SheerWind claims its INVELOX wind turbine produces 600% more power

(Phys.org) —SheerWind Inc. of Chaska, Minnesota is claiming in a press release that its newly developed funnel-based wind turbine system is capable of producing 600 percent more power than conventional wind turbines. The new design uses funnels to channel wind to a ground-based turbine.   Original post on phys.org    Comments on reddit.com   

Devil Dispatch: MHC the Key to Contagious Cancer Vaccine? – Endless Forms

The contagious cancer currently ripping through Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) populations has captivated public attention and imagination. The reasons for this are understandable. First, in a world where cancer kills 7.6 million people every year, just the idea of tumor cells that can be passed along between individuals like a cold or flu is a horrific notion to contemplate—a concept…   Original post on scilogs.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Pinging the Whole Internet Reveals Unsecured Backdoors That Could Tempt Hackers and Cyber Criminals

A home science experiment that probed billions of Internet devices reveals that thousands of industrial and business systems offer remote access to anyone.   Original post on technologyreview.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Campaigners call for ban on killer robots

LONDON (Reuters) – Machines with the ability to attack targets without any human intervention must be banned before they are developed for use on the battlefield, campaigners against killer robots urged   Original post on reuters.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Einstein’s gravity theory passes toughest test yet: Bizarre binary star system pushes study of relativity to new limits

(Phys.org) —A strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature of gravity. The extremely strong gravity of a massive neutron star in orbit with a companion white dwarf star puts competing theories of gravity to…   Original post on phys.org    Comments on reddit.com   

Atos told incontinent woman to ‘wear nappy’: Firm condemned by MPs for pressuring sick and disabled into returning to work – Home News – UK

Thousands of sick or disabled people have died after undergoing assessments to find out whether they were fit to work, the House of Commons was told today.   Original post on independent.co.uk    Comments on reddit.com   

Rehtaeh Parsons suicide: Anonymous issues attack on N.S. justice system – Canada – News

One day after threatening to release the identities of four boys allegedly involved in the gang rape of teen Rehtaeh Parsons, the hacktivist group Anonymous has issued a blistering attack on Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry and other authority figures for the failure to prosecute in the case.   Original post on nationalpost.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Report: Humanity Leaves the Solar System – Or Maybe Not

Updated 1:51 p.m. It was a threshold crossed in the deepest reaches of space: A spacecraft launched from Earth has now entered new and unexplored territory that may or may not be outside our solar system. A press release issued at 11:05 a.m.   Original post on time.com    Comments on reddit.com   

An Asteroid Alert System

Astronomers are developing a new system to identify dangerous asteroids before their final plunge to Earth. The asteroid detection system that will patrol the visible sky twice a night looking for faint objects moving through space.   Original post on astrobio.net    Comments on reddit.com   

False memories prime immune system for future attacks – health – 15 February 2013

Exposing our bodies to vaccines based on benign microbes could promote immunity to much nastier but totally different diseases   Original post on newscientist.com    Comments on reddit.com