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Posted on December 26, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Alcohol substitute that avoids drunkenness and hangovers in development

The new substance could have the added bonus of being “switched off” instantaneously with a pill, to allow drinkers to drive home or return to work. The synthetic alcohol, being developed from chemicals related to Valium, works like alcohol on nerves in the brain…

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Posted on December 26, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Soviet Scientist Turns Foxes Into Puppies

Aww, aren’t those puppies cute? Those aren’t dogs. They’re foxes, believe it or not. In the 1950s, Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev set out to breed a tamer fox that would be easier for their handlers in the Russian fur industry to work with. The…

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Posted on December 23, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Pizza Hut cheese is not just cheese, its silicone!

Pizza Hut cheese is not just cheese, its silicone! In this issue, writer John Bunting details how Pizza Huts cheese supplier Leprino Foods uses a silicone-based industrial chemical in the patented manufacturing of Pizza Cheese That chemical Polymethylsiloxane has no FDA approval for use…

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Posted on December 7, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Scientific Link to Autism Identified

During its research into the application of neuroscience in business, a New Jersey based think tank, The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes®, LLC (The Center) made an inadvertent and amazing discovery. According to The Center’s founder, William McFaul, a retired business person and not…

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Posted on November 25, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Splitting Time from Space – New Quantum Theory Topples Einstein’s Spacetime

Was Newton right and Einstein wrong? It seems that unzipping the fabric of spacetime and harking back to 19th-century notions of time could lead to a theory of quantum gravity. Physicists have struggled to marry quantum mechanics with gravity for decades. In contrast, the…

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Posted on November 25, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Scientists give grubby children a clean bill of health

For parents too stretched to make sure their offspring are perfectly turned out at all times, it may just be the scientific cover they’ve been waiting for. They will now be able to answer the disapproving tuts of their more fastidious friends by pointing…

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Posted on November 24, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Why boys are turning into girls

Here’s something rather rotten from the State of Denmark. Its government yesterday unveiled official research showing that two-year-old children are at risk from a bewildering array of gender-bending chemicals in such everyday items as waterproof clothes, rubber boots, bed linen, food, nappies, sunscreen lotion…

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Posted on November 23, 2009 By: The Recent Future

New Cancer Detector Chip Works in About 30 Minutes

So there’s this period of time during a visit to the doctor’s when you’re left alone in the office. You just saw the nurse or PA, and the doctor is playing golf somewhere, so you have to wait in your little paper dress. I…

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Posted on November 20, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Secret Oil Rigs In Los Angeles Uncovered VIDEO

Did you know that LA sits on top of the third largest oil field in the country? Did you know oil rigs are scattered covertly throughout the city, placed near schools, malls and even a farmer's market? HuffPost Green did not know about this…

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Posted on November 19, 2009November 19, 2009 By: The Recent Future

Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Could Save You in a Natural Disaster

Imagine: a hurricane is barreling towards your house, but instead of hiding in the basement, you can stay safely and comfortably in your living room, all thanks to your X-Flex Blast Protection System wallpaper. It’s not a fantasy; the wallpaper, invented by Berry Plastics…

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