CIA lied over attack on plane-An internal investigation by the CIA has found that agency officials engaged in a over-up to hide negligence in the downing in Peru of a private aircraft suspected of carrying illegal narcotics.
Did Kenyan Ambassador Say Obama Born in Kenya?-radio hosts in Detroit interviewing Kenyan Ambassador asked him, will President Elect Obama's birthplace in Kenya become a national monument. Kenyan Ambassador responded: "It already is." WTF?
Foundations for the World Wide Grid The dream of using the internet to allow people to access as much computer processing and storage power as they need, when they need it, is a step closer thanks to European researchers.
GMO Danger | Patent on Life-The process of genetic engineering is becoming more sophisticated, with inventors of new plants, drugs and life-forms now attempting to patent their creations. If successful, these patents could lead to large, multinational corporations owning the majority of the world’s crops while contaminating all of the worlds plants and animals.
Foreskin for Clear Skin?-A new dermatological treatment pulls the cells from newborns' foreskins and injects them, Botox-style, into aging faces >WTF<
An Air-to-Ground Laser Gun- The first successful test of a plane-mounted laser gun came on August 7, when Boeing’s 18-ton chemical laser fired a beam from a C-130H aircraft and destroyed a three-by-three-foot target on the ground.
Nuclear Moon Bases-NASA, looking past the already daunting task of simply getting humans to the moon by 2020.
Robots That Hunt in Packs-The Department of Defense has put out a call: design a pack of robots. A so-called Multi-Robot Pursuit System would be used to "search for and detect a non-cooperative human subject."
Welcome To The Pterodrone- The latest technology in unmanned aircraft has its roots in the very distant past
US army robot suits tested-The US army is developing robotic suits for its soldiers with the aim of giving them 'superhuman' powers. Rajesh Mirchandani watches them in action.
WTC 7 CIA Field Office Records Exempt From Disclosure-The following is a Freedom of Information Act response from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding a request for records pertaining to a description of the functions of the CIA field office once located on the 25th floor of World Trade Center Building 7.
Chronicling the Surveillance Control Grid Scott Ritsema | According to Privacy International and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, we are among the nine most “endemic” surveillance societies.
UN condemns Israel for Gaza closure-The United Nations has criticised Israel’s closure of the Gaza crossings as a “direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law”.
