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Tuesday, September 05, 2017

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Finger size does matter... in sports

While this football player's arms may look like they give him an onfield advantage, his fingers may

19 hr ago
Don't blame food stamps for obesity in America

Despite the stereotypes, most obese Americans aren't poor. U.S. Department of Agriculture , CC BY-SA

19 hr ago
How can job loss be bad for health, and recession be good for it?

Several studies have shown that health suffers after being laid off, as fear and anxiety lead to stress

August 31, 2017

How Muslim Americans are fighting Islamophobia and securing their civil

Rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority

19 hr ago
Old West theme parks paint a false picture of pioneer California

Old West, as seen through 1967 Orange County eyes. Orange County Archives , CC BY In 1940, just a year

August 30, 2017
Massachusetts executed two Italian immigrants 90 years ago: Why the global

Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left), handcuffed to Nicola Sacco, 1923. Boston Public Library Ninety years ago, on

August 30, 2017

What the Industrial Revolution really tells us about the future of

Where are all the people in this factory? AP Photo/Jeff Chiu As automation and artificial intelligence

September 1, 2017
How algorithms and human journalists will need to work together

Robot journalists don't really need mechanical hands to type. maxuser/Shutterstock.com Ever since the

August 31, 2017
What is the online equivalent of a burning cross?

Online hate isn't always as easy to spot as it might appear. Lukasz Stefanski/Shutterstock.com White

August 30, 2017

In cities and on ranches, planning is key to protect animals during

Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Jansen Schamp rescues two dogs after floodwaters from Hurricane

19 hr ago
What Hurricane Harvey says about risk, climate and resilience

Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station on August 28. NASA , CC BY Hurricane Harvey has

September 1, 2017
Why Texans heard conflicting messages about evacuating ahead of Hurricane

Cars leaving Beaumont, Texas during a mandatory evacuation before the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, August

August 31, 2017

Far Right FAILS To Condemn Terrorism

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3 hr ago
Tim Montgomerie - Paranoid Ignorance

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7 hr ago
Piers Morgan Self-Pity PWNED

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9 hr ago

White House's DACA 'Wind Down' Gives Congress Time To Act On A

The Trump administration is rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Congress will have an

2 hr ago
Trump Ends DACA, Calls On Congress To Act

The Obama-era program will expire in six months, the administration said on Tuesday. Deferred Action for

5 hr ago
Trump To Talk Tax Code Overhaul With Key Members of Congress

After many private conversations, the overhaul effort is shifting into high gear. At the center of the

7 hr ago

Studies Show What Happens To The Human Body When We Walk Barefoot On Earth

By: Arjun Walia via collective-evolution.com The picture above represents Improved facial circulation

August 25, 2017
Beware These fake Facebook Messenger Posts Spreading Malware

From alphr.com A virulent malware campaign has hit Facebook Messenger over the past few days, linking users

August 25, 2017
Hello People, What Happened With This Building?

By George Washington Debunking NIST’s conclusions about WTC 7 is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel

August 24, 2017

A Move to Protect Deep Sea Corals

This blog series has covered a variety of corals that live in the Gulf of Mexico. These corals are an

August 30, 2017
Save Some for the Grandkids: Protecting Red Snapper for Future Generations

Before Congress went on recess, Rep. Graves and Sen. Cassidy, both of Louisiana, introduced identical bills

August 30, 2017
Hurricane Harvey: How to Help

The Gulf Coast is no stranger to hurricanes, and we are well-versed in helping our neighbors

August 29, 2017

Hidden river once flowed under Antarctica

“Ice, by itself, is only capable of flowing at velocities of no more than tens of meters per year. That

4 hr ago
Benjamin Fulford: Chances of new financial system announcement and US civil

By Benjamin Fulford Evidence is mounting that both a new financial system and a civil war in the US are

4 hr ago
Mystery of high-energy cosmic rays

Hold out your hand for 10 seconds. A dozen electrons and muons just zipped through your palm. These cosmic

5 hr ago

World of Warships- Wyoming Earns a Kraken

24 min ago
Mingles with Jingles

Guys, you can pretty much ignore the video. But the audio... Let Jingles

13 hr ago
World of Warships- The Shimi Double Strike

20 hr ago

Data, AI, and Ethics

Entrepreneur Evanna Hu joins me to discuss our rapidly evolving relationship with data. The explosion of

16 hr ago
Beyond Russia: Overlooked Counterintelligence Threats

Russian intelligence presents a significant challenge for the United States but it is far from the only

August 28, 2017
Harvey Floods Houston: Reflecting on Katrina

The tragedy unfolding in Houston brought back memories of Hurricane Katrina and Houston's response to

August 27, 2017

Watch: Tipperary man writes beautiful tribute for his cousin who died from

A Tipperary man has written a beautiful tribute to his cousin, Gráinne'Donnell who tragically passed

1 hr ago
Here’s how your child could be the hit of this year's Late Late Toy

What are you waiting for? The closing date is just three weeks away on September 22.

