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The singularity is near: Mind uploading by 2045?

23 hours ago - New York - By 2045, humans will achieve digital immortality by uploading their minds to computers - or at least that's what some futurists believe. This notion formed the basis for the Global Futures 2045 International Congress, a futuristic conference held here June 14-15. ...

Another reason why soda is a downer

1 day ago - New study links soft drinks and other sugary beverages with depression in older adults. "Have a Coke and a smile"? How about "Have a Coke and a Paxil"? Coke and the makers of other soft drinks and sugary beverages may have to rethink their slogans if the findings of a ...

Are your Gastro-Intestinal issues connected to GM food?

1 day ago - We are creatures of habit. Lets face it. We buy our snacks in fancy packages, and enjoy the carefully engineered delicious food, without thinking about it. Perhaps it is time to start connecting some dots. In 1996, genetically modified (GM) crops entered human food and animal ...

Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life revealed

1 day ago - We may know him for spoon bending antics and for his lengthy friendship with pop star Michael Jackson but showbiz psychic Uri Geller has seemingly had a lengthy second career as a secret agent for Mossad and the CIA, albeit one that was more Austin Powers than James Bond. Geller ...

Atlantis Found? Giant Sphinxes, Pyramids In Bermuda Triangle

1 day 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

1 day 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

2 days 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

2 days 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?

2 days 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

2 days 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

3 days 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

3 days 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

3 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

3 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

3 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 ...