Pushing Aside the Humans
2009-09-17 16:17:00 AI guru Ray Kurzweil predicts that we are designing ever-more-intelligent computers that will one day wrest control of the planet from human beings. He contends the takeover will prove thoroughly unpleasant, and that it will happen much sooner than most people expect. How real are his concerns? How
Oil spills, - what animals (other than humans) eat mushrooms ?
2009-08-08 04:41:00 It turns out that fungi (hence mushrooms) can be used in the breakdown of wastes relating to oil polluted materials. The fungi break down the hydrocarbons to basic elements and types of non toxic compounds. The mushrooms that grow, especially oyster mushrooms, are edible without consequence as i
Humans destroying whale habitat
2009-06-23 14:21:00 AUSTRALIA is vowing to continue its push to stamp out scientific whaling, as a report shows humans are an increasing threat to whales, dolphins and porpoises.The Global Cetacean Summary Report,... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Good News And Bad News About Humans VS Chimps
2009-06-22 18:58:00 There is great genetic similarity in humans and chimpanzees, but there are notable differences between them that are observable; particularly increased brain size and cognitive abilities in humans. Could these factors possibly have anything to do with an increased incidence of cancer in humans? Far-fetched, perhaps, but the researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology wanted to find out.
Good Ol' Humans Club
2009-05-06 04:28:00 By Steve Best5/5/09In April 2009, the Left Forum was held in New York City. It used to be the Socialist Scholars Conference, and Stanley Aronowitz and others broke off and started the Left Forum. Here is the list of panels and presenters:http://leftforum.org-/?q=2009/panelsSee any animal liberation or vegan panels? Don't strain your eyes; they are not there, not one. You will find queer issues, sex workers' rights, and spiritual politics, but not a damn thing on the most urgent issues of the time.Good conference, some brilliant and important speakers, but this is just one more nail in the coffin of the relevance of the Left to these urgent times.A prestigious Left forum, full of old party coats, aging academics, and Paleolithic humanist dogmas that are Not Ready for Prime Time Revolution yet.And should a panel on the crucial need for animal rights and vegan politics have squeezed through the Good Ol' Humans Club, it would have been attended by 5 people, at least 4 of whom would ha...
Bionic Penguins to Destroy Humans from Water and Air
2009-04-21 21:57:00 From Gizmodo: Bionic penguins that travel underwater independently. Bionic flying penguins. Robotic arms made of fiberglass rods with free will. Molecubes that assemble into infinite-growing robots. All for real, as this video shows. I'm leaving the planet. Sure, it's an infomer
Water Heater Senses Approaching Humans, Warms Up Their Bathwater
2009-04-10 17:52:00 Call it the Therminator - Panasonic's new bathwater heater employs an infrared sensor to - get ready for this - detect a human entering the bathroom. Chilling, isn't it?
The Best (And Only Real) Explanation For How Humans Ended Up Being Alive An
2009-03-22 17:21:00 All this has been written before. And it will all be written again. Provided that someone makes a show like this again and I happen to see it...I thought I would start this nomination off in a more literary manner, hoping to gain a little credibility by piggy-backing on the shoulders of a more respected writer. After all, how can half-thought-out literary references that make no real sense, in the context of whatever else you're doing, not make things seem a little better and more weighty.No?Let me try this, then: Are you not liter-tained? Still nothing? Well, I'm sure I'll come up with something to prove to you that this is a weighty, thoughtful, symbolic literary enterprise, and not some throwaway crap that I more or less copied from some memories I had of books I read back in high school. And, if I'm lucky, I will also remember that for a couple of years now, I've been calling one of my characters a harbinger of death, and I will therefore make sure that comes true inst...
