By Patricia Burke In 2013, coinciding with the theatrical release of a new Superman film, Kyle Hill penned an article in Scientific American, “10 Sciencey Stats on the Man of Steel.” [1] For his geek readers, he noted that: Superman is basically a solar panel…
By John Vibes According to a new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, too much screen time for young children could be linked to slower brain development. The study’s lead author Dr. John Hutton, a pediatrician and clinical researcher at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, says…
By Patricia Burke Whistling Jugs: Pitchers vs. Whistles vs. Energy Healers A few years back, a “discovery” was made about ancient Peruvian pottery vessels. They were thought to be water vessels, until someone blew into one, and it was discovered that the water vessels were…
By John Vibes The damaging effect that excessive cellphone use can have on the human mind and body is a topic that has been discussed at length. However, the spinal problems that can come from the typical phone-reading posture is rarely a part of the…
By Derrick Broze Derrick Broze breaks down recent reports on the safety of 5G, including a post from Scientific American. Sources: We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/ Sleeper Cells North Bay activists warn of serious health impacts associated with 5G devices…
Coal ash is the less notorious byproduct of coal-fired power plants. It’s the residual solid waste that comes from burning coal. While it doesn’t have the same deleterious reputation of its airborne counterparts, tens of millions of tons of ash does end up in landfills…
By GreenMedInfo Sayer Ji, Zach Vorhies (Google insider and whistleblower), and Maryam Heinen, sit down for an in-depth discussion on the censorship of natural health and wellness content by Google. Learn more about the censorship problem by reading GreenMedInfo’s Founder’s Statement: Regarding Censorship Efforts to De-Platform…
By Martin Vasilev, Bournemouth University Modern life is full of distractions – and some of them can have a negative effect on our ability to concentrate when studying. The problem is that many people tend to underestimate how much they are distracted by what’s going…
By Julian Rose Why is it that the two words ‘Zero Carbon’ send a cool shiver down my spine? Is it the ‘zero’ or is it the ‘carbon’? Or is it particularly the combination of the two? I wasn’t sure, until I looked-up ‘zero carbon’ within…
By Barry Brownstein In a 2016 essay, “I Used to Be a Human Being,” Andrew Sullivan explored his debilitating digital addiction. The subtitle of Sullivan’s essay grabs our attention: An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It…
By Jake Anderson People generally balk at the idea of scientists experimenting with and manipulating certain pillars of physical reality, whether that be through gene splicing, artificial intelligence, or nuclear fusion. But in the last couple of decades, a new twist on this modern Island…
By Mayukh Saha For a millennium, people have been trying to change oceanic water into potable water. But, it has never been really affordable or technologically efficient. Yet, Kenya has designed a facility specifically for that with GivePower, a nonprofit organization, heavily involved. This system…
By Monideepa Tarafdar, Lancaster University; Christian Maier, University of Bamberg, and Sven Laumer, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU) If you ever find yourself looking forward to a holiday because you’ll be able to switch off your smartphone then perhaps you’re suffering from social media “technostress”. The…
By Mayukh Saha We’ve come a long way since we first started using hydrogen fuel cells to power cars. It was only about thirty years ago that they could be made small enough to be placed inside a car. Over time, they’ve become slightly more…
We tend to take our skin’s protective function for granted, ignoring its other roles in signaling subtleties like a fluttering heart or a flush of embarrassment. Now, Stanford engineers have developed a way to detect physiological signals emanating from the skin with sensors that stick…
By John Vibes Indoor plumbing and clean drinking water are not luxuries that are available to a large portion of the world’s population, but luckily, technology is beginning to fill in that gap. One incredible example is a device being developed by a non-profit organization…
By Mayukh Saha Ireland has given us the latest Google Science Fair winner in the age group of 13 through 18. Fionn Ferrier won the prestigious global annual science competition with his project which can remove microplastics from water. Ferrier won a $50,000 bursary at…
By Patricia Burke Many groups are promoting the use of Virtual Reality as a treatment strategy for pain patients. For example, VR is promoted as an alternative to opiates, “because it’s very powerful with no side effects.” According to Uploadvr.com, More than 11 percent of…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Our colleague, Alexandra Bruce, publisher at Forbidden Knowledge TV has done it again! Alexandra produced an informative narration, which explains in minor detail Musk’s unimaginable chutzpah to sacrifice the human brain to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Are you ready to be chipped…
By Julian Rose The director of development at Ericcson, Marcin Sugak, is excited. He has a new toy to sell to agribusiness farmers. This particular toy, he claims, is going to ‘overcome’ all the difficult new challenges facing agriculture today. It will be ‘A revolution’,…
