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Report: ISIS fighter 'Jihadi John' identified

Posted: February 28, 2015 at 10:40 am

His voice became hauntingly familiar as the masked man with a British accent who appeared repeatedly in brutal beheading videos from ISIS.

But the identity of "Jihadi John" remained a mystery -- until Thursday, when two U.S. officials and two U.S. congressional sources confirmed it.

The man, the officials said, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born Londoner.

The officials, who've been briefed on the matter, spoke to CNN after a Washington Post report first revealed Emwazi's identity.

Emwazi is believed to have traveled to Syria in 2012, according to the newspaper, and later to have joined ISIS there.

Even with a name and face for the man behind the mask, uncertainty still swirled Thursday. London police and British officials declined to confirm his identity. Officials from a London-based human rights and Muslim advocacy organization who've interacted with Emwazi said they couldn't be 100% certain it was him.

And a key question remained unanswered: What inspired him to join ISIS?

The answer depends on who you ask.

Some terrorism experts said Emwazi's history shows someone who'd been on a path toward extremism for years.

But CAGE, the London advocacy group that worked with him, said if he is the man who's appeared in ISIS videos, it's a sign that British authorities' tactics pushed him to radicalize.

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Flight Facilities – Crave You (TEEMID & Daniela Andrade Cover) – Video

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World Future Society Announces Keynotes for WorldFuture 2015

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Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 28, 2015

The World Future Society, known for five decades as the worlds premiere institution identifying and exploring issues critical to the long-term future of mankind, today announced the leading participants for its upcoming annual conference WorldFuture 2015: Making the Future.

Steve Jurvetson, renowned venture capitalist and Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, will serve as the opening keynote, setting the stage for three days of interactive sessions designed to unite more than 1,000 attendees in identifying and addressing future-critical issues. Jurvetson is best known for his success in future-facing investments such as SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics, Tesla Motors, Hotmail, Interwoven, Kana, and NeoPhotonics.

To forge the future and create revolutionary changes, companies begin by building interdisciplinary teams of passionate, inspired, and determined people, said Jurvetson. The World Future Society provides an ideal forum to introduce our greatest shared challenges, and allow brilliant minds from across global society to coalesce around scenarios and concepts that can lead to breakthroughs across technology, healthcare, governance, education, and more.

Additional confirmed speakers include technologist Paul Saffo; President and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology Nuala OConnor; author Ramez Naam; futurists Peter Schwartz, Nancy Murphy and Ari Popper; media and Internet expert Janna Anderson; Verynice CEO and a Huffington Post Millennial to Watch Matt Manos; and many more.

Interactive sessions will focus on three key thematic tracks: The Business of Foresight, Technology and Innovation, and Global Issues.

WorldFuture 2015: Making the Future will be held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel on July 24-26, 2015. Detailed information about the conference, including registration information, is available at http://www.WorldFuture2015.org. Advance registration for media is also now open.

In a departure from past conferences, the kickoff keynote address featuring Steve Jurvetson will take place at 4:00 p.m. on July 24, the opening day of the WorldFuture 2015.

Making the Future is all about the interaction between the intellectual and entrepreneurial community that thrives throughout the Bay Area and prominent representatives of the global foresight community who travel from around the world to attend the WFS annual conference, said Dr. Amy Zalman, President and CEO of the World Future Society.

For nearly five decades, WFS has served as the convener of crucial discussion about the future, continued Zalman. We unite leaders working to solve issues across the public, private and technology sectors with professional futurists who offer guidance for navigating these issues. Working at this nexus illuminates new possibilities for collaboration and unrestrained innovation. WorldFuture 2015 will welcome hundreds of emerging futurists, from all generations and sectors, to engage in ideation, debate, and discovery.

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Holiday Everyday, February 20th: Futurist Cherry Pie – Video

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Russia to Stick With ISS Till 2024 as It Preps for Moon Mission

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NASAUnder President Vladimir Putin the space program has seen a measurable increase in funding.

After months ofuncertainty surrounding thelong-term fate ofthe International Space Station, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos has announced its desire toremain inthe 15-nation program until 2024, anagency statement said late Tuesday night.

According tothe statement bythe agency's Scientific andTechnical Council (STC), asenior internal planning body, Russia will then move onto amoon mission around 2030.

"Today we determined that themain aim [for theprogram] is touse theISS todevelop our lunar program inlow Earth orbit, [before moving onto] deep space," Yury Koptev, head ofthe STC anda former Roscosmos chief, was quoted as saying inthe statement.

Roscosmos said that they envision Russian-manned spaceflight following two lines ofdevelopment over thenext decade.

Inthe near term, Russia will continue touse ISS as abase formodernizing andexpanding its domestic space assets.

Meanwhile, it will develop new technology tosupport theconstruction ofa new national space station around 2024 or 2025, which will be built onthe basis ofRussia's segment ofthe current ISS.

