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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Mysterious orb spotted at U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum

© Screen Capture Youtube      Titusville, Florida - A strange object was caught on surveillance video at the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum in Titusville. Employees have noticed an orb-shaped object a couple of times and have no idea what it is. On two separate occasions in just the last week, the orb was spotted by surveillance cameras. This video, which has garnered more than 500 views on YouTube, was taken May 12 in a room...

Universal musical sounds: Playing a Didgeridoo for the herd

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Majority of European men descended from just 3 ancestors, study finds

© Reuters/Paul Hackett      Two-thirds of modern-day European males trace their genetic roots to just three Bronze Age forbears, who almost literally launched the "population explosion" many centuries ago, a new DNA study suggests. Before coming to this conclusion, a research team from the University of Leicester analyzed the DNA sequences of 334 modern European men from 17 different European and Middle Eastern populations,...

Ancient asteroid impacts might have boiled the oceans and made life on earth hell

Roughly 3.3 billion years ago, Earth's early life forms were plunged into an unimaginable hell, when a series of massive asteroids smashed into the young planet, vaporizing the oceans and scorching the skies. © Johan Swanepoel/Shutterstock      We've heard about one of these asteroids before—a 58 kilometer-across object that, upon impact 3.26 billion years ago, shook the entire planet for a half hour. Now, geologist Don Lowe...

Andromeda and the Milky Way might collide sooner than expected

© NASA Andromeda’s halo is gargantuan. Extending for at least 2 million light years, if we could see in our night sky it would be 100 times the diameter of the Moon or 50 degrees across!      The merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy won't happen for another 4 billion years, but the recent discovery of a massive halo of hot gas around Andromeda may mean our galaxies are already touching. University of Notre Dame astrophysicist...

FLASHBACK: Halotherapy: Taking a mound of salt for what ails you

© lexey Swall/ Wall Street Journal Spending time in salt caves has long been considered therapeutic in Eastern Europe. And now, in the U.S., indoor "salt rooms" or "salt caves" have been popping up from New York to Los Angeles.      indoor salt roomswhose owners say small salt particles can soothe respiratory and skin conditions. Scientific evidence in English-language publications is scant and some doctors urge caution for...

Monsanto bets $45 Billion on a pesticide-soaked future

© sakhorn/Shutterstock      Once an industrial-chemical titan, GMO seed giant Monsanto has rebranded itself as a "sustainable agriculture company." Forget such classic post-war corporate atrocities as PCB and dioxin—the modern Monsanto "uses plant breeding and biotechnology to create seeds that grow into stronger, more resilient crops that require fewer resources," as the company's website has it. That rhetoric may have to change,...

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - 184km W of Lata, Solomon Islands

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Carding: Canada's version of 'stop and frisk'

     Last week, we showed how police brutality is one of America's most popular exports to the UK. It's gaining ground in Canada too, with their own cases of deaths at the hands of police, brutality, tasering, raids and unnecessary animal killings. We just don't always hear about it, what with our own average of three citizen deaths a day by police. It's hard to beat the U.S. at a Police State, but Canada is on its way to full...

Pay to drive: Oregon to tax motorists for using public roads

© alternativeconsumer      In order to replace revenue being lost due to more fuel efficient cars on American roads, the state of Oregon is set to launch a pay-per-mile tax program that will charge motorists for their use of public roads. Starting on July 1, Oregon will allow 5,000 residents to voluntarily sign up to be taxed per-mile rather than pay the gas tax at the pumps. Volunteers will be charged 1.5 cents every mile traveled...

Western intelligence agencies exploiting progressive social causes to further imperial agenda

© GCHQ/Public Affairs Office      Over the weekend, the British surveillance agency GCHQ — the most extremist and invasive in the West — bathed its futuristic headquarters with rainbow-colored lights "as a symbol of the intelligence agency's commitment to diversity" and to express solidarity with "International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia." GCHQ's public affairs office proudly distributed the above photograph...

Blowing smoke: Netanyahu vows commitment to two-state solution

© AP Photo/ Dan Balilty      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised his commitment to two-state solution of the crisis in Israeli-Palestinian relations on Wednesday for the first time since his reelection. Before the March election in Israel, Netanyahu had said he would oppose the creation of a Palestinian state if reelected. "I want to reiterate my commitment to peace...My position hasn't changed. I don't support...

Ignite the Truth: Andrew Wakefield conference

© Land Destroyer Report      Recently, Dr. Andrew Wakefield spoke at a Moms In Charge event to introduce a new documentary about CDC and vaccine whistleblowers and the consequences of repeated disregard. No one knows how better to handle blowing the whistle than Wakefield himself. His name is synonymous with "discredited" and "debunked" - an oft repeated line that lets you know when a mainstream journalist is either incredibly...

Freak dust storm in north India leaves 7 dead in Rajasthan

© Virender Singh Gosain/ HT Photo The dust storm kept many indoors while the rest had no option but to take cover.      A severe dust storm and light rain hit vast swathes of north India, leaving seven people dead and damaging houses in Rajasthan and affecting Metro rail services in the national capital. A minor girl and a woman were among those killed in Rajasthan by Tuesday's freak storm, which left a trail of destruction...

FBI visits NJ high school to warn students about Islamic State recruitment threat

© Reuters / Jessica Rinaldi      The FBI has paid a visit to a New Jersey high school, warning students about the online recruitment tactics of ISIS. The agency told the teens not to believe the terror group's propaganda, as it is trawling the internet to recruit vulnerable young people. The Tuesday event, held at Bergen Arts and Science Charter School in Hackensack, NJ, was led by a senior FBI intelligence analyst who did not...

China to further strengthen alliance with Russia by boosting investments 150% in 5 years

© Reuters / Sergei Ilnitsky / Pool      China may more than double its investment in the Russian economy to $10 billion within 5 years if conditions are favorable, said the Deputy Secretary-General of the China Overseas Development Association He Zhenwei. "Chinese investments abroad currently amount to $140 billion, with about $4 billion investment into Russia. This can be doubled at least to $8 billion, although not within...
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