The possibility of solving two of the most pressing problems in developing countries at the same time – inadequate supplies of pure drinking water and inadequate waste disposal systems – may now be at hand. For the Omniprocessor – designed by Janicki Bioenergy and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – will soon be turning human waste in Dakar, Senegal into pure drinking water, electricity, and pathogen-free ash.
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The mysteries of Rapa Nui – or Easter Island – have puzzled explorers, tourists and scientists for centuries. When was it first settled? Where did the settlers come from? How did they carve and move the moai – the giant statues they carved from volcanic rock? What did these figures represent? And what became of these people and their culture – which had dwindled so dramatically by the time the Europeans came across this remote yet inhabited island? Over the years, theories have been vigorously asserted then replaced by the discovery and interpretation of new evidence.
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One of the most destructive dilemmas in warfare – be it military or medical – is the ‘collateral damage’ inadvertently inflicted on innocent bystanders. The ‘gold standard’ in both arenas is precision delivery of the ‘payload’ to the target.
In the West, the recommended way to battle terminal cancer has been invasive surgery and/or a toxic brew of chemicals that indiscriminately destroy healthy cells. But all that is about to change.
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It’s not from fracking. And it’s not registering on seismographs as earthquake activity. Yet, it rattled livestock, people and their homes over a wide swatch of central Oklahoma (Norman, Edmond, and Shawnee) last Thursday and Friday, January 8th and 9th. Through this is not the first time it’s happened, nobody knows what or why it is.