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Bring on the Blasphemy
So there you have it. Today, those numskulls in the Dail have passed the blasphemy amendments to the defamation bill without debate. Funny how there was no public consultation on this. Where did this come from? Is there more to this? At first look it seems that this is yet an another example of an... »
Pictures from Space, pictures of Space
Here’s a selection of astronomical images which have caught my eye for various reasons in the past few months. Click on a pic to get the full effect. We normally only see Saturn from the “sun-side”, but the Cassini probe recently took this sublime image from the far side of Saturn looking back towards the sun. And... »
Mapping the neanderthal genome….
An interesting article over at New York Times merits mention. Namely, the article explains the scientific discoveries leading to the drafting of the neanderthal genome. Also clarified in the article are the unresolved hot topics in genomics. For example, attention is drawn to the debate as to whether Neanderthels became extinct or were interbred... »
How much is a Trillion?
1 Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000 Well obviously a trillion is a one with twelve zeros after it. But how much is it in understandable terms? Few of us can grasp the meaning of a trillion – most of us don’t realise exactly how huge it really is. It is obviously also a million million, or a thousand... »
Remote Thought Control, Humanity Evolving In An Electronic Dish, Babies Being Born Without Brains, and other stories from the cutting edge…………
The Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) is a European Union sponsored initiative aimed at financing research relevant to improving the future of humanity. Prior to submitting a proposal to FP7 a researcher is required to read several guides contained within an information package. Browsing through the guides I happened upon the programme’s ethical standpoint... »
Money as Debt
As requested by Nano Manannan. Money as Debt is an animated look at the way money is created in modern societies by its financial institutions. It was made by Canadian artist Paul Grignon as an expose of how frighteningly easy it is for banks to “create” money, not to mention how ignorant we all are... »
The Crisis of Credit Visualized
A nice piece here explaining how the current credit crises / crunch / pinch / wallop and economic downturn / disaster / meltdown / chaos occurred (sort of) The first in a new series of explanation videos entitled How? (@Cygnus: can you please introduce Money As Debt for the next instalment) »
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