Technology

Scientists have announced plans to shine laser beams into space in an effort to protect the earth from an incoming alien invasion.  Two US-based astronomers suggest the lasers could be used to cloak the earth’s biosignature from malicious intelligence lifeforms, making them believe that the planet is effectively ‘dead’ and thus not worth exploring. BBC News reports: A number of researchers have questioned the wisdom of advertising our existence to the galaxy. They fear that if aliens did visit us they might not be very friendly, and could introduce disease.

CERN’s infamous LHC (Large Hadron Collider) has restarted again after a three-month delay. According to ANSA: Scientists have injected 10 billion protons into its 27-kilometer tunnel. The LHC is the world’s largest and most powerful particle collider, and the largest single machine in the world. It was built by CERN between 1998 and 2008 in a bid to prove the existence of dark matter. The visible universe – the planets, stars, and galaxies – is made up of atoms or ‘baryonic’ matter, which makes up less than less than 5% of the total mass of the universe.

A Chinese designer from Hong Kong has built himself an android that resembles actress Scarlett Johansson. Ricky Ma said it was his childhood dream to design a humanoid after becoming obsessed with robots and animation. E&T magazine reports: Dubbed Mark 1, the android is a product of creator Ricky Ma’s life-long passion for humanoid robots. Although Ma didn’t name the actress who served as his inspiration, the resemblance to the Avengers star is rather obvious. The robot, which cost $50,000 (£35,000) to make, is now waiting for its big break.

By EconMatters

The Oil Market focuses on some rather silly stuff at times, and the Production Freeze notion, is one such misdirection play. I would rather Bloomberg provide some market insight given their vast resources by reporting on how much Oil Iran is actually able to bring to market versus the rhetoric.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duCY0pRlW74

Two amateur astronomers spotted space rock smashing into the surface of Jupiter while filming the largest planet in the solar system. Video shows the flash of a large object, thought to be an asteroid or a comet smashing into the gas giant’s atmosphere on 17 March. Newsweek reports: On March 17, Irish astronomy enthusiast John McKeon was making a time-lapse film of the transit of Jupiter’s moons Io and Ganymede on his 11-inch telescope when he saw a flash of light at the edge of the planet.