Tag Archive | Science
Pandora’s Coffin
Why letting ‘sleeping dogs lie’ is often right. Hate mail could be fatal and had driven people to suicide ‘The head of historic British church York Minster has contacted police after receiving hate mail, intensifying the row over where the recently-discovered remains of King Richard III should be buried.York lawmaker Hugh Bayley told parliament that […]
The First Website in 1991
This was where the phrase ‘World Wide Web’ came from Most of the world remained ignorant of this monumental development until the Mosaic browser debuted in 1993. ‘“The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents.” So reads the text at the top […]
When Police Try to Kidnap Your Child
What do you do and say? Watch this man accuse 5 officers of kidnapping and how they took total defeat youtu.be New York Now the Cybercrime State Beware Digital Citizens ‘Think twice next time you need money from a curbside ATM machine, or decide to pay for a meal with a credit card. Prosecutions for […]
How to See Invisible Movements in Video
Researchers amplify variations in video, making the invisible visible New software amplifies changes in successive frames of video that are too subtle for the naked eye ‘…The software makes it possible to actually “see” someone’s pulse, as the skin reddens and pales with the flow of blood, and it can exaggerate tiny motions, making visible […]
Bad Sleep Will Alter Your Genes
So what if you have generally bad genes? Will lack of sleep change that? ‘The activity of hundreds of genes was altered when people’s sleep was cut to less than six hours a day for a week. ‘Writing in the journal PNAS, the researchers said the results helped explain how poor sleep damaged health. ‘Heart […]
Your Chance to Fight Food Control and Scams
Farmer’s Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court This is the best time to support food activists… and possibly be your last chance ‘This week, the Supreme Court will take up a classic David-and-Goliath case. On one side, there’s a 75-year-old farmer in Indiana named Vernon Hugh Bowman; on the other, the agribusiness giant Monsanto. […]
A Reason Why Dating Websites are Dangerous
Dating website info are being used in divorce cases ‘People who sign up for dating websites should provide accurate personal data because “lack of honesty could prove costly” in court cases, U.S. lawyers advise.A recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers said 59 percent of the nation’s top divorce attorneys have seen an […]
Meteorites Hit Russia [Videos]
Coincidence or Conspiracy? But there is ‘No Link’ Between Meteor That Hurt Hundreds And Asteroid About To Fly By? And that is why it’s good to have a dash camera when there are scam artists around. more Learn to Live in the Now [Video] This is one thing I’m still painfully trying to learn ‘Being […]
One Very Easy Persuasion Technique
‘A recent review of the 42 psychology studies carried out on this technique has shown that it is surprisingly effective given how simple it is (Carpenter, 2013). All in all, over 22,000 people have been tested by researchers. Across all the studies it was found to double the chances that someone would say ‘yes’ to […]
Copyrighting and Stealing Student and Teacher’s Work
‘A School Board in Maryland is considering a policy of copyrighting all student and teacher work. So a senior paper, a first grader’s poem, and a teacher’s art would all belong to the school system. ‘This could set a precedent — can you imagine if every school did this?…’ sign petition Queensland‘s Victory Against Fluoride […]
