Aleshenka. Aleshenka (Russian: Алёшенька, Alyoshenka, a hypocoristic for the Russian male first name Alexey) was a small human foetus allegedly found in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia in August 1996.
Aleshenka was found by an old woman, Tamara Vasilievna Prosvirina, who was mentally ill. The foetus had an unusual appearance, giving rise to rumours of its extraterrestrial origin. The local population readily supported this rumour, collecting easy money from reporters for interviews – at least two Japanese companies (Asahi TV and MTV Japan) made documentaries about the foetus. Physical appearance[edit] Aleshenka was a greyish foetus about twenty-five centimetres (9.8 in) in length. Later incidents[edit] UNIT 731 Unlocking a Deadly Secret. Text By Nicholas D.
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“Can machines think?” In 1950 mathematician Alan Turing pondered this question and invented an elegant game to answer it: Let a human chat via Teletype with a computer and another human; if the person can’t determine which is the computer, then it meets Turing’s standards for “thinking.” In recent years Turing’s game has taken on a life of its own in cyberspace, thanks to artificial intelligence inventors worldwide who have produced dozens of “chatbots” that anyone can talk to.
Most chatbots rely on fairly simple tricks to appear lifelike. List of methods of torture. A list of torture methods and devices includes: Psychological torture methods[edit] Physical torture methods[edit] Instruments of torture[edit] Note that the line between "torture method" and "torture device" is often blurred, particularly when a specifically named implement is but one component of a method.
Also, many devices that can be used for torture have mainstream uses, completely unrelated to torture. 11 Functional Homemade TARDISes. The first episode of Doctor Who aired 50 years ago today! Celebrate with this round-up of homemade TARDISes from the archives. TARDIS is an acronym for Time And Relative Dimension In Space. In the Doctor Who universe, they are vehicles for Time Lords to travel through time and space. Besides its function, the most striking feature of a TARDIS is the fact that it is bigger on the inside, because the door is "a dimensional gateway to a micro-universe. " Most such vehicles change their appearance to blend in with the location and era to which they travel, but the somewhat obsolete model the Doctor uses is stuck in the form of a British police call box.
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Fernandez and 59 others Your ears can become clogged when too much earwax (cerumen) accumulates inside them. While it's an important part of your body's natural defense system for keeping dirt, bacteria and other things out of your ears, too much earwax can decrease your hearing ability. Hinterkaifeck. Shrine near site of former farmstead Hinterkaifeck was a small farmstead situated between the Bavarian towns of Ingolstadt and Schrobenhausen, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Munich, that has become infamous as the scene of one of the most gruesome and puzzling unsolved crimes in German history.
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Articles on introverts are nothing new, of course—The Atlantic’s 2003 classic “Caring for Your Introvert” still gets passed around Facebook on a regular basis—but the topic has gained some sort of strange critical mass in the past few weeks, and has been popping up everywhere from Gawker to Forbes. This latest swarm of articles ranges from glorified personality quizzes (31 Unmistakable Signs That You’re An Introvert”) to history lessons (“16 Outrageously Successful Introverts”) to business essays (“Why Introverts Can Make Excellent Executives”) to silly, self-aware send-ups of the trend itself (“15 Unmistakable, Outrageously Secret Signs You’re an Extrovert”).
The vast majority of them also come packaged with the assumption the reader understands the basic concept of introversion, and already has a pretty clear idea of whether he or she is an introvert or an extrovert. 8 Things You Won't Believe Can Be Hacked.