Calling Mr. Webster: We need a new definition for the verb “to see.” Recently, NPR’s podcast Invisibilia explored how Daniel Kish, a blind man, uses echolocation to create mental pictures of the world around him. Kish and his skills are not only very impressive, they also remind us that our understanding of what it means to “see” is […]
Archive for January, 2015
Brain Scans Reveal What Blind People Actually See When They Look the Same Thing We Do
The Most Infuriating Statistic About Islamophobia in America Has Nothing Do With Islam
Islamophobia in America is particularly infuriatingly in the way it so often manifests itself as blanket hatred against anyone who appears to be of Middle Eastern descent. As a result, this religious intolerance is also a form of racism. For Americans fearful of difference, it doesn’t matter if the people they target are Muslim or not […]
Here Is Your Glorious Hour-By-Hour Guide to Netflix on Valentine’s Day
Hate it or love it, Valentine’s Day is a huge holiday, prompting the exchange of around 151 million cards in the U.S. alone, not to mention a ll the roses and chocolates. But despite the assault of all things romantic waged each February, plenty of people are single (or spending V-Day apart from long-distance significant others). So it […]
Watch the First Trailer for the Fifth Season of ‘Games of Thrones’
The dragons are back. Game of Thrones fans got their first peek at the new season of the raunchy HBO drama. Although not officially released by the cable network (just yet?), a smart-thinking IMAX viewer recorded the tease prior to a screening of last season’s shows. Source: YouTube It starts off shortly after the death of […]
Stunning Photos of Curvy Women Prove Athleticism Comes in Every Size
Plus-size models may finally be getting the widespread attention they deserve: Tess Munster became the first model of her size and height to be signed to a major modeling agency. Now ALDA, an innovative collective of plus-size models, is also infiltrating the mainstream with a curvier aesthetic. This collective is not content to challenge conventional standards just by […]
Obama’s Public Private Partnership For Precision Medicine & Genetic BioBank
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | The US Independent January 30, 2015 The Obama administration revealed their focus on “precision medicine” in order to address a broader range of diseases. This initiative requires the created of a “1 million-plus patient repository of genetic information spanning many diseases, giving researchers valuable insights […]
’1000 mile swath of the U.S. may be destroyed within 2 weeks from an extinction level event’, says park geologist
By Shepard Ambellas WYOMING (INTELLIHUB) — As of January 29, 2015, Hank Hessler, a park geologist stationed at Yellowstone National Park since 2002, publicly announced and put only a 2 week time-frame for the supervolcano located under the park to erupt. Although no one knows for sure if Hessler’s prediction will come […]
The dark nexus of mind control and artificial intelligence
In researching the MK ULTRA programs and their various offshoots, I came across an interesting connection to the coming SmartGrid. Under Dr. Ewan Cameron, a prison tracking device known as the Schwitzgebel Machine was utilized to monitor inmates locations, heart rate and other personal details that were reciprocally transmitted to the good doctors. What comes to […]
Companies now chipping employees with subdermal implants, the ‘mark of the beast’ has arrived
By Shepard Ambellas STOCKHOLM, Sweden (INTELLIHUB) — A new and advanced office building in the heart of the city has been wired to accommodate businesses who feel they need to chip their employees with subdermal implants in order for them to be tracked and fully interact with their work environments. From accessing […]
The death of the American dream in 22 numbers
By Michael Snyder | End of the American Dream We are the generation that gets to witness the end of the American Dream. The numbers that you are about to see tell a story. They tell a story of a once mighty economy that is dying. For decades, the rest of the […]
Use cash; it only takes 4 credit card transactions to track a person through their habits
By Lexi Morgan (INTELLIHUB) — In today’s world it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day bustle and convenience of modern-day technologies. However, have you ever stopped to think that every time you make a purchase with plastic you are leaving a trail for someone to follow? Whether it’s Big Brother, […]
An Indisputable Database For Chemtrail Deniers
by Catherine J. Frompovich The Washington Post article of January 22, 2015 titled“How a group of conspiracy theorists could derail the debate over climate policy” prompted this response to what either the Post’s editors or article author apparently overlooked or did not choose to do, in my journalistic opinion—publish facts! Over the years, The Washington Post acquired numerous awards […]
Can LSD Make You A Billionaire?
If one part of success in Silicon Valley is dependent on your ability to stay up all night and code, the other part depends on your ability to think outside the box. Some in the Valley are trying to force creativity by taking LSD. Source: Image Credit CNN Source Article from http://truththeory.com/2015/01/30/can-lsd-make-you-a-billionaire/ Views: […]
Backlash Grows Against Bibi’s Congressional Speech
Image: Dermer and Boehner: masterminds of Bibi’s Congressional speech debacle (Image courtesy Tikun Olam) Reports over the past two days have confirmed a rising tide of anger against the ploy organized by Israel’s ambassador Ron Dermer and House Speaker John Boehner to arrange for an address by Bibi Netanyahu to Congress. by RICHARD SILVERSTEIN […]
Compact wool measurement tool may find home on the range
Can a field-friendly, reasonably priced fiber measurement tool compare favorably with the high-dollar commercial unit that’s set the industry standard for wool fineness measurement since 2000? A team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists at San Angelo is evaluating the new FibreLux and comparing its results with that of the OFDA2000, which has been used […]
Researchers develop new instrument to monitor atmospheric mercury
Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science developed and tested a new sensor to detect ambient levels of mercury in the atmosphere. Funded through a National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant, the new highly sensitive, laser-based instrument provides scientists with a method to more accurately measure global […]
Arsenic stubbornly taints many US wells, say new reports
Naturally occurring arsenic in private wells threatens people in many U.S. states and parts of Canada, according to a package of a dozen scientific papers to be published next week. The studies, focused mainly on New England but applicable elsewhere, say private wells present continuing risks due to almost nonexistent regulation in most states, homeowner […]
Ancient deformation of the lithosphere revealed in Eastern China
Seismic investigations from the Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt in eastern China suggest that this region was affected by extreme mantle perturbation and crust-mantle interaction during the Mesozoic era. The Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt formed through the collision between the North and South China blocks, which produced large-scale destruction of the cratonic lithosphere, accompanied by widespread magmatism and […]
Planck: Gravitational waves remain elusive
Despite earlier reports of a possible detection, a joint analysis of data from ESA’s Planck satellite and the ground-based BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments has found no conclusive evidence of primordial gravitational waves. The Universe began about 13.8 billion years ago and evolved from an extremely hot, dense and uniform state to the rich and […]
What Bill Gates Just Said Will Make Your Skin Crawl! Are You Ready For The NWO?
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the wealthiest man in the world – and has a distinctive understanding of how global issues such as poverty , climate change or famines must be battled in the future. In an meeting with the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” Gates criticized that especially with regard to climate change, “a kind of global […]