This is pretty cool

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Did it ever occur to him that looking both ways was predestined?

I realize the incredible intelligence he has but it's apparent that he
doesn't rate very high in the common sense arena of thinking.

Did it ever occur to him that looking both ways was predestined?

I realize the incredible intelligence he has but it's apparent that he
doesn't rate very high in the common sense arena of thinking.Not possible. They choose to make that decision while believe the universe works out in a way that they are being taken care of, but still don't have the faith to cross the road without looking. Those who, along with snake handlers, don't last long.

I've been somewhat of a follower of mysterious Egypt.

Guardian's Sphinx

(http://www.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/)Ancient Astronauts Photo Gallery (http://www.ufocasebook.com/ancients/ancientastronautsphotogallery.html)

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Read more at 30 hilarious struggles only a dog owner would truly understand - DogDose.com (http://dogdose.com/30-hilarious-struggles-dog-owner-truly-understand/#aFJ7Oqv72l42dKPZ.99)

From the Earth Story


The (former) Great Lakes of the West

During the last glacial maximum, about 21,000 years ago, the arid western part of the USA was full of gigantic lakes that would rival the modern midwestern Great Lakes. In fact, from where I write this right now in Salt Lake City, I would have been over 100 feet underwater. For many years, the cause was linked to climate without much hard evidence.


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- read more here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=700714999989547&set=a.352867368107647.80532.352857924775258&type=1

Here are some cool random infographics about various things :)

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View many more here: Chandra :: Resources :: Infographics (http://chandra.si.edu/resources/illustrations/infographics.html)

Ever wondered what eye stitches look like? Or perhaps you didn't know they even did that? I didn't...

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What Do Eye Stitches Look Like? | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/what-do-eye-stitches-look)

Forbes Best States to make a living list in 2014

Best States To Make A Living - In Photos: The Best And Worst States To Make A Living In 2014 - Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/pictures/fjle45gefg/best-states-to-make-a-living/)

From the Earth Story


Dive into the past

When the government decided to build a hydroelectric dam in 1959 on the Xin An river, the Lion city of Shi Cheng (once the capital of Zhejiang province in China) was buried under the rising waters of lake Quiandao to a depth ranging between 25 and 40 metres. The city is around 2,000 years old, being inaugurated during the Han dynasty (25-200CE),and filled with old buildings, palaces and temples. Ironically, considering the ravages of both the cultural revolution in the 1960's and rampant modernisation related destruction throughout the country, it remains the best preserved ancient city in the country, giving us a glimpse into a past China now vanished upon the land's surface. It is now possible to dive and explore as a tourist. The city has 5 gates with towers, and is the size of 62 football fields.

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Indeed it does

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Beautiful... from the Earth Story


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One of the most famous viewpoints in Yosemite National Park, its granitic mass rises to 2,199 metres on the south wall of the glacial valley offering a view over the a huge swath of the valley. The talus slopes at the bottom contain erratic rocks brought from higher up in the Sierras by the grinding ice. Most of the rock below consists of boulders of the same quartz monzonite that makes up Half Dome, combined with smaller proportions of a second granite and fragments of yellow quartzite and schist from Mt Clarke 12km away. In this stunning photo the plane of our galaxy seems to float above the bare granite domes.
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This is pretty neat

Modern humans have existed for approximately four seconds.

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Another cool survival trick

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This truly amazing, almost to the point where it's incredible.

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Extraordinary leaf artwork, by Lorenzo Duran

- https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/photos/a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035/846178178736528/?type=1

These watches are beautiful, if you several hundred grand lying around.


Think 12 or 24 hour watches are a little short-sighted?

The Midnight Planétarium timepiece tracks the position of the six planets visible from Earth. Each of them are independently controlled for precise tracking at any given time and their true orbital speeds are represented. Aside from keeping you updated on planetary positioning, it also functions as a regular watch with the shooting star indicating the time in hours and minutes.