When Humans Get Animal Prosthetics: Amputee Fitted With Mermaid Fin
2009-03-13 16:36:00 From Discover Magazine | RSS: Following on the, er, tails of yesterday's animal prosthetics news, a New Zealand woman has become what is probably the closest thing to a real-life mermaid since…well, ever. Nadya Vessey, who had both legs amputated due to a childhood congenital
Computers Now Regularly Beat Humans at Go (if given a huge advantage)
2009-02-22 22:17:00 On Saturday I got to witness something that has only happened a handful of times: a computer beating a professional at a game of go. Now, to be fair, the game was rigged to give the the program, Many Faces of Go, a huge advantage—it was allowed to place seven stones on the board before the mat
Worms 'N Us: A Look at 8 Parasitic Worms That Live in Humans
2009-02-06 14:57:00 From Scientific American: Worms have been living inside the human body since Homo sapiens have been around. About half the world's population (over 3 billion people) are in infected with at least one of the three worms forming what Columbia University parasitologist Dickson Despomm
Goldiron wrote a new blog post: Humans 'will be implanted with microchips'
2009-02-02 19:59:00 Goldiron wrote a new blog post: Humans 'will be implanted with microchips' Source: Ninemsn All Australians could be implanted with microchips for tracking and identification within the next two or three generations, a prominent academic says. Michael G Michael from the University of Wollongong’s School of Information Systems and Technology, has coined the term “uberveillance” to describe the emerging trend of all-encompassing surveillance. “Uberveillance is not on the outside looking ...
By: BackBeat
Stem Cell in Humans Approved By FDA: A Clinical Research Milestone
2009-01-29 14:56:00 From PopularMechanics.com - Blogs: Science News: Yesterday afternoon, one of the biggest announcements in the history of stem cell research came down: The Food and Drug Administration approved the first clinical trial of injecting embryonic stem cells into a human being. The Geron
New Rope Climbing Robot Inspects Wind Turbines Better Than Humans
2009-01-23 18:26:00 From TreeHugger: How do you inspect wind turbine blades for damage? With this cool new robot, obviously! At least that's what it's developers at at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation are hoping. It's called the RIWEA and, pulling itself up a rope system,
Do Humans Communicate Via Pheromones? The Jury Is Still Out
2009-01-16 15:08:00 From Discover Magazine | RSS: When two people get knocked off their feet by physical chemistry, their friends may offer this standard glib explanation: "It's all about the pheromones." But in fact, 50 years after the term "pheromones" was coined by biologists to refer to the chemic
not harmful gel that can be consume by humans
2009-01-14 11:42:00 I'm not looking for stupid coments. i really want to know of it is any gel with not smell or taste that can desifect and that is not harmful to humans, the amount of the gel that will be consume it is minimum, i'm talking about a just a small taste of it.
El preu dels Drets Humans
2008-12-10 01:43:00 Avui es compleixen 60 anys de la Declaració Universal dels Drets Humans. A banda de recomanar una relectura del text. Les sensacions recents que tinc relacionades amb els Drets Humans és la polèmica interessada per l’obra de Miquel Barceló a la cúpula de la seu de Ginebra.
Haitian Zombie Powder
2008-12-06 21:27:00 Have you ever wondered if Zombies could actually exist? It turns out that the Puffer Fish contains a neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin. When given to a human, can cause paralysis and death. Victims of this tetrodotoxin usually remain conscious until they die. Davis collected eight samples of this zombie powder in four regions of Haiti. ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Happiness is Contagious
2008-12-05 07:06:00 When you’re smiling, the whole world really does smile with you. A paper being published Friday in a British medical journal concludes that happiness is contagious ? and that people pass on their good cheer even to total strangers. American researchers who tracked more than 4,700 people in Framingham, Mass., as part of a 20-year ...
By: Factsbuffet.com
Destroy All Humans! Not Cancelled In AU
2008-12-01 10:20:00 The PS3 version has been cancelled in the US but is still coming to AU and the UK. Good news for PS3 owners! You are still able to wreak virtual havoc in AU Australia, November 30, 2008 - Following on from the rumoured cancellation of the PS3 version of Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon at Shacknews, we followed up the issue with THQ Australia and were told the PS3 game would be released in Australia and Europe in February 2009.THQ explained the reasoning behind the North American cancellation of the PS3 version of Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon as being "due to the game being shipped on 2nd December a decision was made to proceed exclusively with the Xbox 360 format in that market".However, because the game is releasing on 13 February 2009 in Australia and Europe, the additional time has allowed THQ to finish both PS3 and Xbox 360 versions for release in these markets. Recent Articles var numposts = 3;var showpostdate = true;var showpostsummary = true;var numchars ...
By: Sports Legends
Architecture Powered By Humans: Liquid Space 6.0
2008-11-19 21:59:00 Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to depend on anything but the right hardware, the most sophisticated software, and our own energy to power our homes, buildings, and cars?
