Human skin has been bio-engineered to include spider silk. Scientists in the Netherlands then fired a bullet at it. Turns out it’s bullet proof!
Don’t get too excited, it was only a .22 caliber bullet. But it shows promise, after all spider’s silk is the strongest thing in nature.
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The experiment is known as 2.6g 329m/s […] Continue Reading…
“If the U.S. or the EU are proudly focusing on internet freedom, while security and other ICT products made in the West are used to repress the same citizens we are trying to protect, this is clearly neither credible nor effective.”-Marietje Schaake, EU Member of Parliament from Netherlands
In Bahrain, where the […] Continue Reading…
Recently, the President of Germany criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for going along with the European Central Bank in bailing out Greece, and other countries in economic trouble.
“That is asking for trouble in the long run and can only be tolerated in the interim.” and “I consider the sizeable purchase of individual states’ bonds […] Continue Reading…
The Germany auto industry has seen skyrocketing sales this year, mainly in China and India. But a Center Automotive Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, study predicts dire sales in the near future.
CAR boss Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, says the growing debt problems of Europe, United States, and even Japan, will eventually drag down the […] Continue Reading…
The Daily Telegraph quoted Ministry of Defense officials, saying the SAS (Special Air Service) is on the ground and taking part in the battle for Tripoli.
Not only that, but the British officials admit they’ve had “boots on the ground” for several weeks. The British SAS dress like civilians and use the same weapons the […] Continue Reading…
“Some in the department, including lawyers, have privately expressed concerns about the program.”-Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) revealed that the New York Police Department is using spy tactics “that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government” and “does so with unprecedented help from the CIA […] Continue Reading…
For the third time in eight days British Bobbies have killed using a taser, and pepper spray.
August 23, Greater Manchester Police officers tasered to death a 53 year old truck driver. They say they were trying to stop him from killing himself!
August 22, a 25 year old amateur rugby player, died after he was […] Continue Reading…
Researchers from around the world have been looking for the source yeast used in Lager beers. They found it, in Argentina!
Germany has laid claim as the creator of lager beers, more than 600 years ago. But scientists realized that the yeast used, Saccharomyces Pastorianus, is not native to Bavaria.
Scientists combed five continents, and found […] Continue Reading…
Researchers from the University of New South Wales think they’ve figured out what causes people to overeat, to the point of obesity. It’s the same thing that causes anorexia: Executive Function Disorders.
EFD is a brain condition that prevents people from being able to organize their lives. The Australian scientists think that obese people, and […] Continue Reading…
“This is a simple, non-chemical, non-harmful way to reduce the threat of dengue to humans. It could have a transformative effect on the health of literally millions of people worldwide.”-Alun Lloyd
North Carolina State University researchers have discovered that common bacterias can stop the spread of Dengue fever. The research involved scientists […] Continue Reading…