Perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in China
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Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley, ca 1820. Artist: Carus, Carl Gustav (1789-1869)
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Without microbes, no other forms of life would be possible. But what does it mean to be with microbes? With Microbes sets microbes and the multiple ways they exist around, in and on humans at center stage. In this book, 24 social scientists and artists attune to microbes and describe their complicated relationships with humans and other beings. The book shows the multiplicity of these relationships and their dynamism, through detailed ethnographies of the relationships between humans, animals, plants, and microbes.
"bringing microbes into the focus of what it means to be human.. a reconsideration of the dichotomy between ‘self’ and ‘non-self’...an emphasis on community rather than immunity"
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Eco on Semiotics
“Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used "to tell" at all.” ― Umberto Eco, A Theory of Semiotics
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Chinese scientists develop artificial intelligence “prosecutor” that can press its own charges
Machine is so far able to identify eight common crimes such as fraud, gambling, dangerous driving and ‘picking quarrels’, researchers say
Prosecutors in China already use an AI tool to evaluate evidence and assess how dangerous a suspect is to the public
"While the original goal of AI is to produce human-like machines, in the end, machine learning will just end up making humans behave more like machines instead." - hardmaru
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David Elkington: The Ancient Language of Sacred Sound - "Reveals the connections between the Earth’s resonant frequencies, sacred sites, human consciousness, and the origins of religion" (alt: audio interview)
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Project Pandora and the MJ-12 Eisenhower Briefing Document
From 1965 to 1970, a study dubbed Project Pandora was undertaken to determine the health and psychological effects of low intensity microwaves, the so-called “Moscow signal” registered at the American Embassy in Moscow. Initially, there was confusion over whether the signal was an attempt to activate bugging devices or for some other purpose. There was suspicion that the microwave irradiation was being used as a mind control system. CIA agents asked scientists involved in microwave research whether microwaves beamed at humans from a distance could affect the brain and alter behavior.
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DNA is a fractal antenna in electromagnetic fields
Purpose: To review the responses of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to electromagnetic fields (EMF) in different frequency ranges, and characterise the properties of DNA as an antenna.
Materials and methods: We examined published reports of increased stress protein levels and DNA strand breaks due to EMF interactions, both of which are indicative of DNA damage. We also considered antenna properties such as electronic conduction within DNA and its compact structure in the nucleus.
Results: EMF interactions with DNA are similar over a range of non-ionising frequencies, i.e., extremely low frequency (ELF) and radio frequency (RF) ranges. There are similar effects in the ionising range, but the reactions are more complex.
Conclusions: The wide frequency range of interaction with EMF is the functional characteristic of a fractal antenna, and DNA appears to possess the two structural characteristics of fractal antennas, electronic conduction and self symmetry. These properties contribute to greater reactivity of DNA with EMF in the environment, and the DNA damage could account for increases in cancer epidemiology, as well as variations in the rate of chemical evolution in early geologic history.
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The Paradox of Wu Wei (無為) - The Art of non-action, non-doing or 'doing nothing'
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The 4500km Trans-Sahara Highway linking Tunis, Algiers, Bamako, Niamey, Ndjamena and Lagos is now completed (with a bit of help from china)
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The most underused medical tools
- Fasting
- Sunlight
- Sleep
- Nature
- Real food
- Exercise
- Heat/Cold
- Salt
- Magnesium
- Earthing
- Meditation
- Laughter
