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Tuesday, 10 March 2015

A new way to be human: The plan is to replace existing humans with 'transhuman' hybrids

© endoftheamericandream.comTranshumanism - Public Domain Transhumanists believe that the time has come for humans to take control of their own evolution. Many of them are fully convinced that we can use emerging technologies to "fix" the flaws in the human race and ultimately eradicate sickness, disease, poverty and war. So would you like to have the eyesight of an eagle? Would you like to download an entire library of information directly into...

Photos offer first-ever evidence of male tigers as family men

© Wildlife Conservation SocietyPhoto composite of images showing Amur tiger family, led by adult male, as they walk past camera trap over a period of two minutes.. Male Amur tigers are generally thought to live a solitary existence; however, a new series of photographs released by the Wildlife Conservation Society has revealed a family of wild Amur tigers with an adult male with family.The photos are from a camera trap slideshow and they reveal...

Milky Way may be 50 per cent bigger than thought

© A. Fitzsimmons/ESOHome extension: an extra ring-like filament could expand the size of our galaxy by 50 per cent. A ring-like filament of stars wrapping around the Milky Way may actually belong to the galaxy itself, rippling above and below the relatively flat galactic plane. If so, that would expand the size of the known galaxy by 50 percent and raise intriguing questions about what caused the waves of stars.Scientists used data collected by...

Report: Whites more likely to be CEOs than equally psychopathic blacks

Only four Fortune 500 CEOs are corrupt, pathologically narcissistic African-Americans. Shedding light on the striking lack of diversity within the highest ranks of corporate America, a report from the Executive Leadership Council released Tuesday reveals that white individuals are far more likely to be named CEOs than equally sociopathic black candidates.Despite widespread evidence that minority executives are just as misanthropic and unprincipled...

Evacuations as 6.6 earthquake shakes Colombia capital

© Google mapsA screenshot from Google maps. A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has hit the Colombian capital of Bogota, prompting mass evacuations from the city's buildings. Strong and prolonged tremors sparked panic and a social media storm.The Colombian Geological Survey reported that the tremors originated from the Santander Department area and were 158 kilometers deep. The earthquake was an estimated magnitude of 6.6.BOGOTA, Colombia - A Widely Felt...

Delusional judge bars Washington DC man from smoking in his own(ed) home after neighbors sue

© WJLAEdwin Gray smokes outside his Northeast D.C. home. Under D.C.'s new law, anyone can smoke pot in their home. But a temporary decision by a Superior Court judge means one man in the District can't light up anything at his home—including pot and cigarettes. The 7 On Your Side I-Team found the decision could also impact you.Edwin Gray loves a cigarette to relax, but now he's got to smoke them outside."You want me to stop what I've been doing...

Washington's Al Qaeda ally now heading ISIS in Libya

© www.telegraph.co.ukAbdelhakim Belhadj The revelations that US ally Abdelhakim Belhadj is now leading ISIS in Libya should come as no surprise to those who have followed US policy in that country, and throughout the region. It illustrates for the umpteenth time that Washington has provided aid and comfort to precisely those forces it claims to be fighting around the world.According to recent reports, Abdelhakim Belhadj has now firmly ensconced...

Falling meteor may have sparked unexplained bush fires in New Zealand

© SuppliedThis bushfire at Tangahoe on the Whanganui River was reported on February 20 A falling meteor may have caused the spate of unexplained fires in Wanganui forest and bush.Eight fires in sometimes very remote places have Department of Conservation staff investigating whether the meteor which flashed across the New Zealand sky on the evening of February 11 was to blame.DoC Whanganui services manager George Taylor said in some cases trees were...

Sinkhole causes gridlock in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

© Lando Zawawi via Facebook A sinkhole the size of a wheel caused traffic to slow down in Jalan Maarof, heading to Bangsar. The wheel of a car also got stuck in it.Kuala Lumpur City Hall's (DBKL) Civil Engineering and Drainage Department director Tan Keng Chok said the hole appeared after Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) employees were dragging an underground high tension cable to supply power for a nearby Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd construction...

