A boy has stunned medics with his ability to see in pitch black with eyes that glow in the dark. Doctors have studied Nong Youhui’s amazing eyesight since his dad took him to hospital in Dahua, southern China, concerned over his bright blue eyes. Dad Ling said: “They told me he would grow out of it and that his eyes would stop glowing and turn black like most Chinese people but they never did.” Medical tests conducted in complete darkness show Youhui can read perfectly without any light and sees as clearly as most people do during the day. Could…
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By Frank Jordans Yahoo News New gene assembly technology that offers great benefits for scientific research could also be used by terrorists to create biological weapons, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Wednesday. The threat from bioweapons has drawn little attention in recent years, as governments focused more on the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation to countries such as Iran and North Korea.
By Matt Bradford Games-Radar EA, Nintendo, and Sony Electronics have erased their names from an ever-shrinking list of supporters for the US’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
By Michael O’Connell Federal News Radio The Library of Congress and Twitter have signed an agreement that will see an archive of every public Tweet ever sent handed over to the library’s repository of historical documents.
By The Tap Blog Was the operation deliberately betrayed, to stop Montgomery ending the war in 1944? Here’s the evidence that it was.
(Geoffrey Ingersoll) We’ve covered some bizarre toys before, but this one is priceless … literally.
A Thousand Suns tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region.
By Casey Schwartz The Daily Beast Late Thursday night, front and center on The New York Times website, came surprising—and uncomfortable—news. “New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many,” the headline said.
By Ralph Lopez Daily-Kos From the press release: Moving quickly on Christmas Day after the US Senate voted 86 – 14 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) which allows for the indefinite military detention of American citizens without charge or trial, Montanans have announced the launch of recall campaigns against Senators Max Baucus and Jonathan Tester, who voted for the bill.
By: Mark Rockwell GSN Magazine Researchers working for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have found a new way to treat lethal doses of radiation with antibiotics and a natural protein.
Sourced by OzHouse.org aclu.org Could the government outlaw lying? Not just lying that causes injury — lying that defames, for example, or defrauds — but could the government outlaw lying more generally?
By Francis J. Ward & Francis P. Ward “The Western Ocean . . . . where the gods are born. . . ” — Homer, The Iliad[1]
Judicial Watch Middle Eastern terrorists have infiltrated Latin American countries—especially Mexico—to plan an attack against the United States, according to an alarming exposé broadcast this week by the world’s largest Spanish news network.
By Molly Wood CNET News Just 24 short hours later, Anonymous legions nuked that goodwill and took cyber security into thermonuclear territory. The real question now is: were they played?