Lack of Sleep and the Effects on Humans
2008-10-25 04:44:00 “Lack of sleep is like alcohol… If we stay awake for 17 consecutive hours it has the same effects on the human brain as a blood alcohol level of 0.05% (two glasses of wine). ” [read more]
By: Factsbuffet.com
Terminator Technology - Packs of Robots To Hunt Down Non-Cooperative Humans
2008-10-24 03:08:00 This is right out of a science fiction novel, except it’s not. It’s a Pentagon request: The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it did mine. They are looking for contractors to provide a “Multi-Robot Pursuit System” that will let packs of robots “search for and detect a non-cooperative human”. “What we have ...
Sun Energy
2008-09-23 06:11:00 “How much energy comes to earth from the sun? Yearly, the earth receives 6,000 times more sunlight energy than humans consume.” [link]
By: Factsbuffet.com
Socialism Wastes Money, Capitalism Wastes Humans
2008-08-31 13:19:00 The latest death toll figures from Hurricane Katrina can be seen on this website here. The famous Russian neo-Nazi video is on this blog here.Updated September 2:There has been a lot of talk, even by socialists, of the profound "wastefulness" inherent in various Communist economic systems. As I'm not an economist, I don't really understand what they are talking about.However, I can give you a few ideas.In recent years, Cuba has revolutionized organic agriculture to where they probably have one of the most highly developed organic ag systems on Earth. For starters, Cuba has more agronomists per capita than anywhere else on Earth. During the Special Period, they were put to word devising organic solutions to problems that were previously solved by industrialized agriculture.Right now, in the intensive organic farming collectives all over Havana, crop yield has reached some of the highest levels on Earth per unit of land. And that's with a 100% organic system. Now, who ever said tha...
By: Robert Lindsay
Ray Kurzweil - The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
2008-08-30 07:20:00 From The Oprah & Friends Radio Show with Dr. Mehmet Oz, 18 August 2008 The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, ...
By: Oprah Selects
StormFrost - Detaching From Humans (2008)
2008-08-23 22:41:00 Country: Italy Genre: Black Metal Label: Funeral Moonlight Productions Filesize: 58.4 MB Tracklist: 01. War Of The Winter’s Demons 04:25 02. Storm Frost Demons 05:51 03. Those Parts At The Cemetery 05:32 04. Reflecting In Solitude 04:03 05. Obscure Dream 06:36 06. The Night In Which I Was Chosen 01:16 07. Intro 02:41 08. Sons Of The Hate 05:02 09. Total Black Thought 06:01 10. True Black Metal 06:54 11. ...
By: wong℃
Sharks developing a taste for humans
2008-06-09 14:14:00 Scientists fear packs of bull sharks are now actively hunting humans for the first time after a series of horrifying attacks in the waters off a popular resort. The theory emerged after two surfers were killed and one badly injured in a month. A fourth swimmer is missing at the Mexican seaside town. Locals fear one rogue shark is responsible but experts believe a pack of deadly bull sharks are actively targeting humans for the first time.
By: Attuworld
Dr.Spencer Wells Talks About Humans Genetics
2008-06-08 04:21:00 For all the racist people that think they are superior, you'd better watch this video so you can get an awakening. It gives new meaning to...GO BACK TO AFRICA!
Internet Marketers - New Age Spiritually Enlightened Humans
2008-06-04 02:04:00 Internet Marketers are an example of new age spiritually enlightened humans. Helping others empower themselves to change their lives and lifestyles.SHARETHIS.addEntry({- title: "Internet Marketers - New Age Spiritually Enlightened Humans", url: "http://thesourceishere.com/blo-g/humanity/internet-marketers-n-ew-age-spiritually-enlightened--humans" });
Internet Marketers - New Age Spiritually Enlightened Humans
2008-06-04 02:04:00 Internet Marketers are an example of new age spiritually enlightened humans. Helping others empower themselves to change their lives and lifestyles.SHARETHIS.addEntry({- title: "Internet Marketers - New Age Spiritually Enlightened Humans", url: "http://thesourceishere.com/blo-g/humanity/internet-marketers-n-ew-age-spiritually-enlightened--humans/" });
Humans, Just Like Wild Salmon, Thrive In A Healthy Habitat
2008-05-26 21:08:00 San Francisco Vegan Chiropractor Comments: I just finished reading a feature story on the front page of today's San Francisco Chronicle, entitled: California's last best run of wild salmon. The story goes on to explain how the Chinook salmon are...
