor a North Dakota task force aimed at defending against threats from rogue UAS activity. The UAS Detection and Counter-UAS Task Force,...
The Thoughts of a Spiderweb

The Thoughts of a Spiderweb


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Spiders appear to offload cognitive tasks to their webs, making them one of a number of species with a mind that isn’t fully confined within the head Millions of years ago, a few spiders...
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE THERANOS SAGA SO FAR

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE THERANOS SAGA SO FAR


Via: community  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  18 Comments  •  8 years ago

  In the beginning, Theranos was called Real-Time Cures. Corny? Sure. But Elizabeth Holmes was barely 19 when she came up with it, a Stanford dropout aspiring to upend personalized...
Raw Veganism and Weight Loss

Raw Veganism and Weight Loss


Via: demi  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  8 years ago

Hey guys!I am contemplating starting a raw diet, but after my last experience with it, I'm not sure if it will be the best of ideas.The last time I ate a raw diet, I ended up gaining weight. In...
Marijuana makes aging mice cognitively young again and may work for people too

Marijuana makes aging mice cognitively young again and may work for people too


Via: dean-moriarty  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

https://qz.com/979695/cannabis-may-help-aging-patients-with-dementia-based-on-a-new-animal-study/                       Written by   Ephrat Livni Smoking marijuana when...
MLB Pipeline Ultimate 100 Opportunity Countdown Open up Thread

MLB Pipeline Ultimate 100 Opportunity Countdown Open up Thread


Via: vicenwere  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  0 Comments  •  8 years ago

This a enjoyable period of the yr. Not due to the fact just about anything consists of virtually transpired inside of the worldwide of baseball, still since opportunity writers during the land...
Monsanto Hires Internet Trolls to Cover Up Roundup’s Cancer Risk

Monsanto Hires Internet Trolls to Cover Up Roundup’s Cancer Risk


Via: johnrussell  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

  The Ring of Fire 11 May       Monsanto Hires Internet Trolls to Cover Up Roundup’s Cancer Risk http://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-hires-internet-trolls-2401703407.html...
This Nasty Medieval Remedy Kills MRSA

This Nasty Medieval Remedy Kills MRSA


Via: krishna  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  12 Comments  •  8 years ago

An ancient brew could lead to modern-day drugs to fight the superbug Why would scientists revive a thousand-year-old medical recipe for a foul-smelling concoction? They suspected it could...
University Says Up to 7K Bodies Are Buried on Campus

University Says Up to 7K Bodies Are Buried on Campus


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  8 years ago

  By Kate Seamons ,  Newser Staff Posted May 7, 2017 2:20 PM CDT   University of Mississippi Medical Center trying to decide what to do with them (Newser) – On some 20 acres of...
Great Pacific garbage patch

Great Pacific garbage patch


Via: krishna  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

  The  Great Pacific garbage patch , also described as the  Pacific trash vortex , is a  gyre  of  marine debris  particles in the central  North Pacific Ocean  discovered between 1985 and...
Wildflower 'super bloom' seen from space

Wildflower 'super bloom' seen from space


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Go to the link. Watch the video. You will be amazed. I promise. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-39671753/wildflower-super-bloom-seen-from-space
Scientists Discover Plastic-Eating Worm

Scientists Discover Plastic-Eating Worm


Via: krishna  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  3 Comments  •  8 years ago

Paolo Bombelli, who was the lead author on a paper published in Current Biology, was able to discover a caterpillar, known as a wax worm, that is able to eat through plastic. The worm,...
Woman has Triplets by 'Superfoetation'

Woman has Triplets by 'Superfoetation'


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

What is superfoetation?   A British woman's revealed she fell pregnant with twins, then conceived while carrying them and gave birth to triplets. It's called superfoetation - when someone...
March for Science: Rallies worldwide to protest against political interference

March for Science: Rallies worldwide to protest against political interference


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

Thousands of scientists have taken part in demonstrations around the world in protest against what they see as a global political assault on facts. The first-ever March for Science, which was...
US Navy redesigning its submarines to accommodate women

US Navy redesigning its submarines to accommodate women


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, released by the U.S. Navy, Lt j.g. Marquette Leveque, left, and Lt. j.g. Kyle McFadden, both of the USS Wyoming, receive their pins to indicate that...
FEDOR Is a Gunslinging Robot That’s Just a Skin Suit Away From Westworld

FEDOR Is a Gunslinging Robot That’s Just a Skin Suit Away From Westworld


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Author Dom Galeon Russia's FEDOR humanoid robot can now shoot guns, leading critics of artificial intelligence to express concerns over the potential danger it poses. The Russian government,...
Statistical Significance Is Overrated

Statistical Significance Is Overrated


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

I've walked into this trap a thousand times! The phenomenon is real , because it is "statistically significant". But the phenomenon  is of  zero impact!...
This is what the earliest ancestor of birds and dinosaurs looked like

This is what the earliest ancestor of birds and dinosaurs looked like


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Original article by Angela Chen - The Verge ------------------------------------- Teleocrater roamed the Earth before dinosaurs appeared The new species Teleocrater rhadinus...
A Genetic Oddity May Give Octopuses and Squids Their Smarts

A Genetic Oddity May Give Octopuses and Squids Their Smarts


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

Original article  by Steph Yin - Trilobites (NYT) ------------------------------------- A California two-spot octopus. Scientists say coleoid cephalopods, a group encompassing...
Self-driving cars will only work when we accept autonomy is a myth

Self-driving cars will only work when we accept autonomy is a myth


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  3 Comments  •  8 years ago

Jack Stilgoe The ability of autonomous vehicles to navigate our cities is impressive. But their potential will only be realised when these cars are interdependent T he crash of an...
After Badger Buries Entire Cow Carcass, Scientists Go to the Tape

After Badger Buries Entire Cow Carcass, Scientists Go to the Tape


Via: bob-nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  12 Comments  •  8 years ago

Original article by Nicholas Bakalar - NYT Science ------------------------------------- A badger captured on a trap camera after it buried a cow carcass. Credit Biodiversity and...
Badly Misinformed Lawmaker Thinks Our ‘Warm Bodies’ May Be Causing Climate Change

Badly Misinformed Lawmaker Thinks Our ‘Warm Bodies’ May Be Causing Climate Change


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

Spoiler alert: Republican Scott Wagner is very wrong. By Michael McLaughlin   Scott Wagner State Sen. Scott Wagner may need a refresher science class.   A Republican...
I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations

I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  7 Comments  •  8 years ago

Victoria Herrmann These politically motivated data deletions come at a time when the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average ‘In the waning days of 2016 we were warned:...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up with AI

Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up with AI


Via: community  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has a new company — yes, another one — focused on developing the capabilities of the brain through technological augmentation. Neuralink, the new venture, officially...
UK schoolboy corrects Nasa data error

UK schoolboy corrects Nasa data error


Via: randy  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

A British teenager has contacted scientists at Nasa to point out an error in a set of their own data. A-level student Miles Soloman found that radiation sensors on the International Space...
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