3 hr ago
This guy waited 90 minutes to see the Flying Scotsman, only for his trip to

As the 19th century train trundled into view, an unwelcome blockage appeared at the all-important moment.

4 hr ago

Key Trump Aide's Departure Rattles President's Allies (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Key Trump Aide's Departure Rattles President's Allies — Aide has

6 hr ago
Hurricane Harvey revealed the awesome power of real America (Glenn Harlan

Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today : Hurricane Harvey revealed the awesome power of real America

6 hr ago
Hurricane Irma now at Category 5, with 175 mph winds (Doyle Rice/USA Today)

Doyle Rice / USA Today : Hurricane Irma now at Category 5, with 175 mph winds —

6 hr ago

VIDEO: Schroder Is Out With A Web Ad, And It’s Pretty Well Done

This went up less than 24 hours ago, and it’s got some 40,000 views on Facebook so far – how

4 hr ago
CARLETON: A Possible End To The Federal Government’s Regulatory Red Snapper

As red snapper season for federal waters ends after Labor Day, we ask ourselves the same question over and

4 hr ago
CROUERE: Trump Learned The Lessons Of Katrina

On August 29, 2005, monster Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi. In the catastrophe

4 hr ago

Does the Site C dam make economic sense for BC?

Today CCPC-BC senior economist Marc Lee submitted an analysis to the BC Utilities Commission in response to

August 31, 2017
Ontario's middle and working class families are losing ground

Ontario is becoming more polarized as middle and working class families see their share of the income pie

August 15, 2017
Join us in October for the CCPA-BC fundraising gala, featuring Senator

We are incredibly honoured to announce that Senator Murray Sinclair will address our 2017 Annual Gala as

August 14, 2017

Gauri Lankesh's murder the latest in line of violent attacks on

44 min ago
Kerala CM expresses shock over killing of Gauri Lankesh

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday expressed shock over the killing of veteran journalist

53 min ago
Gujarat CM says no place for third front in state

1 hr ago

Sea Shepherd pulls plug on Japan whale hunt

SYDNEY: Activist group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday pulled the plug on its annual campaign to disrupt Japanese
Rare white koala born at Australian zoo

SYDNEY: A koala at an Australian zoo has given birth to a rare white joey, staff announced Tuesday.
Total solar eclipse mesmerizes America

CHARLESTON: Emotional sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind

A need to reach out to the orang asli

WHEN an orang asli villager in Sungai Kejar of Perak’s Royal Belum State Park was asked how many people in
Asean more than a club of 10

SOME of us think of Asean as simply a club comprising the 10 countries in this corner of the world, and
Game-changing moves for a better future

A KEY objective of the 11th Malaysia Plan is to ensure the country’s poorest families can seize the

News24.com | Mugabe must stop attacking Madiba's legacy - Mantashe

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is telling lies about South Africa's economy and he must stop, ANC

31 min ago
News24.com | DA not done yet with Bell Pottinger

The expulsion of the Guptas’ former spin doctors Bell Pottinger from the Public Relations and

1 hr ago
News24.com | ANC MP Makhosi Khoza redeployed to new committee

ANC MP Makhosi Khoza has been redeployed to the portfolio committee on economic development.

38 min ago

News24.com | Ramaphosa sealed his own fate - and ours

President Jacob Zuma has comprehensively out-foxed Cyril Ramaphosa for the last five years. Will this

12 hr ago
News24.com | How smart meters can save water in drought ridden Cape Town

A key challenge affecting water consumption behaviour is the time lag between consumption and the related

6 hr ago
News24.com | I don't care about the deputy president's sex life

What people do with their own sexuality and how they express it will not please you all of the time. That’s

11 hr ago

News24.com | Four Nigerian farmers die in Boko Haram attack: vigilantes

Boko Haram members have killed four farmers in a drive-by shooting in Borno state in Nigeria's

48 min ago
News24.com | Zuma slams 'senseless' killing of Lesotho's chief

President Jacob Zuma has condemned the killing of Lesotho's army commander Lieutenant General Khoantle

