How to Suck at Facebook All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2015 Matthew Inman. Please don't steal. TheOatmeal.com was lovingly built using CakePHP All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2015 Matthew Inman. TheOatmeal.com was lovingly built using CakePHP Un gigantesque océan caché sous la Terre ? L'hypothèse se confirme. Il y a un peu plus de deux mois, nous vous avions parlé d’un mystérieux diamant découvert au Brésil en 2008. Celui-ci avait livré quelques secrets à l’équipe du géophysicien Graham Pearson, relançant par la même occasion une rumeur datant de 1959 selon laquelle entre 400 et 600 km de profondeur, le manteau terrestre renfermerait une couche de transition riche en un cristal dérivé de l’olivine et en eau. Nous avions alors appris que la pierre précieuse baptisée JUc29 renfermait bien cette fameuse roche, nommée ringwoodite, et que cette dernière contenait pas moins d’1,5% d’eau. L’étude avait alors démontré qu’une gigantesque réserve d’eau se cachait certainement sous la couche terrestre, une réserve d’eau encore plus importante que celle de tous les océans connus réunis. « Cette eau peut être égale ou plus grande que la quantité d’eau dans les océans. Cela modifie notre conception au sujet de la composition de la terre. Crédits Photos : Richard Siemens / University of Alberta Inactif
Flavors.me : The Digital You Lettuce See the Future: Japanese Farmer Builds High-Tech Indoor Veggie Factory Humans have spent the last 10,000 years mastering agriculture. But a freak summer storm or bad drought can still mar many a well-planted harvest. Not anymore, says Japanese plant physiologist Shigeharu Shimamura, who has moved industrial-scale farming under the roof. Working in Miyagi Prefecture in eastern Japan, which was badly hit by powerful earthquake and tsunamis in 2011, Shimamura turned a former Sony Corporation semiconductor factory into the world’s largest indoor farm illuminated by LEDs. The special LED fixtures were developed by GE and emit light at wavelengths optimal for plant growth. The farm is nearly half the size of a football field (25,000 square feet). The farm uses 17,500 LED lights spread over 18 cultivation racks reaching 15 levels high. The LED lights are a key part of the farm’s magic. Shimamura says that the systems allows him to grow lettuce full of vitamins and minerals two-and-a-half times faster than an outdoor farm. Shigeharu Shimamura shows his produce.
Analyze your Facebook page - LikeAlyzer The Most Horrifying (And Awesome) Creepy-Crawlies In The World Just in case you didn't already think that insects were terrifying/awesome enough, here is a delightful collection of bugs that we are lucky enough to live amongst, coupled with some ever so dramatic videos for your viewing pleasure. Botfly Botflies, or members of the Oestridae family, might sometimes look a little bit like a cute bumblebee, but I can guarantee you they’re far from cute. I wouldn’t read this if you’re squeamish. The larvae of botflies parasitize various different mammals and of course there is a human one, Dermatobia hominis, which can be found throughout Central and South America. The female grabs onto a blood-feeding mosquito mid-flight and sticks her eggs onto it, then off it goes on its merry way in search of a delicious human to go and irritate the heck out of. Image credit: Geoff Gallice, via Wikimedia Commons. Fun fact for you all, our editor Elise Andrew was infected by one of these when she was traveling in South America. Japanese Giant Hornet Africanized Honey Bee
Experiment Shows Thoughts & Intentions Can Alter The Physical World Dr. Masaru Emoto, a researcher and alternative healer from Japan has given the world a good deal of evidence of the magic of positive thinking. He became famous when his water molecule experiments featured in the 2004 film, What The Bleep Do We Know? The rice experiment is another famous Emoto demonstration of the power of negative thinking (and conversely, the power of positive thinking.) 147 Days of The Rice Experiment Documented – Last Day If you found this article useful, share it with friends and family by clicking the links below. Avaler une pilule pour apprendre l'anglais sera possible dans 30 ans ! - Wikistrike Nous avons consommé beaucoup d'informations par les yeux. C'est peut-être un canal inefficace. Donc ma prédiction c'est que nous allons ingérer des informations Nicholas Negroponte Vous allez avaler une pilule et vous saurez parler anglais. Vous avalez déjà des infos bidonnées chaque jour. Avaler une pilule pour apprendre l'anglais sera possible dans 30 ans ! Ce sera le cas dans 30 ans. Sa prédiction n'a laissé personne indifférent. "Pour apprendre à lire, nous avons consommé beaucoup d'informations par les yeux. "A travers le flux sanguin" Avant de poursuivre: "Vous allez avaler une pilule et vous saurez parler anglais. Une utopie? Source et vidéo: Tag(s) : #Science - technologie - web - recherche
Marijuana Abuse Blunts the Brain’s Response to Dopamine Abusing marijuana blunts the brain’s ability to respond to dopamine, the neurotransmitter that’s responsible for our feelings of pleasure, motivation, and reward. The effects of that "high" might actually lead to depression and anxiety, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week. Despite its prevalence, we know surprisingly little about the effects of marijuana abuse on the brain. Many abused substances stimulate brain dopamine signaling -- the mechanism underlying the rewarding effects of drugs, food, and sex. So, to investigate marijuana’s impact on the human brain, a team led by Nora Volkow from the U.S. Both groups produced just as much extra dopamine after taking the drug, but the marijuana abusers had significantly blunted behavioral, cardiovascular, and brain dopamine responses to the stimulant. Same amount of dopamine but weaker (or lack of) physical responses suggests the reward circuitry in their brains are damaged.
Etude: L'odeur de pet serait bonne pour la santé - Wikistrike Les pets luttent contre le cancer. Il fallait bien qu'ils servent à quelque chose... OLFACTOTHERAPIE - Elle pourrait permettre de lutter contre le cancer, les AVC et les crises cardiaques… Amis hygiénistes, ne ralez plus quand quelqu’un se lâche à vos côtés. En dégazant égoïstement, il contribue peut-être à votre bonne santé. Des chercheurs de l’Université d’Exeter, qui ne reculent devant aucun sujet visiblement, révèlent que le gaz responsable de la puanteur des pets, est en réalité très bon pour l’organisme. «Lorsque les cellules deviennent stressées par la maladie, elles activent des enzymes afin de produire d’infimes quantités de sulfure d’hydrogène. La fonction cellulaire protégée En observant ce processus naturel, les scientifiques ont donc établi un composé, appelé AP39, qui délivre ce gaz capté par les mitochondries. Tag(s) : #Santé - psychologie
3DTouch Works In 3 Dimensions & Could Replace The Computer Mouse University of Wyoming researchers have developed a novel wearable device, called 3DTouch, which could revolutionize the way we interact with computers. While a computer mouse is useful and has dominated the way we have interacted with computers for the last 50 odd years, it is restricted to two-dimensional movements; this new piece of technology would allow us to interact in three-dimensions. The device has been described in arXiv. Interacting in 3D is certainly not a new idea. This new mobile device, which sits on your finger like a thimble, can accurately sense its position in 3D and is capable of responding to various preprogrammed mouse-like gestures, for example a finger tap, that allow the user to interact with objects in 3D. The device makes use of three different types of sensor: a 3D accelerometer, a 3D magnetometer and a 3D gyroscope. The researchers say that the pointing accuracy is reasonably good but has room for improvement. Check out this video for a demonstration: