Scotland farmer Andrew Jack, introduced
a new idea of painting his flock of sheep bright red in an attempt to
"brighten things up". These are 54-strong flock of red sheep grazing
on a hillside, have been entertaining motorists driving past the business park
in West Lothian, Scotland. The sheep were painted using animal friendly dye and
the color remains for about a month until sheared. This is quite a beautiful sight!
Monday, 14 October 2013
Saturday, 12 October 2013
This is Not How You Want to Find Your Swimming Pool
The last thing you want to do when you
come home after a long hectic day is clean the leaves out of your swimming pool
or push it back down because it has abruptly risen 3 feet above ground level.
That's the predicament Jessica Pedraza and her husband found themselves in when
they returned to their Brandon, Fla., home and discovered their in-ground pool,
which they had just drained the previous day, was jutting out of the dirt. The
suspected culprit is one of the sinkholes that Florida has reluctantly become
famous for.
Worse than having to figure out how to
shove that pool back in there is the fact that the Jessica Pedraza insurance
likely won't cover the damage, citing an "exclusions" section that
doesn't take care of "water below the surface of the ground which exerts
pressure on a swimming pool or other structure. The cost to fix the damage is
estimated to be in the tens of thousands of dollars. Silver pool lining: At
least it didn't happen on either one of their birthdays.
Friday, 6 September 2013
mesmerizing Species
A graduate student found these mesmerizing
structures attached to tree trunks in the Peruvian Amazon. He snapped a
few images, shared with entomologists worldwide and hoped to find
the name of the species responsible for such elaborate picket
structure. So far no one has been able to verify what type of creature
built it. Some believe it could be a relative of the ribbed-cocoon maker
moth, which also builds a protective structure.
The rare image showing both day and night on earth
The image was taken by
the crew on board the Columbia during its last mission, on a cloudless
day. The photo is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting. Half of
the image is in night. The bright dots you
see are the cities lights. The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert.
Note that the lights are already on in.Holland, Paris, and
Barcelona, and that's it's still daylight in Dublin, London, Lisbon, and
Madrid. The sun is still shining on the Strait of Gibraltar. The
Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness. In the middle
of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands; below them to the
right are the Madeira Islands; a bit below are the Canary Islands; and
further South, close to the farthest western point of Africa, are the
Cape Verde islands. Note that the Sahara is
huge and can be seen clearly both during Daytime and night time. To the
left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen.
Monday, 26 August 2013
The Elevated High-Speed Bus From Future
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.
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
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