THE photo that went viral !!!!!Taiwan filial son carrying ill mom to hospital touches hearts

Taiwan filial son carrying ill mom to hospital touches hearts

A 62-year-old Taiwanese man has touched the hearts of many people after a photo of him carrying his mother to a hospital went viral online.

A man carried his mother around in a baby sling at the Chi Mei Medical Centre in Taiwan and the scene was snapped by an an undergraduate. His upload sparked an online frenzy, over the past several days, the hottest topic discussed online was “Who is he?”, It was finally revealed that he is 62-year-old Ding Zhu Ji, a former officer with The Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice based in Tainan.

Those who knew him said that Ding has always been a filial son, rejecting a promotion as he didn’t want to move to another district so that he could take care of his mom.

Ding even applied for early retirement to take care of his mother in 2007, a year after his father died.

One netizen comments: ” His act let us rediscover the bright and beautiful side in human nature, before this we already read many sad news that son kills mother, the picture convinces me of filial son still in the world.”

Old phone booths turned into mini- libraries in Germany. One Simple Rule: "Bring a book, take a book, read a book!"

Old phone booths turned into mini- libraries in Germany. One Simple Rule: "Bring a book, take a book, read a book!"

Columnar Basalt

Columnar Basalt

The unique formations are a result of lava flows cracking as they cool, in a perpendicular direction to the original flow. Columnar basalt clusters can be found all over the world—and then, naturally, climbed.

Sea-Foam

Sea-Foam

Sea foam or beach foam is a type of foam created by the agitation of seawater that has higher concentrations of dissolved organic matter, particularly decaying algal blooms. Foam forms as this organic matter is churned up by the surf.

it is not lava Read more about it down

it is not lava Read more about it down

Horsetail Fall is seasonal waterfall that flows in winter and early spring in Yosemite National Park of California. every year during the last two weeks of February as the sun sets behind the horizon line and everything begin to go dark, sunlight will hit and reflect off the falls at the exact right angle creating a spectacular albeit short lived effect, which looks like a beautiful lava fall

American daredevil Nik Wallenda had successfully walked across a section of gorge near the Grand Canyon,Arizona on a five-centimeter steel cable.

American daredevil Nik Wallenda had successfully walked across a section of gorge near the Grand Canyon,Arizona on a five-centimeter steel cable.
The self-described "King of the High Wire" finished the amazing stunt more than 450 meters above the Little Colorado River in just under 23 minutes. - June 23,2013

Post titleNature's wonder- Living Bridges ‎#Botanical Engineering! One of the most unique root structures of Cherrapunjee is known as the "Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge."

Nature's wonder- Living Bridges ‎#Botanical Engineering!

One of the most unique root structures of Cherrapunjee is known as the "Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge." It consists of two bridges stacked one over the other!bridges aren't built -- they're grown.

This is for all the cricket enthusiasts across the globe. ICC announced 5 new rules which will come into effect from October 1 this year.

This is for all the cricket enthusiasts across the globe. ICC announced 5 new rules which will come into effect from October 1 this year.
->T20I Ranking: ICC agreed to change the calculation of the T20 rankings to cover the same period.

->LED Lights In Bails & Stumps will be used in ODIs & T20Is.

->If Ball tampering is seen, the Umpires to award a five-run penalty to the batting team and book the fielding captain.

->TV umpire reviews of a no-ball on the fall of a wicket can now include waist-high full tosses and bouncers above shoulder height.

->The World Test Championship replaces the Champions Trophy in the ICC's calendar and will take off in June-July 2017.

Popcorn has been eaten for almost 7,000 years and is one of the oldest snacks in history.

Popcorn has been eaten for
almost 7,000 years and is one of
the oldest snacks in history.

A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport.

A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport. Punt guns were usually custom-designed and so varied widely, but could have bore diameters exceeding 2 inches (51 mm) and fire over a pound (≈ 0.45 kg) of shot at a time.A single shot could kill over 50 waterfowl resting on the water's surface. They were too big to hold and the recoil so large that they were mounted directly on the punts used for hunting, hence their name.

In the United States, this practice depleted stocks of wild waterfowl and by the 1860s most states had banned the practice. The Lacey Act of 1900 banned the transport of wild game across state lines, and the practice of market hunting was outlawed by a series of federal laws in 1918.

The Great son of India who designed the Indian National Flag.

This one is for all the Indians.
July 4th is the Death Anniversary of Pingali Venkaiah.

The Great son of India who designed the Indian National Flag.

"There is little that can actually unite Indians, if we look into it. Not religion, Not language, not color, and not caste. But nonetheless we have stayed united. United and strong. One of those things that has united us is this National Tricolor of us"

That laptop in front of you is hiding a beautiful secret.

