Day: April 12, 2014

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Drones: getting smaller and more intrusive

Fernando Kaskais

“Drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet,” Rep. Chris Taylor warned Americans in a news release in support of a bipartisan bill to put limits on drone use. The Wisconsin bill, similar to others around the country, attempts to prohibit both law enforcement agencies and private individuals from recording people in locations where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy, definitely inside their homes, Politifact Wisconsin reports. The bill says it’s illegal to use drones with video or audio recording equipment to collect … Continue reading Drones: getting smaller and more intrusive

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How human culture influences our genetics

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by Jason G Goldman The way we eat, cook, explore and interact with others can influence our genes, says Jason G Goldman. So how will modern culture shape our children? You shouldn’t be able to drink milk. Your ancestors couldn’t. It is only in the last 9,000 years that human adults have gained that ability without becoming ill. Children could manage it, but it was only when we turned to dairy farming that adults acquired the ability to properly digest milk. It turns out that cultures with a history of dairy farming and milk drinking have a much higher frequency … Continue reading How human culture influences our genetics

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How Airbus Preps Jets to Handle the Body Heat From 300 Passengers

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By Alexander George How do you test the effects of hundreds of passengers toiling away in their seats on a 12-hour flight? For Airbus, you rig up hundreds of feet of tubes and fill them with heated water to mimic the human body. The A350 XWB is Airbus’ answer to the Boeing 787, complete with carbon fiber fuselage and wings–a first for a passenger jet. And to avoid the issues that have plagued the Dreamliner, Airbus is in the process of testing four prototype A380 “eXtra-wide” planes. And part of that testing involves the just-revealed interior. The humanoid pipes sitting … Continue reading How Airbus Preps Jets to Handle the Body Heat From 300 Passengers

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The 1936 psychiatric test to tell how gay you are

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A psychology test from 1936 claims to use science to tell how gay you are By Nico Lang Are you afraid of “burglars,” “contagious diseases,” and “negroes”? According to the Terman-Miles test, your answer might say a lot about you, including your gender. Consisting of 455 questions and prompts, the Terman-Miles test was considered a breakthrough in modern psychology after it debuted in 1936. On the test, the taker is judged by whether they can answer questions based on what is considered appropriate for their gender. You pass the test if you adhere to social norms, but if you were … Continue reading The 1936 psychiatric test to tell how gay you are

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The Forgotten Childhood: Why Early Memories Fade

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Eight-year-old Francis Csedrik pauses mid-swing in his backyard in Washington, D.C. Like most kids, he’s gradually losing his memories of things that happened when he was 3 years old. by Jon Hamilton Francis Csedrik, who is 8 and lives in Washington, D.C., remembers a lot of events from when he was 4 or just a bit younger. There was the time he fell “headfirst on a marble floor” and got a concussion, the day someone stole the family car (“my dad had to chase it down the block”), or the morning he found a black bat (the furry kind) in … Continue reading The Forgotten Childhood: Why Early Memories Fade

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Reasons Why San Francisco Is the Worst Place Ever

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By Dave Schilling and Jules Suzdaltsev 2014 is slowly turning into the “Year of San Francisco.” The East Coast media in America has anointed SF as the new hub for innovation, conspicuous consumption, and comically absurd rents. New York Magazine parachuted a bunch of reporters into the Bay Area to figure out how to steal their douchebags back. The article asked “Is San Francisco New York?” No, it’s much worse. The existential crisis around San Francisco’s ascension to the heights of assholery stands in stark contrast to the fact that it is damn near unlivable for most normal people. The … Continue reading Reasons Why San Francisco Is the Worst Place Ever

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Why don’t different species have sex more often?

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By Matt Soniak Desert woodrats and Bryant’s woodrats are closely related. So close, in fact, that the two species can interbreed and produce healthy hybrid offspring. What has scientists puzzled is why they don’t do it more often. Both species are members of the genus Neotoma, collectively known as the packrats. They diverged, probably because of geographic isolation, some 1.6 million years ago. Today, the two species are neighbors again in the American West, and despite their genetic distinctions, they can and do mate where their territories butt against each other and produce hybrid rats. In these hybrid zones where … Continue reading Why don’t different species have sex more often?

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Monstrous cover-up: How the Liberal party, police and MI5 concealed MP Cyril Smith’s industrial-scale child abuse

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. For four decades, 29st politician was free to prey on vulnerable children as young as eight . Police received at least 144 complaints from victims yet authorities blocked any prosecution . New book serialised in Daily Mail details how Smith – who died in 2010 aged 82 – was repeatedly protected despite being arrested for sex crimes . MI5 and Special Branch officers put pressure on police to drop investigations . Child porn was found in Smith’s car but police were ordered to release him . Liberal Party put his name forward for knighthood in 1988 in spite of … Continue reading Monstrous cover-up: How the Liberal party, police and MI5 concealed MP Cyril Smith’s industrial-scale child abuse

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Belgian Medical Group Gives Doctors Permission to Euthanize Patients Without Consent

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by Wesley J. Smith | Brussels, Belgium The Journal of Critical Care Medicine has published a statement by the Belgian Society of Critical Care Medicine giving ICU docs the right to kill patients–even though euthanasia in the country is supposed to only be consensual. Under the document, futile care impositions of withdrawing or withholding care are up to the medical team–whatever a patient or family may want. Moreover, in such cases, doctors are allowed to kill! From the statement (my emphasis) : This statement paper, developed by members of the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine Council, is not about … Continue reading Belgian Medical Group Gives Doctors Permission to Euthanize Patients Without Consent

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France: Muslim Zones Are Dangerous for White French Citizens

Fernando Kaskais

In France, Muslims increasingly attack white French citizens, and it’s called crime, but it’s really war in the Islamic conquest by immigration. Islamic no-go zones are “little Muslim caliphates” and white French enter at their own risk because police fear to go into those places also. In addition, the French left are worsening a dangerous situation by stupidly believing that they can make a deal with the devil of Islam, perhaps because Muslims helped elect the socialist Hollande. However, the leftist Muslim allies will merely be eaten last — if they are lucky. When Muslims aren’t beating up French people … Continue reading France: Muslim Zones Are Dangerous for White French Citizens