Car crashes into sinkhole in Boston, Massachusetts

© Westboro Fire Department A car was damaged after it crashed into a sinkhole Saturday night in Westborough.The car fell a few feet into the sinkhole before it came to rest on a gas main below.Firefighters were able to lay a ladder across the hole and walk out to the woman to rescue.Police said the driver was not hurt, but the car was totaled.See video coverage he...

Blizzard conditions close access to Hawaii summits

© NOAAThere is some visibility on Mauna Loa. The wintry weather continues on the summits of Hawaii Island.Mauna Kea rangers report blizzard conditions have shut down the road to the summit of the mountain. Poor weather is forecast for the next several days. Webcams have been blinded by the white out.The summit of Mauna Loa is also closed. The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park says the area is off limits for backcountry use due to the continued winter...

Giant waterspout spotted near the coast of Mauritius

© Delphine HugounencWaterspout A giant waterspout has allegedly been observed at La Preneuse beach on Friday 6th of March. The sighting of the meteorological phenomenon is attributed to Delphine Hugounenc, a French woman who has settled down in Mauritius for two years now.Delphine Hugounenc related that she was at the public beach of La Preneuse with her family on the 6th of March. Around 16h00, something bizarre caught her attention. According...

M6.2 - 14km N of Aratoca, Colombia

E-mails sent to Sott.net become the property of Quantum Future Group, Inc and may be published without notice.Reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views of the volunteers, editors, and directors of SOTT.net or the Quantum Future Group.Remember, we need your help to collect information on what is going on in your part of the world! Send your article suggestions to: Some icons appearing on this site were created by: Afterglow, Aha-Soft,...

Scotland Yard chief proposes CCTV in every home -- all in the name of safety, of course

© unknown The citizens of the United Kingdom are possibly the most surveilled group of people in the history of the world. Forget the NSA's ever-expanding reach over every form of communication imaginable. We're talking cameras... everywhere. The City of London is equipped with thousands of them, so is Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and well, like I said before, pretty much everywhere. In a nation of 64 million residents, there is one CCTV camera...

The Empire's minions: Evidence for the relationship between Washington and ISIS

Reports that US and British aircraft carrying arms to ISIS have been shot down by Iraqi forces have been met with shock and denial in western countries. Few in the Middle East doubt that Washington is playing a 'double game' with its proxy armies in Syria, but some key myths remain important amongst the significantly more ignorant western audiences.A central myth is that Washington now arms 'moderate Syrian rebels', to both overthrow the Syrian...

Recognizing anxiety: Symptoms, signs, risk factors and possible solutions

© Shutterstock Anxiety is a normal part of human life. You may have felt anxiety before addressing a group or applying for a job, for example. In the short term, anxiety increases your breathing rate and heart rate, concentrating the blood flow to your brain, where you need it. This very physical response is preparing you to face an intense situation. If it gets too intense, however, you might start to feel lightheaded and nauseous. An excessive...

War crime: Tokyo fire bombing 70th anniversary, 100,000 people died in a single night

On the 70th anniversary of Tokyo’s fire bombing, relatives are asking for a real tribute to its victims It was just after midnight when the rumble of B-29 bombers was heard, jolting Tokyo awake. The incendiaries that fell from their bellies, full of jelly petroleum, were like nothing anyone had ever seen.They turned canals and rivers into flame and if the jelly stuck to you, it kept burning till flesh turned to bone. "The planes filled the sky like...

Moscow-US embassy leaks reveal possible motive for Nemtsov killing

BFFs, despite U.S. meddling. WikiLeaks published secret telegrams of U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle. The American ambassador reported to Washington about his meeting with the Russian "dissidents", about the requests from non-systemic opposition and that an emergency situation is required in order to "overthrow Putin".Secret telegrams to Washington It is not a secret that Russian "dissidents" meet regularly with American politicians. Those...
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