That laptop in front of you is hiding a beautiful secret. Radiating from its hard drive, optical drive and tiny motors is a force field of magnetic and electric charges. Called an electromagnetic field, it’s invisible to the human eye—usually. But a recent project from two designers at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design have made the invisible visible. Luke Sturgeon and Shamik Ray have created light paintings from the EMFs emitting from our everyday electronics. The result are ghoulishly pretty images showing wisps of light floating above a laptop and flowing from a radio’s speaker.

Though the images are beautiful, the information we can glean from them is still abstract. Sturgeon says they don’t yet have a way to quantify how strong each EMF is, though he notes that the EMF from the laptop hard drive was so strong it would stall the phone’s magnetic sensor. Ultimately, the team would like to use the research they’ve done to create a standardized method to visually monitor a device’s EMF. “We would like to define a suitable and consistent visual language that can be used to measure and compare any type of object that emits a magnetic field,” Sturgeon said.

Read Full Article : http://www.wired.com/design/2013/07/the-invisible-images-coming-from-our-favorite-devices/#slideid-153381

The Perseus Cluster or Abell 426, like it's name says, it’s a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus

The Perseus Cluster or Abell 426, like it's name says, it’s a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus. It is considered one of the most massive objects in the whole universe!

Dr. Andrew Fabian discovered a huge black hole in this galaxy and despite the fact that this galaxy is 250 million light years from the earth, it emits Cosmic B flat sounds which appears as pressure waves rolling and spreading as a result of outbursts from this black hole!

It seems like if music was to be created at Perseus Cluster, a whole kind of new music genres could be created.


Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Science/The-Deepest-Note-Ever-Detected-By-Mankin/57800#1r3Tz913AevHYsfm.99

* The Hubble Telescope is 43.5 feet long and 14 feet wide. It weighs 24,500 pounds and cost $1.5 billion initially.

* The Hubble Telescope is 43.5 feet long and 14 feet wide. It weighs 24,500 pounds and cost $1.5 billion initially.
* The telescope was named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble. Hubble was the scientist who discovered there were galaxies beyond our own and helped confirm that the unierse was expanding beyond our Milky Way. This provided other scientists a foundation for the Big Bang Theory.
* The Hubble Telescope receives its energy from the sun through two 25-foot solar panels while orbiting about 353 miles above Earth.
* The telescope is expected to remain operational until 2014, about 24 years after its launch. It will then be replaced with the James Webb Space Telescope

Pink Grass Hopper

A Katydid. Commonly green, its pink colour is the result of a genetic mutation known as erythrism, similar to the recessive gene that afflicts albino animals.

Tallest Building In the World Kingdom Tower previously known as Mile-High Tower is a super tall skyscraper under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at a preliminary cost of SR4.6 billion (US$1.23 billion).

Kingdom Tower previously known as Mile-High Tower is a super tall skyscraper under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at a preliminary cost of SR4.6 billion (US$1.23 billion).

It will be the centerpiece and first phase of a SR75 billion (US$20 billion) proposed development known as Kingdom City that will be located along the Red Sea on the north side of Jeddah.

If completed as planned, the tower will reach unprecedented heights, becoming the tallest, as well as the first structure to reach the one-kilometer mark. The tower was initially planned to be 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) high; however, the geology of the area proved unsuitable for a tower of that height.

Cool uses with broken Tennis ball !

Cool uses with broken Tennis ball !

Once you accept iTunes User agreement, Apple can use 'Geo tracking' to see your phone's precise location.

Once you accept iTunes User agreement, Apple can use 'Geo tracking' to see your phone's
precise location.

The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 72kg (158lb). Discovered in Moliagud , Australia , in the 1869 gold rush , it was named the 'Welcome Stranger' .

The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 72kg (158lb). Discovered in Moliagud , Australia , in the 1869 gold rush , it was named the 'Welcome Stranger' .

Dark Matter

All the stars, galaxies, and black holes in the universe only compose about 5% of its mass. As crazy as it sounds, the other 95% is unaccounted for. Scientists decided to label this mystery material “dark matter” and to this day they are still not sure where or what it is.

Alien Invasion? No, It’s Just a Massive Supercell Storm

Alien Invasion? No, It’s Just a Massive Supercell Storm

Supercells are a class of thunderstorm characterized by towering cloud columns and a central mass of rotating air. They also carry the potential to spawn dangerous tornadoes, like the storm that devastated Moore, Oklahoma last month, killing 24 people.

