Archive for May, 2014

Ancestral memories can be passed down our DNA, according to new findings

Scientists reveal memories and ancestral experiences ‘inherited’ via our DNA

Memories may be passed down to future generations through DNA, according to a new study by US scientists. Researchers from Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta said that the emotions and experiences of our mother and fathers are passed down through future generations and inherited biologically through chemical changes that occur in DNA. This may help to explain how[Read More…]

Google representatives advocate RFID chipping

Google representatives advocate RFID chipping

It sounds like something out of some dystopian future – a micro-chipped population that is unable to access anything without confirming their identity through micro-chips. And yet that is exactly the kind of technology that former DARPA director Regina Dugan is promoting. She has spoken out in favour of an edible “authentication microchip” and an electronic tattoo that can read[Read More…]

Nubia Bowe

US girl beaten up by male cops after allegedly dancing on a train

A US girl was attacked by police after she was arrested for dancing, it has been reported. Nubia Bowe, 19, was travelling home one evening in March on a train in San Francisco, when police were called after someone complained about a group of young men and women dancing on a train and soliciting money. However, when the police arrived,[Read More…]

Parents overhear thug bellowing obscenities at their child as she slept

Parents overhear thug bellowing obscenities at their child as she slept

An Ohio couple woke up to find a strange man screaming at their baby, after he managed to hijack their baby monitor and used it to torment the youngster. The man had been using the monitor to watch the baby sleep and was heard screaming “wake-up baby” by the parents who were woken up from their sleep at the sound[Read More…]

Police under fire after brutality cases spark investigation

Police under fire after brutality cases spark investigation

Police brutality is on the rise in the UK and US. Following the introduction of tasers in Britain, there has been an alarming number of cases whereby officers have used them sparingly, at the slightest provocation. Wiltshire Police recently came under fire after footage was leaked of a police officer – PC Lee Birch – tasering a naked suspect in[Read More…]