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The Historyscoper's Science and Technology Watch Blog Apr. 2, 2015

Monday, April 30, 2018

The Climate Control Knob (video)

https://greenjihad.com/2018/04/30/the-climate-control-knob/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzFx_tTx0ms

#China is going green. Here's how


https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/china-is-going-green-here-s-how/

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Some Major U.S. cities headed for coldest April in recorded history

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/04/27/some-major-u-s-cities-headed-for-coldest-april-in-recorded-history/

Doctors Are Superheroes Today, Superhumans Tomorrow. Supercharging doctors with artificial intelligence.

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/04/23/ai-healthcare-wmif/

Nvidia’s AI reconstructs partially erased images with jaw-dropping accuracy

https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2018/04/24/nvidias-ai-reconstructs-partially-erased-images-with-jaw-dropping-accuracy/

Comparing Google’s TPUv2 against Nvidia’s V100 on ResNet-50

https://blog.riseml.com/comparing-google-tpuv2-against-nvidia-v100-on-resnet-50-c2bbb6a51e5e

The Digital Twist of Smart Machines

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-twist-smart-machines-kok-hoh-brandon-lee/

New NASA leader faces an early test on his commitment to Moon landings "This action is viewed with both incredulity and dismay by our community."


https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/new-nasa-leader-faces-an-early-test-on-his-commitment-to-moon-landings/

19 ft. B-17 "Flying Fortress" (Aluminum Overcast) (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9owlwlxJxPw

NASA and ESA Are Getting Serious About Bringing Martian Soil to Earth

https://gizmodo.com/nasa-and-esa-are-getting-serious-about-bringing-martian-1825568599

NASA Baffled By Holes In The Arctic’s Sea Ice

https://principia-scientific.org/nasa-baffled-by-holes-in-the-arctics-sea-ice/

How Europe’s 'energy citizens' are leading the way to 100% renewable power

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/how-europe-s-energy-citizens-are-leading-the-way-to-100-renewable-power/

Yellowstone Supervolcano Strengthening Due To Deep Earth ‘Hotspot’

https://principia-scientific.org/yellowstone-supervolcano-strengthening-due-to-deep-earth-hotspot/

Lab-Grown Meat is Coming to Your Supermarket


https://greenjihad.com/2018/04/28/lab-grown-meat-is-coming-to-your-supermarket/

Friday, April 27, 2018

Critics: Nutrition Science Is Mostly Junk

https://principia-scientific.org/critics-nutrition-science-is-mostly-junk/

How Israel's Arab Tech Community Grew 1000% In 10 Years

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2018/04/25/how-israels-arab-tech-community-grew-1000-in-10-years/

Israel earmarks NIS 20 million for new tech parks in Arab towns

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-earmarks-nis-20-million-for-new-tech-parks-in-arab-towns/

Ambitious Genetics Project Touted As Scientific ‘Noah’s Ark’

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/106623/ambitious-genetics-project-touted-as-scientific-noahs-ark/

Protection of U. S. PNT Capabilities – No New GPS Satellites, Please!

http://acdemocracy.org/protection-of-u-s-pnt-capabilities-no-new-gps-satellites-please/

AUGMENTED REALITY IS TRANSFORMING MUSEUMS


https://www.wired.com/story/augmented-reality-art-museums/

Thursday, April 26, 2018

What are some famous rejections of correct mathematics?

https://mathoverflow.net/questions/13896/what-are-some-famous-rejections-of-correct-mathematics

AUGMENTED REALITY IS TRANSFORMING MUSEUMS

https://www.wired.com/story/augmented-reality-art-museums/

Protection of U. S. PNT Capabilities – No New GPS Satellites, Please!


http://acdemocracy.org/protection-of-u-s-pnt-capabilities-no-new-gps-satellites-please/

Paralyzed 34-year-old man completes London Marathon using Israeli tech

https://www.timesofisrael.com/paralyzed-34-year-old-man-completes-london-marathon-using-israeli-tech/

This Under 30 Startup's Microsatellite Provides A Unique View Of Earth

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2018/04/22/this-under-30-startups-microsatellite-provides-a-unique-view-of-earth/

Eurockot conducts final Rockot mission with Sentinel-3B satellite

http://spacenews.com/eurockot-conducts-final-rockot-mission-with-sentinel-3b-satellite/

