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>>>> 30 YEARS OF NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE RESEARCH - Major talk given by one of the world's leading NDE researchers
summarizing 30 years of research -- a fundamental overview
of scientific findings.
>> GOOGLE
BACKS $25 MILLION ‘LUNAR
X PRIZE’ - The group whose $10 million prize spurred
privately funded rocketeers to send a small piloted craft to
the cusp of space in 2004 has issued a new challenge: an unmanned
moon shot. With the audacious new contest comes a much bigger
prize -- as much as $25 million, paid for by Google, the ubiquitous
Internet company.
>> PETRAEUS
OUT OF STEP WITH US TOP BRASS - In sharp contrast
to the lionization of General David Petraeus by members of
the US Congress during his testimony this week, Petraeus's
superior, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command
(Centcom), derided Petraeus as a sycophant during their first
meeting in Baghdad in March... Fallon told Petraeus that he
considered him to be "an
ass-kissing little chickenshit"... That remark reportedly
came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that
Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.
>> U.S.
LOSES TRACK OF SIX NUCLEAR WARHEADS (IS ONE STILL MISSING?) - A B-52 bomber
mistakenly loaded with six nuclear warheads flew from Minot
Air Force Base, N.D., to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on
Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according
to three officers who asked not to be identified because they
were not authorized to discuss the incident.
EDWARDS BUYS AD TO REBUT
BUSH ON IRAQ - In the clamor of Democrats assailing
President Bush on Iraq, presidential candidate John Edwards
has found a way to be heard after Bush addresses the nation
Thursday night: He's buying time for a rebuttal.
>> UN APPROVES INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES DECLARATION -
Indigenous peoples around the world are today celebrating
the UN General Assembly’s approval of the
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The declaration
was approved by an overwhelming majority in an historic vote
in New York today.
ROBOT MAKER BUILDS ARTIFICIAL
BOY - David Hanson has two little Zenos
to care for these days. There's his 18-month-old son Zeno,
who prattles and smiles as he bounds through his father's cramped
office. Then there's the robotic Zeno.
It can't speak or walk yet, but has blinking eyes that can
track people and a face that captivates with a range of expressions.
>> CONFIRMED: OCEAN CIRCULATION
PATTERNS CHANGING - Today's update at NSIDC has confirmed that
ocean circulation patterns have changed on both the Atlantic
and Pacific sides of the Arctic Ocean.
>> GLOBAL
WARMING IMPACT LIKE "NUCLEAR
WAR" - Climate change could have global security implications
on a par with nuclear war unless urgent action is taken...
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) security
think-tank said global warming would hit crop yields and water
availability everywhere, causing great human suffering and
leading to regional strife.
TECHSHOP: GEEK HEAVEN - One of
the challenges that geeks, inventors, hobbyists, hackers, burners,
and artists who are trying to change the world face is finding
a place to do their work. Ideally, it would have lots of equipment,
supplies, and other geeks. Until the last year, they would
have to set up their own workshop or beg for space at a machine
shop. Now they can go and hang out at TechShop in
Menlo Park, California.
>> ONE OF WORLD'S MOST
GIFTED TALKING PARROT DIES - He knew his colors
and shapes, he learned more than 100 English words, and with
his own brand of one-liners he established himself in TV shows,
scientific reports, and news articles as perhaps the world’s
most famous talking bird.
>>>> GENE MODIFICATIONS
REVERSE ALZHEIMER'S IN MICE -
Genetically engineered cells implanted in mice have cleared
away toxic plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
RUSSIANS
ENCOURAGED TO SKIP WORK, MAKE BABIES -
The governor of a central Russian province urged couples
to skip work on Wednesday and make love instead to
help boost Russia's low birth-rate.
MARS
ROVERS KEEP GOING & GOING & GOING... - "These rovers are tough. They faced dusty winds, power
starvation and other challenges -- and survived. Now they are
back to doing groundbreaking field work on Mars. These spacecraft
are amazing," said Alan Stern, associate administrator
of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
>> MOST POLAR BEARS 'WILL
BE WIPED OUT BY END OF THE CENTURY' - More than two thirds of
the world's polar bears will be wiped out by 2050, according
to a shocking new study.
>> AMAZON RAINFOREST
MAY GO EXTINCT BY 2080 - The Amazon Rainforest may go extinct by 2080 if the
deforestation rates do not change.
>> TURKISH MILITARY ISSUES
GLOBAL WARMING WARNING - Turkish Armed Forces warned that global warming
is a catastrophe for the whole world which may lead regional
threats and wars. Stating that approximately five billion people
will face clean water shortage in 2025, the military said Turkey
may become a target for Israel, Syria and Iraq as Turkey has
the richest clean water sources in the region.
>>>> 2007
STATE OF THE FUTURE REPORT: WORLD FACES BRIGHT FUTURE -
Despite daunting challenges posed by global warming,
water, energy, unemployment and terrorism, the world
faces a brighter future with fewer wars, higher life
expectancy and improved literacy, according to a report
released Monday.
THE ONLINE WORLD OF 'SECOND
LIFE' -
Second Life, a three-dimensional world built by hundreds
of thousands of users over the Internet, is also being used
for education, meetings, marketing and more obvious game
playing. It’s a wide world with a lot going on, in multiple
languages, and it can be real-life enhancing for populations
who are isolated for physical, mental, or geographic reasons.
