A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom!
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
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Futurism & Strange Science
Broadcast Thursdays at 89.5 FM KZCT in Vallejo, California, to a worldwide audience. Tune-in online [http://tunein.com/popout/player/s130679].
Convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati, convening Thee Temple [link], for knowledge, whimsy, and inspiration. Everything is true, nothing is forbidden!
Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
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Futurism & Strange Science
* "Skolkovo Foundation predicts holograms to be part of daily communication in several years; The chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation and president of FIDE noted that it was important to make these technologies cheaper" (2021-12-14, tass.com/science/1375383) [archive.md/vvwm8]
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* "Researchers Teach Human Brain Cells in a Dish to Play 'Pong' ; 'When they are in the game, they believe they are the paddle' " (2021-12-17, futurism.com/the-byte/brain-cells-play-pong) [archive.md/G0K8C]
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* "First ‘living robots’ can now ‘spontaneously’ self-replicate, scientists say" (2021-11-30, rt.com/usa/541695-first-living-robots-replicate/) [archive.md/TnTRG]
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* "Simple Mods Turn 3D Printer Into Electrochemical Metal Cutter" (2021-12-17, hackaday.com/2021/12/17/simple-mods-turn-3d-printer-into-electrochemical-metal-cutter/) [archive.md/3gUnJ]
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* "Physicists exploit space and time symmetries to control quantum materials; Physicists have developed a theory describing how space reflection and time reversal symmetries can be exploited, allowing for greater control of transport and correlations within quantum materials" (2021-12-02, University of Exeter, via sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202141535.htm) [archive.md/6xNS2]
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* "Artificial material protects light states on smallest length scales" (2021-12-06, Paderborn University, via phys.org/news/2021-12-artificial-material-states-smallest-length.html) [archive.md/Gaxxl]
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* "Molecular device turns infrared into visible light" (2021-12-03, actu.epfl.ch/news/molecular-device-turns-infrared-into-visible-lig-3/) [archive.md/rgyjh]
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* "Light speed advances; Tingyi Gu, an assistant professor in UD’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is working to control the direction of light in order to improve the energy efficiency of complex devices such as communication systems. She was recently awarded the Young Faculty Award by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for her innovative work" (2021-12-01, udel.edu/udaily/2021/december/tingyi-gu-engineering-faculty-award-darpa-photonics-light/) [archive.md/KDUEt]
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* "This New Tech Cuts Through Rock Without Grinding Into It; A startup called Petra uses super-hot gas to penetrate bedrock. The method could make it cheaper to move utilities underground—and make electric lines safer" (2021-12-09, wired.com/story/new-tech-cuts-rock-without-grinding-it/) [archive.ph/3zn5O]
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* "Jurassic Park 1.0: Chicken With Dinosaur Features Has Been Created by Scientists; In a groundbreaking experiment, scientists have transformed chicken embryos to give them a snout and palate configuration similar to that of small dinosaurs like Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx" (2013-01, earthlymission.com/dino-chicken-chickensaur-science-genetics-dinosaurs-animals/) [archive.ph/bl5CX]
* "A molecular mechanism for the origin of a key evolutionary innovation, the bird beak and palate, revealed by an integrative approach to major transitions in vertebrate history" (2015-05-12, The Society for the Study of Evolution, via onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/evo.12684) [archive.ph/7xapu], abstract: The avian beak is a key evolutionary innovation whose flexibility has permitted birds to diversify into a range of disparate ecological niches. We approached the problem of the mechanism behind this innovation using an approach bridging paleontology, comparative anatomy, and experimental developmental biology. First, we used fossil and extant data to show the beak is distinctive in consisting of fused premaxillae that are geometrically distinct from those of ancestral archosaurs. To elucidate underlying developmental mechanisms, we examined candidate gene expression domains in the embryonic face: the earlier frontonasal ectodermal zone (FEZ) and the later midfacial WNT‐responsive region, in birds and several reptiles. This permitted the identification of an autapomorphic median gene expression region in Aves. To test the mechanism, we used inhibitors of both pathways to replicate in chicken the ancestral amniote expression. Altering the FEZ altered later WNT responsiveness to the ancestral pattern. Skeletal phenotypes from both types of experiments had premaxillae that clustered geometrically with ancestral fossil forms instead of beaked birds. The palatal region was also altered to a more ancestral phenotype. This is consistent with the fossil record and with the tight functional association of avian premaxillae and palate in forming a kinetic beak.
