All posts categorized with Science & Tech

(Natural News) The British government’s mass surveillance powers have been severely undermined by The European Union’s top court. The new ruling could constrain police and spy agency investigations. The judgement was handed down last month, in Luxembourg, where the European Court of Justice declared that general and indiscriminate data retention regarding people’s communications and whereabouts […]

(Natural News) A diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, was once considered a death sentence, but advanced automation technology is offering new hope to sufferers of the rare condition. Most ALS patients eventually face an extremely difficult choice: either die from the lack of ability to breathe once the […]

(Natural News) Scientists are inching closer to understanding malaria better thanks to new analysis of DNA fragments taken from ancient human teeth in Italy. The researchers found genomic evidence of the deadly mosquito-borne illness in the 2,000-year-old remains, enabling them to identify the exact species of malaria that infected the ancient Romans. The analysis of […]

(Natural News) A newly-opened eatery in Manhattan incorporates a futuristic take on a not-so-new concept in providing fresh, healthy and relatively inexpensive vegetarian meals to the public. Eatsa is a modern, high-tech version of the automated lunch counter – an innovation first introduced to New Yorkers over a century ago. The restaurant employs no waiters […]

(Natural News) Recently, the Seattle police enlisted the help of car manufacturer BMW to both track and remotely lock a criminal inside of the vehicle he had stolen. This has sparked some spirited debates regarding the remote-lock aspects of vehicles and the ways they can be used. BMW confirmed that they have the power to […]

(Natural News) (NaturalNews) Last year, hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli had his company Turing Pharmaceuticals purchase the rights to anti-parasitic drug Daraprim, and immediately jacked the price up 5,000 percent, from $13.50 a pill to an astonishing $750. It was widely viewed as a quintessential example of Big Pharma price gouging. Now, a group of […]

(Natural News) A prenatal ultrasound test can definitively reveal whether a human who is safely developing in the womb is male or female. And since the early days of humanity, long before ultrasounds had come about, people have known that each human baby is either a male or female. A person is one or the other, but not both at the […]

(Natural News) A therapy method that uses a person’s own blood to treat various illnesses and conditions is becoming more widely practiced, after a number of high-profile athletes and celebrities have popularized its use. The treatment, platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP) – also known as “vampire therapy” – works by centrifuging blood and separating white blood […]

(Natural News) We here at Natural News have regularly pointed out the hypocrisy and outright deception that encompasses media coverage and political discussion regarding so-called “global warming/climate change.” The issue is as phony as President Obama’s great economy and the recent fake news Washington Post report on “fake news.” One of the most outrageously false […]

(Natural News) The latest in population control technology is being unveiled in Singapore, where the elderly are now being used as human guinea pigs in a collaborative trial to see how effectively humans can be tracked using wireless sensor technology. According to The Straits Times, two senior studio apartments have already been equipped with the […]