Superstitious Beliefs getting more common

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Regardless of the person or the phenomenon, paranormal experiences are purely quirks of the human brain. Click to enlarge this image. iStockphoto

It's that time of year again. Ghosts, goblins and other spooky characters come out from the shadows and into our everyday lives.

For most people, the thrill lasts for a few weeks each October. But for true believers, the paranormal is an everyday fact, not just a holiday joke. Read more at news.discovery.com

 

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Useless Organs

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Top Ten "Useless" Organs

Can there really be a useless organ? Well, no one wants to part with their appendix, until it acts up. Same with wisdom teeth. See what other ha-ha's Mother Nature endowed us with. DISCUSS: Comment on this list in our forums. « Top 10 Useless Body Parts   10   9   8   7   6   5   4   3   2   1    Next »

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One of Saudi Arabia"s most wanted believed linked to Bomb Plot

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(CNN) -- The man suspected to be at the center of the plot to send bombs from Yemen to the United States is a Saudi national who authorities believe has been living in Yemen for the past three years.

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri is one of Saudi Arabia's most wanted men, according to a list published by the government last year. The Saudi government described al-Asiri as an explosives and poison expert.

On Friday, authorities in the United Arab Emirates and Britain found two packages with explosives that were destined for synagogues in Chicago, Illinois.

U.S. investigators believe al Qaeda bomb maker al-Asiri, 28, is linked to the packages.

The explosive found in the packages, PETN, is the same as the material found in the December 2009 foiled underwear bomb attack in the United States. It's a highly explosive organic compound that belongs to the same chemical family as nitroglycerin. Six grams of PETN are enough to blow a hole in the fuselage of an aircraft. Read more at edition.cnn.com

 

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How would time travel affect life as we know it?

Science fiction has thoroughly covered the topic of time travel, starting with H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" in 1895 and continuing right up to modern movies like "Déjà Vu" starring Denzel Washington. But physicists have also explored the nature of time and the plausibility of time travel for more than century, beginning with Albert Einstein's theories of relativity. Thanks to Einstein, scientists know that time slows as moving objects approach the speed of light. Gravity also slows time. This means that, in one sense, all of us can already consider ourselves time travelers in a limited way because we experience a tiny time warp (a difference of only nanoseconds) when we, for example, take a flight on an airplane. But physicists who study time travel today search for plausible ways to create a time warp large enough to allow noticeable travel into the past or future.

In his book "How to Build a Time Machine," physicist Paul Davies writes, "The theory of relativity implies that a limited form of time travel is certainly possible, while unrestricted time travel -- to any epoch, past or future -- might just be possible, too." This astonishing statement begs an important question: If time travel did indeed become a reality, how would it affect our world as we currently experience it?

First, it's important to realize that building a time machine would likely involve enormous expense, and the sheer complexity of such an apparatus would mean only a limited group of time travelers would have access to it. But even a small group of "astronauts" traveling through time and space could conceivably have a tremendous impact on life as we know it today. The possibilities, in fact, seem almost infinite.

Let's begin by assuming that it's possible to create a complete loop in time travel -- that time travelers could travel back into the past and then return to the future (or vice versa). Although scientists view traveling to the future as a much less problematic proposition than traveling to the past, our daily lives wouldn't change much if we could only send time travelers backward or forward in time, unable to recall them to the present. If we could, in fact, complete this loop of time travel, we can conjure up an incredible array of possible effects. Read more at www.howstuffworks.com

 

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What Causes a Cough? Ads by Google Whooping Cough Causes Asthma Cough Cough Medicine

There is nothing more irritating to have than a reoccurring cough. It can be the cause of much embarrassment and appear when we would least like it to. With the amount of pollutants now present in the air, the possible causes of the cough are wide ranging.

Throughout the day, people are exposed to numerous particles of dust, fumes and germs. Our living space can be polluted with tobacco smoke, car exhaust fumes and airborne infections. With all of these pollutants, it is a wonder that we are not continually coughing 24 hours a day.

There are two main types of cough, dry and chesty. The cough is an involuntary action by the brain to clear a blockage or irritant from the body’s airways. A cough may also be due to a viral infection such as the flu or common cold.