The rotating, barrel-like “wall cloud” that hangs beneath the cloud ceiling is the column through which supercell storms “breathe in” hot, humid air, creating a powerful rotating updraft, says NASA Goddard Space Flight Center atmospheric scientist Anthony Didlake.

“Generally in the Great Plains, you have southerly winds bringing warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico near the surface, and westerly winds bring cooler, drier air off of the Rockies,“ Didlake said. The angle at which these forces collide is what sets off the eddy-like spin of the supercell. As the cloud mothership creeps to the south in the video, it “exhales” heavy rainfall and hail in its wake.

The video is even more stunning.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/video-supercell-storm/

Solar Grills/heaters!- Skittlestar

Solar Grills/heaters!- Skittlestar


David Wilson, a professor at MIT, came up with this baby barbecue requiring no use of firewood, coal, gas or electricity to operate. The futuristic-looking contraption serves both for grilling, cooking or heating food, and it also serves as a space heater, using only solar energy. Battery life of about 25 hours between recharging. This means that the energy stored in a single day in the sun can be used throughout the night and the next day. Perfect for outdoor cooking in large cities, but especially rural and remote communities.

How Do Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Space?

How Do Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Space?

They may need a combination of brains, guts, strength and skill—the “right stuff” but they also need to be potty trainable. How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? Sure enough, the answer includes plenty of tubes, wires, suction cups and, of course, checklists.A new National Geographic Channel special lays out the intricate contraption known as “WCS” or “waste collection system.” This ingenious device, which instills a bizarre admiration for the engineer or engineers whose job was to design it, allows cosmonauts to urinate and defecate at zero gravity without, as the bashful NASA spokesman in the video says, having an “escapee floating around the cabin.”

Turns out, however, that it takes a little training to use the WCS—including learning to sit in the correct position

If executed properly, an astronaut’s feces is sucked into a garbage bag that is stored and then returned to earth with other refuse. Urine is discarded out into space.

Look at the back of your hand and extend your thumb. See those two little tendons pop out and form a triangle between your wrist and your first thumb joint? Scientists call that triangle the "anatomical snuff box," because people used to have the habit of sniffing powdered tobacco from this fleshy depression..

Look at the back of your hand and extend your thumb. See those two little tendons pop out and form a triangle between your wrist and your first thumb joint? Scientists call that triangle the "anatomical snuff box," because people used to have the habit of sniffing powdered tobacco from this fleshy depression..

The tree that bleeds when cut is known as Dragon's blood

The tree that bleeds when cut is known as Dragon's blood, the tree of Family Euphorbiaceae produces a red resin that appears when it is cut. The resin has several utilities, even for humans, but in the case of the tree serves to heal the wound open and prevent the insects from attacking.

Some of the Most Amazing Extinct Species:

Some of the Most Amazing Extinct Species:

The world, as you may know, is rather old. Over the source of its history, a lot of species have come and gone. Today, I would like to take a look at some of the most fascinating ones (in no particular order).

1) The Passenger Pigeon—A pigeon may not sound like the most interesting species. They don’t have huge gaping maws, beautiful plumage, or other notably unique abilities. So why did they make it on this list?

Because they were once the most common bird species in North America (some even believe they were the most common species in the world), and now they are gone.

Their flocks were more than a mile wide and up to 300 miles long. The swarms of these birds were so dense that they darkened the sky for hours as they passed overhead. Population estimates from the 19th century ranged up to nearly 4 billion individuals, and they comprised nearly 40% of the total number of birds in North America. In just a century, the species that once blackened the sky was wiped from the face of the Earth.

Passenger pigeons were hunted as a crop nuisance for years, but it wasn't until pigeon meat got popular that things took a turn for the worst. It also sure didn't help that westward-bound settlers were chopping down the birds' habitat at an alarming pace. The last passenger pigeon died in a Cincinnati zoo in 1914. Her name was Martha.

2) Josephoartigasia (largest known rodent)—If you live in a city, you’ve probably happened upon some rodents from time to time. This isn’t too surprising, as rodents are the most abundant group of living mammals, with nearly 40% of the total number of mammalian species recorded. And these creatures flourish on the waste of human society: our garbage is their feast. So we encounter them fairly regularly.

But no rodent you’ve ever seen (no matter how large) can compare to Josephoartigasia.

These creatures lived in wetlands, where they fed off of vegetation and various grasses. Scientists estimate that the creatures reached 9 feet in length (3meters) and were over 4 feet tall (1.5meters). And these rodents could really eat—they reached up to 2,200 pounds (1,000kg). By comparison, the largest modern rodent reaches just 130poungs (60kg). The last of the species is believed to have died out some 2 million years ago due to changes in environment and continental drifts.

