Abortion
Forced abortion and euthanasia? creation
A group of ‘bioethicists’ have recently released a 10-point “consensus statement” that outlines how they think doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers who conscientiously object to ‘medical’ procedures like abortion and euthanasia should be forced to believe in and practice them
Christianity
A Pastor at a Corpus Christi Church Is on a Mission to Build “the Largest Cross in the Western Hemisphere.” texasmonthly
The pastor’s vision for the cross came about three years ago when he took his family on a road trip to Galveston. Along the way they drove toward a 170-foot cross outside of Sagemont Church in southeast Houston, near the intersection of I-45 and Beltway 8. Milby was mesmerized by the way the cross appeared to keep growing larger as the car approached it. He decided then he wanted a mega-cross for Corpus Christi.
Colombia
Colombia Farc leader apologises to victims at peace signing bbc
The ceremony which marks the end of 52 years of armed conflict was broadcast live and shown on giant screens in the capital, Bogota, and other large cities.
North Korea
Attendees at North Korean air show wowed by model F-16 stripes
The plane roaring over people's heads at the country's first air show Sunday was actually a remote-controlled mock-up of the fabled U.S Air Force fighter. The scale models of the F-16 and a Chinese J-10 fighter were featured on the second day of the Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival wonsanairfestival.
Philippines
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte calls for reintroduction of death penalty ‘in case there is no God’ independent.co.uk
The death penalty was officially abolished in the largely Catholic country in 2006, but Mr Duterte said that ‘if God doesn’t exist’, capital punishment is the only way to ensure justice for the victims of terrible crimes.
If God doesn't exist, then what's the moral standard for justice in the first place? It's clear Duterte is using a common argument, which basically equate to "why does God allow bad things happen to good people?" gotquestions.org. Except the Bible (God) says there aren't any good people...so the real question is why does He allow good things happen to any of us?
Drugs
More U.S. babies born addicted to opiates like heroin in.reuters
Nationally, the rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome involving mothers’ use of opiates - which includes heroin as well as prescription narcotics like codeine and Vicodin - surged from 2.8 cases for every 1,000 births in 2009 to 7.3 cases for every 1,000 births in 2013, the study found.
Archaeology
Ancient Roman coins unearthed from castle ruins in Okinawa japantimes.co.jp
The board of education in the city of Uruma said the four copper coins, believed to date back to the Roman Empire in the third to fourth centuries, were discovered in the ruins of Katsuren Castle jcastle.info, which existed from the 12th to 15th centuries.
Space
Photos Suggest Mercury Is Actively Shrinking popsci w!
Researchers found thin step-like cliffs in photos taken by MESSENGER, much smaller than the narrow ones that had been discovered back in the 1970s. These smaller features, called fault scarps, managed to survive intact after the planet was slammed with meteorites, meaning that they probably formed recently.
This is generally interesting - God's fascinating creation is always interesting - but what's specifically noteworthy is (again) the reason people are amazed is because it wasn't expected based on the evolutionary-based models of how planets formed.
SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System youtube v
Watch SpaceX's dream Mars technology in "action"
Augmented Reality
Microsoft HoloLens is coming to more Lowe's usatoday
The Lowe's home improvement chain will expand a pilot program that allows consumers to virtually design kitchens using HoloLens from two to five stores, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Monday at Ignite, the company's week-long conference for IT professionals in Atlanta.
Google Station aims to bring Wi-Fi to public spaces across the globe thenextweb
With Google Station, the company wants to partner with venues and organizations – like malls, cafes, universities and mobile carriers – to offer public Wi-Fi in order to make it easier for more people to get online. These partners will have the option to offer connectivity to users for free, or to monetize it with ads or access fees.
Also see Google pushes into India with free wi-fi bbc
Automation
[OPINION] Will driving your own car become the socially unacceptable public health risk smoking is today? theconversation
It’s less an intriguing hypothetical than a near-future public health question thanks to the rapid development and emergence of self-driving cars. And a new federal policy for automated vehicles from the U.S. Department of Transportation has just given self-driving cars another nudge forward.
Vehicles
Uber is researching a new vertical-takeoff ride offering that flies you around recode.net
Holden said that he has been researching the area, “so we can someday offer our customers as many options as possible to move around.” He added that “doing it in a three-dimensional way is an obvious thing to look at.”
3D Printing
3D printing is revolutionizing roadways as well as airplanes techcrunch
Take for example the new technologies Stratasys demonstrated for the first time at the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago. One of the company’s new technologies is an “Infinite-Build” system that’s designed to print parts on a vertical plane, essentially making it possible to print parts of virtually any size.
Medical
Could holograms help bring the end of malaria? Experts build new tool digitaltrends
...experts are in short supply, especially in impoverished regions where malaria hits hardest, so the team of Duke engineers devised an innovative technique that replaces the expert with an algorithm. They published a paper on their study in the journal Plos One last week.
Others...
Portuguese man walks again after spending 43 years in wheelchair following wrong diagnosis japantimes.co.jp
‘A Lyricist With a Camera’ on New York’s Streets lens.blogs.nytimes
Now You Can Buy A Real BMW Transformer wonderfulengineering v
One the one hand, completely uselss...on the other, completely worth watching :)
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