Sepp Hasslberger: Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells

07 Health
Sepp Hasslberger
Sepp Hasslberger

Cannabis has important medical uses and here is a way to take it without smoking. It almost seems that the era of prohibition may finally be drawing to a close…

Cannabis and coconut oil make powerful mixture to kill cancer cells

The research on cannabis has shifted from studying its ability to alleviate symptoms of disease such as nausea associated with chemotherapy to its potential role in modifying disease. Medical marijuana has been shown to slow the onset of Alzheimers disease and moderate autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

Sepp Hasslberger: LiFi by Apple

Advanced Cyber/IO
Sepp Hasslberger
Sepp Hasslberger

LiFi – or data transmission by light is both faster and less damaging to living organisms than WiFi, which uses microwave frequencies.

Apple testing Ultra-Fast Li-Fi Wireless Technology for Future iPhones

Apple to make future iPhones compatible with a cutting-edge technology that has the capability to transmit data at 100 times the speed of WiFi, suggests the code found within the iOS firmware. Apple may ship future iPhones with Li-Fi capabilities, a new technology that may end up replacing the widely-used Wi-Fi in the future technology.

 

Ahmet S. Yayla: Understanding ISIS

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, IO Deeds of War
Ahmet Sait Yayla
Ahmet Sait Yayla

Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors from Islamic State: Why They Joined, What They Saw, Why They Quit

Syrians who join IS are rewarded with salaried jobs which for young men translates into the ability to marry and for young women the money allows them to save their families from literal starvation. Foreign fighters are receiving additional rewards: wives, sexual slaves, and sometimes homes and cars. Daily life was punctuated by brutal practices – including floggings, torture and beheadings. Defections were the result of exposure to extreme brutality, disgust over the slave trade, observations of deep hypocrisy–a total mismatch between the words and deeds of IS. Charges of corruption and complaints about battlefield decisions that produced unnecessary deaths in their own ranks were also causes of disillusionment . Our informants all had come to hate IS and warn others not to join what they gradually came to see as a totally disappointing, ruthless and un-Islamic organization.

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Adam Tucker: More Fish Than Plastic in Ocean by 2050?

03 Environmental Degradation
Adam Tucker
Adam Tucker

There Will Be More Plastic Than Fish in the Ocean by 2050

There will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050, warned the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in a report published Tuesday. The report, The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics, was produced by the foundation and the World Economic Forum with analytical support from McKinsey & Company.

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