News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it’s a step toward creating “designer babies.”
The idea of designer babies is that someday, scientists may insert particular genes into embryos to produce babies with desired traits like intelligence or athletic ability. Some people find that notion repugnant, saying it turns children into…
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The WorldWide Telescope allows anyone to see stars and planets thousands of light-years away.
The inspiration for the WorldWide Telescope, and much of the early work, came from Jim Gray, a renowned computer scientist who disappeared last year while sailing alone off northern California. Mr. Gray had long been intrigued by the computing…
The National Archives is displaying previously classified files on UFOs. They include this diagram, whose author believed alien craft used decoy methods to avoid detection, carrying not humans but “fallen angels”.
The National Archives is displaying previously classified files on UFOs. They include this diagram, whose author believed alien craft used decoy methods to avoid detection, carrying not humans but "fallen angels".
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In the letter, he states: “The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”
“For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other…
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The future of our seas has never been more precarious. Ninety years of industrial-scale overfishing has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe and deprived millions of their livelihoods.
Strangely one of the first international attempts to conserve fish stocks, especially for the more easily exploited nations, also became part of the disaster. The United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, signed in 1979, extended national…
Recently we praised the latest sci-fi blockbuster Iron Man for including so many real-world technologies. It makes a change, since all too often Hollywood's use of science involves shocking blunders: including spaceships making whooshing noises in Star Wars to the journey to the center of the Earth in The Core. So, to give credit where it's due…
All scenes in outer space are silent ? sound does not travel in a vacuum The stars do not move past the ship ? for there to be a visible motion of the star field, the ship would have to be travelling at close to the speed of light The crew eat…
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The 165 acre park in Virginia was actually built by converting a local abandoned landfill into the pristine recreational area it is today.It looks great and attracts more than 1 million visitors a year .
- Travelling Light - Orchestrating Famine: A Backgrounder on the Food Crisis - Investigating Interference at the EPA - The Failures of Genetically Modified Crops Continue - Food Futures Now - Feeding People and Place,…
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Recently, the E-Fuel Corporation, introduced the first ethanol refinery system designed for home use. The Micro Fueler, a backyard fueling station, can create pure E100 ethanol from sugar feed stock.
• HOW IT WORKS: Coskata’s $1/Gallon Tech Starts Ethanol 2.0
After announcing huge multi-billion oil profit earned in last 3 months, Shell blatantly canceled big project of off-shore wind farms in Britain. They use their huge influence and financial power to stop renewable energy sources all over the world. Just another trick of dirty oil lobby.
In the same week oil corporation Shell announced their truly fantastic $7.8 billion profit earned just in last 3 months!!!, due to historically record oil prices, Shell also canceled its involvement in London Array wind farm project, which should…
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The largest randomized study of breastfeeding ever conducted reports that breastfeeding raises children’s IQs and improves their academic performance, a McGill researcher and his team have found.
Kramer and his colleagues evaluated the children in 31 Belarusian hospitals and clinics. Half the mothers were exposed to an intervention that encouraged prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding. The remaining half continued their usual maternity…
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