We switched, but maybe YOU won’t have to!
When Congress passed a new energy law two years ago, with new efficiency standards that will take effect in 2012, it was assumed that the incandescent light bulb was a thing of the past, as people switched to fluorescents. But fluorescent bulbs contain mercury, which presents a disposal problem, so researchers are trying to figure out how to create a incandescent bulb that will meet the new standards.
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In Whitley’s dynamic new journal, he writes about how our policy of secretly shooting at UFOs may be the main reason that humanity has not reached the heights to which it would otherwise seemed destined to rise. Don’t miss this one, and if you love Whitley’s journals and Anne’s diaries, as well as all the other great things we do for you, make sure they’ll still be here in the future: Subscribe today!
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Today I saw in Unknowncountry’s Out There section a witness report that suggests that on July 10, the military shot at UFOs that appeared over Fort Lewis, Washington.
That the US military has done so in the past is now a matter of public record, since the British Ministry of Defence released records indicating that the US Air Force attempted to shoot down a UFO over Surrey in May of 1956. The pilot involved, Dr. Milton Torres, now lives in Florida and has confirmed that he did indeed receive such an order, in fact, before he even took off, so eager was the Air Force to carry out this extraordinary act on behalf of the human species, but without our knowledge.
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Our brains are what make us fat, not just our eating habits. A variation in a single gene is associated with an increased risk for obesity, because it influences our appetite.
People who have inherited the gene variant NRXN3 have a 10-15% increased risk of being obese compared with people who do not have the variant. This is the third obesity-associated gene to be identified.
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