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Buckminster Fullerene C60 Nearly Doubled Rat Lifespan in French Study
Buckminster Fullerene: From Nanotechnology Curiosity to Longevity Research Buckminster fullerene molecules — naturally occurring spherical structures composed of 60 carbon atoms, commonly known as "bucky balls" — had long been the subject of speculation regarding...
The Mysterious Death of Porton Down Scientist Dr. Richard Holmes
A Weapons Expert Found Dead Near Porton Down In April 2012, the body of Dr. Richard Holmes, a 48-year-old weapons expert, was discovered in a field approximately four miles from the Porton Down defense research facility in Wiltshire, England. Holmes had gone missing...
13 Government Surveillance Programs Tracking American Citizens
The scope of government surveillance in the United States extends far beyond what most citizens realize. With nearly 4,000 federal, state, and local organizations working on domestic counterterrorism — as documented by the Washington Post's investigation into...
AntiSec Timeline: Created and Operated under FBI Supervision
From the very first release of 'AntiSec' related hashtags, Anonymous king-pin Sabu was under full control of the FBI. It is clear this was a red-herring to help promote the cyber-surveillance police state currently undergoing rapid deployment. SOURCE:...
What Police Get When They Subpoena Your Complete Facebook Activity
Police Subpoenas Reveal the Full Scope of Facebook Data Collection In April 2012, documents uncovered during an investigation revealed exactly what law enforcement receives when it subpoenas a Facebook user's data. The answer was far more comprehensive than most users...
September 11 Official Story Exposed: Key Facts and Questions
The Official Narrative of the September 11 Attacks According to the accepted account, on the morning of September 11, 2001, nineteen individuals armed with box cutters — allegedly coordinated by a man reportedly dependent on kidney dialysis, operating from a remote...
FBI Social Media Surveillance Tool and the Fight Over Digital Privacy
The FBI's ambitions to monitor social media in real time raise fundamental questions about the balance between national security and individual privacy. In early 2012, the bureau began soliciting the technology industry for help building an open-source surveillance...
Every Cancer Can be Cured in Weeks explains Dr. Leonard Coldwell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbdNNfotwM Dr. Leonard Coldwell states that every cancer can be cured within 16 weeks. Dr. Coldwell states how that's possible in this video.
Jacob Appelbaum: How a WikiLeaks Volunteer Became a Government Surveillance Target
Jacob Appelbaum: WikiLeaks Volunteer Subjected to Persistent Government Surveillance Jacob Appelbaum, a computer security researcher and volunteer with the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, became one of the most visible examples of government surveillance targeting...
Anonymous Collective: The Satirical Manifesto and the Reality of Leaderless Hacktivism
The Anonymous collective has been one of the most debated phenomena of the digital age — a decentralized, leaderless network that defies conventional definitions of organization, activism, and protest. A satirical manifesto that circulated in early internet forums...
Snopes Funding and Fact-Checking Transparency Under Scrutiny
The Origins and Structure of Snopes Snopes.com, widely regarded as one of the internet's foremost fact-checking resources, was founded and operated by David and Barbara Mikkelson from their home in the San Fernando Valley, California. The site began as a hobby...
Investigations Exposed CIA Drone Strike Civilian Deaths in Pakistan
Two independent investigations published in early 2012 presented substantial new evidence that CIA drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas were killing civilians at higher rates than official accounts acknowledged. Associated Press Field Investigation The Associated...
Kony 2012: The Geopolitical Questions Behind the Viral Campaign
In early 2012, the Kony 2012 viral campaign generated unprecedented public attention toward Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. While the campaign presented itself as a humanitarian effort to bring a war criminal to justice, a number of...
Nadim Kobeissi and the Story Behind Cryptocat Encrypted Chat
Border Interrogations Over Encryption Software Nadim Kobeissi, the developer behind the open-source encrypted chat application Cryptocat, reported being detained and interrogated at the U.S.-Canadian border in mid-2012. According to Kobeissi, it was his fourth DHS...
Bitcoin Anonymity Under the Microscope: How Network Analysis Exposes Users
Bitcoin's Anonymity Problem Bitcoin is frequently described as an anonymous digital currency, but this characterization is misleading. While it may be possible to conduct transactions in ways that obscure identity, the public nature of the blockchain means that many...
