Take a look at this amazing public transport solution in
China– it's a bus network that drives over the top of the cars on a slightly
modified road, able to stop without interrupting the traffic flow and to glide
over the top of congestion. This go-go-gadget bus is far quicker and 90 percent
cheaper to build than a new subway route, it's solar/grid electric powered and
it's no pipe dream – construction starts at the end of this year.
Monday, 26 August 2013
Baby Stingrays
Stingrays are oviparous, meaning that the eggs develop and hatch inside
the mother, who then give birth to live young. They have between 5 and 13
offspring at a time. Before birth, the female holds the embryos in the womb
without a placenta. Instead, the embryos absorb nutrients from a yolk sac, and
after the sac is depleted, the mother provides uterine "milk".
Two female stingrays at the London Aquarium have given birth to young in spite of the fact that they haven't been near a male in more than two years. Therefore, it stands to reason that female stingrays have the ability to store sperm in some way.
Autism is caused by the MMR vaccine
There has been a story spreading across the
internet which claims that courts have "quietly ruled" that autism is
caused by the MMR vaccine, and many of you have asked us to comment
on the validity of that article. The talking points of that story are
heavily based on fraudulent data from the ‘90s that has since been
retracted.
Nothing exists without risk, but there is no credible information that says vaccines cause autism.
Friday, 16 August 2013
Altered States of Consciousness
Brain
EEGs from unresponsive people in comas or under anesthesia can reveal
whether their brains are truly unconscious, report Casali and colleagues
in this week's issue of Science Translational Medicine. A newly devised
"Index of Consciousness" detects conscious thinking by measuring
information processing going on in the brain.
1960's Highest Parachute Jump
In 1960, USAF
Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger stepped from a balloon-supported gondola at
the altitude of 31,333 meters (Approx; 102,800 ft). In free fall for 4 minutes
and 36 seconds at speeds up to 614 mph and temperatures as low as -94
degrees Fahrenheit, he bravely opened his parachute at 5,334 meters (17,500 ft). Joseph Kittinger set world records for the highest parachute jump, longest
parachute free fall, and the fastest speed by a human being through the
atmosphere. He also set the record for the highest ascent in an open
gondola.
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Dolphins have a better memory of social interactions than any other animal.
Aside from humans, dolphins have a better memory of social interactions than any other animal. Recently, a separate study showed that dolphins call each other by name, so this new information gives further insight into the intelligence that dolphins possess and the importance of social behavior in their lives.
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Monday, 5 August 2013
World's first lab-grown burger is eaten in London
The first lab-grown burger, made in the Netherlands with stem cells
taken from a dead cow, has been cooked and served up. This one cost £215,000, but could the technique become a sustainable way
to provide the world with meat? Scientists took cells from a
cow and, at an institute in the Netherlands, turned them into strips of muscle
that they combined to make a patty.One food expert
said it was "close to meat, but not that juicy" and another said it
tasted like a real burger.
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