A Database for humans (even creative ones)
2008-05-20 16:00:00 Databases are one of those things most often shrouded in arcane technical mystery. For those who've yet to utilize a database in a personal or meaningful way, it s easy to dismiss them as belonging to IT nerds and the heavy demands of major corporations needing to keep track of vast amounts of data.Stalwarts of database software developers, Filemaker Pro, have made a new effort at humanizing database software with Bento, a software app designed specifically for personal users and developed exclusively for Mac OSX Leopard. Bento aims at presenting an open framework that can be assembled to meet specific users needs while retaining template based drag-and-drop functionality. To a very large degree Bento achieves this balance, keeping flexibility and accessibility in equal measure.In broad terms, the key purpose of a database is to act not so much as a place to store information but rather, more importantly, a means by which information can be retrieved and found, sorted and arrayed. ...
By: Blog Zone
Humans Rights status in Bolivia according to Amnesty International
2008-05-16 06:04:00 Taken from the Amnesty International Report 2007Found at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/regio-n/americas/south-america/bolivi-a#reportHead of state and government: Evo Morales Ayma (replaced Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé in January 2007)Death penalty: abolitionist for ordinary crimesInternational Criminal Court: ratified Peasants were killed during a joint security force operation to eradicate coca crops. There were demonstrations calling for the right to land. Deaths were reported during violent clashes between miners. Prison conditions were poor.BackgroundPresident-elect- Evo Morales Ayma, the leader of the Movement to Socialism party (Movimiento al Socialismo, MAS), took office in January. A National Development Plan to improve access to fundamental rights such as health, education and justice and to end discrimination was announced. However, no information was forthcoming on its implementation. A programme of reforms was initiated, including the formation of the Constituent Assembly which w...
By: Bolivia Today
Keeping humans vulnerable to harm -- is that really a Gospel message?
2008-05-15 13:18:00 The Human Rights Campaign has an initiative called Clergy Call, which is designed to mobilize members of the clergy to become advocates for LGBT rights and protections. Focus on the Family, on the other hand, seems to have a mission...
By: Good As You
Are Humans Safe with Robotic Coworkers?
2008-05-14 15:27:00 When robots first appeared on the factory floor, they usually slaved away inside locked cages with attendant flashing lights and audible alarms. Some of the latest, smartest robots with artificial intelligence aren't encaged but are able to sense humans thereby avoiding an accidental crash. But even
Cow Farts Cause More Global Warming Than Humans?
2008-05-12 04:54:00 The latest rightwing crap.I was on a rightwing blog a couple of years ago and decided to ask how many believed in global warming. The vast majority did not. A few said it was happening, but it was natural. One or two said it was happening, but no one knew what was causing it, and we needed to study it more.This blog has unfortunately become infested lately with some young White male 20-something reactionary-to-libertarian trolls who are lurking in the comments section.It's quite simple to be a libertarian when you are young, dumb and full of cum. I voted Libertarian at age 22. I'd never do it again, but that's how you learn. People that age just haven't been fucked hard enough and enough times by life yet. By the time we are 40, most of us have had about a million horrible things happen to us, and narcissism is on sharp decline. That's why age and wisdom are traditionally synonymous.They're causing a lot of dissension, but echo chambers are boring. Comments rules forbid me f...
By: Robert Lindsay
Hippo Attire For Humans.
2008-05-08 19:45:00 Hippo Attire For Humans.One needs to get closer to a hippo to take its sweat sample (protect them from the sun), & getting closer to a thing which weighs more than 6000+ pounds is not something simple. And that's where Dr. Barr (naturalist) came up with this idea. For what he thought is a 'perfect answer' wasn't so. Later he realized that the weight of the attire was just too much for him. When he got stuck in the mud, he had no option but to radio for backup, & he came out safely from the situation. Other Posts:Top Office Pranks.Custom Painted Cars.Interesting Bookshelves.Nature's Ice Show, Part 2.Paper Cars, Planes & Boats.
