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Top 10 Secret Societies. Mysteries Through history there have been many secret societies and conspiracy theories about those societies. This is a list of 10 of the most famous and popular secret societies or alleged secret societies. 1. Skull and Bones [Wikipedia] Members of the Skull and Bones (George Bush is left of the clock) [1947] The Order of Skull and Bones, a Yale University society, was originally known as the Brotherhood of Death.

According to Judy Schiff, Chief Archivist at the Yale University Library, the names of the members were not kept secret until the 1970s, but the rituals always have been. The society is surrounded by conspiracy theories; the most popular of which is probably the idea that the CIA was built on members from the group. 2. Freemasons Annual Meeting [1992] The Grand Masonic Lodge was created in 1717 when four small groups of lodges joined together. Masons conduct their regular meetings in a ritualized style. 3. Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians 4. Crowley with OTO Instruments 5. 6. Get Anyone to Like You – Instantly – Guaranteed. Get anyone to like you - Instantly - Guaranteed If you want people to like you, make them feel good about themselves.

This golden rule of friendship works every time - guaranteed! The principle is straightforward. If I meet you and make you feel good about yourself, you will like me and seek every opportunity to see me again to reconstitute the same good feeling you felt the first time we met. Unfortunately, this powerful technique is seldom used because we are continually focused on ourselves and not others. The simple communication techniques that follow will help you keep the focus of the conversation on the person you are talking to and make them feel good about themselves. The Big Three Our brains continually scan the environment for friend or foe signals. Eyebrow Flash The eyebrow flash is a quick up and down movement of the eyebrows. Head Tilt The head tilt is a slight tilt of the head to one side or the other. Smile A smile sends the message "I like you.

" Empathic Statements Example 1. World around us: Top 10 uncracked codes. Well drawn explanation on what motivates us. Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world.

Cultural Dangers

The Paradox of Dual-Use Research in the 21st century. A few days ago, I attended a short conference called Dangerous Liaisons held at the Biodesign Institute. Speakers included researchers in genetics and synthetic biology, the chains of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, the senior FBI agent for WMD threats, and a AAAS fellow in biosecurity. The subject of the talk was dual-use research, and how it can be controlled. The problem is that while genetics and synthetic biology offer tremendous benefits for health and new chemical products, at the same time these technologies might empower criminals and terrorists, or even lead to an accidental bio-disaster. How can we regulate dual-use technologies for the safety of mankind?

(As a historical aside, it's only recently that dual-use has taken on these negative connotations. The primary concern of all the presenters was that whatever form the regulations take, it not impede 'good science.' So, is there hope for the future?

Benefitting Society

Convert Plastic Back into Oil. Plasma nanoscience needed for green energy revolution, scientist argues. A step change in research relating to plasma nanoscience is needed for the world to overcome the challenge of sufficient energy creation and storage, says a leading scientist from CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering and the University of Sydney, Australia. Professor Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov of the Plasma Nanoscience Centre Australia, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, has highlighted, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, the unique potential of plasma nanoscience to control energy and matter at fundamental levels to produce cost-effective, environmentally and human health friendly nanoscale materials for applications in virtually any area of human activity.

He said: "We can find the best, most suitable plasmas and processes for virtually any application-specific nanomaterials using plasma nanoscience knowledge. Algae Could Be Key to Cleaning Up Nuclear Accident Sites. C. moniliferum, Crystallizing Strontium Minna R. Krejci et al. via CHEMSUSCHEM Algae can secrete biofuels and pump out biologic drugs , and now researchers think it could help clean up radioactive accidents like the one unfolding at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear facility. A Northwestern University researcher has identified a certain kind of common algae, known as that has a unique penchant for sequestering strontium into crystals, a trick that could help remove the dangerous radioactive isotope strontium-90 from the environment.

Strontium-90 is particularly hazardous because of its similarity to calcium. Because the two atoms share similar atomic properties, radioactive strontium can end up getting into the same places calcium can, like milk, bones, bone marrow, and blood. That’s where comes in. That saves both time and money, and in the midst of a massive disaster cleanup effort like the ongoing one in Japan, both time and money are extremely valuable. . [ Nature ] Forest byproducts, shells may be key to removing radioactive contaminants from drinking water. A combination of forest byproducts and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water, researchers from North Carolina State University have found. "As we're currently seeing in Japan, one of the major health risks posed by nuclear accidents is radioactive iodide that dissolves into drinking water. Because it is chemically identical to non-radioactive iodide, the human body cannot distinguish it -- which is what allows it to accumulate in the thyroid and eventually lead to cancer," says Dr.

Joel Pawlak, associate professor of forest biomaterials. "The material that we've developed binds iodide in water and traps it, which can then be properly disposed of without risk to humans or the environment. " "In disaster situations with limited-to-no power source, desalinating drinking water is difficult, if not impossible. This foam could be brought along in such situations to clean the water without the need for electricity," Pawlak says.

Language

First Writing May Have Been Three-Dimensional. First writing may have been three-dimensional Archeologists have long been puzzled by large numbers of small, fired-clay objects found in the Middle East. Denise Schmandt-Besserat, University of Texas at Austin, believes that these small geometrical shapes (cones, spheres, disks, etc.) were actually symbols used in commerce to indicate numbers and types of commodities (sheep, oil, etc.). Generally less than an inch in size, the clay objects were apparently sealed in hollow clay spheres to make bills of lading as early as 8,500 B.C. This is 5,000 years before two-dimensional clay tablets were introduced for writing. (Anonymous; "From Reckoning to Writing," Scientific American, p. 58, August 1977.) Comment.

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