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Thursday, 13 August 2015

School Officials Used Young Girl as “Bait” in Rape Sting, She Was Raped and they Covered it Up

Huntsville, AL — In 2010, a 14-year-old Huntsville girl was approached by school officials who wanted to use her as bait in a “sting operation.” The plan was to use the young girl to catch a boy in the act who’d been accused of sexually harassing students. However, their asinine plan backfired, and this innocent young girl was anally raped by the older student. The plan was for the girl not to do anything and teachers would burst in and catch...

Cop Suspected of Hiring Hitman To Kill Mother Of His Unborn Child To Avoid Child Support

  Austin, Texas – Austin Police Officer VonTrey Clark is suspected of hiring a hitman to kill his pregnant ex-girlfriend because she refused to get an abortion, and he did not want to pay child support. This week, police served warrants on his home and police locker where they allegedly discovered evidence that he was connected to the murder. According to the recent search warrant, obtained by KXAN, police interviewed one of the suspects...

Watch this rice-grain size motor clock over 100,000 RPMs

 This tiny motor is only a little bigger than a grain of cooked rice (4 x 12 mm), but it can generate speeds over 100,000 RPM. It's designed to run at 3.7 volts, but YouTuber Larskro decided to see what these could handle. At 6 volts, he maxed out his tachometer at 100,000 RPM. He got it going even faster at 7 volts, but they burn out at sustained RPMs over 100,000. Larskro got his on eBay and modded them with two-color blades...

Carlos Slim, World’s 2nd Richest Man, Mexico’s Biggest Oligarch, Master of Slimlandia, Suddenly Loses Billions

By Don Quijones, Spain & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. The world’s second richest man, Carlos Slim Helú, is doing something he hasn’t done for a long time: losing lots of money. According to El Financiero, Slim’s holdings are down $7.2 billion so far this year. While that amount represents one-tenth of Slim’s total worth at the beginning of this year ($77 billion), it’s enough to hurt. After all, when one’s wealth is...

Researchers have successfully 3D-printed brain tissue for the first time

Studying the brain is, as one might imagine, a fairly complex task—and it’s not tremendously often that scientists get to study the brain in all its three-dimensional glory. Instead, neuroscientists often rely on in vitro brain cell or tissue samples from animals. But when it comes to understanding the complex nature of the brain and its 86 billion nerve cells, those flat lab samples have limitations. But breakthrough research from researchers...