The dry cough is often seen as the less productive of the two types. Whereas the chesty cough brings up phlegm or mucus from the lungs, a dry cough can just seem plain irritating. Many smokers can have a continual dry cough throughout their lives. They see the cough as part of their smoking and, in time, they take it for granted. Read more at www.wisegeek.com

 

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Locks of love

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It seems that locks aren’t just simply used to keep property secure from theft and vandalism any more. For decades now a custom has slowly been creeping across the world whereby loving, romantic, and sometimes superstitious couples have decided to write messages on padlocks, attach them to certain landmarks in specific areas - more often than not railings and fences - and then throw away the key. The practice, as well as symbolising a couple’s unending love for each other, is in some countries thought to bring good luck to a relationship.

Pecs, Hungary

Above: The famous lock fence of Pécs in Hungary, where the practice is thought to have begun, in Europe at least, back in the 1980s. Area officials were quickly forced to designate this particular spot ‘love lock friendly’ in a bid to curb the rampant placement of lock in other areas when the trend took off.

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Lady Chatterley couldn't shock us | Books | The Guardian

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Ferrari World

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First visitors enter Ferrari World

Where would you expect to find the world’s largest indoor theme park? If you answered "Dubai," you’d be close (but no cigar). It’s basically next door in, Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s capital. And you might be surprised to find that it’s not another Disney park or Universal Studios attraction – no, the world’s largest theme park is Ferrari World, and it opened today (27 October 2010) to the media. The public opening has been delayed as a sign of respect for the passing of Sheik Saqr bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi, Emir of Ras al-Khaimah. Gizmag has given readers an insight into Ferrari World in the past, but shortly you’ll be able to visit for yourself. Read more at www.gizmag.com

 

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Children in Art History

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ABDERRAHMANE Latrache (1)

ADLER Edmund (1)

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Bringing extinct animals back from the dead

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Clone zone: Bringing extinct animals back from the dead

Sun bears are very small, but extremely fierce

There are team briefings, kit is checked and then checked again.

But dealing with South East Asia's sun bear is not straightforward. It is the world's smallest bear - but also one of the most dangerous.

Today, two are being moved between zoos in the UK - from the Rare Species Conservation Centre in Kent to Colchester Zoo in Essex.

But while the bears are anaesthetised and given an essential check-up before their journey, it also gives Dr Masters access to a precious resource: their DNA.

Dr Masters explains: "We are losing species too quickly, therefore we ought to preserve at least the genetic material that has taken millions and millions of years to evolve."

The sun bear samples are heading to the Frozen Ark, which has its headquarters at the University of Nottingham. Read more at www.bbc.co.uk

 

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The Anatomy of Sarcasm: Real Humor, Or Just A Defense Mechanism? by Cyndi Sarnoff-Ross/Marriage and Family Therapist: at DailyStrength Doctors and Experts

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China Makes World's Fastest Supercomputer - International Business Times

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Anglophobia

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Anglophobia (from Latin Anglus "English" + Greek φόβος -phobos, "fear") means hatred or fear of England or the English people.[1] The term is sometimes used more loosely for general Anti-British sentiment.[1]

In his essay "Notes on Nationalism", written in May 1945 and published in the first issue of the intellectual magazine Polemic (October 1945), George Orwell wrote, 'Welsh, Irish and Scottish nationalism have points of difference but are alike in their anti-English orientation.'.[2]

[edit] Scotland

A 2005 study by Hussain and Millar of the Department of Politics at the University of Glasgow examined the prevalence of Anglophobia in relation to Islamophobia in Scotland. One finding of the report suggested that national ‘phobias’ have common roots independent of the nations they are directed toward. The study states that: Read more at en.wikipedia.org

 

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Humans could be sent to Mars 'one-way'

Humans could be sent to Mars one-way as part of Nasa plans to permanently colonise other planets. Skip related content

Scientists have confirmed that they are looking into the possibility sending astronauts to other planets by 2030.

It would take the volunteers nine months to get to the red planet, and they would leave knowing they would never see Earth again.

That is because it would cost too much to fly them back.

The mission, titled Hundred Years Starship, is likely to cost something in the region of £7 billion, and it is relying on grants and donations. The world's billionaires have reportedly been asked to contribute.

Related content Life On Mars: One-Way Ticket To Red Planet Video: Humans could be sent to Mars 'one-way' PayPal opens up for digital goods Related Hot Topic: Space Have your say: Space Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com

 

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How to De-Seed a Pomegranate

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Eating a pomegranate can be a messy task. The juice can stain your clothes and even yor countertops! The seeds of the pomegranate fruit are sweet, juicy and bursting with flavor. Sprinkled in salads, in fruit salads, over ice cream and sorbet, the seeds add an interesting addition to any dish. The seeds are tasty eaten by themselves! Before you go biting into this delicious fruit, read this step by step, picture tutorial on how to de-seed a pomegranite. It will leave you stain free and with lots of seeds to eat! Pomegranate Recipes

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50 year old Kit to capture spectacular images on film

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How photographer used 50-year-old kit to capture spectacular nature images on film

These spectacular images capture the beautiful movements of some of natures most elusive animals - using equipment almost half a century old.

The incredible quality displays the accuracy of an Archer Fish firing a jet of water to knock an insect off a leaf.

It then takes to the skies to track a swallow gracefully swooping towards a pond to take a drink.

Keen wildlife photographer Stephen Dalton spent years developing and trialing different kit before he eventually found his setup - a completely homemade operation he still successfully uses today.

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50+ Halloween wallpapers

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Halloween, which falls on the 31th of October is a holiday that normally associated with symbols like “Jack o’ Lanterns“, skeleton, pumpkins and activities like bonfire, costume party, "trick-or-treats", etc. As you have probably known, Halloween this year is already around the corner.

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6 Secret Monopolies You Didn't Know Run the World

The American revolutionaries gave their lives for a future in which each man would have the freedom to make his own choices. That dream has come true in the form of supermarket aisles that contain 50 different cereals with the word "oat" in their name, five marshmallow based cereals with a monster theme and 12 different varieties of Cheerios alone.

What would you say if I told you that dream was a lie? That all these brands you think you're picking and choosing between are all sock puppets on the many tentacles of a few, lesser known companies?

I don't know what you would say, but we're about to find out.

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Giant crater may have been extinction trigger

SYDNEY: One of the largest meteorite impacts in the world has been discovered in the Australian outback - an impact so powerful it may have been the trigger for a major extinction event.

The meteorite struck Australia around 300 million years ago and produced a 'shock zone' - the area of land deformed by the strike - at least 80 km wide.

Discovered by geothermal researchers, it is now buried deep under sedimentary rock. While the crater itself has probably eroded away, the land still bears the scars of the impact.

"This impact structure is likely to prove one of the largest found on Earth, as its minimum diameter is 80 km and its likely size larger than 160 km," said Andrew Glikson, an earth and palaeoclimate scientist at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Glikson will present the results at the Australian Geothermal Energy Conference in Adelaide in mid November.

The site was discovered when geothermal energy researcher Tonguç Uysal, from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, was looking at the processes involved in thermal enrichment in the Cooper Basin, on the border of Queensland and South Australia.

Uysal said he noticed that "[the] quartz grains in the rock had unusual planar deformation feature." This rock feature is only ever associated with the extreme pressures involved in a large asteroid strike.

More research is needed to determine both the maximum crater size and the size of the asteroid itself, said Glikson. However, the 360-milion-year-old Woodleigh crater, in Western Australia, measures somewhere between 60 and 160 km across and "was produced by an asteroid six to 12 km across," said Glikson.

The impact would have been impressive, producing "catastrophic effects - including a fireball, major earthquakes, atmospheric clouding, CO2 release, tsunami effects, [and] the extinction of species," added Glikson.

Global kill event

"This is very exciting," said Andy Tomkins, a geologist at Monash University in Melbourne, who was not involved in the study. "Only the extreme pressure associated with the impact of a large asteroid can produce these features.

"Nothing within a few hundred kilometres of the blast would have survived, but more importantly the climate of the entire Earth would have been changed. It would have filled the atmosphere with so much dust that sunlight would be obscured, possibly for several years, killing a large amount of plant life on which animals obviously rely, thereby causing a global kill event - although perhaps not on the scale of the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

"If such an impact occurred now, the majority of the human population would be wiped out, through the consequent reduction in our ability to grow crops," he added.

Until now Australia had 30 definitively identified impact craters, seven that lack conclusive evidence and around 12 that are being investigated.

At 80 km, it will still be the eighth largest known crater, although researchers think it may end up being even larger.

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The Great Castles of Wales

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This homepage is my tribute to the country that has the finest and purest examples of fortified medieval architecture: the Castles of Wales. Here you will find the pictures, plans and history of some of the largest and important of those. The castles that you can visit on this site are just a little part of the many powerful fortifications located in Wales (the country counts more than 400 castles!), this is only my suggestion for a historical journey through the region: when you pass through the green landscapes of Wales the fortresses themselves will attract your attent with their high and magnificent walls.

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