Late in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, there were two philosophically and scientifically major incidents that should have taught us much. Unfortunately, it seems, most of us never learn and keep repeating the same thing over and over again while totally convinced that they are very civilized, sophisticated, reasonable and logical. The two incidents are very interesting: The first was in late 1890's in a conference for the world's most elite physicists and mathematicians, the chairma...
OK...well, let me start this off by letting everyone know that I am a geek. I'm not a natural born geek. I've simply become one over the years of working with geeks...I guess it kind of rubbed off on me. I've always been fascinated by LEDs. Up until recently, you mainly saw them in computer boxes and other tech hardware. But not anymore, my friends! They are going mainstream. Now, LED lighting is more than just a geeks fascination, it's also a dream come true ...
Phlegmy grew up ignorant of his station in life, as a mite on the ass of a fat maid who often smelled of inscense from a near by catholic church; all phlegmy knew was that he was young and the whole world seemed to be out there for him to take. Talky tv shows had convinced him, at a very young age, that he would become some sort of famous rock star, like all the mite's he admired on his favorite shows. He knew this would happen because he could just feel it was so, and all the big stars...
Its estimated that approximately 2/3's of the earths surface is covered by water. Roughly 326 million cubic meters of water in the earths oceans alone; staggering! This does not include the water locked in the polar ice caps, nor in the bodies of organic life. Ground water, lacustrian environments, and the atmosphere all contain large amounts of water as well. The question is: Where did all the earths water come from? This question was first put to me by Rolfe Erickson, Professor of ...
In the 18th century, The newly formed United States of America shaped our goverment and systems into thatof a representative democracy. This meant, since it was highly impractical to send every citizen to the nation's capitol to vote on every issue, each designated area would be able to elect an official who would represent and vote for the people of the district. In 1791, It took several days to get from the most western town i the new nation to the capitol. The most western city at the ...
The following came today (November 2, 2006) from the Institute of International Education in New York: The Council of Graduate Schools has just released the findings of its Fall 2006 enrollment survey, and we wanted to put it into context with the upcoming (November 13) release of Institute of International Education's Open Doors report on 2005/06 enrollments and our Fall 2006 enrollment survey to be released on November 13 as well. The CGS survey shows that total foreign student enrol...
Recently, I sat down to watch some Star Wars with my oldest son. In the movie, which I am guessing most are at least vaguely familiar with (any episode), they always have scenes in which their cities, which are always so tall and vertical, have cars that fly all around the buildings. Watching it I started to think back when many were dreaming of the day of the flying car. When I was a boy, people would predict that by some date (most of which have passed) we would be cruising in the air i...
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In the present time, power generators have became a essential requirement. Nearly most of us sustain ill due to long electricity crisis. As it hampers all our chores from food to leisured, it depicts our addiction on electronic gismos. But in such a fast paced world we just can not avoid such addiction. There is a lenient answer to all our necessities, a personal Generator. You might held an uPS to insure the mechanism for period of time however for relatively grievous, prolonged power c...
It has been found that children who got musical training `outside school showed brain changes and superior memory. The children who did not receive this musical training did not get this memory improvement. A study on Canadian children shows that children who learnt Suzuki had larger and faster responses to brain stimuli compared to those who did not have the lesson. This study is based on the measurements of a magnetoencephalograph, a device that monitors brain wave activity. The stud...
Researchers have demonstrated that Prozac, a commonly described antidepressant, can interfere with the reproductive cycle of freshwater mussels. Fluoxetine sold, as Prozac TM, acts to increase the levels of serotonin at nerve synapses, relieving depression. But for a number of aquatic species, serotonin moderates the reproductive system. Tests found fluoxetine causes female mussel larvae to release them prematurely. The research aims to understand the impact of pharmaceuticals in waste wa...
Disruption of a family member’s treatment for mental illness and subsequent worsening of psychiatric symptoms can have harsh financial, physical and emotional consequences for families. This is the result of an international survey of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder. Preston J. Garrison, the secretary general and chief executive officer, World Federation of Mental Health states parents, siblings, spouses, and children connected ...
Researchers at John Hopkins have evidence that curbed activity from several key chemicals on the inner lining of the nose is linked to chronic sinusitis. Some chemicals fails to respond to current treatments. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, persistent inflammation of the moist tissue that lines the nose and sinus cavities results in clogged passages and recurring infections. The team of scientists found that the activity of at least 4 genes were seriously de...
Now reachers have creted a new heart pump for all those patients which can not under go bypass surgury . In india nerly 22000 people per year under goes heart bupass surgury. This pump will help them very . For fixing this pump in heart nads a very minute surgury. This new device will revolutionize the lives of heart patients
Silicon is the edifice of electronics revolution. With the help of silicon, microchips are made and they are used as integrated circuit (I.C.) in a variety of electronic appliances like TV, computer, etc. Transistors made of silicon switch electric current on and off. In a single silicon chip there are hundreds of thousands of tiny transistors. As a result, the size of a computer in the early stage was as large as a room, which later shrank to pocket-sized PC. In the Univ...