Designed by Van Cleef & Arpels

- https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/photos/a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035/846177645403248/?type=1

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Here is actual website - Midnight Planétarium timepiece - Van Cleef & Arpels (http://www.vancleefarpels.com/us/en/article/10935/midnight-planetarium-timepiece)

40 maps that explain food in America | Vox.com (http://www.vox.com/a/explain-food-america)

Look at fruit and vegetable consumption by state.

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"Ther gon' take muh gunz!!"

Map of 74 school shootings since sandy hook.

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Amazing Tree Stump Carvings

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More amazing ones here: Tree stump carvings (http://www.heaven666.org/tree-stump-carvings-77379.php)

Map of 74 school shootings since sandy hook.

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notice how these "civilized" countries have the most shootings. Makes you wonder if there is a correlation between mental health problems among the absence of other problems most in advanced societies will never have. Possibly other factors like video games, movies, and music might also be a factor as well. Another note is the lack of issues and isolation that is made possible by this society is also interesting.

Of course instead of school shootings, there is extreme poverty, kids walking around in the street killing people without consequence, bombs going off, etc. Perhaps we need some excitement to keep this country "civilized".

For a movie, The Dark Night sure made some good points.

" They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These civilized people...they'll eat each other." - The Joker

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Google buying Skybox should be interesting.

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Here are the links:

➤ Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/15571/20140620/achilles-heel-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-defensive-barrier-against-drugs.htm

➤ Tooth decay treatment
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/16/fillings-dentists-tooth-decay-treatment

➤Bionic pancreas
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/bionic-pancreas-help-people-type-1-diabetes-control-blood-sugar-201406177215

➤ Space Mars mission
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184640-spacex-says-it-will-put-humans-on-mars-by-2026-almost-10-years-ahead-of-nasa

➤ Horned dinosaur
http://www.livescience.com/46427-new-dinosaur-sported-winged-headgear.html

➤ Pluto's underground ocean
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/06/cracks-in-plutos-moon-could-indicate-it-once-had-an-underground-ocean

➤ Time travel simulation
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-simulating-doctor-professor-heisenberg.html

➤ Baldness treatment
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8898/20140622/bald-man-takes-arthritis-drug-regrows-hair.htm

A droplet of water orbiting a knitting needle in zero gravity

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1.Google I/O Keynote: The most important announcements at Google I/O 2014 | Android Central (http://www.androidcentral.com/google-io-2014-roundup)

2.Self-powered pacemaker: The first demonstration of a self-powered cardiac pacemaker (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/tkai-tfd062314.php)

3.Tel Aviv Sky Car: Sky Cars Coming to Tel Aviv in 2015 : Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/autos/future-of-transportation/sky-cars-coming-to-tel-aviv-in-2015-140626.htm)

4.Brain Driver Project: BBC - Future - Mind-control: ?I drove a car with my thoughts? (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140620-i-drove-a-car-with-my-thoughts)

5.Quadriplegic thought control: Brain Chip Allows Quadriplegic Man to Move His Hand : Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/brain-chip-allows-quadriplegic-man-to-move-his-hand-140625.html)

6.Invisibility Cloak: Kit Researchers Create Mechanical Invisibility Cloak | SciTech Daily (http://scitechdaily.com/kit-researchers-create-mechanical-invisibility-cloak/)

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Links Are Here :
➤ Brain implant
Brain implant lets paralyzed man move hand with his thoughts | Neurogadget.com (http://neurogadget.com/2014/06/25/brain-implant-lets-paralyzed-man-move-hand-thoughts/10455)
➤ Brain cancer vaccine
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40349/title/Targeted-Brain-Cancer-Vaccine/
➤ NASA’s flying saucer
Nasa's 'flying saucer' splashes back down after test - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10933479/Nasas-flying-saucer-splashes-back-down-after-test.html)
➤ Gliese 832c planet
Exoplanet Discovery Has Earth-Like Qualities - Space News - redOrbit (http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1113179970/exoplanet-discovery-earth-like-qualities-gliese-832-062714/)
➤ Anti-clotting drug
Potential Alzheimer's drug prevents abnormal blood clots in the brain (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/ru-pad062714.php)
➤ Quantum computers
Physicists find way to boot up quantum computers 72 times faster than previously possible (http://phys.org/news/2014-06-physicists-boot-quantum-faster-previously.html)
➤ Artificial mini-heart
Lab-grown mini beating human hearts 'may lead to a cure for heart disease' - Medical News Today (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/278906.php)
➤ Bacteria and obesity
Engineered Probiotics Prevent Obesity in Mice (http://www.livescience.com/46515-engineered-probiotics-obesity.html)

