I have to wonder why they are not closing the border - or at least testing those coming into the country in order to contain the infections and the virus is constantly evolving
In the meantime, the best thing to do is to frequently wash your hands and stay away from the sick (and if you [...]
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Interesting concept in this video
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Over the past few months when reading about the unmanned drone attacks in Pakistan, I thought about the unmanned Skynet drones from the Terminator movies (at 2:02 in the video below). It seems that Tom Englehart has had similar thoughts
If we move more toward robotic warfare, my fear is that there is a chance that the [...]
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A new therapy could wipe away dreadful memories in humans without using drugs and might eventually help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, say researchers.
The new procedure relies on a quirky property of memories called reconsolidation. The process of jogging a memory – with an emotional or sensory jolt, for instance – seems to make it [...]
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The DMV Auto Repair Center. Government run Auto Dealers
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Soldiers may be able to regrow their limbs
The first phase of the Pentagon’s plan to regrow soldiers’ limbs is complete; scientists managed to turn human skin into the equivalent of a blastema — a mass of undifferentiated cells that can develop into new body parts. Now, researchers are on to phase two: turning that cellular [...]
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stem cells just may cure
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From the USA Today
When it comes to religion, the USA is now land of the freelancers.
The percentage. of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation. The faithful have scattered out of their traditional bases: The Bible Belt is less Baptist. The Rust Belt is less Catholic. [...]
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In the early 1990s, some in the computer industry thought that virtual reality would be a big thing. It never materialized. However, some computer scientists have apparently improved the technology. The next thing you know, there will be a holodeck in every home.
Armchair travellers wearing the device will be able to hear the roar of [...]
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Thomas Friedman has a better plan for a stimulus
G.M. has become a giant wealth- destruction machine — possibly the biggest in history — and it is time that it and Chrysler were put into bankruptcy so they can truly start over under new management with new labor agreements and new visions. When it comes to [...]
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Walmart and McDonald’s are doing quite well in this economy
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, beat expectations after its US discount stores accounted for about 50 per cent of all US retail growth during 2008 – while its full-year global sales passed $400bn for the first time, and profits hit $13.4bn
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…gas is still high? I was wondering that the last few times I filled up. I was hoping that gas would be near $1/gallon by now. Oil prices have continued to drop, but gas prices have gone back to near $2/gallon. What’s the deal?
Here is an explanation
Crude oil prices have fallen to new lows for [...]
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Sales of gold bullion hit record
Investors are buying record amounts of gold bars and coins, shunning risky assets for the relative safety of bullion amid renewed fears about the health of the global financial system.
The US Mint sold 92,000 ounces of its popular American Eagle coin last month, almost four times that which it sold [...]
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If it is true that we can derive electricity from bull crap, then I suggest they by installing powerplants at Fox News studio and Limbaugh’s radio studio
Central Vermont Public Service is utilizing methane gas from cow manure into electricity. Four Vermont dairy farms are producing electricity right now, with several others in the works. The [...]
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