Archive for October, 2009

APPLE JUICE EACH DAY MAY STAVE OFF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

Thomas Shea Phd. of the Center for Cellular Neurobiology at The University of Massachusetts has released a study on mice that suggests taking two glasses of apple juice each day may help to prevent the development of amyloid plaques, commonly found in those who suffer from Alzheimer’s. Mice receiving the equivilent of two glasses of […]

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FALLOUT (NOT THE) VIDEO GAME BEING MADE INTO FILM

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

The Fallout, a film being made in eastern europe(I AM NOW INFORMED NOT based) on the video game, (WHICH SEEMS SURPRISING AS FALLOUT WAS TRADEMARKED IN APRIL FOR FILMS CREATION) will soon start shooting. The post-apocalyptic thriller deals with the psychological conflicts of people striving to stay alive after the next nuclear war. The film […]

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VIDEOGAME TREND–CLOSER TO REALITY: “CALL OF DUTY”

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

A video game coming out next month called “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” apparently allows players to be able to shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack. This was revealed in footage leaked from the video-game a few days ago. The game shows a face off against […]

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SECURITY RISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TURMOIL

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

The U.S. defense and intelligence agencies examining the potential impact of global warming have concluded that if they materialize, global alliances will shift and the need for massive relief efforts will increase as will our military entanglements in conflicts worldwide. At current increas rate of carbon dioxide the average world temperatures at the end of […]

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RICHARD GOTT III: SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN RACE

Posted on October 28, 2009 by

I’ve done some thinking about time not just in terms of travel or physics, but in relation to how long things last—things like the Berlin Wall or Broadway plays or the human species. In 1993, I published a paper in Nature that applied one of the most famous postulates in science, the Copernican principle, to […]

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WINSTON CHURCHILL ON: SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN RACE

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

It may be that we shall, by a process of sublime irony, have reached a stage in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation. ~ Winston Churchill, on the hydrogen bomb, 1955

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EINSTEIN ON: SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN RACE

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and […]

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FUTURE OF VIDEO CONFERENCING: ON EVERY DESKTOP AND HOSPITAL

Posted on October 26, 2009 by

Video conferencing may finally have founds its place in global business and medicine and studies indicate business and personal usage to escalate significantly. According to industry research, video-phones and video connections will be at everyone’s desk tops at very low cost. Of all the advancements in the workplace over the next 5 years, usable efficient […]

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DRINKING COFFEE SLOWS LIVER DISEASE

Posted on October 24, 2009 by

People who drink more than three cups of coffee per day have a 53% lower risk of liver disease progress than non coffee drinkers, according to a new National Cancer Institute Study conducted by Neil Freedman PhD MPH. It was published in the November issue of HEPATOLOGY.

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FUTURE OF MEAT — LAB GROWN VS. KILLING ANIMALS

Posted on October 20, 2009 by

New Harvest, a U.S. based company is developing a new way to grow meat in the laboratory using starter cells and a process of cell growth. The new system is expected to produce tasty meat of the same consistency and cellular basis as ordinary meat except you won’t have to raise and kill animals. This […]

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