Archive for April, 2012
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AN ALIEN RESISTANCE?
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Another Triangle UFO Spotted Over Tennessee (Video)
Gather.com A new UFO sighting was filmed in the night skies over an unidentified city in Tennessee showing the now familiar triangle shape. This time, it seems there may be an explanation for this strange object. What is it? The video, with no commentary on the … |
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Assange Episode 3: Torture & double standards of the West
RT Some say, the final straw that triggered the revolution was WikiLeaks' release of diplomatic cables describing the President and his family as a mafia turning the country into a police state. The current Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki is a former … |
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Section of DNA. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/84user)
Scientists recently used data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) HARPS spectrograph in Chile to estimate the presence of tens of billions of planets in the Milky Way galaxy that are likely capable of sustaining life, dramatically increasing the odds of finding life beyond Earth. And a new discovery by scientists may further improve those odds.
As the Daily Mail explains, life as we know it is made up of DNA and RNA, “molecules which can store and transmit genetic information.” But a team of researchers from the University of Cambridge has successfully manufactured synthetic XNAs (xeno-nucleic acids), confirming that at least six other types of molecules can support life.
Researchers theorize that XNA could produce lifeforms as complex as Earth life. The Daily Mail reports, “The new discovery means that it is not necessary for DNA to be present on another planet for there to be a chance of life.”
Much of the search for extraterrestrial life has been based on our understanding of life on Earth. A pair of Princeton scientists recently authored paper that, among other things, points out the flaw in this logic. Edwin Turner, astrophysical sciences professor and one of the paper’s authors, explained to New Jersey newspaper the Times of Trenton, “Our paper really just calls into question one of the few pieces of evidence we use for life elsewhere. The fact that life developed on Earth quickly has encouraged people to think that the probability of it happening elsewhere is quite high.” By using assumptions based on Earth life, this research team found little evidence that life exists outside of Earth.
But with the potentially billions of Earth-like planets in the galaxy, many scientists are optimistic about the odds of finding extraterrestrial life based on the notion of life as we know it. And as more discoveries are made that expand this notion, like XNA, the odds will continue to improve.
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Publisher's Note: Ever since movies like Jurassic Park and its sequels, King Kong, Land of the Lost and Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend have been shown on the big screen we have the ability to visualize what this terrible creatures looked like.
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Did You Spot a UFO in Oconee County Last Week?
Patch.com A poster on UFO Stalker describes having seen a "bright multi colored pulsating light" on Ga. Highway 53 on April 24. On April 24, an individual reported seeing a white glowing object (perhaps similar to the one depicted in this 2004 photo?) … |
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Meteor crash in Calif. excites Gold Rush-style hunters
USA TODAY "We want to learn about this asteroid," Peter Jenniskens, an astronomer and senior research scientist at the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and the NASA Lunar Science Institute tells the Times. |
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The National Security Agency is watching you
Athens NEWS Tor also serves as the main way that the controversial WikiLeaks website protects those who release documents to it. Appelbaum has volunteered for WikiLeaks, leading to intense US government surveillance. Appelbaum spoke in place of Julian Assange, … |
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BYM Sailing & Sports News
BYM News (press release) It must be bizarre but exhilarating, if only for a brief moment before we're gone again, like a mysterious UFO just passing through. Looking back on the six prior legs of this race, I wonder if the countless mariners we randomly intersect, … |









