Mandatory Microchipping In Adopted Pets

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBS) - Starting Monday, every dog and cat adopted from the largest animal shelter on Long Island will come with a microchip embedded in its skin. It’s a quick procedure that can help reunite families with their lost pets.Related article: CASPIAN RELEASES MICROCHIP CANCER REPORTSteven Reichert’s dog Sandy became the first to have [...] continue reading the breaking news

Shoppers to use fingerprints or eye scans to pay for goods

Barclaycard has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology Photo: Getty ImagesThe futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard.The company has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology.This allows customers to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pigs to be bred for transplants

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported yesterday.Scientists in London and California have begun experiments to find a solution to record waits for organ transplants. In Britain around 8,000 patients are on waiting lists.“People [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pravda: Shocking Menace of Satellite Surveillance (Part I)

Unknown to most of the world, satellites can perform astonishing and often menacing feats. This should come as no surprise when one reflects on the massive effort poured into satellite technology since the Soviet satellite Sputnik, launched in 1957, caused panic in the U.S. A spy satellite can monitor a person’s every movement, even when [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pravda: Shocking Menace of Satellite Surveillance (Part II)

There are various other satellite powers, such as manipulating electronic instruments and appliances like alarms, electronic watches and clocks, a television, radio, smoke detector and the electrical system of an automobile. For example, the digital alarm on a watch, tiny though it is, can be set off by a satellite from hundreds of miles up [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists launch huge particle-smasher experiment

GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday which aims to simulate the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.Experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever made, could revamp modern physics and unlock secrets about the universe and [...] continue reading the breaking news