Salt Water In Mars
Scientist have proved that Mars once had water, but they are still debating if the water was suitable to support life. After studying salt deposits left behind on the planet’s surface, Tosca and his colleagues state that the planet’s water would have been too salty for the organisms. Mars lost most of its surface over time and left with arid and cold desert. But it had been friendlier once. The origins of life on Earth is much easier than an acid pH and high salinity environment in Mars. It may be the reason why it might not have worked so well for the evolution of life on Mars.
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First 10 Worst Science Jobs
- Hazmat diver
- Oceanographer
- Elephant vasectomist
- Garbologist
- Coursework carcass preparer
- Microsoft security grunt
- Gravity research subject
- Olympic drug tester
- Forensic entomologist
- Whale-feces researcher
Money from the sky.
Tung Desem Waringin, An Indonesian businessman who is promoting his second business motivation book dropped 100 million rupiah (10,700 dollars) in banknotes from an aircraft. A 13-year-old girl lost consciousness running after the notes and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital. Waringin has been quoted in his blog as saying he would rather share money earmarked for a conventional promotional campaign with people who needed it.
Reveal Mother Tongue By Brain Waves
All this time no one can read our thoughts, but some scientists proved that they can at least figure out the language that we do our thinking. Experts can figure out our mother tongue and the level of proficiency in the other languages before we even utter a word. This has been done by analyzing our brain activity while we read in our mind.
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A Women Remembers Everyday Of Her Life
Jill Price is a 42-year-old California woman who can recall almost every day of your life since childhood. She first came to public attention in 2006. Her condition is known “hyperthymestic syndrome”, meaning “overdeveloped memory”, but of a very particular kind. Jill Price has no special aptitude for memorizing lists things, and she was an average student. But she remembers every single things that happened to her from her childhood very accurately.
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Shrimps Can See The World In More Colours
A shrimp living in Australia can see the world beyond the rainbow. Mantis shrimps with the use of their claws, they are capable of seeing colors from the ultraviolet to the infrared. These shrimps have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom, and it views the world in up to 12 primary colors . Humans can only see 3 primary colors.
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Same Sex Attractions Are Natural
Is homosexuality natural? Scientists say that the same-sex attraction is common in many species. Two male penguins at New York’s Central Park Zoo were a couple for 6 years. These penguins nurtured a fertilized egg together given by a zoo keeper.
There are more than 1,500 animal species are known to practice same sex coupling. This includes owls, salmons, bears, gorillas, flamingos and many others. So why evolution hasn’t eliminated this trait since it doesn’t lead to reproduction. The answer is that this type of coupling may simply be for pleasure. Not every sexual act lead to reproduction.
Preserving Humans
No one can live forever. But a pioneering field called cryonics could give people lives. The cryonics is a low-temperature preservation of humans. When a person dies from a incurable disease, they could be thawed and revived in the future when a cure has been found. Cryonics centers store posthumous bodies in liquid nitrogen at temperatures of (-320) degrees Fahrenheit.
Do You Look Smarter By Wearing Glasses?
Research done on kids from age 6-10 by the assistant professor of optometry at Ohio State University suggested that on average, children perceived that kids wearing glasses as being smarter, and more honest. But the actually study showed no connection between wearing glasses and perceptions regarding intelligence and honesty.
Mandela Is on US Terrorist Watch Lists
Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. The requirement applies to former South African leader Mandela and other members of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC). In 1990, Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison for crimes committed during the struggle against Apartheid, a repressive regime that subjugated black South Africans. In 1994, he was elected South Africa’s first black president. Members of other groups deemed a terrorist threat, such as Hamas and Tamil Tigers, also are on the watch lists.
My Brain Knows It, But I Don’t See It
Patients with “hemineglect” disorder will tend to ignore things presented to their left side. So that means “I only see right side of the shirt that you are wearing”
But sometimes these ignored stimuli may be processed without awareness. The brain may extract the meaning of presenting objects and symbols , but the patient will not consciously perceive.
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Dad jailed after daughter fails math test
A Fairfield man is in jail because his daughter hasn’t gotten her General Equivalency Diploma (GED). A judge ordered the father to stay on top of his daughter’s education months ago and when that order wasn’t followed, Brian Gegner was sentenced to 180-days in the Butler County jail. The judge says if she passes the test, her father could get out of jail before his six-months sentence is up.
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