3) Moa (largest known flightless bird)—There are a number of flightless birds in existence. There are also a lot of flightless birds that (for a variety of reasons) are no longer in existence. The moa is one such bird. These creatures lived in New Zealand up to the 1600s. The largest species was about 13 feet tall (4m) and weighed over 500pounds (230kg).

And it isn’t just the moas’ amazing size that makes them unique. Of all the flightless birds, the moa is the only one known to have lost all trace of their wings — not even tiny wing bones or a wishbone are left. Moreover, all the giant Moa were actually females (the males were significantly smaller). In fact, the largest females were about 1.5 times the height and 2.8 times the weight of the largest males. This gender imbalance is the biggest of any species of bird or mammal found so far.

4) Gigantopithecus (the heftiest known ape)—Do you know what King Kong looks like? If you do, then you’ll have some idea of how Gigantopithecus looked (if not, the “giant” in the name should give you a pretty good idea). Ultimately, these creatures resembled modern day apes, only they were much, much, much larger. As the heftiest ape in history, the Gigantopithecus blacki reached 10 feet tall and weighed over 1,200 pounds (540kg).

And in some ways, this beast is a bit more like humanity than modern apes. There is one theory that was proposed by anthropologist Grover Krantz that supports the idea that Gigantopithecus was primarily bipedal (though some have argued that this research is skewed). Like the modern apes, these creatures fed primarily off plant matter.

Sadly, it seems that Homo erectus had a hand in their extinction. Their presence in the ecosystem meant that there was less food and other resources. When food became scarce, it caused greater competition between the species for what little food was left. For Gigantopithecus this competition would come from many creatures, as a number of species shared their diet. Ultimately, the large size of Gigantopithecus would have significantly counted against it because such a large body would need significantly more food in order to get the minimum level of calories to survive. What little fossil evidence we currently have does suggest that malnutrition was a real problem for these apes.
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There are a number of other species that deserve mention, but I must hold back for the sake of brevity. But feel free to link in all the amazing species that I missed (and please do).

3D Projection to your Home Sci-fi Becomes Sci-fact: Star Wars-style Holograms on the Proverbial Horizon

Sci-fi Becomes Sci-fact: Star Wars-style Holograms on the Proverbial Horizon

Announcements about technological strides like this make me very happy to be alive at this moment in time. According to scientists, who hail from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holograms similar to the those featured in the Star Wars movies (with Princess Leia) have been developed that can be produced inexpensively. Hopefully soon, gone are the days of 3D movies that kind of make us want to puke. (or in my case, the awful headaches)

In order to develop a system that allows people to see an image from a 3D perspective, we must manipulate light-rays, causing them to reflect from an object at various angles. This gives us the opportunity to see a different image from each angle, which is basically the difference between 2D and 3D videos. To do this, many different tactics are undertaken. Some of the systems involve a series of rapidly spinning mirrors. Whereas, other systems employ the use of lasers and multiple graphics processors. Regardless of the system, the effects aremostly the same.

While effective for the movies, our existing forms of this technology have debilitating limitations. Most notably, the quality of the holograms themselves. The size of the 3D images, the viewing angle and the speed the frames are capable of changing were also among the many restrictions. However, all of that may be irrelevant, as its possible to fix a few of these problems by modifying the spatial light modulators, which are responsible for directing the light into the proper points in three dimensional space, making the images come to life.

The team from HP Labs have developed a new screen, created through modification of the conventional liquid-crystal display (LCD) systems, which are used in most of our modern technologies (such as television screens, laptops and cellphones). These have sheets of material (like glass or plastic) that are covered in bumps, scattering light that is directed to the appropriate channel that controls the colors of the display, the polarizers and the shutters. Taking the existing models, the team added nano-patterned grooves, which similarly allow the light to scatter off into the appropriate directions. The "directional pixels" as they are called, have three sets os grooves. Each direct the green, red and blue light into the nessecary direction. (These grooves determine the number of viewpoints each hologram can possibly have). After which, the light pass through a series of liquid crystal shutters. Some block the light or pass it on, directing the different light rays from an object to a person's left or right side, tricking the eye into seeing a moving hologram -- Essentially doing away with the moving parts and mirrors used before.

Better yet, this technology is apparently capable of producing a static image seen from 200 different viewpoints. With videos, there would be 64 viewpoints that change at the rate of 30 frames per second. You could quite literally walk in a circle around the hologram and no identical image would be repeated. Of course, then we have another problem. 200 separate images are needed, which means the technology is not quite ready for its grand debut, but it does have some grand implications for holographic technology. Furthermore, Dr Michael Bove, the team leader, estimates that one of these monitors can be built for less than $500.