* "Scientists Can Create Chickens With Dinosaur Legs; Not scary. Not scary at all. Move along" (2016-03-16, popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a19958/scientists-built-a-chicken-with-dinosaur-legs/) [archive.ph/6BmgV]
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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Discovery Alert: 172 Possible Planets? A New Roadmap to Distant Worlds" (2021-11-30, exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1695/discovery-alert-172-possible-planets-a-new-roadmap-to-distant-worlds/) [archive.md/lxq4f]
* "Hidden water reserves discovered on Mars" (2021-12-15, rt.com/russia/543319-water-mars-discovered-roscosmos-esa/) [archive.md/T0qRm]
Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Discovery Alert: 172 Possible Planets? A New Roadmap to Distant Worlds" (2021-11-30, exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1695/discovery-alert-172-possible-planets-a-new-roadmap-to-distant-worlds/) [archive.md/lxq4f]
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* "TESS discovers a planet the size of Mars but with the makeup of Mercury; The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date" (2021-12-02, news.mit.edu/2021/tess-exoplanet-orbit-dwarf-star-1202) [archive.md/RJsB7]
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* "Massive planet 10 times bigger than Jupiter discovered orbiting pair of giant stars; 'Until now, no planets had been spotted around a star more than three times as massive as the Sun', wrote the European Southern Observatory" (2021-12-08, nbcnews.com/science/science-news/massive-planet-10-bigger-jupiter-discovered-orbiting-pair-giant-stars-rcna8085) [archive.md/AeOJ5]
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* "Chinese Rover Spots Weird, Large ‘Cube’ on the Moon; The geometric lunar feature dubbed a ‘mystery hut’ has stumped scientists, who say they plan to take a closer look" (2021-12-07, smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinese-rover-spots-weird-cube-on-the-moon-180979174/) [archive.md/tvUKE]
- image caption: The rover will spend two to three lunar days, which is about two to three months time on Earth, traversing the lunar landscape to take a closer look at the object.
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* "New study drops warning for alien organisms invading, Earth's new era; A newly published paper has dropped warnings for alien organisms potentially hijacking a ride back to Earth via a vehicle" (2021-11-29, tweaktown.com/news/83012/new-study-drops-warning-for-alien-organisms-invading-earths-era/index.html) [archive.md/4CHGG]
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* "Atmospheric anomaly due for study has puzzled scientists for decades; NASA has finally launched a sounding rocket to investigate the polar cusp, a unique and mysterious region of Earth's atmosphere" (2021-12-07, tweaktown.com/news/83202/atmospheric-anomaly-due-for-study-has-puzzled-scientists-decades/index.html) [archive.md/WKcxa] [begin excerpt]:
There is a gap in Earth's magnetic field in a region known as the polar cusp. This gap allows solar winds from the sun to reach Earth's atmosphere, causes radio and GPS signals to behave strangely, and slows down spacecraft as they pass through this region. The air in this region is denser than elsewhere in spacecrafts' orbits around Earth, but it is not understood how or why. [...]
The density of the Earth's atmosphere is consistent across the globe for a given altitude, dropping off considerably as the altitude increases. Roughly 250 miles (402 kilometers) above the Earth in the cusp is a pocket of air approximately one and a half times denser than the atmosphere elsewhere around the globe for that altitude. [end excerpt]
* "Science at the Cusp: NASA Rocket to Study Mysterious Area Above the North Pole" (2021-11-29, nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/science-at-the-cusp-nasa-rocket-to-study-mysterious-area-above-the-north-pole) [archive.md/ClA6w]
- image caption: Colorful clouds formed by the release of vapor tracers from two rockets allow scientists to measure winds.
NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.
