Good Life Center > Home 100 Very Cool Facts About The Human Body The Brain The human brain is the most complex and least understood part of the human anatomy. There may be a lot we don’t know, but here are a few interesting facts that we’ve got covered. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? It’s due to the super-speedy movement of nerve impulses from your brain to the rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb. Hair and Nails While they’re not a living part of your body, most people spend a good amount of time caring for their hair and nails. Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body. Internal Organs Though we may not give them much thought unless they’re bothering us, our internal organs are what allow us to go on eating, breathing and walking around. Bodily Functions Senses
Appropedia Welcome to Critical Care Medicine Tutorials Nothing found for 2008 06 09 Rotating-wind-powered-tower-to-begin-construction-in-dubai Dubai has garnered much attention in recent years with a never-ending supply of architectural wonders being built, or proposed, at a head spinning pace. Mostly these towering structures are grand and tall, but some are also green. We’ve covered many an ambitious Dubai skyscraper scheme here at Inhabitat, including David Fisher’s Rotating Tower, but there is new news from Fisher’s Dynamic Architecture firm. The Dynamic Architecture building has been aptly named Rotating Tower as the floors would be capable of rotating around a central axis. The new tower is the first building of its size to produced in a factory. The 59-floor building will be powered entirely by sun and wind energy. Construction is going to start soon, with an official launch later this month, and plans are also afoot to build a similar tower in Moscow. + Dynamic Architecture Via BDOnline and GizMag
Medical School Requirements Written by Studentdoc Editor Visit our Premed Forum for details and discussion of medical school requirements. There are no set-in-stone requirements for every medical school. Many medical schools will make exceptions or emphasize different courses and topics in their admissions process. However, there is a basic set of courses and examinations that is commonly accepted as basic medical school requirements that will be considered by nearly every school. With the development of the new MCAT, planned for release in 2015, there are additional courses that are recommended. Most often, an initial screen of applicants is done by computer to ensure that basic things like courses taken, GPA and MCAT scores meet a desired minimum. Coursework The commonly accepted coursework requirements for medical school include a minimum of 1 year of: General biology Physics with lab General chemistry (inorganic chemistry) with lab Organic chemistry with lab Calculus English New - Sociology New - Psychology
Electron Microscope Image of Hydorthermal Worm - FEI Electron microscopy (EM) brings imaging and analysis to a wide variety of samples across countless disciplines and industries. With EM, scientists and researchers can see the miniature micro- and nano-scale world all around us; anything from the interior of a human cell down to the arrangement of individual atoms in a metal alloy. By studying the very building blocks of matter, we broaden our understanding of ourselves, our world, and even our universe. This page provides a variety of informational and educational resources on electron microscopy for students, educators, or anyone that simply wants to learn more about this fascinating technology. Electron Microscopy 101 The Electron Microscopy 101 blog series, part of Accelerating Microscopy, explores the fundamentals of EM in convenient, bite-sized posts. Electron microscopy (EM) brings imaging and analysis to a wide variety of samples across countless disciplines and industries. Electron Microscopy 101
Biology & Marine Biology: UNCW The Department of Biology and Marine Biology offers a program of study and research leading to the doctor of philosophy in marine biology. The program provides students with a broad background and overview of the fields comprising marine biology and make use of the diverse interests of the marine biology faculty within the department. As is generally the case, the Ph.D. program is primarily a research degree. Ph.D. Learning Outcome #1a: A graduate student should be able to develop a research plan. Admission Admission requirements Students will be admitted to the Ph.D. program by a majority vote of the Graduate Advisory Council of the Department of Biology and Marine Biology based on eligibility requirements and available resources. --received a M.S. degree or equivalent from an accredited university OR, if entering with a B.S., completed all the requirements for the M.S. -- an overall graduate grade point average of at least 3.0 out of 4.0. Documents to be submitted for admission: 1. 2.
These Massive Extinct Eagles Could Have Carried Off That Toddler's Dad Last night, a video supposedly showing a golden eagle swooping down to pluck a toddler from a Montreal park--it was unsuccessful, luckily--hit the internet. Great video! This morning, avian experts both amateur and professional began weighing in, saying the video was doctored, that the bird in question was not actually a golden eagle, that the bird's behavior is unusual and that, all in all, it's probably fake. So, yes, perhaps a golden eagle didn't attempt to grab a Quebecois baby. The Haast's eagle is extinct now, and has been since, probably, around the year 1400, soon after the Maori first settled the South Island of New Zealand. The golden eagle, which is very common, has been known to hunt wolves and deer. The monster birds the Haast's eagle preyed upon were called moa, huge ratites related to other big flightless birds like the ostrich and emu. The Maori hunted the moa to extinction by around 1400, barely a hundred years after they arrived at New Zealand.
Comparing Hurricane Disasters: Sandy vs. Katrina Comparing Disasters: Sandy vs. Katrina from The Huffington Post does a good job of clearly walking through the data to put the two mega-storm hurricanes into perspective. Designed by Tim Wallace and Jaweed Kaleem, Over 100 people have died in the U.S. alone so far from Hurricane Sandy, and concerns are mounting that with hundreds of thousands still without power in frigid temperatures, the death toll will continue to climb. As the East Coast examines the destruction, comparisons have been made to other catastrophic storms.Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005, killed over 1,800 people and cost nearly $125 billion. Both storms were deadly, destructive and devastating to the thousands who lost their homes and livelihoods. This infographic design does a great job using simple data visualizations to compare the two hurricanes with visual styles that are quick and easy for the reader to understand. At the bottom, a couple elements are missing.