Russia's portion ofthe ISS, originally designed tobe theSoviet Union's Mir-2 space station, is technically capable ofserving as anindependent station, towhich new space station modules could be added.

According toRoscosmos, thenew national space station will ensure Russia's independent access tospace, provide abase forthe testing ofnew spacecraft, andeventually serve as away station forRussian cosmonauts ontheir way tothe moon around 2030.

Koptev was quoted inthe statement as saying that there is ageneral consensus within thespace agency andsurrounding industry that this path ofdevelopment is theproper course forRussia's space program.

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Why Astronaut Ron Garan Thinks We Should Colonize The Moon …

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European Space Agency's astronaut Alexander Gerst, left, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, gesture from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev, Pool)

European Space Agency's astronaut Alexander Gerst, left, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, center, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, gesture prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool)

The photo provided by the European Space Agency ESA shows German astronaut Alexander Gerst on the international space station ISS who put a fourth star on his German soccer shirt after Germany won it's fourth World Cup after beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time. (AP Photo/ESA/NASA)

European Space Agency's astronaut Alexander Gerst, left, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, center, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, walk to the rocket prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergey Ilnitsky, Pool)

European Space Agency's astronaut Alexander Gerst, a crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, gestures prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool)

In this photo taken with a fisheye lens and with a long time exposure, the Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. The Russian rocket carries European Space Agency's German astronaut Alexander Gerst, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. The Russian rocket carries European Space Agency's German astronaut Alexander Gerst, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. The Russian rocket carries European Space Agency's German astronaut Alexander Gerst, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

European Space Agency's astronaut Alexander Gerst, center, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, bottom, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, wave prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

Russian Space Agency experts help European Space Agency's astronaut Alexander Gerst, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, to stand up after inspecting his space suit prior to the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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Human evolution questioned: 'Big brain gene found humans, not chimps'

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Human evolution questioned: 'Big brain gene found humans, not chimps'

A single gene may have paved the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of brain cells found in a key brain region.

This gene seems to be uniquely human: It is found in modern-day humans, Neanderthals and another branch of extinct humans called Denisovans, but not in chimpanzees.

By allowing the brain region called the neocortex to contain many more neurons, the tiny snippet of DNA may have laid the foundation for the human brain's massive expansion.

"It is so cool that one tiny gene alone may suffice to affect the phenotype of the stem cells, which contributed the most to the expansion of the neocortex," said study lead author Marta Florio, a doctoral candidate in molecular and cellular biology and genetics at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.

Still, it's likely this gene is just one of many genetic changes that make human cognition special, Florio said.

An expanding brain

The evolution from primitive apes to humans with complex language and culture has taken millions of years.

Some 3.8 million ago, Australopithecus afarensis, the species typified by the iconic early human ancestor fossil Lucy, had a brain that was less than 30 cubic inches (500 cubic centimeters) in volume, or about a third the size of the modern human brain.

By about 1.8 million years ago, Homo erectus was equipped with a brain that was roughly twice as big as that of Australopithecus.

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'Big Brain' Gene Found in Humans, But Not in Chimps

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A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of neurons found in a key brain region.

This gene seems to be uniquely human: It is found in modern-day humans, Neanderthals and another branch of extinct humans called Denisovans, but not in chimpanzees.

By allowing the brain region called the neocortex to contain many more neurons, the tiny snippet of DNA may have laid the foundation for the human brain's massive expansion.

This embryonic mouse cerebral cortex was stained to identify cell nuclei (in blue) and a marker for deep-layer neurons (in red). The human-specific gene known as ARHGAP11B was selectively expressed in the right hemisphere: Note the folding of the neocortical surface.

"It is so cool that one tiny gene alone may suffice to affect the phenotype of the stem cells, which contributed the most to the expansion of the neocortex," said study lead author Marta Florio, a doctoral candidate in molecular and cellular biology and genetics at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.

She and her colleagues found that the gene, called ARHGAP11B, is turned on and highly activated in the human neural progenitor cells, but isn't present at all in mouse cells. This tiny snippet of DNA, just 804 genetic bases long, was once part of a much longer gene. Somehow, this fragment was duplicated, and the duplicated fragment was inserted into the human genome.

In follow-up experiments, the team inserted and turned on this DNA snippet in the brains of mice. The mice with the gene insertion grew what looked like larger neocortex regions.

The researchers reviewed a wide variety of genomes from modern-day and extinct species confirming that Neanderthals and Denisovans had this gene, while chimpanzees and mice do not. That suggests that the gene emerged soon after humans split off from chimpanzees, and that it helped pave the way for the rapid expansion of the human brain.

Florio stressed that the gene is probably just one of many genetic changes that make human cognition special. [The Top 10 Things That Make Humans Special]

The gene was described in a paper published online Thursday by the journal Science.

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