We know how quantum physics works in the atomic level, but does it translate into the “macro” level enough to allow us to use it in practical ways?

Physicist Anthony Leggett thinks that there are too many issues with quantum theory to think of it as anything more than an approximation of reality. In New Scientist, Michael Brooks quotes him as saying, “Everything depends on whether you believe quantum mechanics is going to go on describing the physical world perfectly to whatever level you push it. I’m inclined to put my money on the idea that if we push quantum mechanics hard enough it will break down and something else will take over–something we can’t envisage at the moment.”
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August 2010 was the second hottest August in the 32-year satellite temperature dataset, with a global average temperature that was only a tiny percentage cooler than the record set in August 1998.

According to atmospheric science researcher Dr. John Christy, that difference is well within the error range of the measurement, however, so the two months might as well be tied for the hottest August in 32 years, and he’s sure of his data because his team uses microwave sounding units on NOAA and NASA satellites to get accurate temperature readings for almost all regions of the Earth.
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On this ninth anniversary of the 911 attack, American anger is more intense than it has been in many years. In part, this is because of the mosque that is being built near the site of the World Trade Center, and in part it’s because we have been under threat now for a long time, and the threat remains as unsettling now as it was nine years ago.

We’re frustrated and we’re angry. The weakest among us are beginning to lash out in ways that illustrate our helplessness. Most of us cannot understand why we can’t win. We have lavished our national wealth and power on suppressing the threat, but the threat remains exactly as concealed and as potent as it was on the day the twin towers fell.
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Investigative reporter Leslie Kean has just published one of the most important books on the UFO topic ever written. UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials go on the Record complies accounts from experts around the world that add up to proof that unidentified flying objects are intelligently controlled and operating at a level of technological sophistication far beyond not only our abilities, but even the imaginative speculations of science fiction. And yet they are real.

Listen as Leslie tells Whitley Strieber about her experiences in writing the book, meeting and talking with the experts, and details some of the stunning cases that it covers.
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