Toxoplasma Gondii Parasite Mind Control Toxoplasma Gondii Parasite Mind Control Half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma. Parasites in the body - and the brain. Remember that. Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite found in the gut of cats; it sheds eggs that are picked up by rats and other animals that are eaten by cats. Toxoplasma forms cysts in the bodies of the intermediate rat hosts, including the brain. (Toxoplasma gondii) Oxford scientists discovered that the minds of the infected rats have been subtly altered. If the parasite can alter rat behavior, does it have any effect on humans? Toxoplasma infection is associated with damage to astrocytes, glial cells which surround and support neurons. Are parasites like Toxoplasma subtly altering human behavior? He reached past my shoulders with a rod. Still not sure that parasites can manipulate the behavior of host organisms? The lancet fluke Dicrocoelium dendriticum forces its ant host to attach to the tips of grass blades, the easier to be eaten.
How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages As I work on turning this one acre homestead into a self-sustaining Garden of Eden, I have two requirements for every single plant I consider putting in the ground: they must be either edible or medicinal. Preferably both. Why? More and more people are beginning to see the benefit of having a garden and growing your own food, but growing your own medicine could be equally as vital to your well being. As I plan my medicinal garden, I choose what to grow by studying different medical emergency scenarios and learning which plants I would be able to use if it ever came down to that. One day as I was doctoring up one of my kiddos, the thought crossed my mind, “What if I couldn’t get any more of these band-aids? Young Wooly Lamb’s Ear settling down for the winter. Wooly Lamb’s Ear. It’s one of my favorites because it’s medicinal AND edible. A Natural Antibacterial Bandage Wooly Lamb’s Ear, botanical name Stachys byzantina, has been used for centuries as a wound dressing on battlefields. 1. 2. 3.
In vitro meat In vitro meat, also called victimless meat,cultured meat, tubesteak, cruelty-free meat, shmeat, and test-tube meat, is an animal-flesh product that has never been part of a living animal with exception of the fetal calf serum taken from a slaughtered cow. In the 21st century, several research projects have worked on in vitro meat in the laboratory.[1] The first in vitro beefburger, created by a Dutch team, was eaten at a demonstration for the press in London in August 2013.[2] There remain difficulties to be overcome before in vitro meat becomes commercially available.[3] Cultured meat is prohibitively expensive, but it is expected that the cost could be reduced to compete with that of conventionally obtained meat as technology improves.[4][5] In vitro meat is also an ethical issue. History[edit] We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium. in 1998 Jon F. First public trial[edit]
Medical Mike's Story September 10th, 1945 finds a strapping (but tender) young rooster pecking through the dust of Fruita, Colorado. The unsuspecting bird had never looked so delicious as he did that, now famous, day. Clara Olsen was planning on featuring the plump chicken in the evening meal. Husband Lloyd Olsen was sent out, on a very routine mission, to prepare the designated fryer for the pan. Nothing about this task turned out to be routine. Lloyd knew his mother-in-law would be dining with them and would savor the neck. Then the determined bird shook off the traumatic event and never looked back. When Olsen found Mike the next morning, sleeping with his "head" under his wing, he decided that if Mike had that much will to live, he would figure out a way to feed and water him. In the 18 MONTHS that Mike lived as "The Headless Wonder Chicken" he grew from a mere 2 1/2 lbs. to nearly 8 lbs. Now, Mike's spirit is celebrated every year at the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival the third weekend in May.
5 Animals That Are Terrifyingly Hard to Kill The lungfish is one of the oldest species living today. Its lineage traces directly to a species alive right after the breakup of Pangaea--which Wikipedia tells us was the original super-continent and not, as we have for years assumed, some sort of tragically disbanded Dinosaur Speedmetal group. Nor is there a hipster version. Great! The lungfish--as you may have cleverly guessed by the inclusion of the "fish" descriptor--is an aquatic creature. Just like the Cracked staff. A science lab in East Africa witnessed this phenomena firsthand when a lungfish, while being transported in an air-tight metal cylinder full of mud (a method of travel a lungfish could easily survive for a brief time), became lost during the trip. "Shit, we didn't really think this through." Which was totally cool with the lungfish; after the team added a little water, it popped right back to life -- perfectly fine in every respect. They buried it alive without air or moisture for six months and couldn't kill it. Was it?
Raw Agave Syrup Nectar: Not as healthy as you may think. Nutrition Facts Low Glycemic Warning The Truth about Agave Syrup: Not as Healthy as You May Think by John Kohler A relatively recent trend in raw food preparation is the use of agave syrup (also called agave nectar) as sweetener is called for in raw recipes. I am often asked about my views on this sweetener. When I first switched to a raw food diet in 1995, agave syrup was unknown and was NOT USED IN RAW FOODS! I first learned about agave syrup back in 1999 or 2000 at a trade show for the health food industry, which I attend regularly to keep up with the latest in the health and nutrition field. Unfortunately, there are no “raw labeling laws.” So agave needs to be hydrolyzed so that the complex fructosans are "broken down" into fructose units or it won't be sweet!! Let’s suppose for arguments sake, and to give agave the benefit of the doubt, that even with “new” technology companies are somehow able to process agave syrup below 118 degrees so it could be considered actually “raw”. Agave Syrup is not a “whole” food. A. B.
