The revolutionary study has been initiated by a team of researchers, headed by Martin Hilbert of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

"We live in a world where economies, political freedom and cultural growth increasingly depend on our technological capabilities. This is the first time-series study to quantify humankind's ability to handle information,” said the lead investigator.

The researchers found that 94 percent of the human memory capacity is in digital form and the rest is in analog form.

“Why shoot bullets or missiles, when you can dissolve your enemies with a super laser? It’s a potentially devastating weapon that needs no ammunition, can shoot lasers right out of the sky, and can run for as long as a ship can power it.,” said a secret source.

As the Navy has fallen in love with the idea, it is backing a Free Electron Laser program that is aimed at producing a ray of death, by the year 2018.

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The study regarding the connection between friendship and genes was carried out by James Fowler, a professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California, San Diego and his fellow researchers. Fowler is the first author of the paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.