The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Pantheon is a project developed by the Macro Connection’s group at The MIT Media Lab that’s collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data on historical cultural popularity and production. Because of the diversity of cultural production, Pantheon will always be—by construction—an incomplete resource. This incompleteness, however, is the fuel that drives our team to continue compiling, refining, …
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science By WILLIAM J. BROAD New York Times, March 15, 2014 EXTRACT American science, long a source of national power and pride, is increasingly becoming a private enterprise. In Washington, budget cuts have left the nation’s research complex reeling. Labs are closing. Scientists are being laid off. Projects …
Daylight saving time may have health costs Springing ahead for daylight saving time may in fact be March Madness as numerous studies list detrimental effects of losing an hour’s sleep. Preliminary Cost List Only: Cost 01: Quantity and Quality of Sleep Cost 02: Class and school performance Cost 03: Traffic accidents Cost 04: Heart attacks …
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Multiferroics could help make computer processors 1,000 times more efficient Materials that are both ferroelectric and magnetic – hence, multiferroics – are rare. EXTRACT The UCLA Engineering team used multiferroic magnetic materials to lessen the amount of power consumed by “logic devices,” which are a type of circuit on a computer chip devoted to performing …
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Here’s An Updated Tally Of All The People Who Have Ever Died From A Marijuana Overdose With recreational pot now for sale in Colorado and widespread confusion over a recent satirical story that jokingly claimed 37 people had already died of a marijuana overdose, we figured it might be about time to update our weed …
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Wisdom, this is. Marijuana Decriminalization in U.S. Capital Passes Council By William Selway Bloomberg News, March 04, 2014 The Washington city council voted to decriminalize marijuana consumption in private homes, adding the nation’s capital to a growing list of states that have loosened sanctions for using the drug. The council today approved reducing the punishment …
MIT scientists show tree branch to be effective water purifier A suitable water filter is already growing in most forests. Dirty, contaminated water is a problem for many developing nations. But water filters are relatively expensive and not something easily assembled in the shed, garage or backyard — unless, of course, the water filter is …
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