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Mushrooms. Synthetic Biology. Earth Science. Evolution. The Tuatara, a Still-Evolving Original. There is the kiwi, of course, with its dense, furlike feathers, its catlike whiskers and its long, slender, curving bill tipped by a pair of ultrasensitive nostrils; and the kakapo, a heavy, flightless, nocturnal parrot with the flat-cheeked face of an owl; and the giant weta, a cricket the size of a human hand that displays by waving its formidably serrated rear legs high in the air as if brandishing a pair of saws.

The Tuatara, a Still-Evolving Original

Yet the animal that may well be New Zealand’s most bizarrely instructive species at first glance looks surprisingly humdrum: the tuatara. Science. For a better world. Science Photography. Earth Science Picture of the Day. Favorite. Carbon Fees. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Carbon Cycle. Biologie. March 24, 2011 - High-temperature Superconductor Spills Secret: A New Phase of Matter. Menlo Park, Calif. — Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a puzzling gap in the electronic structures of some high-temperature superconductors could indicate a new phase of matter.

March 24, 2011 - High-temperature Superconductor Spills Secret: A New Phase of Matter

Understanding this “pseudogap” has been a 20-year quest for researchers who are trying to control and improve these breakthrough materials, with the ultimate goal of finding superconductors that operate at room temperature. "Our findings point to management and control of this other phase as the correct path toward optimizing these novel superconductors for energy applications, as well as searching for new superconductors," said Zhi-Xun Shen of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES), a joint institute of the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University.

Shen led the team of researchers that made the discovery; their findings appear in the March 25 issue of Science. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a U.S. Home Acupressure, Yantra Mat Review. 8,820 Relaxing Sharp Points, Yantra Mat Review When a colleague and a yogi friend of ours told us about an acupressure mat that could release physical tension and improve mental well being- we had to try it.

Home Acupressure, Yantra Mat Review

The Yantra Mat has its roots in traditional Chinese medicine. Blunt nail beds were used to increase blood flow and purify the body of toxins. Fortunately the Yantra Mat is much less archaic and far more portable. Alternate Sleep Cycles. Most people only think that there is one way to sleep: Go to sleep at night for 6-8 hours, wake up in the morning, stay awake for 16-18 hours and then repeat.

Alternate Sleep Cycles

Actually, that is called a monophasic sleep cycle, which is only 1 of 5 major sleep cycles that have been used successfully throughout history. The other 4 are considered polyphasic sleep cycles due to the multiple number of naps they require each day. How is this possible? Physical Structures. Virtual Frog Dissection. Organize-It: Test Yourself on Biology Categories. Aging. Manhattan Beach Project - Anti-Aging, Stem Cells, Reverse Aging. The Methuselah Manifesto. Plante depolluante. Arctic Lake Yields Planet’s Most Continuous Record of Ancient Climate. DENVER — It took the better part of a decade, $10 million, and help from the guys who build ice roads for Canadian truckers.

Arctic Lake Yields Planet’s Most Continuous Record of Ancient Climate

But scientists now have the most continuous record of ancient climate ever extracted from the terrestrial Arctic. What’s more, the record — cored through sediment layers at the bottom of a lake in northeastern Siberia — also illuminates what happened when a big meteorite smashed into the spot 3.6 million years ago, when the ground was warmer and forested as opposed to the barren tundra it is today. Rainforest - mongabay.com. Greenpeace USA (greenpeaceusa) Welcome to the Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. The worlds only immortal animal. Sense About Science. Interesting science and environment. Science 2.0 - ® The world's best scientists, the Internet's smartest readers.

Environmental News and Information. The Ancient and Mysterious Gobekli Tepe. Göbekli Tepe Archeology. Lately, I've come across a number of stories in the news about very ancient archeological sites, which pre-date the Egyptian Pyramids by a fair bit.

Göbekli Tepe Archeology

Although some very ancient sites are known (for example, the oldest remains in Jericho have been dated to about 9000 BC), I was under the impression that these were very fragmentary (perhaps known only by a hearth fire or a few stone structures), and little detailed information exists. Gobekli Tepe is located in southern Turkey, just north of the Syrian border. I've seen several other intriguing reports about very ancient sites in the Gulf of Cambay in India, Syria, etc. Fédération Française des Apiculteurs Professionnels - Première AG de la FFAP. Laisser l’hémorragie s’étendre dans nos cheptels et mourir chacun dans son coin, comme nos abeilles, n’est pas la solution retenue par les membres actifs des bureaux syndicaux.

