Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Historical Perspectives, New Discoveries

British Artist Creates Stunning ‘Inksplosions’

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This one is entitled Micromacrocosm

These incredible ‘inksploding’ liquid artworks are the brainchild of a British artist who blends her work with cutting-edge science. The images, which have been compared to visions of alien worlds, have been produced by Pery Burge.
She has devoted many hours to perfecting her technique, since she began exploring ink in water forms in 2006, having abandoned painting because she developed repetitive strain injury from traditional brushwork.

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Science & Technology News, Space

Space Adventures to Offer Commercial Spaceflight Opportunities to the ISS with Three Seats Available in 2013

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Space Adventures became world-renowned 10 years ago with the launch of Dennis Tito, the world’s first privately-funded space explorer.

Space Adventures, the only company that has provided human space mission opportunities to the world marketplace, announced today the conclusion of an agreement with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) and Rocket Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to commercially offer three seats on the Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station (ISS), beginning in 2013.

 

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Business, Globalism, Latest Trend

Western Nations Matching China’s Financial Strategy to Win Contracts

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Western nations matching China’s low-cost financing – below-market interest rates.

When General Electric approached the U.S. Export-Import Bank in 2009 wanting to sell 150 locomotives for $477 million to Pakistan, there was a sense of futility. GE had already lost an earlier bid to a Chinese firm. Why would Pakistan buy American-made locomotives this time?

 

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Business, Internet, Science & Technology News, top 10

Top 10 Most Influential CEO’s Under 30 in 2010

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Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook

The nominations and votes are in from the Under30CEO audience and below we have put together the 30 most influential Under30CEO’s from 2010. Influence was asked to be judged on how much the person’s ventures were impacting the world and the way we live everyday. This entire group is tremendous and together their ventures are valued near $100billion and reach millions if not billions of people across the world.  While most of these companies are private, we’ve done our best to find as much financial information available about their companies.

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Big Problems, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

High Blood Pressure in Kids Linked to Secondhand Smoke

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Secondhand smoke linked to high blood pressure in kids.

Young kids who live with a parent who smokes face an increased risk for developing high blood pressure while still children, a new study has found. Warning that children with high blood pressure often become adults with the same problem, the researchers suggested that secondhand smoke poses a substantial and long-term risk to the cardiovascular welfare of young children.

 

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Big Problems, Birth, Crazy Stuff, Current Events, Health & Fitness, Human Behavior, Latest News

Alien Looking Baby Scares Mother in India

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A face not even a mother could love?

A mother delivered an abnormal baby yesterday at Dr Hiren Thumer’s hospital in Gondal in Gujarat. Sonal Waghela who delivered the baby fell unconscious when she saw its face for the first time. She is not willing to look at its face, as it is deformed and looks like a baby from a different planet…

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Analysis, Animals, Culture, Food, Globalism, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives

Is Eating Insects the Answer to Reducing our Food Footprint?

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Flickr user avlxyz tries an insect at Chiang Mai bazaar

Hungry for a grasshopper taco? Well, probably not. But the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) thinks it is time for an end to the “Eewww!” response to the thought of eating insects. The FAO reports that there are more than1000 edible insect species. Insects can provide protein in the diet at a much lower environmental cost than traditional livestock, such as cows, pigs, or sheep.

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Current Events, Globalism, Historical Perspectives, Latest News, New Discoveries

Earliest Winery Yet Found in Armenia

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Winemaking from way back!

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the world’s oldest winemaking facility. The winery was found in an Armenian cave near the village of Areni -the same cave where the oldest shoe ever was found last year. Carbon dating shows that the winery dates back 6,100 years!

In September 2010 archaeologists completed excavations of a large, 2-foot-deep (60-centimeter-deep) vat buried next to a shallow, 3.5-foot-long (1-meter-long) basin made of hard-packed clay with elevated edges…

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Analysis, Corporate Manipulation, Crazy Stuff, Current Events, Historical Perspectives, Hot Issues, Latest News, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference

WikiLeaks to U.S. Politicians & Media: “Stop Inciting Assange’s Murder”

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Who is terrorizing who here?

The WikiLeaks Twitter account has just posted a press release calling for American politicians and media personalities to stop advocating the assassination of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Along with this release comes a handy website, PeopleOKWithMurderingAssange dot com, that gives startling quotations along with the name of the speaker. Each quotation is followed by a link showing the greater context of the often violent and disturbing words.

The site shows a new name and quotation every time you refresh the page; so far, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and many others, including government and military figures, radio hosts, newspaper columnists and TV news reporters, are featured on the site…

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Analysis, Big Problems, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Watching More Than Four Hours of TV a Day Damages Your Heart Even If You Are Fit

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The chance of heart disease and premature death from any cause soars for those spending more than four hours a day watching TV.

Watching too much television or playing computer games damages your heart regardless of how much exercise you do, scientists have warned. The risk of heart disease and premature death from any cause doubled for those spending more than fours hours a day glued to a screen, it was claimed.

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