Further Reading:

"New 3-D Display Could Let Phones and Tablets Produce Holograms:"
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512716/new-3-d-display-could-let-phones-and-tablets-produce-holograms/

"HP Labs' new 3D display could make Star Wars-like holograms real:"
http://www.dvice.com/2013-3-22/hp-labs-new-3d-display-could-make-star-wars-holograms-real

Bhopal Gas Tragedy Kindly bear with the long post but the tragedy was something which changed the lives of the locals there, and are still going through the after-effects. DYK pays tribute to all the survivors.

Kindly bear with the long post but the tragedy was something which changed the lives of the locals there, and are still going through the after-effects. DYK pays tribute to all the survivors.

The Bhopal Gas Tragedy was an industrial catastrophe that occurred in 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
->At the time, UCIL was the Indian subsidiary of the US company Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), itself now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company.
->Around midnight on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, the plant released methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins, resulting in the exposure of over 5,00,000 people. Estimates vary on the death toll.
->Other government agencies estimate 15,000 deaths. Others estimate that 8,000 died within the first weeks and that another 8,000 have since died from gas-related diseases. The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release.
->The gases flooded the city of Bhopal, causing great panic as people woke up with a burning sensation in their lungs.
->The leakage caused many short term health effects in the surrounding areas. Thousands died immediately from the effects of the gas and many were trampled in the panic.
->Thousands of people had succumbed by the morning hours. There were mass funerals and mass cremations as well as disposal of bodies in the Narmada river.
->After the accident, no one under the age of 18 was registered. The number of children exposed to the gases was at least 200,000. 1,70,000 people were treated at hospitals and temporary dispensaries. 2,000 buffalo, goats, and other animals were collected and buried.
->Effects of interim relief were more children sent to school, more money spent on treatment, more money spent on food, improvement of housing conditions.
->It is estimated that 50,000 persons need alternative jobs, and that less than 100 gas victims have found regular employment under the government's scheme. Doctors and hospitals were not informed of proper treatment methods for MIC gas inhalation. They were told to simply give cough medicine and eye drops to their patients.

" DANCE OF THE SPIRIT also known as AURORA BOREALIS "

" DANCE OF THE SPIRIT also known as AURORA BOREALIS "

a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). The charged particles originate in the magnetosphere and solar wind and, on Earth, are directed by the Earth's magnetic field into the atmosphere.

In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas.

they illuminate the northern horizon as a greenish glow or sometimes a faint red, as if the Sun were rising from an unusual direction. Discrete aurorae often display magnetic field lines or curtain-like structures, and can change within seconds or glow unchanging for hours, most often in fluorescent green.

The Cree call this phenomenon the "Dance of the Spirits". In Medieval Europe, the auroras were commonly believed to be a sign from God.

The Mantis Shrimp:

The Mantis Shrimp:
Aquarists and scuba divers refer to them as “thumb-splitters" because their claws pack a punch as powerful as a .22-caliber bullet.
Those same claws can shatter a clam shell, and crack open a crab or shatter glass. They can bring down a blue-ringed octopus or a fish. The claws are made of a material so hard it can deliver 50,000 blows between molts - without breaking. It’s being studied by scientists as a model for crafting super-strong body armor for soldiers.
And it moves its claws so fast that they turn water into plasma and sound into light.

This phenomenon is referred to as sonoluminescence

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Funny oatmeal comic : http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

Goblin Shark Only Seen Some times

700,000-Year-Old Horse Genome Shatters Record for Sequencing of Ancient DNA:

700,000-Year-Old Horse Genome Shatters Record for Sequencing of Ancient DNA:
By piecing together the genetic information locked inside a frozen, fossilized bone, scientists have deciphered the complete genome of an extinct prehistoric horse that roamed the Yukon more than 700,000 years ago. The work rewrites the evolutionary history of the horse and smashes the previous record for the oldest complete genome ever sequenced. In doing so, it redefines how far back in time scientists can travel using DNA sequences as their guide.

Every time a cowboy throws a leg over the saddle and gallops off on his horse, he’s riding on top of 4 million years of evolutionary history. But this history is mostly a mystery. We know surprisingly little about how natural selection and thousands of years of selective breeding by humans have shaped these animals on the genetic scale.

Horses were once considered a textbook example for the smooth transition of one species into another, a perfect illustration of Darwin’s theories. Ancient equine species — dog-sized animals with five toes – gradually evolved into towering, hooved thoroughbreds. Or so the story went. But with every fossil that was unearthed, a more tangled picture emerged.