Fédération Française des Apiculteurs Professionnels - Première AG de la FFAP

C’est pourquoi ils se démènent et participent aux réunions parfois au détriment de leur travail, et tout ça pour le collectif. Alors soyons forts et surtout pas timorés car ceux qui nous « dégomment » nos colonies n’ont pas le moindre scrupule et se délectent de nos divisions, parfois nos individualismes, le mal de notre millénaire naissant… En tous cas, cela fait du bien de rencontrer des nouvelles têtes au sein de cette FFAP. Gageons qu’elle sera d’un bon cru et qu’elle arrivera à faire effet sur les cerveaux de nos « Huiles décisionnaires » en matière de lois et d’amendements relatifs à la vie de leurs administrés, car si les pesticides tuent les abeilles il est fort à parier qu’ils soient aussi en cause dans l’accroissement du nombre de cancers qui nous touchent tous de près (car de loin, c’est déjà fini…).

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Color Psychology. By David Johnson Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color.

Color Psychology

It is ubiquitous. Yet what does it all mean? Why are people more relaxed in green rooms? Why do weightlifters do their best in blue gyms? Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. Black Black is the color of authority and power. White Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. Red The most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing.

The most romantic color, pink, is more tranquilizing. Blue The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors. Green Currently the most popular decorating color, green symbolizes nature. Yellow Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. Purple The color of royalty, purple connotes luxury, wealth, and sophistication. Brown. Color Meaning. Color Meaning and Symbolism I'm always incorporating color meaning into symbolic interpretations.

Color Meaning

As with anything, color adds an extra layer of depth, quality and meaning to the overall view. When colors are shown to me, I typically revert to the chakras for intuitive cues. The chakras can serve as effective blueprint for color meaning. Future. Faster than Light. Sound Traveling in Vacuum. IN SPACE, no one can hear you scream.

Sound Traveling in Vacuum

That's according to physics textbooks and the tagline of the movie Alien. But it seems that in some circumstances, sound can jump between objects in a vacuum after all. Sound waves are travelling vibrations of particles in media such as air, water or metal. So it stands to reason that they cannot travel through empty space, where there are no atoms or molecules to vibrate. Conciousness and Frequencies. Untitled. Renewable Energy. Solar Forest Keeps Cars Cool And Juiced. Cheaper, Spray-On Solar Panels Could Appear in Three Years. AUSTIN, TX — Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a method to create photovoltaic panels at one-tenth the cost of existing technologies using nanoparticle "inks" to generate electricity from the sun.

The group, lead by Brian Korgel in the University's chemical engineering department, predicts that the technology, which would allow solar panels to be painted on rooftops or the sides of buildings, could be market-ready in three to five years. "The sun provides a nearly unlimited energy resource," Korgel said in a statement, "but existing solar energy harvesting technologies are prohibitively expensive and cannot compete with fossil fuels.

" MIT researchers create super efficient 'origami' solar panels. MIT researchers have created an origami-like solar structure that is much more efficient than current flat panels. The three-dimensional solar structure could, at least in principle, absorb a lot more light and generate more power than a flat panel containing the same area footprint. The hope is that all unused light which has been reflected off one panel would be captured by other panels. Panels of this type would be most ideal in circumstances with limited space. Catalogue en ligne Association de Préfiguration d'un Lieu Ressource Environnement en LR . Environnement et soci?t? - Enviro2B. RESIDE.MIP, Réseau d'Information Développement durable et Environnement en Midi-Pyrénées. Futura environnement. Future Current » Blog Archive » The Nature of Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence.

Stephen Omohundro has had a wide-ranging career as a scientist, university professor, author, software architect, and entrepreneur. Intendix Brain Waves To Computer Interface. Encyclopedia. Neural Networks. Return to index Life Sciences Publications. New Brain-Machine Interface Taps Human Smarts to Enhance Computers' Abilities, Instead of Vice Versa. Brain-Machine. EOL: Learning and Education Group. 2x5 épigénétique,nous sommes se que nous mangeons - une vidéo High-tech et Science. Le pain et le vin de l'an 2000, vidéo Le pain et le vin de l'an 2000, vidéo Economie et société Vie économique - Archives vidéos Economie et société Vie économique.

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