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by staarker
Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Science, Space & Technology
Topic: Science Fiction to Science Fact: Miniature Robots Crawl Inside Human Body to Perform Laser Surgery
Replies: 3
Views: 5949
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Science Fiction to Science Fact: Miniature Robots Crawl Inside Human Body to Perform Laser Surgery

Scientists say they have developed fully functional miniature robots that can go deep inside the human body to perform ultra-precise laser surgery, in a medical innovation similar to on-screen portrayals from science fiction. Controlled by magnetic fields, the tiny worm-like robotic surgeons were re...
by staarker
Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: Science, Space & Technology
Topic: How Old Can Humans Get?
Replies: 2
Views: 5574
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How Old Can Humans Get?

An expert on aging thinks humans could live to be 1,000 years old—with a few tweaks to our genetic “software” How long can human beings live? Although life expectancy has increased significantly over the past century, thanks largely to improved sanitation and medicine, research into hunter-gatherer ...
by staarker
Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: Mysterious Places
Topic: 14 of the deepest sinkholes on Earth
Replies: 3
Views: 5039
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14 of the deepest sinkholes on Earth

From China's Heavenly Pit, which stretches down 2,172 feet, to the Devil's Sinkhole in Texas that is home to three million bats — here are some of the world's deepest known sinkholes. https://www.livescience.com/planet-eart ... s-on-earth
by staarker
Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Weird News
Topic: New Jersey power outage caused by falling fish
Replies: 3
Views: 5986
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New Jersey power outage caused by falling fish

A large section of a New Jersey town was without power for several hours -- and utility officials said the cause was a fish dropped by a bird of prey. Jersey Central Power and Light said crews working to restore power during the weekend outage discovered a fish had landed on a transformer, causing ...
by staarker
Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:26 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Winchester Mystery House: A Mansion Designed To Foil Ghosts The Winchester Mystery House: A Mansion Designed To Foil
Replies: 1
Views: 5443
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The Winchester Mystery House: A Mansion Designed To Foil Ghosts The Winchester Mystery House: A Mansion Designed To Foil

In the 1800s, many grieving widows would seek solace with the help of a spirit medium who might connect them with their deceased loved ones. In the case of Sarah Winchester, she was so affected by the message she received that she spent the rest of her life building the Winchester Mystery House — an...
by staarker
Sat Jul 29, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Science, Space & Technology
Topic: Worms revived after 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost
Replies: 3
Views: 8384
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Worms revived after 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost

Tiny worms, a species that became extinct many thousands of years ago, have been discovered in a layer of permafrost near the Kolyma River in northeastern Russia. A group of scientists, including Russian researchers from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science of the...
by staarker
Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: Ancient & alternative History Theories
Topic: Then The Newspapers Wrote: Mysterious Giant Desert Mummies
Replies: 2
Views: 5006
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Then The Newspapers Wrote: Mysterious Giant Desert Mummies

In the last few centuries, many strange archeological discoveries have been made in the Americas. It seems that people are unearthing extremely unusual and giant human remains. Many documented accounts of these findings exist. Giant human remains are classified as any bones representative of a perso...
by staarker
Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: Ancient & alternative History Theories
Topic: An unknown species of humans lived in America 130,000 years ago
Replies: 1
Views: 4577
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An unknown species of humans lived in America 130,000 years ago

The conventional view is that the first humans arrived in America about 15,000 years ago, crossing from Asia via a land bridge that existed where the Bering Strait is now. However, some recent evidence suggests that an unknown human species may have lived in California about 130,000 years ago. In 19...
by staarker
Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: UFO & Aerial Phenomena
Topic: Did aliens prevent nuclear war? Former NASA astronaut claims they did
Replies: 2
Views: 4242
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Did aliens prevent nuclear war? Former NASA astronaut claims they did

Are aliens the one who prevented humanity from descending into a nuclear war? That's what a former NASA astronaut claims. Edgar Mitchell, who was part of the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, gained notoriety with the dissemination of various conspiracy theories since his return from the moon in 1971. ...
by staarker
Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: Science, Space & Technology
Topic: China’s military is leading the world in brain ‘neurostrike’ weapons
Replies: 4
Views: 4820
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China’s military is leading the world in brain ‘neurostrike’ weapons

According to a report by three analysts, China’s People’s Liberation Army is developing high-tech weapons designed to disrupt the brain and influence government leaders or even the entire population of the country. The weapon can be used for direct attack or mind control using a microwave or other d...