Ten Environmental and Health Concerns Linked to Industrial Agriculture and GMO Crops
Industrial farming practices that depend on chemical inputs and genetically engineered crops have drawn scrutiny not only for their public health implications but also for their environmental footprint. The following examines ten areas where major agribusiness...
Inside the First Official Area 51 Museum Exhibit in Nevada
The National Atomic Testing Museum Launches an Area 51 Exhibit In April 2012, the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas opened what was described as the world’s first official museum exhibit dedicated to Area 51. The exhibit arrived after more than three...
Shaahin Cheyene: The Herbalist Who Pioneered Smart Drugs and Vaporization
Shaahin Cheyene: From Herbal Pioneer to Filmmaker Shaahin Cheyene is an Iranian-born writer, filmmaker, lecturer, and herbalist based in Los Angeles, California. Over the course of more than 15 years, Cheyene traveled extensively and worked alongside healers and...
The Illuminati Conspiracy: From Bavarian Secret Society to Pop Culture Phenomenon
The Illuminati may be the most enduring conspiracy theory in modern culture. It connects eighteenth-century Bavarian secret societies to twenty-first-century pop stars, weaves together global finance with music video symbolism, and somehow manages to implicate both...
CISPA Cybersecurity Bill: Privacy Threats and Public Opposition
What Was CISPA and Why Did It Matter? The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R. 3523) emerged in late 2011 as a proposed amendment to the National Security Act of 1947. Introduced by Representatives Mike Rogers (D-MI) and C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger...
Shadow Economics and Suppressed Technologies: Intelligence Disclosures From 2012
The State of the American Economy in 2012 The American electoral landscape of 2012 was shaped by economic forces that few voters fully understood. President Obama inherited two wars, a collapsed stock market, and massive national debt. While the Dow had climbed back...
George Zimmerman and the Twin Lakes Crime Wave Before the Trayvon Martin Shooting
The Twin Lakes Neighborhood Before the Shooting The February 2012 shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida became one of the most divisive cases in recent American history. While most early media...
Pentagon Contractors Launched Disinformation Campaigns Against Investigative Journalists
Journalists Targeted After Investigating Pentagon Contractors In 2012, two USA Today employees became the targets of a coordinated online disinformation and harassment campaign shortly after making inquiries to intelligence contractors with ties to the U.S. military....
How Iran Decoded the Captured RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drone
In April 2012, Iran announced that its military engineers had successfully decoded the intelligence systems and memory hard discs of a captured American RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone -- an aircraft previously considered one of the most advanced unmanned surveillance...
DARPA Hypersonic Aircraft Disintegrated at Mach 20 When Its Skin Peeled Off
DARPA's Hypersonic Vehicle Disintegrated at Mach 20 In April 2012, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released its findings on why the Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2), an unmanned arrowhead-shaped experimental aircraft, crashed into the...
How Bottlenose Dolphins Use Signature Whistles to Greet Each Other at Sea
Signature Whistles Serve as Dolphin Introductions Bottlenose dolphins exchange unique signature whistles when encountering other groups in the open ocean, according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The study provided the first evidence...
Obama Administration Fought to Block Court Review of NSA Surveillance Law
Obama Administration Sought to Shield NSA Surveillance Law From Court Review In 2012, the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a legal challenge to one of the most expansive surveillance statutes in American history — the FISA Amendments Act of...
Bee’s Get GMO Treatment: Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm For Pollination Control
Monsanto only cares about bee's so they can figure out how to make them only pollinate Monsanto GMO crops. Whistle-blower testimony and supporting evidence will confirm that Monsanto seeks ultimate agricultural world domination through most incomprehensible and...
NSA Total Information Awareness Was Already Running
William Binney Reveals the NSA Was Already Running Total Information Awareness When NSA whistleblower William Binney sat down for an interview with Democracy Now! in April 2012, he disclosed something that should have dominated headlines for weeks. While the...
CISPA Explained: How the Cyber Intelligence Bill Compared to SOPA
CISPA: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Explained In April 2012, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), formally designated H.R. 3523, advanced through the U.S. Congress amid fierce debate over digital privacy and national...