A research team has taken the application of brain-machine interfaces one step further–and successfully managed to network the brains of groups of animals, into what they call a "brainet". So, what does this mean to you? Just this: if, in the future, you could join a hive mind, you’d be a lot smarter…but also–well–a lot less alone.
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The Supreme Court in Germany has recently ruled in favor for the release of the results of a study into UFOs that was conducted by the German government, that has, until now, been legally suppressed by policy makers.
The document in question, “UFOs, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and Germany’s implementation UN-Resolution A/33/426", was produced by Germany’s parliamentary “Scientifical Service,“ as commissioned by the Bundestag, Germany’s Parliament. While the document was available to a number of journalists, it was illegal to publish it’s contents to the public.
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Linda Moulton Howe, Reporter and Editor of Earthfiles.com, has a video news update about the unprecedented disappearance from late May to now of an entire colony of nesting birds from Seahorse Key on Florida’s Gulf coast 60 miles southwest of Gainesville.
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Despite the retreat of Arctic sea ice not being as pronounced so far this summer as it has been in previous years, a massive heat wave is forecast to move over the Arctic soon, threatening to hasten this season’s ice melt.
According to emerging threats expert and sea ice analyst Robertscribbler, a combination of the heat from this year’s building El Niño being carried further north by the circumpolar jetstream, and a high-pressure system building over Greenland, are forecast to provide higher than normal temperatures, threatening to increase the rate of sea ice melt in the north.
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