If only the guys who developed the invisibility cloak that hides objects from being touched and the guys who developed the anti-masturbation velcro cross would have talked to each other -- well, I just think that would have been a better press release.

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The Future Television Will Be Paper Thin and Rollable, LG Says - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/future-television-paper-thin-rollable-lg/story?id=24520006)

This is pretty neat:


Self-Sustaining Urban Ecosystem Discovered In Abandoned Building In Thailand

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Thailand’s capital is a vibrant city full of surprises, and this abandoned shopping mall in old town Bangkok is certainly no exception. Tucked away behind an unassuming looking gate is New World shopping mall which burned down back in 1999. Because it doesn’t have a roof anymore, the basement is flooded all year round.

At some stage, a person started introducing Koi and Catfish into the basement. The population thrived and now this abandoned building has transitioned into a self-sustained, urban aquarium!

Photographer and professional cook Jesse Rockwell was lucky enough to find out where this hidden gem lies and took some snaps of it, it's pretty cool.


Read more at Self-Sustaining Urban Ecosystem Discovered In Abandoned Building In Thailand | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/self-sustaining-urban-ecosystem-discovered-abandoned-building-thailand#WuBueWRL2grKoPeE.99)

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Tesla Gigafactory (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/529616/panasonic-agrees-to-help-tesla-build-its-gigafactory/)
NASA Microwave Thrusters (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/31/nasa-validates-impossible-space-drive)
Nanosubmarine (http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-nanosubmarine-that-could-deliver-drug-molecules-to-cells)
Lithium Battery (http://phys.org/news/2014-07-holy-grail-battery-stable-lithium.html#ajTabs)
Data Transmission (http://phys.org/news/2014-07-team-denmark-transmission-fiber-cable43.html)
Adaptive Display (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/529191/prototype-display-lets-you-say-goodbye-to-reading-glasses/)

I want one of these. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bring-jet-fighter-tech-to-your-car-with-navdy-93807778339.html

I want one of these. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bring-jet-fighter-tech-to-your-car-with-navdy-93807778339.html
I keep hoping that that sort of tech starts trickling down to mainstream cars, much like on-board navigation has.

The Worlds First Family Robot: JIBO


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N1Q8oFpX1Y

I keep hoping that that sort of tech starts trickling down to mainstream cars, much like on-board navigation has.

It's a nice step toward better driving. I keep my gps down low where I don't have to look away from what's in front of me.

This is a cool gif of ants forming a chain to haul away a millipede


Ants Form Daisy-Chain To Haul Away Millipede

Scientists were boggled when they witnessed, for the first time, a colony of Leptogenys ants in Southeast Asia forming a daisy chain to carry much larger prey: A millipede. Though cooperative ant behaviour is well-documented, including forming life rafts in floods, this chaining behavior is quite different. Instead of carrying prey directly in their mandibles, the ants are forming organized lines by linking their mandibles to the preceding ant’s abdomen (gaster). Scientists are struggling to understand this previously undocumented type of cooperative transport.

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- Ants Form Daisy-Chain To Haul Away Millipede | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/novel-ant-cooperative-transport-behaviour-observed-first-time)

The true meaning behind the Wizard of Oz?


Turns out the book and movie may be an economic fairy tale about America in the late 1800s – and gold.

Read more: 'The Wizard Of Oz' And The Gold Standard - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/the-wizard-of-oz-and-the-gold-standard-2014-9#ixzz3DQ4Co432)

Smallest reptile in the world....