Then DNA sequencing came along, allowing scientists to reconstruct how organisms change over time down to the resolution of single letters in the DNA code.

In the new study, a multinational team of scientists led by Ludovic Orlando and Eske Willerslev at the University of Copenhagen used what’s become a common approach: comparing the DNA of modern species to DNA recovered from fossil remains, in this case a fossil bone fragment found near Thistle Creek, Canada. By pushing DNA sequencing technology to its limits, they were able to rewind the evolutionary clock back further than ever before.

Full Article :http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/ancient-horse-genome/

'Nuclear Pasta' In Neutron Stars May Be New Type Of Matter, Astronomers Say :

 
'Nuclear Pasta' In Neutron Stars May Be New Type Of Matter, Astronomers Say :
A rare state of matter dubbed "nuclear pasta" appears to exist only inside ultra-dense objects called neutron stars, astronomers say.

There, the nuclei of atoms get crammed together so tightly that they arrange themselves in patterns akin to pasta shapes — some in flat sheets like lasagna and others in spirals like fusilli. And these formations are likely responsible for limiting the maximum rotation speed of these stars, according to a new study.

"Such conditions are only reached in neutron stars, the most dense objects in the universe besides black holes," said astronomer José Pons of Alicante University in Spain. [The Top 10 Star Mysteries Ever]

This new phase of matter had been proposed by theorists years ago, but was never experimentally verified. Now, Pons and his colleagues have used the spin rates of a class of neutron stars called pulsars to offer the first evidence that nuclear pasta exists.

Pulsars emit light in a pair of beams that shoot out like rays from a lighthouse. As the pulsars spin, the beams rotate in and out of view, making the stars appear to "pulse" on and off, and allowing astronomers to calculate how fast the stars are spinning.

Researchers have observed dozens of pulsars, but have never discovered one with a spin period longer than 12 seconds. "In principle, that is not expected. You should see some with larger periods," Pons told SPACE.com. A longer spin period would mean the star is spinning more slowly.

Read Full Article : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/nuclear-pasta-new-matter-neutron-stars_n_3509085.html

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The probes PIONEER 10 and PIONEER 11

The probes PIONEER 10 and PIONEER 11, launched in 1972 and 1973, both carry the space-age equivalent of a message in a bottle. The two crafts explored Jupiter and Saturn, respectively, and then left our solar system going in opposite directions. It was Carl Sagan's idea to bolt a gold-plated plaque (shown below) to each of them for any ET who might see it in the next 100 million years or so. The plaques show Earth's position in the solar system; the sun's relationship to other stars; a diagram of a hydrogen atom; and a sketch of a man and woman standing next to the probe.

Addiction, alcohol poisoning, drunk driving, liver disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, obesity, diabetes and heart attack, these are the problems that have been linked with the consumption of alcohol. We have been hearing so many negative things about alcohol for a very long time that it has become nearly impossible for us to believe that it can actually be good for our health:

Addiction, alcohol poisoning, drunk driving, liver disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, obesity, diabetes and heart attack, these are the problems that have been linked with the consumption of alcohol. We have been hearing so many negative things about alcohol for a very long time that it has become nearly impossible for us to believe that it can actually be good for our health:
Moderate consumption of alcohol can save you from atherosclerosis, a condition in which arteries become narrow and clogged and one of the major causes of heart attack. The major factor that contributes to atherosclerosis is cholesterol.
Cholesterol is a fatty substance; if the blood becomes too much concentrated with it, sticks to the artery walls and becomes plaque. The platelets present in the blood get stuck to the plaque and cause the blood to clot. These blood clots restrict the flow of the oxygen-rich blood to reach the heart, causing heart attack.
How can alcohol help?

• It helps to increase HDL or “good” cholesterol
• It increases apolipoprotien A1, this protein plays a vital role in lipid metabolism and is also an important component of HDL
• Decreases fibrinogen, which is responsible for blood clotting
• It prevents plaque formation in the arteries
• It prevents blood clots and platelets from clumping

As we know there are two types of cholesterol, LDL or bad cholesterol and HDL or good cholesterol. Low levels of HDL and high levels of LDL can cause plaque formation in the arteries. A study published in the journal “Circulation”, in 2000, revealed that alcohol helps to boost HDL levels and the major contributing factor present in alcohol is ethanol.
There is another study that supports the fact that alcohol can improve cardiovascular health. This study was conducted in 2008, by Danish researchers who examined 12000 participants for 20 years. The effects of alcohol and exercise were observed on the hearts of participating men and women. Following were the results of the research:

