Army Green Beret slams Gwyneth Paltrow in scathing essay | Fox News

Army Green Beret slams Gwyneth Paltrow in scathing essay | Fox News: "A US Army Green Beret has hit out at Gwyneth Paltrow in a scathing essay after the actress compared enduring Internet haters to the ravages of war reports The New York Post.

Sergeant First Class Bryan Sikes, who suffered a broken neck and back in a 2008 IED explosion in Afghanistan, was infuriated by the actress’ idiotic comment comparing negative online comments to being at war during a tech conference this week."



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The 'Miracle' Berry That Could Replace Sugar - David Cox - The Atlantic

The 'Miracle' Berry That Could Replace Sugar - David Cox - The Atlantic: "Of all our senses, taste is the one that people associate most strongly with expectations of pleasure. But indulgence comes at a cost. Almost 45 percent of the American population will be clinically obese by 2030, according to current predictions. That will increase the total toll on the healthcare system from related illnesses, like diabetes and heart disease, to a staggering $60 billion."



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Vitamin D and Alzheimer's | Men's Health

Vitamin D and Alzheimer's | Men's Health: "Things are looking even brighter for the sunshine vitamin. Maintaining healthy levels of vitamin D could protect against brain damage and Alzheimer’s disease as you age, according to University of Kentucky researchers."



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Big Hospital Finally telling the truth about Cancer, Johns Hopkins | Wausau News

Big Hospital Finally telling the truth about Cancer, Johns Hopkins | Wausau News: "FTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY …

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size."



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Elon Musk unveils Dragon V2 manned spacecraft

Elon Musk unveils Dragon V2 manned spacecraft: "Having teased the public by showing off the SuperDraco engine, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken the wraps off the Dragon V2 manned spacecraft that it’s designed to propel. At a brief media event at SpaceX’s Hawthorne, California headquarters, Musk introduced the larger, more powerful version of the reusable Dragon capsule, which will one day carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth to land under its own power."



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Beyond Gravity: the complex quest to take out our orbital trash | Ars Technica

Beyond Gravity: the complex quest to take out our orbital trash | Ars Technica: "As Gravity made clear to the general public, it’s getting crowded in Earth orbit. In the nearly 57 years since Sputnik’s launch on October 4, 1957, Earth has seen a cloud of human-created objects continue to grow, expanding like dandelion fluff around our planet. In 2014, there’s good and bad news on the subject."



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First fundamentally new lubricant in decades created from liquid crystals

First fundamentally new lubricant in decades created from liquid crystals: "The world uses tens of millions of tons of lubricant every year, from the smallest part of a micro-precision instrument to the expansion rollers on the largest bridges. Most are oil based, though others use powders, and even metals, and it’s been that way for decades. That could be changing as the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM), Nematel GmbH, and Dr. Tillwich GmbH have developed a new class of lubricants that are based on liquid crystals instead of oil. According to Fraunhofer, this is the first fundamentally new lubricant developed in twenty years."



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If You Want To Dig Through The Earth To Get To China, You’d Better Start In?

If You Want To Dig Through The Earth To Get To China, You’d Better Start In?: "Although the trope of “digging to China” was a common one in mid-20th century Western cartoons like those produced by Warner Brothers, and many a parent has joked that their child, furiously digging in the sand box, was working on digging their way to China, it turns out digging your way through the Earth (if such a feat were possible) from anywhere in, say, North America, doesn’t get you anywhere near China. In fact, you’d end up in the ocean off the coast of Australia."



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Images recovered 100 years later show German soldiers during WWI | Mail Online

Images recovered 100 years later show German soldiers during WWI | Mail Online: "They lay forgotten in a dank cellar for almost a century. But these remarkable photos, published for the first time, give  a rare and uncensored view of the horrors of the First World War from behind enemy lines.

They were taken by Walter Kleinfeldt who joined a German gun crew in 1915 and fought at the Somme aged just 16. As his haunting pictures, taken with a Contessa camera, make all too clear, life in the  trenches was a harrowing experience. The images provide an insight into the epic machinery of war – and capture the darkest moments of battle, with bodies strewn among the rubble."



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CEO Blasts Higher Minimum Wages

CEO Blasts Higher Minimum Wages: "The chief executive of CKE Restaurants—parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s—says the Obama administration is anti-business and the outlook isn’t getting any better.
“Basically, everything this administration has done has been anti-business,” Andy Puzder told Fox News’ Stuart Varney."



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Butterfleye smart surveillance camera keeps watch with your iPhone

Butterfleye smart surveillance camera keeps watch with your iPhone: "Butterfleye is a wireless home surveillance camera that’s joining the growing ranks of intelligent, smartphone connected webcam systems designed to keep watch while you’re out and about. In addition to allowing you to check in on a live video feed whenever you like via iPhone, this smart camera comes equipped with a thermal sensor, motion detector, and facial recognition technology."



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Structural supercapacitors could make batteries and power cords obsolete

Structural supercapacitors could make batteries and power cords obsolete: "Imagine using a mobile phone powered entirely by its casing, or an electric car that runs off power stored in its chassis. Researchers at Vanderbilt University have created a structural supercapacitor that could, they believe, bring this closer to reality, making batteries and power cords obsolete. The structural supercapacitor could make it possible to store energy directly in structural materials, allowing them to deliver power long-term while surviving the real-life mechanical stresses they're bound to experience."



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