* "Geminids meteor shower seen in China" (2021-12-14, news.cn/english/2021-12/14/c_1310372291.htm) [archive.md/wcCsZ]
* " 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid worth nearly $5 billion will pass by Earth this week, NASA says; The asteroid is expected to pass by Earth without harm" (2021-12-07, Live Science, via space.com/nereus-asteroid-to-pass-by-earth) [archive.md/xZhRM]
Ancient News
* "Our Extinct Cousins Reached 'The Roof of The World' a Long Time Before Homo Sapiens" (2021-12-11, sciencealert.com/our-extinct-cousins-reached-the-roof-of-the-world-a-long-time-before-homo-sapiens) [archive.ph/py42t]
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* "Mausoleum of Han Dynasty emperor found in China's Shaanxi" (2021-12-14, news.cn/english/2021-12/14/c_1310372231.htm) [archive.md/uyvjA]
- image caption: Aerial photo taken on March 14, 2019 shows the excavation site of the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Bo, mother of Emperor Wendi of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 25), in Jiangcun Village on the eastern outskirts of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. A large-scale mausoleum in Xi'an has been identified as belonging to Emperor Wendi of the Western Han Dynasty, local authorities said Tuesday.
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* "Buddhism in Ancient Egypt and Meroe – Beliefs Revealed Through Ancient Script" (2021-12-16, ancient-origins.net/opinion-guest-authors/buddhism-ancient-egypt-020931) [archive.md/MCe2P]
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* "Road work leads to discovery of another 2,000-year-old synagogue at Migdal Galilean community, known in Christian writings as birthplace of Mary Magdalene, was a thriving Jewish town in the Second Temple era" (2021-12-13, israelhayom.com/2021/12/13/road-work-leads-to-discovery-of-2nd-2000-year-old-synagogue-at-migdal/) [archive.md/dupDD]
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* "Gilgamesh 'Dream Tablet' looted during Gulf War on display in Baghdad; Clay tablet inscribed in cuneiform with the Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in 1853 and was stolen from an Iraqi museum during the 1991 Gulf War" (2021-12-08, israelhayom.com/2021/12/08/gilgamesh-dream-tablet-looted-during-gulf-war-on-display-in-baghdad/) [archive.md/fzJE1]
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* "IS LONG-LOST CHILAGA THE CAMELOT OF CHECAGOU?" (1987-03-04, chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-03-04-8701170765-story.html) [archive.md/Up8xK]
Miscellany & Errata
* "Christ’s Judgment on the Den of Robbers, Part 2" (2021-11-29, news.gab.com/2021/11/29/christs-judgment-on-the-den-of-robbers-part-2/) [archive.md/645LC] [begin excerpt]: When I was about twelve years old, I went to church camp down in Iowa. And the only thing anyone wanted to talk about was these books that had recently come out, about this guy who lived through the end of the world and people were disappearing and there was this one-world government that sounded very scary. It was a book series called Left Behind. [end excerpt]
- [note]: Whereby the author, being a historically-interested Christian, discusses modern eschatology in a manner sound with scripture.
Curiata
* "Ancient mammoth tusk discovered 10,000 feet deep in ocean off California coast; 'You start to ‘expect the unexpected’ when exploring the deep sea, but I’m still stunned that we came upon the ancient tusk of a mammoth', said Steven Haddock, senior scientist with the Monterey Institute" (2021-11-29, thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/583430-ancient-mammoth-tusk-discovered-10000-feet-deep-in-ocean-off) [archive.md/0w0dd]
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* "Cat bacteria treats mouse skin infection, may help you and your pets as well" (2021-10-19, University of California - San Diego, via sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211019123551.htm) [archive.md/dgBwo], summary: Researchers identify a strain of bacteria on healthy cats that produces antibiotics against severe skin infections. The findings may soon lead to new bacteriotherapies for humans and their pets, wherein cat bacteria is applied via topical cream or spray.
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* " ‘Amazon forests of the underground’: Why scientists want to map the world's fungi “These fungal networks have been a global blind spot in conservation and climate agendas," said Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist and professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam" (2021-12-12, nbcnews.com/science/science-news/amazon-forests-underground-scientists-want-map-worlds-fungi-rcna7899) [archive.ph/gvX1x]
Ongoing research
[https://archive.org/details/161VariousArticlesOnEMEtc2]
[https://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Moon_Images_Menu.html] 01) Image Information
[http://web.archive.org/web/20170627004538/http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/]
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