Top 20 Weirdest Laws in the U.S. and Europe. Law is useful and necessary.
But even here there are exceptions. Here is a list of the most absurd and ridiculous laws that are practiced in the U.S. and Europe. 1. In New Jersey, it is prohibited to commit murder in a bullet-proof vest. Of course, the murder itself is also punishable by law, but the one committed in a bullet-roof vest is punished more severely, maybe because only a very, very bad person can do something like that. Números. Crop circles. Top science and space stories of 2013. The Curiosity rover did it: We now know life could have existed on Mars.
Meanwhile, a company called Mars One announced plans to send people there, and 200,000 people signed up to be prospective astronauts. The Voyager 1 probe became the first human-made object to leave the solar system. The planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft delivered several exciting results this year about planets outside our solar system, but also suffered from damage to its wheels, which point the spacecraft. NASA is considering options for repurposing the telescope. Lots of space rocks made headlines this year.
Scientists found the most complete skull of an early member of the Homo genus, and proposed with it some controversial ideas about the ancient human family tree. The oldest primate skeleton to date was found. The climate is a changin', with dangerous implications. Physicists at CERN announced that they are even more sure that the particle they thought was the Higgs boson is indeed the Higgs boson. Radiation Physicist Beautifully Colorizes X-Ray Images of Nature. Hanging Begonia, Chameleon In late October, at the TEDx event in Groningen, Netherlands, one man stood on the stage and gave a fascinating talk about how his life's work had taken him on a journey to becoming an artist.
Arie van't Riet studied radiation physics at Delft University of Technology and obtained his PhD from Utrecht University. As a registered medical physicist, he saw first-hand at the hospital, the amazing progress in image quality x-rays had achieved. 2014: The Year In Science. Lasers Unleash A Flood Of Space Data In January 2013, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter received a historic transmission: an image of the Mona Lisa.
It was the first time scientists used a laser to send data to the moon, a feat that promises to exponentially increase the flow of information to and from space. For the past 50 years, spacecraft have relied on radio waves to communicate with Earth. But radio has limitations. Airwaves are crowded. In October, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (Ladee) performed another successful test in which it beamed laser pulses containing high-definition video between three different Earth receivers. If space-based laser communication works—and there’s little reason to believe it won’t—it could change how humans explore the solar system. January 20, 2014 On this date, the Rosetta spacecraft will wake up from more than 42 months of deep-space hibernation to begin the most detailed study of a comet.
Computers Decode Our Brains United States. 5 Tips for Listening Well. While the ability to listen well is not often discussed in the business world, it is a skill possessed by most of those businesspersons who achieve lasting success.
It builds trust, facilitates effective communication, and conveys affirmation. Listening well comes naturally to some people, but it can also be learned. Here are five tips for listening well. Ilha de Santa Helena. Bandeira de Santa Helena No meio do Oceano Atlântico, entre a América e a África, encontra-se a pequena Ilha de Santa Helena.
É uma das ilhas do grupo de territórios ultramarinos britânicos formados por Santa Helena, Ascensão e Tristão da Cunha, distantes entre si e pouco habitadas. Localização da Ilha de Santa Helena (em vermelho) 1.200 km do continente mais próximo 8 km de largura x 16 km de Comprimento A Ilha de Santa Helena é formada por paredões de pedra em todo o seu redor, com apenas uma baía abrigada, onde ergue-se sua pequena capital Jamestown.
Paisagem do interior da Ilha Os paredões de Santa Helena Jamestown é uma cidade curiosa devido à sua geografia. A curiosa geografia de Jamestown, única forma de entrar e sair em Santa Helena. The A to Z of Social Media for Academia.
Here are the fifteen professions that drink the most coffee. Guess who's number one. In the (rare) event that psychedelics ever get legalized in some form, I wonder how many of these would switch over to micro-dosing LSD: The Promise of Psychedelic Research "The lowest effective dose of LSD is 5 to 10 micrograms (millionths of a gram), which Albert Hoffman, who first synthesized LSD, characterized as “an under-researched area” of use.
These subperceptual dosages, or “microdoses,” induce minimal perceptual, sensory, or cognitive changes or distortions. Typically, micro-dosers talk about sustained intellectual and emotional clarity. A physician I talked with reported, “Since I started microdosing, taking 10 mcg of LSD every three days, I am in touch with a deep place of ease and beauty and trust. I'd rather that than coffee.