Through a glass, clearly One of the most instantly recognizable features of glass is the way it reflects light. But a new way of creating surface textures on glass, developed by researchers at MIT, virtually eliminates reflections, producing glass that is almost unrecognizable because of its absence of glare — and whose surface causes water droplets to bounce right off, like tiny rubber balls. The new “multifunctional” glass, based on surface nanotextures that produce an array of conical features, is self-cleaning and resists fogging and glare, the researchers say. The technology is described in a paper published in the journal ACS Nano, co-authored by mechanical engineering graduate students Kyoo-Chul Park and Hyungryul Choi, former postdoc Chih-Hao Chang SM ’04, PhD ’08 (now at North Carolina State University), chemical engineering professor Robert Cohen, and mechanical engineering professors Gareth McKinley and George Barbastathis.
Turbine A steam turbine with the case opened Gas, steam, and water turbines usually have a casing around the blades that contains and controls the working fluid. Credit for invention of the steam turbine is given both to the British engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854–1931), for invention of the reaction turbine and to Swedish engineer Gustaf de Laval (1845–1913), for invention of the impulse turbine. The word "turbine" was coined in 1822 by the French mining engineer Claude Burdin from the Latin turbo, or vortex, in a memoir, "Des turbines hydrauliques ou machines rotatoires à grande vitesse", which he submitted to the Académie royale des sciences in Paris.[3] Benoit Fourneyron, a former student of Claude Burdin, built the first practical water turbine. Operation theory Schematic of impulse and reaction turbines, where the rotor is the rotating part, and the stator is the stationary part of the machine. Classical turbine design methods were developed in the mid 19th century. Hence: where: Types Uses
Fraxinus European Ash in flower Narrow-leafed Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) shoot with leaves Selected species[edit] Eastern North America Western and southwestern North America Fraxinus anomala Torr. ex S.Watson – Singleleaf AshFraxinus berlandieriana DC. – Mexican AshFraxinus cuspidata Torr. – Fragrant AshFraxinus dipetala Hook. & Arn. – California Ash or Two-petal AshFraxinus dubiaFraxinus gooddingii – Goodding's AshFraxinus greggii A.Gray – Gregg's AshFraxinus latifolia Benth. – Oregon AshFraxinus lowellii – Lowell AshFraxinus papillosa Lingelsh. – Chihuahua AshFraxinus purpusiiFraxinus rufescensFraxinus texensis (A.Gray) Sarg. – Texas AshFraxinus uhdei (Wenz.) Western Palearctic (Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia) Eastern Palearctic (central and east Asia) Closeup of European Ash seedsUnusual "treelets" growing from a fallen ash tree in Lawthorn wood, Ayrshire, Scotland Ecology[edit] Threats[edit] Canker on an Ash tree in North Ayrshire, Scotland Emerald ash borer Uses[edit] Cultural aspects[edit]
Rock flour Rock flour, or glacial flour, consists of fine-grained, silt-sized particles of rock, generated by mechanical grinding of bedrock by glacial erosion or by artificial grinding to a similar size. Because the material is very small, it becomes suspended in meltwater making the water appear cloudy, which is sometimes known as glacial milk.[1][2] Formation[edit] Agricultural use[edit] Some agronomists believe that rock flour has a powerful effect in restoring trace minerals to soil. John D. While this originally was an alternative concept, increasing mainstream research has been devoted to soil amendment and other benefits of rock flour application: for instance, a pilot project on the use of glacial rock, granite and basaltic fines by the U.S. See also[edit] John D. References[edit] External links[edit]
Leaf mold Leaf mold is a form of compost produced by the fungal breakdown[1] of shrub and tree leaves, which are generally too dry, acidic, or low in nitrogen for bacterial decomposition. Description[edit] Due to the slow decaying nature of their high carbon content,[2] dry leaves break down far more slowly than most other compost ingredients. Time and process[edit] Leaves alone can take between one and two years to break down into rich humic matter with a smell reminiscent of ancient woodland. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Coilgun A coilgun (or Gauss gun, in reference to Carl Friedrich Gauss, who formulated mathematical descriptions of the magnetic effect used by magnetic accelerators) is a type of projectile accelerator consisting of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a linear motor that accelerate a ferromagnetic or conducting projectile to high velocity.[1] In almost all coilgun configurations, the coils and the gun barrel are arranged on a common axis. Coilguns generally consist of one or more coils arranged along a barrel, so the path of the accelerating projectile lies along the central axis of the coils. The coils are switched on and off in a precisely timed sequence, causing the projectile to be accelerated quickly along the barrel via magnetic forces. History[edit] The first operational coilgun was developed and patented by Norwegian physicist Kristian Birkeland. In 1934, an American inventor developed a machine gun similar in concept to the coilgun. Construction[edit]