27 Surreal Places To Visit Before You Die. Scientists Sign Declaration That Animals Have Conscious Awareness; Just Like Humans. 40 maps that explain the world. By Max Fisher By Max Fisher August 12, 2013 Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to.
So when we saw a post sweeping the Web titled "40 maps they didn't teach you in school," one of which happens to be a WorldViews original, I thought we might be able to contribute our own collection. Some of these are pretty nerdy, but I think they're no less fascinating and easily understandable.
A majority are original to this blog, with others from a variety of sources. I've included a link for further reading on close to every one. [Additional read: How Ukraine became Ukraine and 40 more maps that explain the world] Click to enlarge. On the Implausibility of the Death Star’s Trash Compactor. I maintain that the trash compactor onboard the Death Star in Star Wars is implausible, unworkable, and moreover, inefficient.
The Trash Compactor Debate turns on whether the Death Star ejects its trash into space. Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing. The Quantum Physics of Free Will. Why It's Impossible To Be A Vegan. Why It's IMPOSSIBLE To Be A Vegetarian (Magazine Article from: Vegetarian Times, May 1991, by Carol Wiley, p.59-62, 89.)
Wait a minute, run that by me again. It's impossible to be a vegetarian? Well, if you mean it in the very strictest sense... Technically, of course, anyone who doesn't eat animal flesh is a vegetarian. But many vegetarians try to avoid all animal products. The fact is, almost everything — no we're not exaggerating — contains animal products, and we're not just talking food here.
Just to give you an idea of how pervasive animal products are, take a look inside the home of an average American vegetarian family: The bathroom contains a host of products that use animal derivatives. Dad shaved this morning with a shaving cream that contains hyaluronic acid from the combs of roosters. Big Sister just started experimenting with makeup. Workers are painting the house. Mom and Dad built a bookshelf for the living room.
7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics. Odds are pretty good that some of you are reading this on an LCD screen while the rest of us are trying to make it out on the 13-inch monochrome monitor that came with our garage sale Commodore 64.
But even with the LCD, some laptops still weigh over 10-pounds. And while that doesn't seem like much, the level of muscle atrophy experienced by the average Warcraft addict makes that weight a thousand times heavier. Jenni Lake, Pregnant Teen, Stopped Cancer Treatment To Protect Baby In Idaho. POCATELLO, Idaho - Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the month before her 18th birthday, though she was not destined to become just another teenage mother.
That much, she knew. While being admitted to the hospital, she pulled her nurse down to her at bed level and whispered into her ear. The nurse would later repeat the girl's words to comfort her family, as their worst fears were realized a day after Jenni's baby was born. "She told the nurse, 'I'm done, I did what I was supposed to. My baby is going to get here safe,'" said Diana Phillips, Jenni's mother.
In photographs, the baby's ruddy cheeks and healthy weight offer a stark contrast to the frail girl who gave birth to him. A day after the Nov. 9 birth, Phillips learned that her daughter's decision to forgo treatment for tumours on her brain and spine so she could carry the baby would have fatal repercussions. It was only 12 days past the birth — half spent in the hospital and the other half at home — before Jenni was gone. 47 Amazing Psychology-Proven Facts. I’ve decided to start a series called 100 Things You Should Know about People.
As in: 100 things you should know if you are going to design an effective and persuasive website, web application or software application. Or maybe just 100 things that everyone should know about humans! The order that I’ll present these 100 things is going to be pretty random. So the fact that this first one is first doesn’t mean that’s it’s the most important.. just that it came to mind first.
Dr. Interactive Timeline of the Arab Spring. Marijuana causes new brain cell growth? A synthetic chemical similar to the active ingredient in marijuana makes new cells grow in rat brains.
What is more, in rats this cell growth appears to be linked with reducing anxiety and depression. The results suggest that marijuana, or its derivatives, could actually be good for the brain. In mammals, new nerve cells are constantly being produced in a part of the brain called the hippocampus, which is associated with learning, memory, anxiety and depression. Other recreational drugs, such as alcohol, nicotine and cocaine, have been shown to suppress this new growth. Newspaper Map.