CO2 Sensitivity: Lukewarmers Edging Closer To Zero

https://principia-scientific.org/co2-sensitivity-lukewarmers-edging-closer-to-zero/

Scientists discover new DNA structure that's not a double helix

http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/study-scientists-identify-new-twisted-knot-dna-structure-in-human-cells

How AI Could Destabilize Nuclear Deterrence


https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/24/how-ai-could-destabilize-nuclear-deterrence/

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

3D-printing is helping to restore the world's destroyed heritage sites


https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/3d-modelling-is-helping-to-restore-the-worlds-destroyed-heritage-sites/

Evaluating James Hansen’s 1988 Climate Forecasts (video)


https://greenjihad.com/2018/04/23/evaluating-james-hansens-1988-climate-forecasts-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx_6zBCw7WM

Does Gaede’s ‘Rope Hypothesis’ Of Light Align With A Standing-Wave Aether?

https://principia-scientific.org/does-gaedes-rope-hypothesis-of-light-align-with-a-standing-wave-aether/

With Hylas-4 in orbit, Avanti hopes to take lead in African HTS

http://spacenews.com/with-hylas-4-in-orbit-avanti-hopes-to-take-lead-in-african-hts/

Glasgow leads Britain's satellite space race

https://news.sky.com/story/glasgow-leads-britains-satellite-space-race-11343521

Environmental Group Plans Satellite to Track Greenhouse Gas Emissions

https://www.space.com/40326-environmental-defense-fund-methanesat.html

Backed by Bill Gates, EarthNow wants to show us every inch of our planet in real-time

https://www.zdnet.com/article/backed-by-bill-gates-earthnow-wants-to-show-us-every-inch-of-our-planet-in-real-time/

Psychological Ploys Of The Climate ‘Science’ Cult

https://principia-scientific.org/psychological-ploys-of-the-climate-science-cult/

This online tool shows how we, and our planet, are changing

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/earthtime-the-new-tool-to-watch-the-planet-change/

Breakthrough Engine That Uses Gas And Diesel


https://principia-scientific.org/breakthrough-engine-that-uses-gas-and-diesel/

Monday, April 23, 2018

Monkey-selfie lawsuit finally ends: Court affirms adorable macaque can’t sue

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/monkey-selfie-lawsuit-finally-ends-court-affirms-adorable-macaque-cant-sue/

Clear as mud: Desiccation cracks help reveal the shape of water on Mars

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-mud-desiccation-reveal-mars.html

If we weren’t the first industrial civilization on Earth, would we ever know?


https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610886/if-we-werent-the-first-industrial-civilization-on-earth-would-we-ever-know/

A Climate Question: Simple Numbers

https://principia-scientific.org/a-climate-question-simple-numbers/

Snowden’s Message on Facebook’s data leak scandal with Cambridge Analytica (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR3UIN94r70

Layered counter-drone approaches are essential for deployed U.S. forces

http://mil-embedded.com/articles/layered-u-s-forces/

Understanding The Earth’s Energy Budget


https://principia-scientific.org/understanding-the-earths-energy-budget/

Climate Change Means Greenland Is The Same Temperature Now As In 1880

https://principia-scientific.org/climate-change-means-greenland-is-the-same-temperature-now-as-in-1880/

The Ice-Free North Pole…60 Years Ago


https://principia-scientific.org/the-ice-free-north-pole60-years-ago/

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

https://gizmodo.com/why-neanderthals-had-faces-that-were-so-different-from-1824288723

5 core principles to keep AI ethical

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/keep-calm-and-make-ai-ethical/

Clouds Profoundly Effect Weather: So See What Difference A Year Makes!

https://principia-scientific.org/clouds-profoundly-effect-weather-so-see-what-difference-a-year-makes/

Clouds Profoundly Effect Weather: So See What Difference A Year Makes!

https://principia-scientific.org/clouds-profoundly-effect-weather-so-see-what-difference-a-year-makes/

