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Atlantis Found? Giant Sphinxes, Pyramids In Bermuda Triangle

13 hours ago - Two scientists, Paul Weinzweig and Pauline Zalitzki, working off the coast of Cuba and using a robot submersible, have confirmed that a gigantic city exists at the bottom of the ocean. The site of the ancient city — that includes several sphinxes and at least four giant pyramids plus ... 1

Ancient craters on Mars may have been oases for life

15 hours ago - Meteorite craters on ancient Mars may have been home to primordial life forms. Because hydrothermal systems host the most ancient known lineages of life on earth, many biologists think that the first organisms on this planet arose in hot springs. On earth these were largely volcanic ...

77% do not trust television news

1 day ago - The annual Gallup survey revealing confidence in institutions made news earlier this week for a record low score of 10% for Congress. But another figure is noteworthy in the study: only 23% of those polled said they had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Television ...

Science confirms Turmeric as effective as 14 Drugs

1 day ago - Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today. Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies. In fact, our five-year long research project on this sacred plant ...

Is BPA Making Girls Obese?

1 day ago - A chemical common in food packaging—Bisphenol-A (BPA)—has for years been scrutinized for potential links to reproductive problems, heart disease, cancer, and even anxiety. And now new research suggests BPA, which leeches out from things like aluminum cans, drink straws, plastic ...

Crowd-Funded Radio Beacon Will Message Aliens

1 day ago - The curious thing about the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is that we have uncovered very little evidence for the existence of any intelligence beyond Earth in the 60 years since the search began. So, rather than just listening, waiting for a signal in the dark, there ...

Health benefits of Basil

1 day ago - Botanical name: Ocimum basilicum If a kitchen has only a few herbs in its possession, basil will likely be one of them. Its fragrant essence combines well with rosemary and thyme in meat dishes, fish, vegetables, cheese, soup and eggs, and is one of the main ingredients in ...

Life-producing phosphorus was carried to Earth by meteorite

1 day ago - Scientists may not know for certain whether life exists in outer space, but new research from a team of scientists led by a University of South Florida astrobiologist now shows that one key element that produced life on Earth was carried here on meteorites. In an article ... 1

GMO Crops: Scientists agree it's bio-warfare on our food supply

2 days ago - You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand why genetically modified foods are dangerous, but if you look closely, you may just find the name of one listed among the names of more than 800 scientists from around the globe who have joined forces in an open letter to all world ...

NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid-Hauling Rocket

2 days ago - When NASA sends a rocket out to tow an asteroid into Earth orbit, it'll be ion propelled. Ion propulsion engines harness magnetic fields to create thrust, instead of depending on chemical explosions the way chemically fueled engines do. NASA engineers are developing such an ...

US Supreme Court says human DNA cannot be patented

2 days ago - Human genes may not be patented, but artificially copied DNA can be claimed as intellectual property, the US Supreme Court has ruled unanimously. The court quashed patents held by a Utah-based firm on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The opinion ...

Look What This Conspiracy Theorist Said in 1984: A Procedure For A Free Society

2 days ago - Back in 1984, well before most Americans had ever heard of mobile phones or used a computer, the Federal government was hard at work mining whatever data they could get their hands on. President Reagan was in office and given his staunch stance on limited government no one could ... 2

8 senators want to expose the secret courts that enable PRISM

2 days ago - In December of 2012, a handful of senators fought to fix the law that allows for PRISM, the NSA's vast Internet surveillance program that taps Google and Yahoo for communications. They failed. But now that they have your attention, they'd like to try again. In light of the ...

Yahoo Was Forced To Join PRISM By A Secret Court

2 days ago - Court records obtained by The New York Times show that Yahoo had fought back against the National Security Agency's broad requests for user data in 2008. The company, which provides email service to hundreds of millions of people, argued that the order violated Yahoo account holders' ...

15 Foods that Kill Belly Fat Fast

2 days ago - 2) Peanut Butter: not just peanut butter, but mostly any seeds and nuts: postachios, walnuts, almonds,pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds. Why? They keep you full and satisfied for long periods of time and they are full of healthy fats and minerals. 3) Healthy Oils: ...