Tag: Sci Tech

American Mirror | A “Southern Momma” let her children — and the world — know exactly what she thinks about the corrupting influence social media can have on kids.

London Independent | The idea appears to have come from a report suggesting the mysterious planet was involved in wiping out life on Earth in the past — but there’s no reason to think that any apocalypse is at all imminent.

London Guardian | Move over, Google Glass: in Samsung’s sci-fi vision of the future, an internet-connected contact lens could overlay search results and discreetly take photos.

London Independent | Study finds switching off protein molecules – known as GSK-3 – could prolonge life.

CNS News | Only Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, and Utah are outside the potential range of both of these mosquitoes.

UK Mirror | The boar population, which has grown dramatically in the four years since the disaster, has been devastating the crops of farms in the area.

RT | NASA’s asteroid hunting spacecraft, NEOWISE, has made 72 new discoveries of near-Earth objects since it re-started its mission in December 2013.

Julie Fidler | Campbell acted within days of released report on BPA.

Information Liberation | The TSA reportedly spent 1.4 million dollars on a project to create an app which randomly signals the direction left or right.

Associated Press | The New York Democrat said the gun, being promoted online by a Minnesota company calling itself Ideal Conceal, “is just a disaster waiting to happen.”

Live Science | Tissue may help create better skin transplants for patients with severe burns or skin diseases.

AP | A government-sponsored committee is recommending standards that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas.

Marc Morano | No, it is not an April Fools Day joke, snowflakes actually fell in the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe.

Christina Sarich | Citizens’ petitions caused the change.

Christina Sarich | Complying with Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling.