Science & Technology – Week of 10.28.12


Alex Daley: The Greatest Growth Sector in the World

YouTube | 27 September 2012

The Earth’s Magnetic Field Impacts Climate: Danish Study
AFP | 12 January 2009
The earth’s climate has been significantly affected by the planet’s magnetic field

Scientific Illiteracy: Why The Italian Earthquake Verdict is Even Worse Than it Seems
Time | 24 October 2012
Yesterday was a very good day for stupid — better than any it’s had in a while.

Remote U.S. Base At Core of Secret Operations
Washington Post | 25 October 2012
Around the clock, about 16 times a day, drones take off or land at a U.S. military base here, the combat hub for the Obama administration’s counterterrorism wars in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.


Now Drones Take to the Seas as U.S. Navy Launches Unmanned Combat Boats Firing Missiles for First Time

Daily Mail | 27 October 2012
As you might have gathered by now, I have been more than a bit skeptical in my evaluations of the “promise” held out by the new transhumanist technologies: nano-technology, genetic engineering, robotics, implants, and so on.

Cancer Victim Gets New Prosthetic Ear Grown From Her Own Tissue
Giza Death Star | 27 October 2012
As you might have gathered by now, I have been more than a bit skeptical in my evaluations of the “promise” held out by the new transhumanist technologies: nano-technology, genetic engineering, robotics, implants, and so on.