Hidden Structure of Enigmatic Backwards Neural Connections Discovered

http://neurosciencenews.com/backwards-neural-connections-8818/

Mathematical Beauty Activates Same Brain Region as Great Art or Music

http://neurosciencenews.com/neurobiology-mathematical-beauty-756/

First Ever Neuroimaging Study of People in the Midst of Transcendental Meditation

http://neurosciencenews.com/neuroimaging-transcendental-meditiation-8823/

Hallucinogenic Deep Reinforcement Learning Using Python and Keras

https://medium.com/applied-data-science/how-to-build-your-own-world-model-using-python-and-keras-64fb388ba459

NASA’s Planet-Hunter TESS Has Just Been Launched to Check Out the Near Exoplanet Neighborhood

http://www.manyworlds.space/index.php/2018/04/18/nasas-planet-hunter-tess-has-just-been-launched-to-check-out-the-near-exoplanet-neighborhood/

Information Theory of Neural Networks Opening the Black Box …. Somewhat

https://hackernoon.com/information-theory-of-neural-networks-c96a0f0a8d9

Weather Intelligence for the Modern Warfighter

https://www.harris.com/perspectives/earth-observation/weather-intelligence-for-the-modern-warfighter

Atrazine: Chemical Used to Chemically Induce Homosexuality & Sexual Confusion (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmytXKe0OcM

Thirty Years Of NASA’s James Hansen Clown Show

https://principia-scientific.org/thirty-years-of-nasas-james-hansen-clown-show/

Machine-learning system processes sounds like humans do. Neuroscientists train a deep neural network to analyze speech and music

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419131106.htm

Climate Scientists Stuck In The Past

https://principia-scientific.org/climate-scientists-stuck-in-the-past/

Over half your body isn't human


https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/human-body-cells-microbiome/

NASA Planet Hunter on Its Way to Orbit

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-planet-hunter-on-its-way-to-orbit

F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of Cannabis-Based Drug for Epilepsy

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/health/epidiolex-fda-cannabis-marajuana.html

Tim Cook on merging macOS and iOS: “I don’t think that’s what users want”


https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/04/tim-cook-on-merging-macos-and-ios-i-dont-think-thats-what-users-want/

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Butt-Scratching Caterpillars, Whispering Whales, and Eight Other Sounds That Defined 2017

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2017-in-review/butt-scratching-caterpillars-whispering-whales-sounds-that-defined-2017

Does Surface Area Determine Temperature?

https://principia-scientific.org/does-surface-temperature-determine-temperature/

Top 10 Israeli advances against Alzheimer’s disease

https://www.israel21c.org/top-10-israeli-advances-against-alzheimers-disease/

Privacy outrage after Google users discover Chrome's built-in anti-virus tool is scanning private files on their computers without telling them

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5577055/Chromes-built-anti-virus-tool-scanning-private-files-computer.htm

US Gov Backs Dangerous New Genetic Manipulation Approach


https://principia-scientific.org/us-gov-backs-dangerous-new-genetic-manipulation-approach/

The Left’s War on Science - John Stossel (video)


https://greenjihad.com/2018/04/17/the-lefts-war-on-science/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8kEjSUr04

Monday, April 16, 2018

SCIENTISTS: NUKE ATTACK ON WASHINGTON DC WOULD KILL 280,000 WITHIN 48 HOURS. Researchers develop computer model of how chaos would unfold

https://www.infowars.com/scientists-nuke-attack-on-washington-dc-would-kill-280000-within-48-hours/

42% of global e-commerce is happening in China. Here's why

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/42-of-global-e-commerce-is-happening-in-china-heres-why/

China Is Nationalizing Its Tech Sector

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-12/china-is-nationalizing-its-tech-sector

A Chinese surveillance company may have just become the most valuable AI startup in the world

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-sensetime-surveillance-most-valuable-ai-startup-in-the-world-2018-4

SpaceX is about to launch a NASA telescope that could discover thousands of new alien planets

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/04/13/spacex-is-about-to-launch-a-nasa-telescope-that-could-discover-thousands-of-new-alien-planets/23410777/

Google Keeps a Record of Your ENTIRE Search History. Here’s How to Delete It in 4 Easy Steps

http://time.com/money/5221313/how-to-delete-your-google-search-history/

UK Satellite Makes HD Colour Movies Of Earth

https://principia-scientific.org/uk-satellite-makes-hd-colour-movies-of-earth/

Raise a glass with these leading climate scientists. They might change your mind

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article208837274.html

Israel wins second-largest number of cybersecurity deals globally


https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-nabs-second-largest-number-of-cybersecurity-deals-globally/

