Data That Matters November 2016

Venezuela is experiencing 15-fold inflation. The US economy added 161,000 jobs in October and wages were up 2.8% from 2015. Continue reading →

Chernobyl Contained

The damaged nuclear reactor at Chernobyl is finally contained. The “New Safe Confinement” structure has been moved into place over Continue reading →

Cold Fusion Generates Excess Heat

Cold fusion research continues, frequently under different names to counter career backlash. Looking past the choice of ‘fusion’ in describing Continue reading →

Obesity Tied To Gut Bacteria

In mice. That’s the common caveat with so many studies. Now that that’s out of the way… As we’ve become Continue reading →

Profiling By AI

Facial recognition software has become sophisticated enough that it is going beyond Facebook tags. Chinese researchers trained an Artificial Intelligence Continue reading →

Richest 1% Own 51%

The richest 1% now own 51% of the world’s wealth, up from ‘only’ owning 45% in 2009, according to Credit Continue reading →

Polar Ice Breaks Into New Trend

Add all of the sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic and get a number that varies with the Continue reading →

Seat Of Human Consciousness

“scientists have now identified two specific cortex regions that they believe could be essential to human consciousness” – World Economic Continue reading →