But as a petri dish for examining what makes many of us tick,
Second Life reveals just how deep-seated the drive is to fit
in, look good and get ahead in a material world.
>> THE
PHYSICIST AND THE FLYING SAUCERS - If not New Brunswick's
favourite son, Stan Friedman is certainly among its most famous.
For 40 years, Carl Sagan's former classmate at the University
of Chicago has lived in Fredericton while trying to convince
the world of the existence of invaders from outer space.
CHIP IMPLANTS LINKED TO ANIMAL TUMORS -
Published in veterinary and toxicology journals between 1996
and 2006, the studies found that lab mice and rats injected
with microchips sometimes developed subcutaneous "sarcomas" --
malignant tumors, most of them encasing the implants.
>> GOT BUMPER STICKER - I've gone through three batches of
NHNE bumper sticker mailings now. Have you received yours yet?
If so, how about snapping a photo of you and your bumper sticker
in front of a special location where you live? I would like
to create a slideshow of NHNEers from diverse parts of the
planet and post it on NHNE's websites. Are you game?
STUDIES IN RISK TAKING - A camper who chases a grizzly but
won't risk unprotected sex. A sky diver afraid to stand up
to the boss. New research shows that not all risk is created
equal and people show a mixture of both risky and non-risky
behaviors.
MOVIE: "INTO
THE WILD" -
Based on a true story of one young man's tragic 'return to
nature'. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top
student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions,
gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked
to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher
encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
>>>> NEUROSCIENCE AND
FUNDAMENTALISM - Whether a person chooses to question and think on his or
her own or remains unconditionally adherent to religious dogma,
might relate to how specific areas of the brain are utilized
-- or not.
>> FOOD ADDITIVES MAY
CAUSE HYPERACTIVITY - Certain artificial food colorings and other additives can
worsen hyperactive behaviors in children aged 3 to 9, British
researchers reported on Wednesday.
>> DOCTORS
ACCUSE U.S. OF 'UNETHICAL PRACTICES' AT GUANTANAMO
BAY -
More than 260 doctors from around the world have launched
an unprecedented attack on the American medical establishment
for its failure to condemn unethical practices by medical
practitioners at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in
Cuba.
GORE ENDORSEMENT -- POTENT
BUT NOT FOOLPROOF - Former vice president Al Gore's pronouncement
that he is likely to endorse one of the Democratic candidates
for president before the primary season is over has set off
a slew of speculation about who his choice might be.
>>
BOYS CAST OUT BY POLYGAMISTS FIND HELP - Over the last six years, hundreds of teenage boys
have been expelled or felt compelled to leave the polygamous
settlement that straddles Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale,
Utah. Disobedience is usually the reason given for expulsion,
but former sect members and state legal officials say the exodus
of males -- the expulsion of girls is rarer -- also remedies
a huge imbalance in the marriage market. Members of the sect
believe that to reach eternal salvation, men are supposed to
have at least three wives.
BOOK
REVEALS BUSH'S BOUTS OF CRYING, GHOSTLY VISIONS - George W. Bush, the U.S. President, is prone
to bouts of crying caused by the stress of his job and claims
to have seen ghosts emerge from the Lincoln Bedroom in the
White House, according to a new book on his presidency.
>> ULTRACAPACITORS
COULD 'MAKE GASOLINE OBSOLETE' - An Austin-based
startup called EEStor promised “technologies
for replacement of electrochemical batteries,” meaning
a motorist could plug in a car for five minutes and drive 500
miles roundtrip between Dallas and Houston without gasoline.
>> WAL-MART
HOME TOWN BECOMING 'CENTER OF THE SUSTAINABILITY MOVEMENT' - Two years ago, the world's largest retailer set out on
a mission to change that reputation by promising to transform
itself into an eco-friendly business. It set wildly ambitious
goals to create no waste, be supplied by renewable energy
and sell more sustainable merchandise... How successful Wal-Mart
will be at greening itself remains to be seen. But there
is little question that it already is reshaping its own back
yard.
>> PSYCHOLOGICAL 'TORTURE
BIBLE' REAPPEARS ONLINE - If you were to begin
researching interrogation, interviewing, and brainwashing techniques,
you would eventually notice that one particular interesting-sounding
volume appears over and over again in the relevant bibliographies:
something called "The Manipulation of Human Behavior",
published in 1961 [by John Wiley & Sons].
TRANSCRIPT: OSAMA BIN
LADEN'S FIRST MESSAGE IN THREE YEARS - ABC News has obtained a transcript
of the latest taped message from Osama bin Laden. Sources tell
ABC News the tape, bin Laden's first message in three years,
is approximately 30 minutes long, and does not contain overt
threats to the United States.
>> CHILDREN
SMARTER THAN CHIMPS - In another case of researchers reporting
the bleeding obvious, European scientists have found that
children are smarter than chimpanzees.
VIRUS
IMPLICATED IN COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER IN BEES -
A team led by scientists from the Columbia University Mailman
School of Public Health, Pennsylvania State University, the
USDA Agricultural Research Service, University of Arizona,
and 454 Life Sciences has found a significant connection
between the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) and colony
collapse disorder (CCD) in honey bees.
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