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1964: The Bordeaux Magnetic Machine

There was once great interest in what was known as The Great Bordeaux Magnetic Machine Mystery, or L’ Affaire Priore’. It was reported in the popular press, and in a number of papers in COMPTES RENDUS des SEANCES de l’ Academie des Sciences since 1964, sponsored by Robert Courrier. The machine, built at the University of Bordeaux by Antoine Priore, a 62-year-old electrical engineer, was originally used to kill micro-organisms that produce rot in fresh vegetables and fruit. Subsequently, it was reported that wondrously beneficial effects on experimental subjects were obtained by the radiation emanating from the machine. Today, its primary use appears to be in cancer treatment of animals, where a large number of cures have been claimed, as described in further detail below. Of course, human treatment of cancer is the final goal. The machine is reported to be comprised of the following: 1) a large plasma […] Read More

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2000: The Triune Brain

The neurologist Paul MacLean has proposed that our skull holds not one brain, but three, each representing a distinct evolutionary stratum that has formed upon the older layer before it, like an archaeological site: He calls it the “triune brain.” MacLean, now the director of the Laboratory of Brain Evolution and Behaviour in Poolesville, Maryland, says that three brains operate like “three interconnected biological computers, [each] with its own special intelligence, its own subjectivity, its own sense of time and space and its own memory”. He refers to these three brains as the neocortex or neo-mammalian brain, the limbic or paleo-mammalian system, and the reptilian brain, the brainstem and cerebellum (see above diagram). Each of the three brains is connected by nerves to the other two, but each seems to operate as its own brain system with distinct capacities. This hypothesis has become a very influential paradigm, which has […] Read More

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2012: Beyond Genes – The Particle and Waves that Control life

The Physics of Self Organizing Life, Information and Cosmos Science has moved from simplicity to complexity. The article and the site tries to bring the simplicity behind the complexity. It leads to a certain physical phenomenon that is responsible for all the complexity of life and the Cosmos Abstract Introduction The Logics of New Realm A Short Review of initiation of Time in Biology [For the sake of physicist] Exploring the space and understanding Dynamic Information The Great Secret of Nature A short hint how nature reverses the time direction and initializes Arguments for Centromere as the Seat of Living Matter Proof, Conclusion and what the New Knowledge means to human life and its suffering and survival 1] Abstract Under overwhelming influence of early physicist biologist have come to visualize life as information its evolution and its expression. However observation of life from a point of freedom tells us […] Read More

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2013: DNA as Cosmic Code

If you possessed technologies so advanced that you could seed life throughout the cosmos, wouldn’t you leave some marker that would identify your work? We can’t know what a hypothetical extraterrestrial intelligence might do, but we do know enough about human nature to acknowledge the desire for recognition. It shows up every time a new squabble breaks out over who really discovered exoplanet humans crave the praise of their fellows. Yes, if humans had life-seeding technologies, you can bet we would leave signs of our craftsmanship. Consider what the Keio University team working under Masaru Tomito has done in Japan. As explained in a New York Times essay by Dennis Overbye, they’ve inserted copies of the immortal equation E=mc2, along with the date of its derivation (1905) into the genome of a bacterium. Thus we see DNA as a kind of archival medium. Overbye is reminded of Jaron Lanier […] Read More

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2013: LECTURE III. BIOLOGY

This part is heavily annotated with my commentaries. Looking at the past history of life, we see that it takes about 10^6 years to evolve a new species, 10^7 years to evolve a genus, 10^8 years to evolve a class, 10^9 years to evolve a phylum, and less than 10^10 years to evolve all the way from the primeval slime to Homo Sapiens. If life continues in this fashion in the future, it is impossible to set any limit to the variety of physical forms that life may assume. What changes could occur in the next 10^10 years to rival the changes of the past? It is conceivable that in another 10^10 years life could evolve away from flesh and blood and become embodied in an intrstellar black cloud (Hoyle, 1957) or in a sentient computer (Capek, 1923). Here is a list of deep questions concerning the nature of […] Read More

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2013: Sсiеntiѕtѕ find new giаnt Pаndоrаviruѕ unlikе any known

VIDEO GONE Bу Jоhn Thоmаѕ Didуmuѕ Sсiеntiѕtѕ hаvе diѕсоvеrеd a nеw gеnuѕ of viruѕеѕ, thе biggеѕt ever. Pаndоrаviruѕеѕ аrе tеnѕ tо hundrеdѕ of times thе size of other knоwn viruѕеѕ. The wеirdеѕt thing about them is thаt 93 реrсеnt of thеir gеnеѕ аrе unlike those of оthеr knоwn viruѕеѕ For all thаt ѕсiеntiѕtѕ can tеll frоm thеir gеnеѕ, they juѕt lаndеd from planet Mаrѕ. Pandora Viruses hаvе massive DNA consisting of оf over 2,500 genes соmраrеd with аbоut 13 genes found in influеnzа viruѕеѕ. Measuring аbоut оnе miсrоmеtеr in lеngth, раndоrаviruѕеѕ аrе tens tо hundrеdѕ оf times biggеr thаn оthеr viruѕеѕ. Thе discovery оf thе nеw genus fоllоwѕ the ѕurрriѕing discovery оf viruѕеѕ оf the genus Mimiviruѕ, аbоut 0.7 micron, and Megavirus сhilеnѕiѕ. Timе reports thаt according tо Chаntаl Abergel, оnе of thе аuthоrѕ оf thе nеw ѕtudу, when ѕсiеntiѕtѕ firѕt discovered giаnt viruses they wеrе so bаfflеd thаt […] Read More

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2015: Neuroplasticity: The Brain that Changes Itself

Based on the best-selling book by Toronto psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Norman Doidge, a look at how we view the human mind. An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable, and proving that it is, in fact, possible to change your brain. This program offers a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain. “The Brain That Changes Itself” is the inspiration behind Annie Hopper’s work in helping thousands heal from chronic and mysterious illnesses using her Dynamic Neural Retraining System rehabilitation program.  

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2015: The Dark Quest to Reanimate the Dead

Death, it seems is an immutable fact of life. We are tethered to it, destined for it, and indeed fearful of it. Throughout history mankind has sought to cheat this inevitable end. It seems we have a very strong urge to stave of death’s grip or at least in some cases to return from it. There have been many who have gone through great efforts to staunch the tide of decay and entropy; to drag the dead from the dark clutches of eternal oblivion and pull them back into the light. These attempts have run the gamut from freakish, ghoulish experiments like something out of a horror novel to more sober, scientific discussion on the matter. Here we will delve into the real life history of mankind’s desire to reanimate the dead. Serious efforts to clinically confront and defy death date back to at least the 18th century. In […] Read More

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2016: cientific study claims: Human DNA carries a message from Extraterrestrials

According to scientists from Kazakhstan, the human DNA was encoded with an extraterrestrial signal by an advanced ancient alien civilization in the distant past. In a study called “The “Wow! signal” of the terrestrial genetic code“, researchers Vladimir I. shCherbak and Maxim A. Makukovfrom the a Department of Mathematics, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan respectively believe in the existence of a “Biological SETI” as they are calling it, which is a mathematical code located within the human DNA, something that cannot be explained by the process of evolution as traditional theories claim. And all of a sudden the Ancient Astronaut theory and the idea that humans are in fact an engineered species doesn’t sound as provocative as it did in the past. Ancient Texts mention how humans were created in the image of the “Gods”, now science is a […] Read More