SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY

Zeitgeist: The Movie – Documentary

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Zeitgeist: The Movie is a 2007 documentary film by Peter Joseph that examines Christianity, the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks and the Federal Reserve bank. It was created as a Not-for-Profit expression to communicate what the author felt were highly important social understandings which most humans are generally not aware of. Zeitgeist: The Movie focuses on suppressed historical & modern information about currently dominant social … Read More

Girl Frozen in Time May Hold Key to Ageing

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TIMES ONLINE– Scientists are hoping to gain new insights into the mysteries of ageing by sequencing the genome of a 17-year-old girl who has the body and behaviour of a tiny toddler. Brooke Greenberg is old enough to drive a car and next year will be old enough to vote — but at 16lb in weight and just 30in tall, … Read More

Food of the Gods – Book Review

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BUZZFLASH– I took some drugs today to help me write this review. Specifically, a xanthine-family drug called caffeine that appears in the berries of a largely equatorial bush, along with a few weaker xanthine-family alkaloids that aren’t as well known but are also present in the coffee bean. Last night before going to bed, I took another drug. Fermented from … Read More

Scientists Create a Living Organism

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CNN– Scientists have turned inanimate chemicals into a living organism in an experiment that raises profound questions about the essence of life. Craig Venter, the U.S. genomics pioneer, announced on Thursday that scientists at his laboratories in Maryland and California had succeeded in their 15-year project to make the world’s first “synthetic cells” – bacteria called Mycoplasma mycoides. “We have … Read More

Dark Matter Experiment Disproves Earlier Findings

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PHYSORG– Early data from a Columbia-led dark matter experiment rule out recent hints by other scientists who say they have found the elusive particle that holds the universe together. The findings show that dark matter, which is believed to make up 83 percent of the matter in the universe, is more elusive than many had hoped. “Dark matter particles continue … Read More

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