2 hr ago
News24.com | Ethiopia faces worst drought in years as millions at risk

Ethiopia faces worst drought in years as millions at risk and The mass feeding programme, managed by aid

2 hr ago

MD: I’ve seen cases of vaccine injury for 40 years

MD: I’ve seen cases of vaccine injury for forty years Australian doctor exposes vaccine damage, stands up

September 4, 2017
Socialism equals triumph for corporate criminals

Socialism equals triumph for corporate criminals by Jon Rappoport September 4, 2017 In several recent

September 4, 2017
True: California city will pay gang members to remain peaceful

True: California city will pay gang members to remain peaceful by Jon Rappoport September 3, 2017

September 3, 2017

Italy orders investigation after four-year-old girl dies of malaria

Italy's health ministry has ordered an investigation into the death of a four-year-old girl from

1 hr ago
'Extremely dangerous' Irma one of the strongest ever hurricanes

The US National Hurricane Centre said the "potentially catastrophic" storm is the most powerful

2 hr ago
Trump administration to axe programme protecting 800,000 young immigrants

The Trump administration has announced that it will wind down a programme protecting young immigrants from

2 hr ago

'I’m A Defeated Man. I Wanted To Illuminate The Whole Earth. ” Tesla

Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia and only came to the US at the age of 28. Even though his English was not

1 hr ago
As Above So Below: Scientists Have Found A Multidimensional Universe Inside

A sensational discovery has been made by experts as scientists have found that the human brain is home to

14 hr ago
Experiments: Teaching People To Visualize An Outcome Is More Effective Than

An established but little known psychological theory is likely to improve performances across a range of

15 hr ago

Coveney: Government input needed before direct rule can be imposed

Direct rule from London cannot be imposed in the North without government input, the Minister for Foreign
Parents urged to inform children of the dangers of 'sextortion'

Parents are being encouraged to talk to their children about the dangers of ‘sextortion’ online.

8 min ago
Pat Hickey set to face trial in November

Pat Hickey is to go on trial in Brazil on November 29.

11 min ago

Conservative journals

Are there any conservative English-language journals left? The Spectator had held on longer than most

September 3, 2017
Never felt so pessimistic...

Not been posting much over the last week and it's mainly because I've been reading The Balfour

August 30, 2017
Controlled opposition?

The charge of 'controlled opposition' is regularly hurled at a variety of sites

August 25, 2017

Taking a Long-Term View on New Reactor Licenses

Scott Burnell Public Affairs Officer Since 2012, the NRC has licensed 11 new reactors in the United

March 22, 2017
Five Questions With Michael Weber

Michael Weber is the head of the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research How would you briefly

March 7, 2017
OIG Audit Looks at Security for Decommissioning Reactors

Brett M. Baker Assistant Inspector General for Audits An Office of the Inspector General audit of the

March 1, 2017

Magnetic pulses may treat schizophrenics who 'hear voices'

Scientists have identified a brain area that causes patients to "hear voices", and could be

9 hr ago
Scientists help spiders spin stronger silks

September 4, 2017
Hawking's mission to find alien life detects mystery signals

A mission to explore intelligent alien life in the universe has recorded some mysterious signals coming

September 2, 2017

Zarif: Breaking eastern Syria siege big triumph against terrorism

Breaking the siege of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, is an important victory against extremist and terrorist

32 min ago
Trio in Iran approaching end of 2009 dissidents’ house arrest

Over the recent weeks after Hassan Rouhani was elected president for a second term, the issue of house

55 min ago
Azerbaijan’s economy not to be affected by 98 RON gasoline price hike

The increase in prices for 98 RON Super gasoline won’t affect any sector of Azerbaijan’s economy.

58 min ago

One patient, one implant

“It’s a new revolution in knee replacement surgery,” says consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Tai Cheh

September 3, 2017
Healthcare quality is about taking good care of you

They say that health is wealth, and nobody ever realises the truth of this until they fall seriously ill.

September 2, 2017
Tips to help dementia patients who are struggling to sleep

The cycle of day and night for a dementia sufferer can be a little out of kilter. They may feel restless

September 2, 2017

French see far-left's Melenchon as Macron's strongest opponent

PARIS (Reuters) - French voters view far leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon as the strongest opponent of President
Commander of Lesotho defence force shot dead, South Africa calls for calm

MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's top military leader, Khoantle Mots'omots'o, and two senior
Mexico 'profoundly laments' U.S. move to end 'Dreamers'

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government said on Tuesday it "profoundly laments" U.S

Totally Active: Eclipse Photos Reveal Sunspots, Solar Flares

Shots of the solar eclipse reveal an active sun.