• Positive relationship between regular exercise and decrease in heart disease was observed, in fact there was a reduction in the heart disease risk up to 32%
• Participants who were very active and did not had any consumption of alcohol showed a 30% drop in the risk of heart disease
• Those who consumed alcohol and also took regular exercise showed a reduction if the risk of heart disease up to 50%
• Non-active alcohol drinkers showed a reduction in the heart disease risk up to 30%, compared to the non-active participant who didn’t drink

Overall it was concluded that people drinking alcohol and taking regular exercise had the lowest chances of developing heart disease. An important thing to notify here is that the participants in this study only had one alcoholic beverage in a week.
Another study conducted in the U.S. in 2007, focused on men consuming one to two drinks in a day. It was revealed that such men had fewer incidences of heart attacks.
A research was conducted at The University of Buffalo, in 2001. The participants involved women who already had heart disease and consumed one drink in a day. These women were at a lower risk of having a heart attack as compared to the women who didn’t consume alcohol at all.

Which is the Highest capital in the world ? La Paz , the capital of Bolrvra , is 3,631 m (11,971ft) above sea level . Bolivia is the highest country in the Andes , the mountain chain that extends north-south all the way down the western coast of South America . It is the longest mountain chain in the world .

Which is the Highest capital in the world ?

La Paz , the capital of Bolrvra , is 3,631 m (11,971ft) above sea level . Bolivia is the highest country in the Andes , the mountain chain that extends north-south all the way down the western coast of South America . It is the longest mountain chain in the world .

Fruits that can change your Life

Fruits that can change your Life

Wow! Humans could learn so much from these examples.

Wow!
Humans could learn so much from these examples.

hITLER and Chaplin

Panther Facts

Panther Facts

1.Panther is known as black jaguar in Latin America, as black leopard in Asia and Africa, and as black cougar in North America.

2.Adult animal has 7-8 feet in length and weighs between 100-250 pounds.

3.They are carnivores (meat-eaters). They hunt and eat everything from birds and reptiles to large mammals.

4.Panther can produce loud roar.

5.Panthers are solitary animals. They will meet only during mating season.

6.After three months of pregnancy, female will give birth to 2-4 babies. She takes care of them by herself.

7.Panthers learn to climb the tree early in their life. They are strongest tree climbers in the cat world.

8.Eyes of the newly born cub are closed and covered with light fur.

9.At age of 2-3 months, cubs learn how to hunt from their mother.

10.Just nine months after birth, young panthers can catch medium-sized prey. They learn quickly.

11.Black panthers have large and strong paws and sharp claws that are used for hunting.

12.Panther can survive in areas populated with humans better than other cats.

13.Panther can leap up to 20 feet.

14.They have excellent eyesight and sense of hearing.

15.In the wild, panthers can live up to 12 years and in captivity up to 20.

Cats

Cats
#3. Imitating Snakes to Intimidate You

Cats, like many other animals, from butterflies to birds, instinctively employ the art of mimicry in order to best defend themselves from attack. Just like David Blaine in Las Vegas, a cornered cat relies on deception and misdirection in order to avoid being destroyed by its audience, and since most animals have a natural fear of venomous snakes, a sudden hiss accompanied by a spray of saliva coming from a head that resembles the shape of a python's will cause even the most determined and bloodthirsty hunter to think twice.

So the next time you piss off your kitty and it hisses at you, it's not just showing its disapproval. It's pretending to be something that can kill you.

#2. Obsessively Getting Rid of the Stench of Humans

Gee, cats are such clean animals, aren't they? Always licking their fur and grooming themselves. They must really care about being sanitary, clean-cut pets...

Hmmm... that's strange. Fluffy seems to groom himself a whole lot after you pet him. What, did you have some peanut butter on your fingers he has to get off? Maybe he's allergic to your touch and licking it makes him feel better?

No, he's most likely trying to get your stench off of him.

Cats have glands that are stimulated when they tug on their fur, that ooze their own scent. Licking the fur kicks those glands into high gear, making him smell more like himself and ridding him of the terrible, terrible stink of you. It'd be like if after every time you hugged your Mom, she immediately ran down the hall and took a shower.

Also, have you ever had a cat suddenly start peeing everywhere after you bring a new girl or guy home? Peeing on their clothes, or in the rooms they spend time in? It's sort of the same principle, its trying to erase all signs of his or her scent from the area.

#1. Bringing Home Dead Animals to Show You Suck at Hunting

Cats love murder. Mice, birds and exposed ankles often find themselves the unwitting prey of one of the few animal species on Earth that seemingly kills for fun. Thus, many a cat owner has also had the morbid pleasure of being presented with their pet's fresh kill. Fluffy will come home and drop the bleeding carcass of a bird on your shoe with an expectant look, as if you were going to gobble it up right then and there.

