Friday, 31 May 2013

Cloud of dust at the centre of the Milky Way, smells of rum and tastes of raspberries: Astronomers have concluded that a giant dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way would taste of raspberries and smells of rum. The astronomers used the IRAM telescope in Spain to analyse the electromagnetic radiation emitted by Sagittarius B2, a vast dust cloud at the centre of the galaxy. They were...
Black Holes Can Get Really Big, And We Have No Idea Why. Artist’s rendering of the environment around the supermassive black hole at the center of Mrk 231. The broad outflow seen in the Gemini data is shown as the fan-shaped wedge at the top of the accretion disk around the black hole, in side view. A similar outflow is probably present under the disk as well. The total amount of material entrained...
Genetically – Engineered Mosquitoes Lose Nose for Humans: It has long been believed that detecting carbon dioxide was one of the ways that mosquitoes target their human prey. But the fact that mosquitoes tend to favor certain people over others indicates that some other odor also plays a part in the attraction. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have genetically engineered...

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Mantis: Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 valid species and about 430 genera in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae. The English common name for any species in the order is "praying mantis", because of the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn...

Monday, 27 May 2013

The Largest Flower in the World:   It looks from inside The largest organisms found on Earth can be determined according to various aspects of organism size, such as: mass, volume, area, length, height, or even genome size. Some organisms group together to form a superorganism, but such are not classed as single large organisms. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest structure...

Saturday, 25 May 2013

Underwater Ark Hotel in China designed by Russian firm Remistudio:                                                                                            ...

Friday, 24 May 2013

Apophis in 2029 or 2036:   Apophis  previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a probability of up to 2.7% that it would strike the Earth in 2029. Additional observations provided improved predictions that eliminated the possibility of an impact...
True Facts About The Tarsier:   Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.      ...

Saturday, 18 May 2013

Top 10 Plants That Will Kill You: Ok, I know I wasn’t supposed to do any more plant lists, but I couldn’t help myself. By killer plants I do not mean as in Top 10 Carnivorous Plants, plants that kill little insects, and the occasional rat, but plants that are well known to kill people. All plants contain some toxins as protection against predators. We already know, from Top 10 Poisonous foods we...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

HOW TO GROW A MANGO TREE FROM SEED: FREE MONEY!!!      ...

Monday, 13 May 2013

20 Most Incredible Light Phenomena {Pics} Iridescent clouds: Howard Nemerov said “Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.” But what about the amazing effects and contrasts of light and dark. In their invisible race to the finish line, what effects or phenomena do they create? We decided to explore 20 of the most stunning images for...