911 Finding the Truth Andrew Johnson KFM 06 Sep 2012 Part 1 & 2

911 Finding the Truth Andrew Johnson KFM 06 Sep 2012 Part 2

Dr. Steven Jones - Nano Thermite [ 9/11 Truth Movement ]

Hmmm... "The Plane is 50 miles out..." Doesn't that imply that they knew where the plane was, where it was going and why something should be done about it? I mean, obviously the report is not that the plane is 50 miles from the airport. Nor is it about an aircraft that does not need to be watched. It is about "THE PLANE", not "A PLANE"  which Cheney acknowledges by assuring that the order still stands despite the fact that the plane is now near its target.  Cheney acknowledges that he is aware of "the plane" he doesn't ask any questions about it,  meaning it's a plane that he expected.

If Our Founding Fathers Were All Christians, Why Did They Say This?

Nobody can deny the fact that Christianity has played a huge role in our history. From the first Thanksgiving to the ideas of Jesus Christ that are embroidered in our culture today, Christianity and the Bible is responsible a big part of our heritage.

However, many conservatives will take this fact way out of context. They'll think that you have to be a Christian to be patriotic, which is simply not true. Following the more secular teachings of Jesus Christ (being charitable, loving one another, treating strangers with kindness) is what the men who founded this country were for.

I don't want to waste my time listing all these obscurant far-right arguments, so instead I'll list the facts straight from our forefathers.  READ MORE

Study: Scientific research fraud on the rise

Fraud in scientific research, while still rare, is growing at a troubling pace, a new study finds. A review of retractions in medical and biological peer-reviewed journals finds the percentage of studies withdrawn because of fraud or suspected fraud has jumped substantially since the mid-1970s. 

In 1976, there were fewer than 10 fraud retractions for every 1 million studies published, compared with 96 retractions per million in 2007. The study authors aren't quite sure why this is happening. But they and outside experts point to pressure to hit it big in science, both for funding and attention, and to what seems to be a subtle increase in deception in overall society that science may simply be mirroring. 

Fraud in life sciences research is still minuscule and committed by only a few dozen scientific scofflaws. However, it causes big problems, said Arturo Casadevall, a professor of microbiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. 

Casadevall is the lead author of the study which looked at the reasons for 2,047 retractions among many millions of studies published in journals and kept in a government database. Fraud was the No. 1 cause of retractions, accounting for 43 percent of them. 

When fraud was combined with other areas of misconduct, such as plagiarism, it explained about 2 out of 3 retractions, the study found. "Very few people are doing it, but when they do it, they are doing it in areas that are very important," Casadevall said. "And when these things come out, society loses faith in science."

Note: For deeply revealing reports from reliable major media sources on corruption in science, click here.

Discovery Channel Crashes a Passenger Jet… for Science!

By Jason Robey
Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:28 PM ET 

 

This past weekend, Discovery Channel orchestrated the crash of a Boeing 727 passenger jet in a remote and uninhabited Mexican desert as part of a scientific experiment for an unprecedented international television documentary for Discovery Channel, Channel 4 in the UK and Pro Sieben in Germany.

The pilot evacuated the 170-seat aircraft (via parachute) just minutes before the collision after setting it on a crash course. It was then flown remotely from a chase plane. The crash went according to plan and there were no injuries or damage to property.

The plane was packed with scientific experiments, including crash test dummies in lieu of passengers. Dozens of cameras recorded the crash from inside the aircraft, on the ground, in chase planes and even on the ejecting pilot’s helmet.

An international team of experts will use the data to study the crash-worthiness of the aircraft’s airframe and cabin, as well as the impact of crashes on the human body, with the goal of finding new ways to help increase passenger survivability. The experiment will also help them evaluate new “black box” crash-recording technology.

PHOTOS: See more pictures of Discovery Channel’s Boeing 727 plane crash.

The plane was crashed in a remote and unpopulated part of the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, Mexico. The location was chosen after an extensive international search to find a suitable location offering the perfect conditions for this groundbreaking scientific project. READ MORE
 

Rush Limbaugh And Birth Control: Anti-Science On The Airwaves (VIDEO)

CARA SANTA MARIA: Hi everybody. I'm Cara Santa Maria. As you all know, Rush Limbaugh made some comments this past week that raised more than a few eyebrows. In addition to being anti-woman, what he said is fundamentally anti-science:
RUSH LIMBAUGH: What does it say about the college co-ed "Susan" Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? Makes her a prostitute.   READ MORE

NASA Kepler mission finds 26 new planets in 11 new solar systems

This handout illustration provided by San Diego State
University, shows a newly discovered planet, called
Kepler 35, that circles not one but two stars.

The announcement brings the number of confirmed planets to 729, with another 2,300 possibilities

By Roque Planas / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:35 AM
Updated: Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:35 AM

The known universe just got a little bigger.

Scientists at NASA's planet-hunting Kepler mission announced the discovery of 26 planets in 11 differet solar systems on Thursday, Reuters reports.

The announcement brings the number of confirmed planets to 729, with another 2,300 possible planets floating around out there.

PHOTOS: AMAZING OUTER SPACE DISCOVERIES

"This tells us that our galaxy is positively loaded with planets of all sizes and orbits," Doug Hudgins of the Kepler program said, according to CNN.  READ MORE

Evidence: There's No Biological Reason for Gender Gap in Math and Science

You've probably heard this story many times before: there's some kind of glass ceiling in the world of science and math that hinders women's ability to progress. The latest data confirms that something is going wrong.
The United States ranks 31st on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index and is tied for 21st on Social Watch's Gender Equity Index. Still, the test scores of U.S. high school girls have reached parity with those of boys, and half the undergraduate math degrees awarded in this country go to women.    Read more

Signs of Intelligent Life in the Murdoch Universe

Los Angeles Smog.
(Photo: Robert S. Donovan / Flickr)
Saturday 24 December 2011
by: Dr. Brian Moench, Truthout | Op-Ed

No one accuses The Wall Street Journal,
icon of the business world, of devoting
excessive column space to protection of
the environment or public health. On the
contrary, the WSJ has been an enthusiastic
part of the artillery in the conservatives'
war on science and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), which they
consider the epitome of evil, "job-killing
government regulation." So, I was startled
to read this subheading of a major article
in the WSJ on November 8. "Scientists Increasingly Link Vehicle Exhaust With
Brain-Cell Damage, Higher Rates of Autism."
Curiosity got the best of me, so I continued to read...   READ MORE