Big Problems, Breakthrough Thinking, Business, Globalism, Green Friendly, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Hot Issues

Google Recruits Scientists to Use New Media to Tackle Climate Skeptics

google-climate-program678

In an effort to help improve communication regarding global warming issues and to counter the rampant ‘noise’ made by fossil fuel industry-funded climate skepticism, Google’s philanthropy arm has launched a new program focused on bringing together scientists, communications experts, and the world of social media. Google has tapped 21 top climate researchers to be fellows on the project, and they plan on mapping out a way to get accurate, scientifically sound information on climate to the masses.

Continue reading… “Google Recruits Scientists to Use New Media to Tackle Climate Skeptics”

Breakthrough Thinking, Crazy Stuff, Entertainment, Health & Fitness, Human Behavior, Humor

Brilliant Board Game Idea: The Waxing Game

The Glaze Brothers have a great idea for a board game. The Waxing Game is quite straighforward. A Candy Land-like board is filled with body parts. Roll the die and move your piece forward. From whichever location you land on, you must have your body hair ripped off. What a pleasant way to spend a quiet evening!

Continue reading… “Brilliant Board Game Idea: The Waxing Game”

Analysis, Animals, Big Problems, Globalism, government, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Hot Issues, Latest News, New Discoveries

Naval Sonar Exercises Linked to Whale Strandings

whale beached 23456

Whales are affected by Naval Sonar Exercises.

Scientists have long been aware of a link between naval sonar exercises and unusual mass strandings of beaked whales. Evidence of such a link triggered a series of lawsuits in which environmental groups sued the U.S. Navy to limit sonar exercises to reduce risk to whales. In 2008, this conflict rose to the level of the US Supreme Court which had to balance potential threat to whales from sonar against the military risk posed by naval forces inadequately trained to use sonar to detect enemy submarines. The court ruled that the Navy could continue training, but that it was essential for the Navy to develop better methods to protect the whales.

Continue reading… “Naval Sonar Exercises Linked to Whale Strandings”

Big Problems, facebook, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Biggest Security Threats on Facebook

Facebook

Facebook is the new frontier for fraud.

Forget those phishing emails that attempt to get your credit card or bank sign-in information. When crooks want to know how to get into your bank account, they post a message on Facebook. These messages appear so innocuous and so appropriate in the Facebook setting that you are likely to not only get conned, but pass on the scam.

 

Continue reading… “Biggest Security Threats on Facebook”

Art, Photo Perspectives, Science & Technology News

Brilliant Forced Perspective Photography – Part 2

 Forced perspective 44

Forced perspective photography

You don’t always have to use Photoshop to create optical illusions in your photographs. With a technique called forced perspective you can create illusions that make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It just takes a little creativity with the placement of the subjects in the shot and the camera angle.

 

Continue reading… “Brilliant Forced Perspective Photography – Part 2”

Great New Product, Great Videos, Science & Technology News

Shock Wave Engine Could Make Hybrid Cars More Fuel Efficient

wavedisk

Wave rotor motor

Piston engines are big, heavy, dirty, complicated, and expensive pieces of machinery that have been around for a century. It’s about time for something better, and one option could be wave disk engines, which are small, light, clean, simple, and cheap pieces of machinery that aren’t around yet. But they’re close.

 

 

Continue reading… “Shock Wave Engine Could Make Hybrid Cars More Fuel Efficient”

Analysis, Economy, Globalism, Science & Technology News

Wealthiest Countries Are Also the Smartest Countries: Study

World richest country map

The smartest 5 percent, made a big contribution to the strength of their economies.

It’s not just how free the market is. Some economists are looking at another factor that determines how much a country’s economy flourishes: how smart its people are. For a study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, researchers analyzed test scores from 90 countries and found that the intelligence of the people, particularly the smartest 5 percent, made a big contribution to the strength of their economies.

 

Continue reading… “Wealthiest Countries Are Also the Smartest Countries: Study”