Why does she do it? Because Fluffy does expect you to gobble it up right then and there.

Most cat people will tell you that cats are instinctual hunters and even when they are satiated by last night's canned tuna, they will still take down a low flying sparrow if the opportunity presents itself, just for kicks. Then after successfully nabbing their quarry, the proud pet will then present it to the dominant group leader (her human owner) as a gift. While perfectly logical, that assumption is slightly incorrect and only half the story.

The dead bird, seemingly gift wrapped in ruffled feathers and crimson ribbon, isn't actually an offering to the owner at all, but more like a training exercise. See, cats teach their kittens and other dependent family members how to hunt and catch prey in gradual steps. When Fluffy dropped the corpse on your shoe, that was lesson number one in her teaching curriculum. She has noticed your appalling lack of hunting skills and inability to catch your own food, and is trying to teach you, as she would one of her kittens, how to feed yourself.

Garter Snake

Garter Snake
One of the most commonly known snakes in Canada is the garter snake. They can be found anywhere in Canada and central United States and come in quite a few different colors and markings. Garter snakes are usually about 60 to 80 cm (23-30 inches) long, but they have been known to grow up to 135 cm.

Because Garter snakes live in colder temperatures they need to hibernate in winter. They will find shelter in cracks in the ground where the frost doesn’t reach. If you go searching for them you won’t find just one…there could be hundreds! Some snakes will travel as far as 32 km or 20 miles to reach their winter den in Manitoba, Canada. It is one of the largest ‘Garter’ gatherings in the world!

The cassowary is a huge bird somewhat similar to the Ostrich, that can kill people with one strike of their feet.

The cassowary is a huge bird somewhat similar to the Ostrich, that can kill people with one strike of their feet.

SKY HIGH ! The Miallu Viaduct's massive , curved roadway is 2,460m (8,100ft) long and 32m (100ft wide) . It is supported by seven concrete pylons , but appears to float delicately acrors the vally .

SKY HIGH !

The Miallu Viaduct's massive , curved roadway is 2,460m (8,100ft) long and 32m (100ft wide) . It is supported by seven concrete pylons , but appears to float delicately acrors the vally .

They are presented in a small museum in Ica in Peru. And in this museum you can see the most strange skulls I ever saw, all found in this area close to the mysterious Nazca Lines. So the question is: What kind of humans were living there and how did they get those skull forms?

They are presented in a small museum in Ica in Peru. And in this museum you can see the most strange skulls I ever saw, all found in this area close to the mysterious Nazca Lines. So the question is: What kind of humans were living there and how did they get those skull forms?

This trio of owls in a Pacific Northwest forest is the epitome of wild beauty. Just imagine coming upon this scene while walking through the woods.

This trio of owls in a Pacific Northwest forest is the epitome of wild beauty. Just imagine coming upon this scene while walking through the woods.

Whales Have Pop Songs

Whales Have Pop Songs

Obviously, humans aren't the only animals that sing. Birds do it, killer whales do it, and if you happen to work in construction and are really lucky, you might just see a frog do it.

What makes humans unique is pop culture. One guy can make a song, put it on an album or the Internet and have thousands of people singing along to it, all over the world. There's no way another animal does that, right?

Well, we know of at least one.

Wait, what?

Whale songs become "hits" that can spread halfway around the globe. All the males in a humpback whale population usually sing just one song at any given time. But once they get bored of that song, an innovator in the group will start singing a new one. Sometimes, this new song contains elements of the previous song combined with some new stuff, kind of like when the Fat Boys and Chubby Checker worked together on "The Twist." At other times, this song is completely new, kind of like when you're in a freestyle rap battle and you have to come up with something that rhymes with "dingleberry" on the spot.

Once a new song catches on, every hip male in the community will start singing it, too. But that's just a bunch of whales in a group imitating each other. That's not like the mass media pop culture humans have, right?

Except scientists have found out that a song doesn't stay limited to just one population. A catchy enough tune will actually spread all over the Pacific, from Australia to French Polynesia, thousands of miles, over a couple of years. For some reason, all the whales east of Australia will just plagiarize their western neighbors once they hear them sing a new song.

how to tie your tie like this?

“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that construct the molecules,

“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that construct the molecules, are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that exploded their chemically rich guts into the galaxy, enriching pristine gas clouds with the chemistry of life.

So that we are all connected to each other biologically,
to the earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically. That’s kinda cool! That makes me smile and I actually feel quite large at the end of that. It’s not that we are better than the universe, we are part of the universe.

We are in the universe and the universe is in us.”