Researchers from several universities have released a study that concludes the Earth has entered into its sixth mass extinction. Rob Jordan author of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment states, “There is no longer any doubt: We are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity’s existence.” The onset of the extinction is due to […]
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The Sixth Mass Extinction Is Here
Also posted in Agriculture, Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science
Tagged climate change, global warming, mass extinction, sixth mass extinction
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Permafrost
For a longtime researches at The Membrane Domain have been conducting R&D on the exponential properties of climate change. The melting of the permafrost has become a good example of the problem. A recent article in Nature Climate Change reports: Decomposition of organic carbon from thawing permafrost soils and the resulting release of carbon to […]
Also posted in Environment, Global Warming, Science
Tagged climate change, global warming, human induced, permafrost, thaw
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China And Climate Change
In a unique statement, the ranking weather official for China has come out publicly about global warming. The BBC reports: Climate change could have a “huge impact” on China, reducing crop yields and harming the environment, the country’s top weather scientist has warned, in a rare official admission. Zheng Guogang told Xinhua news agency that […]
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Tagged China, climate change, droughts, extreme weather events, floods, food security, global warming
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Top Myths Busted
by Daniel Brouse 1. GMO Foods Are Bad 2. Sandy Hook Was a Drill 3. 9/11 Was a Government Conspiracy 4. Contrails Contain Chemicals (Chemtrails) 5. [Request your myth to be busted.] 1. GMO Foods Are Bad Humans have been genetically modifying foods for thousands of years. There is no evidence that eating GMO food […]
Also posted in Agriculture, Education, Environment, Global Warming, Government, Media, Science, Society, taxes, weather
Tagged 9/11, chemtrails, false, global warming, GMO Foods, Government Conspiracy, hoax, myth, not true, Sandy Hook
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Santa Claus Is Real
Did you know that Santa Claus is based on a real person from Turkey? Saint Nicholas of Myra was a Greek Christian bishop of Myra (now known as Turkey.) Around 500 AD, Nicholas became known for his saintly acts. One story has him giving gifts to those in need. A poor family did not have […]
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Tagged Christmas Story, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus
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3D Printer Makes Wrench in Space
OUTER SPACE — What happens if you are on the Space Station and you need a wrench? Just have NASA e-mail it up and print it on the 3D printer. It is the first time that hardware was e-mailed to space. Mike Chen, founder of Made In Space (the company behind the 3-D printer) said, […]
Also posted in robotics, Science, Space
Tagged 3D printer, International Space Station, manufactured in space, NASA, wrench
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Torture = Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
The United States’ Senate Intelligence Committee released a 6,000 page report detailing how the CIA tortured prisoners at Bagram, Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib. A 480 page summary gives a troubling overview. The BBC reports: Were the interrogation methods – torture if you like – more extensive and more brutal than previously admitted? It looks […]
Also posted in freedom, Government, Law, liberty, Politics, War And Peace
Tagged Abu Ghraib, Bagram, CIA, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Guantanamo Bay, Senate Intelligence Committee, sexual torture, torture, United State, USA, waterboarding
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Ebola Virus Disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) believes the ebola outbreak is more severe than first thought. Because of fear and lack of education, many cases are going unreported. Ebola has a high instance of death due to bleeding from orifices. “Ebola virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness and one of the world’s most virulent […]
Written In Stone
In the early 1950’s a Canadian wrote a four-letter word in stone: Between 1950 and 1952, a bored weatherman, stationed north of Hudson Bay, left a monument that neither government nor time can eradicate. Using a bulldozer abandoned by the Air Force, he spent two years and great effort pushing boulders into a single word. […]
Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated on June 28, 1914. Franz Ferdinand was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination started the chain of events that led to World War I. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. This caused the Central Powers (including Germany and Austria-Hungary) and […]
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