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Amazon Poised to Snag Massive Pentagon Contract; Industry Wants Trump to Intervene

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/09/amazon-poised-snag-massive-pentagon-contract-industry-wants-trump-intervene/

Were the Ancient Egyptians Black or White? Scientists Now Know


http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/were-the-ancient-egyptians-black-or-white-scientists-now-know

Amazon Poised to Snag Massive Pentagon Contract; Industry Wants Trump to Intervene

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/09/amazon-poised-snag-massive-pentagon-contract-industry-wants-trump-intervene/

Arctic Sea Ice Unchanged From 60 Years Ago


https://principia-scientific.org/arctic-sea-ice-unchanged-from-60-years-ago/

Russian Commandos Speed Around in Jeeps, Armed With Mines

http://warisboring.com/russian-commandos-speed-around-in-jeeps-armed-with-mines/

Climate Alarmists Maul Inconvenient Polar Bear Expert


https://principia-scientific.org/climate-alarmists-maul-inconvenient-polar-bear-expert/

The Great Barrier Reef is thriving, not dying! (video)

https://greenjihad.com/2018/04/11/the-great-barrier-reef-is-thriving-not-dying/

Parts Of Stonehenge Were In Place Long Before Humans, Archaeologists Find


https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/04/10/parts-of-stonehenge-were-in-place-long-before-humans-archaeologists-find/#60fd32874bad

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Four new 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets discovered

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-hot-jupiter-exoplanets.html

Using Google Apps for classroom education


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-google-apps-classroom-education-mikel-miller/

Walmart just filed six patents for robot bees – and it sounds like an episode straight out of Black Mirror

https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-04-10-walmart-just-filed-six-patents-for-robot-bees-and-it-sounds-like-an-episode-straight-out-of-black-mirror.html

One bad night’s sleep may increase levels of Alzheimer’s protein


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2165911-one-bad-nights-sleep-may-increase-levels-of-alzheimers-protein/

Walkasins maker raises $7.5 million to prevent falls

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/04/04/walkasins-maker-raises-7-5-million-to-prevent.html

ReWalk to conduct clinical trial on stroke patients


http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-rewalk-to-conduct-clinical-trial-on-stroke-patients-1001230417

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

EARLY LIFE HAD EVOLUTIONARY POWER TO SURVIVE RADICAL CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENT

https://www.astrobio.net/alien-life/early-life-evolutionary-power-survive-radical-changes-environment/

The Stunning Statistical Fraud Behind The Global Warming Scare

https://principia-scientific.org/the-stunning-statistical-fraud-behind-the-global-warming-scare/

Can CRISPR Feed the World? Biologists have a new tool to save oranges and other crops — if the public can stomach it.

http://discovermagazine.com/2018/apr/can-crispr-feed-the-world

The New History of Humanity Amid competing models of human evolution, a more complex story of our species emerges.

http://discovermagazine.com/2018/apr/our-new-past

Eleven Deaf Men Helped NASA Leave Earth

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/vintagespace/2018/03/17/eleven-deaf-men-helped-nasa-leave-earth/

'Beautiful' dinosaur tail found preserved in amber

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38224564

How Cheese, Wheat and Alcohol Shaped Human Evolution


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-cheese-wheat-and-alcohol-shaped-human-evolution-180968455/"

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Correction of "Yale's two climate bombs" by suspiciousobservers (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfqOsuEIVI

Another Icon Of Global Warming Drowns (video)

https://greenjihad.com/2018/03/29/another-icon-of-global-warming-drowns/

Smartphone-based system detects bacteria in food

https://newatlas.com/food-bacteria-detector/53112/

China Reaches Moon And Takes Incredible High-Definition Images

https://principia-scientific.org/china-reaches-moon-and-takes-incredible-high-definition-images/

Bill Gates thinks this is one of the greatest threats to humanity

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/09/bill-gates-thinks-this-is-one-of-the-biggest-threats-to-humanity

Long-Range Precision Fires

https://www.army.mil/standto/2018-01-17?dmd

Tesla Recalls Half the Cars it Ever Produced; Credit Rating Downgraded


http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/03/30/tesla-recalls-half-cars-ever-produced-credit-rating-downgraded/?