Sphaerodactylus nicholsi

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- https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/photos/a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035/926588394028839/?type=1

Stonehenge Mystery Revealed - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/stonehenge-mystery-revealed-2014-9?utm_content=buffer3bf26&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

Gravitational Waves

I have found this to be extremely interesting


Possibly the biggest science story of the year—or the most embarrassing slip up—was the claim to have found evidence of a gravitational wave from the birth of the universe. Meanwhile, the search for gravitational waves from more local events, such as neutron stars in tight orbits, continues.

But what are gravitational waves? The first thing is to distinguish them from gravity waves, which are altogether different. Gravity waves include such familiar concepts as water waves on the ocean. They occur when something disturbs a fluid and gravity draws it back, creating an oscillation around the mean level.

Gravitational waves, on the other hand, are altogether more exotic. Their existence relies on the concept of spacetime, as described by Einstein in his general theory of relativity. To us it looks like the world is three-dimensional, while time seems to be something utterly different. However, Einstein envisaged these as a single topological space.

- What Are Gravitational Waves? | IFLScience (http://www.iflscience.com/space/what-are-gravitation-waves)

I thought this was interesting. And of course, my friend from London had to get her "catty" remark in. She was a teacher/principal (officially called "head teacher") and retired several years ago.
C. T.
We had some Univ news today as well, that our colleges are crowing about.
Out of the top 6 universities in the world, 4 are British (English actually - take that Scotland!) including
2 in London. The other 2 are American - MIT top and Harvard 4th.

1. MIT.
2. Joint second Cambridge and Imperial College London.
4. Harvard.
5. Joint fifth Oxford and University College London.

19 of the top 100 are British and 28 American. Not bad for a country our size.
We always punch above our weight in Further Education. Must be something to do with
the preparation our students get when they're younger from our brilliant teachers!!!
QS world university rankings 2014: top 200 | Higher Education Network | The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/ng-interactive/2014/sep/16/-sp-qs-world-university-rankings-2014)

21 out of the Top 25 and 61 of the Top 100 countries are all English speaking. This is not particularly surprising because college (or as the rest of the English speaking world says: university) makes a particularly excellent place for international students to work on their English.

That being said, our government should find a way to incentivize some of these students who come to these top-tier universities to stay and work in the country after they graduate. There are a lot of ways you could develop a program, but for instance, a school could apply to the government to be part of the program, having to meet certain standards as an academic institution (or even a specific college in a particularly university), and upon acceptance would be eligible for small grants from the government to take international students. Those international students could then be eligible for a work-visa and tax credits to stay in the United States if they graduate having met certain criteria (honors or cum laude or whatever).

It would be a great way to encourage the brightest students of the world to come to our universities and for our universities to make a more concerted effort to get the brightest students in the world studying and eventually contributing to our society.

This is pretty incredible!


Scientists make quantum leap, teleport data from light to matter

We're one step closer to creating the Ansible communicator in "Ender's Game," the warp drive envisioned by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre and a "Star Trek"-style Transporter.

Or we can at least keep thinking that while scientists do the hard, incremental physics required to keep us dreaming of those kinds of future advancements. This time the progress comes from a research team out of the lab of Professor Nicolas Gisin in the physics department at the University of Geneva.

The team achieved teleportation of the quantum state of a photon -- in this case, it's known as the photon's polarization -- to a crystal-encased photon more than 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) away. The distance breaks the previous record of 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) set 10 years ago by the same team using the method. This marks the latest success in a series of experiments the group, led by physicist Félix Bussières, has been conducting over the last decade in an effort to better understand quantum data transfer with ever-newer technology.

The results, which were achieved in March, were published in the journal Nature Photonics on September 21.

In this particular experiment, the researchers stored one photon in a crystal, essentially creating a solid-state memory bank. They sent another photon of a different wavelength 25 kilometers away through optical fiber, whereupon they had it interact with a third photon. Because the first two photons were entangled -- a quantum property meaning the particles could speak to another across an infinite distance -- the interaction sent the data to the photo stored in the memory bank, where the team was able to retrieve it.

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