A seeming UFO was captured by numerous sources moving slowly over the Olympic venue during the opening night fireworks display. Close analysis of the video shows that the object was functioning like a lighter than air craft, not like something that doesn’t need lift. Therefore your Out There editor comes down in favor of the idea that it was a blimp. No markings on it, though, I’ll give you that.
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If we can’t walk it away, what will we do? Some 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, and the numbers are expected to swell as the baby boom generation ages. Some very important drug trials are going on right now: people who are genetically guaranteed to develop the disease–but who do not yet have any symptoms–will be given a drug that could stop it.
When the commonly-used skin cancer drug Bexarotene was first tested on mice, it appeared to quickly reverse the pathological, cognitive and memory deficits caused by the onset of Alzheimer’s.
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Sometimes dogs seem to be sent from heaven to be our friends, but is their empathy with us all in OUR minds?
Dogs and man have evolved together for the past 15,000 years. Researcher Deborah Custance wanted find out how much they can really read our emotions, so she studied the response of nearby dogs when someone near them began to cry or hum. When dogs sense human distress, we know that they often do things like whine, nuzzle or lick the person, fetch toys for them or lay their heads in their laps. But these actions don’t necessarily indicate empathy–they could merely indicate confusion or curiosity on the dog’s part.
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Our bodies may be modern, but our BRAINS are still prehistoric–at least according to one researcher, who says that our minds, bodies, businesses, governments, and social institutions are no longer capable of coping with the rapid rate of change in technology.
William Davidow, formerly head of the microprocessor division at Intel, says we must first recognize the problem and then resolve to take measures to mitigate its effects–above all by strictly limiting our dependence on virtual reality in all its forms.
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