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`Singularity` Movement Seeks Human Immortality

Now the formal recognition of a movement towards immortality has arrived. The movement has been in existence for decades, but has never had a name. TIME staff and editors have christened the proponents of life everlasting as the "Singularitists."

(CHICAGO) - During the first decade of the 21st Century the drive to achieve human immortality has picked up steam.

Editorial Backlash to Republican Budget Attack on EPA Health Protections

From the staff blog of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Again, the problem with the Republican proposal is that it does not go far enough. We don’t just want to lighten the weight of big government on our backs, we want to remove big government from our backs completely,

- AWR Hawkins, 'Big Government'

Economics as Pseudoscience

Modern economics is based almost entirely on myths first pronounced by the 18th century moral philosopher, Adam Smith.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - If any field of study is a pseudoscience, it's economics. As Leonard Silk, late economics columnist for the New York Times (an economist himself) once wrote:

Homeward Bound

Information has come to light which substantiates concern that something funky is going on with our water.

(MEDFORD) - Driving up to the pumps, I have a distinct experience of entering “No Man's Land."

Magnetic Superstorms Could Turn American Homes Into `High-Tech Tombs`

The cities would become deathtraps.

(CHICAGO) - Space experts began worrying about the sun several years ago…and for good reason. They made dire predictions concerning the approaching solar maximum occurring from 2011 to 2013. They believed the sun's unleashed fury could be the worst ever seen.

Now the danger years are here and their voices are rising louder. The American, European, and Russian space agencies all agree…the world and it's fragile high-tech information systems are at very high risk.

Chemical Compounds in Trees Can Fight Deadly Staph Infections in Humans, MU Researchers Find

“We found this chemical from the cedar needles, an abundant and renewable resource that can be collected annually” - co-researcher Brian Thompson

(OXFORD, Mo.) - A University of Missouri researcher has found an antibiotic in the Eastern Red Cedar tree that is effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a “superbug” that is resistant to most medications.

American Armageddon: Why US Economy has Already Plunged Over the Cliff

Time has run out. Making do with the status quo signals the certain death of the Republic.

(CHICAGO) - 2011 may be remembered by historians as the year that America died.

Many political, economic and market pundits have been warning of an approaching "tipping point" for several years.

Scientists: Magnetic Polar Reversal May Have Started

What's going to happen? The only thing we really know is that there is no way for humans to slow down or stop the process.

(CHICAGO) - Concern has been mounting for almost a decade as scientists hunched over their instruments and double-checked new data concerning the status of the Earth's crucial magnetic field.

The magnetic field protects all life from damaging solar radiation. Exposure to such radiation can cause cancer and mutate DNA.

Mutated Pathogens On the Rise

The evidence surrounding the appearance of infectious viruses crossing over from animals points to increasing mutations beginning decades ago. Coincidence? You decide.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Imagine a small town in the Midwest, the streets are empty, yellowed papers swirl in the wind. The clock tower on Main Street tolls noon, but there is no one to hear it. One by one, the inhabitants have succumbed to a host of plagues for which they had no immunity.

Is it an impossible scenario, a scene from the Twilight Zone, or the Outer Limits? Think again.

USDA Lifts Restrictions on Planting GMO Seeds

A MAPLight.org analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics shows that two high-ranking officials on the House Agriculture Committee topped Syngenta's donor list.

(BERKLEY, Calif.) - The USDA has given corn growers the green light to plant Swiss-based Syngenta's genetically modified corn seeds for the 2011 spring season.

According to the St. Louis Business Journal, the announcement is a boon to midwest growers, but the product is under fire regarding concerns for crop contamination.