By: algebra of life
50,000 Acre Biofuels Project Threatens Birdlife ?and Humans
2008-05-07 17:08:00 Conservationists in Kenya are opposing a multi-million dollar biofuels project citing threats to bird life abundant in a riverine delta area. The 50,000 acre sugar cane project was meant to provide...
By: Green Options
We the Humans: Animal Violence
2008-05-04 22:06:00 Why do we refuse to put the brutal game of racing in the realm of mistreatment of animals? At what point do we at least raise the question about the efficacy of thousand-pound horses racing at full throttle on spindly legs?Eight Belles was another victim of a brutal sport that is carried, literally, on the backs of horses. Horsemen like to talk about their thoroughbreds and how they were born to run and live to run. The reality is that they are made to run, forced to run for profits they never see.And who knows how many horses die anonymous deaths? Eight Belles, we?ll write, was merely the casualty of a brutal game.But one death is too many. The miracle of the sport of kings is that there aren?t more. But how many more do we need? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/-04/sports/othersports/04rhoden.-html?hp
Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study says
2008-04-25 15:11:00 Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests.The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday. The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated that the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age. "This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," said Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence. "Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA." Wells is director of the Genographic Project, launched in 2005 to study anthropology using genetics. The report was published in the Am...
By: Curious? Read
Humans Nearly Extinct 70,000Y Ago
2008-04-25 06:41:00 A CNN story discussing evidence found by researchers which indicates that humans came close to extinction roughly 70,000 years ago. A similar study by Stanford scientists suggests that droughts reduced the population to as few as 2,000 humans, who were scattered in small, isolated groups. Quoting: “‘This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal ...
By: ZA Vibes
Destroy All Humans 2 (Video Game)
2008-04-24 00:04:00 Destroy All Humans 2 (Video Game)By THQ Buy new: $19.99$19.9944 used and new from $6.97 Customer Rating: First tagged “ps2″ by Beavis “Game Fanatic” Customer tags: ps2 games(8), alien invasion(6), crypto(4), alien(4), ...
electromagnetic effects on humans
2008-04-20 16:39:00 fellow brain users, this is topic previously discussed, something new , perhaps not so new, came up in the news two days ago. over the years, it has been noted that people that have electric heating are developping leucemia, it had been somewhat debated that kids developped this near powerlines
[Spiffy] Okay, we know the stork delivers baby humans so what delivers baby
2008-04-17 03:05:00 (Some Guy)
brave new world created for sub-humans
2008-04-15 11:03:00 Tuesday 15 The email problems meant I had to leave the networking meeting early. And it was definitely not a relaxing evening. No sooner had the BT server been changed then the broadband connection dropped ? and failed to reconnect despite FOUR re-boots. I then checked the backup laptop was working. Yes, but email wasn’t despite ...
Fighters As Humans: 10 Portraits Of The Boxers Of Old [From The Archives]
2008-04-15 01:08:00 Harry Winkler was an old-time boxing photographer who lived in California and spent most of the 1920s and 30s taking iconic photos of boxers. His collection is notable for capturing the humanity of professional fighters, picturing them less in the ring (though there is some of that) than in their everyday lives—on the rowing machine, ...
Elephants are Better Artists Than Humans
2008-04-06 22:06:00 These elephants made me gasp in awe. Just watch the video. I'm not talking about random elephant-created squiggles and splodges of paint on a canvas; I'm talking about serious elephant-created illustrations better than your kid can paint! Frikkin amazing! Watch it!!![VIA]
By: ESPV Blog
Animals Are Far More Spiritually Advanced Than Humans....
2008-04-06 19:37:00 If you don't already think animals are far more spiritually advanced than we humans, think again. Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear coming upon tethered sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay...definitely makes you re-evaluate your feelings... The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his dogs when the polar bear wandered in. He held his breath as the animals encountered each other for the first time....but...to his suprise... ....the polar bear returned every night that week to play with the dogs. Now tell me what you know!
By: Euro Puppy Blog
Animals Are Far More Spiritually Advanced Than Humans....
2008-04-06 19:37:00 If you don't already think animals are far more spiritually advanced than we humans, think again. Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear coming upon tethered sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay...definitely makes you re-evaluate your feelings... The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his dogs when the polar bear wandered in. He held his breath as the animals encountered each other for the first time....but...to his suprise... ....the polar bear returned every night that week to play with the dogs. Now tell me what you know! |
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