12 hr ago
Bridenstine Faces Obstacles to Senate Confirmation

Despite strong support from much of the space industry, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) is facing potential

12 hr ago
Voyager Golden Record's Alien Greetings Gets Next-Gen Remixes

A new set of remixes of the Golden Record, which flew to space 40 years ago aboard the Voyager 1 and

13 hr ago

California's Top Court Says Cops Have To Hand Over Automatic Plate

The EFF and ACLU have achieved a victory in an acronym-heavy public records case. The California Supreme

8 hr ago
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

This week (or last week, I suppose — this post was moved for the long weekend!) our first place

23 hr ago
This Week In Techdirt History: August 27th - September 2nd

Five Years Ago This week in 2012 started out with us catching up on something that happened late on

September 3, 2017

Vivaldi boss: It'd be cool if Google went back to the 'not evil'

Blasts AdWords blockery The founder of the web browser Opera has accused Google of "anti-competitive
Arcserve left headless as CEO Mike Crest splits for pastures greener

New boss, whoever they are, has big ol' boots to fill Analysis Arcserve CEO Mike Crest has abruptly
UK engineering software firm swallowed in £3bn merger with France's

Reverse takeover: Cambridge techies to keep London listing Another UK engineering software group has been

Asteroid Florence buzzes Earth, brings two moons along for the ride

4.5km rock is the largest object we've seen up close, albeit still 7,000,000km away Be glad that the
Give a boffin a Xeon and a big GPU, get a new big prime number

919444 1048576 + 1 is six MEELLION digits long and the twelfth biggest prime ever found Humanity's
15 'could it be aliens?' fast radio bursts observed in one night

Who or what had 10 million trillion trillion joules to play with, 3 billion light years away? Fast Radio

Apache Struts you're stuffed: Vuln allows hackers to inject evil code

All versions of Struts since 2008 affected – upgrade now Malicious code can be push into servers running
Stealth, lightweight Android breaks cover

Google's new landfill strategy It's 16 months since Google declared Android One not dead , so it
Flying electric taxi upstart scores $90m from investors

Its aircraft doesn't have a tail fin. No, really A German startup claiming that an electric vertical

Two Russian servicemen killed in Syria

Two Russian contract servicemen have been killed in mortar shelling by the IS terrorists in the Syrian

23 hr ago
Central Bank: Too early to admit crypto-currency to trading in Russia

Earlier, Russia's deputy finance minister said that operations with the crypto-currency in Russia could

September 4, 2017
Donetsk, Lugansk republics issue decrees banning restrictions on OSCE

Under the document, all the armed units reporting to the Donetsk People’s Republic authorities are obliged

September 4, 2017

Supermassive black hole found in Milky Way

A new supermassive black hole has been discovered 200 light years from the center of our galaxy. The

September 4, 2017
$100K paranormal prize unclaimed 37 years on

To date, The Australian Skeptics have yet to see conclusive proof of psychic or paranormal powers. The

September 4, 2017
Giant asteroid has safely passed the Earth

Known as Florence, the 2.7-mile asteroid is the largest near-Earth object ever recorded by NASA. When it

September 4, 2017

Recall: Abbott Pacemakers for Hacking Threat

Like many modern devices, these pacemakers have cyber vulnerabilities.

33 min ago
Is Dementia Declining Among Older Americans?

Rates have fallen among those 70 and older; gains against heart disease might explain trend

39 min ago
15 Cancer Symptoms Women Ignore

Some body changes that seem normal could be symptoms of cancer. WebMD explains what to look for if you'

1 hr ago

President Donald J. Trump Restores Responsibility and the Rule of Law to

“I believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the following

2 hr ago
Statement from President Donald J. Trump

As President, my highest duty is to defend the American people and the Constitution of the United States

2 hr ago
ICYMI: President Trump: “We Must Fix Our Self-Destructive Tax Code”

“Our self-destructive tax code costs Americans millions of jobs, trillions of dollars and billions of

18 hr ago

NY Post: Preemptive N. Korea Strike ‘Necessary’

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are

4 hr ago
The Danger of News Bubbles

Donald Trump is a danger to the United States, to decency and the rule of law. He is a racist, the most

8 hr ago
Labor Day: Paintings From the Great Depression, and the WPA

(Published originally 9/1/2014) Here, in honor of Labor Day, is a collection of paintings and prints from

September 4, 2017

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