|
|
Blog Feeds
Anti-Empire
Human Rights in IrelandPromoting Human Rights in Ireland
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
international / sci-tech Thursday May 06, 2021 - 09:56 by steven
In january, the french police annonced 121 mobile phone masts had been sabotaged in only one year in France. At the time of this article, in the end of march 2021, a new communication on France Info radio, annonced the number had rose to 173. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Monday April 19, 2021 - 15:34 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
AK-47: Kalashnikov (2020) is a biographical film about Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (1919–2013), the inventor and designer of the AK-47 automatic rifle. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Tuesday November 03, 2020 - 21:43 by Sean Crudden
I do not know much about it. But I think science policy nationally and internationally is a delicate balance. It's difficult to form a picture of who is doing research, what are their objectives, what are the rewards. My impression is that science is mostly controlled by commercial interests. What is invented mostly is what can sell. You have copyright and secrecy backed up by law to preserve the pitch for profit. It is easy to see the sense in this because it provides an incentive for scientists and their employers to spend time and money on research. But there is also a negative aspect to this way of doing things. Manufacturers are not wholly induced to innovate. They might see more profit from concentrating on already discovered products. Pharmaceuticals are, perhaps, an example of this. Instead of looking for new and improved drugs, they may see more profit from continuing to produce older drugs even if they are less than perfect with lots of unwanted effects. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Monday June 10, 2019 - 08:34 by DeepThought
In this article I explore the claims that microwaves were responsible for diplomats injuries in Cuba. ... read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech Tuesday April 07, 2015 - 16:35 by Unemployed IT Guy
 1 comment (last - wednesday april 08, 2015 - 13:29)
My Job Bridge software development experiences... ... read full story / add a comment
cork / sci-tech Sunday July 13, 2014 - 12:43 by Corkonian
1 comment (last - friday july 18, 2014 - 12:34)
Visit by Dáil Committee toTyndall National Institute, UCC, Monday 14 July. Questions need to be addressed in regard to departures of iconic researchers following SFI funded research work. In particular the iconic work on the junctionless transistor. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Wednesday May 01, 2013 - 18:35 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
1 comment (last - wednesday may 01, 2013 - 23:53)  5 images
Just as we are seeing climate chaos change to climate catastrophe, we may also see job chaos change to job catastrophe. We are entering an era of technological change which has the potential to create havoc in an already seriously undermined world of employment. It has become a well-worn cliché to declare that the robots are coming but it is necessary to consider seriously how the creeping technologisation of production and services is going to affect many areas of employment considered today to be relatively safe from the machines. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Thursday December 01, 2011 - 04:52 by Reinarto Hadipriono
4 images
In the evolutionary journey of a living creature, a condition or a movement that occurs continuously from generation to generation, e.g. as when it “moves forward”, will have an impact on the shape of its body ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Saturday October 08, 2011 - 04:58 by Reinarto Hadipriono
2 images
How then are we to explain about the very existence of living creatures that have, since they first emerged 3.8 billion years ago, never come to the end of their life process? Therefore, the claim that all living creatures must experience death is one that still needs to be thoroughly proven ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Thursday March 10, 2011 - 17:09 by Luxefaire
1/28/2011 4:50 PM EST Tags: teaching, mnemonics, mnemonix, celtic ... read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech Friday December 17, 2010 - 17:12 by Sean Crudden
1 comment (last - sunday december 19, 2010 - 14:24)
The much trumpeted discovery of RNA and DNA copperfastened in the public mind the discrete, "quantum" characteristics; in a sort of "digital" understanding of human genetics. It may have blinded us to qualitative effects and the incalculable genetic fallout from widespread prescription of neuroleptics and other pharmaceuticals. One of the tragically serious ironies of this is that people of otherwise very high genetic perfection are often the most prone to "mental illness." ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Thursday January 08, 2009 - 12:26 by Kevin Doyle
10 comments (last - friday february 06, 2009 - 19:54)
Anarchists want to change the world. Instead of the present order – capitalism – with its focus on inequality and profits for a few, we want to build a new society based around the principles of participatory democracy, freedom and production for need not profit. For anarchists the type of society we want to build is best summed up by the slogan: ‘To each according to their needs, from each according to their ability’. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Friday October 12, 2007 - 22:19 by iosaf mac diarmada
3 comments (last - friday may 03, 2019 - 16:18) 1 image
Yesterday night the switch was flicked on one of the largest satellite arrays on the planet. Named after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen the system brings together his dilletentism or whims as a mega-geek & the anglo-saxon culture industrially vital world of SETI and the very murky US involvement in deep Space radio telescope exploration in one project with one stated aim :- The search for intelligent Alien life. I'm going to treat today's "system booting" as a piece of tech-news & come at it from the ever reliable anti-trust angle. Thus I hope to raise awareness of the capitalist & philosophical elements of the project rather than spurn the "tinfoil hat" brigade onto anything sillier than they've achieved mostly not by being too suspicious or paranoid but rather by not putting their theories in social or historical context. To that end I'll mix news with a bit of analysis & bit of opinion. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Wednesday June 20, 2007 - 12:45 by R. Isible
11 comments (last - friday june 29, 2007 - 19:17)
YouTube (now owned by Google) have launched what they say are "localized" versions for 9 countries: Brazil, Japan and seven EU countries including Ireland. The Irish version appears bizarrely to be localised in English. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Wednesday May 09, 2007 - 14:42 by Sheikh Dr. Shaheed Satardien
4 comments (last - wednesday may 30, 2007 - 01:07)
The Inter-Faith Roundtable is a loose affiliation of people of different beliefs (from Christians, to Muslims, Hindus to Sikh etc) who seek to promote peace, tolerance, respect and understanding between the creeds and those of none. We believe that integration is an essential part of that process, as the lessons of Europe so starkly indicate. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Sunday November 19, 2006 - 16:57 by Ezra Niesen
1 comment (last - friday november 24, 2006 - 18:30) 1 image
Scientists who study human evolution have discovered the evolutionary origins of morality. The concept of morality exists in every culture on Earth, but the morals themselves are different, which causes a lot of conflict in the world. Now that the Democrats own the U.S. Congress, I’m sure that conflict is about to get very interesting… ... read full story / add a comment
Geologist view on Oil Exploration in Ireland ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Friday July 28, 2006 - 22:35 by James O'Brien
3 comments (last - saturday july 29, 2006 - 00:53) 5 images
I picked up Frans de Waal’s latest offering as I’m interested in human evolution and a book which promised to discuss the behaviour of the common chimpanzee, its sister species the bonobo, together with humans promises insights into the biological underpinnings of empathy, aggression, sexuality and the like. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Wednesday June 28, 2006 - 01:05 by Liam Mullen (Liam Ó Maoláin)
1 comment (last - wednesday june 28, 2006 - 13:46)
The British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett in a speech given to the House of Commons has stated that “the global scientific landscape is now shifting”, and she has referred to the rise of India and China as highly significant. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / sci-tech Tuesday June 20, 2006 - 18:30 by Sean Crudden
1 comment (last - tuesday june 20, 2006 - 20:36) 1 image
What do we expect from our investment in science over the next seven years? Do we really want science at all? Maybe we would be more content to persevere with the quackery and the money-making? ... read full story / add a comment |
|
|
