UN Bosses Secretly Plot Global Govt Through “Green Economy” for Rio+20
Alex Newman New American United Nations boss Ban Ki-moon and his top deputies gathered in secret last year to chart the future course of humanity through “sustainable development,” a controversial...
View ArticleCan computers have true artificial intelligence?
BBC News Is it possible to create true artificial intelligence and, if so, how close are we to doing so, asks mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy. It was while I was making my last BBC TV series,...
View ArticleDNA analysis shows huge genetic diversity in tumours
Fergus Walsh BBC News aking a sample from one part of a tumour may not reveal its full genetic identity, according to research by scientists from Cancer Research UK (CRUK). They carried out the first...
View ArticleScience decodes ‘internal voices’
Source: BBC News Researchers have demonstrated a striking method to reconstruct words, based on the brain waves of patients thinking of those words. The technique reported in PLoS Biology relies on...
View ArticleScientist says ‘pie in the sky’ engineering won’t deal with climate change
Source: ABC News Some scientists are warning against tackling climate change with major engineering projects. Proposals to build a solar umbrella, or add fertiliser to oceans to take up more carbon...
View Article60 Minutes’ Blows The Lid Off Congressional Insider Trading
Members of Congress can legally make trades on non-public information they obtain during their official duties, CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ reported on Sunday night. Read more:...
View ArticleRadioactive bluefin tuna cross Pacific
Alicia Chang AAP/News.com.au ACROSS the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States,...
View ArticleAustralia military faces years of abuse inquiries
BBC News Australia’s military faces years of inquiries into allegations of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, following an initial review by a legal firm. The lawyers looked into more than 1,000...
View ArticleWho is Normal?
Lawrence Davidson NWC News The “Locally Normal” The vast majority of people in any given society are “locally normal.” By this I mean that they conform to the accepted outlooks and behaviors of their...
View ArticlePM’s media inquiry – fines for ‘grave’ media breaches
Source: Telegraph NEWSPAPERS and magazines could be fined up to $30,000 for “exceptionally grave” or persistent breaches of media standards. In a submission to Julia Gillard’s media inquiry, the Press...
View ArticleJohn P. Holdren on His Past Work: ‘If You Read It and You Have a Problem,...
Source: CNS News John P. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and President Barack Obama’s top science adviser, said last week that his past work is a ‘stale...
View ArticleHeroin vaccine won’t ‘cure’ what ails addicts
Angela Garcia LA Times My aunt Marion is in the hospital dying of liver and kidney failure, the result of her 20-year struggle with heroin use. I was told of her imminent death the same day news broke...
View ArticleSpot the conflict: GE owns NBC, the Weather channel and lots and lots of wind...
Jo Nova joannanova.com.au Harold Ambler (Don’t Sell Your Coat) points to a conflict of interest that hadn’t hit my radar til now (golly): “In the newspaper business, and other journalistic domains as...
View ArticleActor Corey Feldman Says Pedophilia No. 1 Problem for Child Stars,...
Source: ABC News Read More: Actor Corey Feldman Says Pedophilia No. 1 Problem for Child Stars, Contributed to Demise of Corey Haim Originally posted 2012-03-12 12:24:32. Republished by Blog Post...
View ArticleMicrochipped school uniforms notify parents when kids skip school
Mariella Moon Yahoo News In Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, 20,000 grade school students have recently started wearing uniforms embedded with GPS chips similar to those used in pet trackers. The chips...
View ArticleThe Leveson Inquiry into the British press – oh, what a lovely game
John Pilger johnpilger.com Rupert Murdoch is a bad man. His son James is also bad. Rebekah Brooks is allegedly bad. The News of the World was very bad; it hacked phones and pilloried people. British...
View ArticleGeorge Bernard Shaw – Dehumanizing Comments
After publishing a recent article on the Focus on the Psychology of Dehumanization, we were made aware of this short Fox News segment about comments from George Bernard Shaw, which is worth sharing...
View ArticleMinisters banned from talking to editors
7 News Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ordered cabinet members to refrain from talking to major newspapers in a bid to stamp out leadership speculation. Ministers must now seek express permission from...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch Lobbies Congress To Restrict Internet
Source: HuffPost WASHINGTON — News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch threw his weight behind Congress’ attempt to restrict the Internet, personally lobbying leaders on Capitol Hill Wednesday for two measures...
View ArticleEli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles”
Source: TED As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a “filter bubble”...
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