A team of Canadian astronomers at the University of Montreal led by physicist Anthony Moffat has discovered a star whose mass is 100 times bigger than that of the Sun in the southern region of the Milky Way. The biggest discovered star has a mass about 83 times bigger than that of the Sun. The [...]
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
The need to find out energy sources and the development of genetic and microbiology make it likely to find out bacteria or microbes which could be very useful. In this case the bacteria should be able to eat sugar or sludge and it must be team player or electrochemically active. Surviving without oxygen would be [...]
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
This is known as TCM and it represents a range of traditional medical practices originating in China that developed over several thousand years. It includes theories, diagnosis and treatments such as herbal medicine, acupuncture and massage; the base of it is in the fact that processes of the human body are interrelated and in constant [...]
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
This debate has been indecided for years and years and there are serious evidence which backs up both theories. Recently a vast number of scientist leaned towards the meteor theory; they claim that a meteor impact in the Gulf of Mexico made changes which the dinousaurs could not adapt to. But scientists found out how [...]
Friday, October 26, 2007
A black hole is a weird and fascinating thing. There are few things we know about them. Astronomers are studying them round the clock and they job is made easier by the fact that they have unmasked hundreds of black holes hiding deep inside dusty galaxies billions of light-years away.They are massive and growing and [...]
Friday, October 26, 2007
Nanotech is a very young science. It reffers to a field of applied science and technology whose unifying theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, normally 1 to 100 nanometers, and the fabrication of devices within that size range. A meter is 1 000 000 000 times bigger than a [...]
Thursday, October 25, 2007
This dog is famous in the world because it is very big but very gentle. The ancestors of the St. Bernard are the herding dogs of Swiss farmers like the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, as well as hunting dogs and watchdogs. Their history has also been connected with the hospice at the Great St. Bernard [...]
Thursday, October 25, 2007
There is a lot of interest around the problem of stem cells. Whether it is good or it is not good to use them or the religious part is not going to be discussed here. This is meant to make you understand how stem cells could save your life and cure numerous conditions.Stem cells are [...]
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
It is hard to understand why numerous people say they want to quit smoking and fail to do so. The addiction is perhaps stronger than their power to say no. Physicians are trying to treat smoking related problems and in the same time talk people out of smoking.But a study has showed that people who [...]
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
And we refrain ourselves from doing anything. The reefs and marine creatures are dying slowly but certainly because of human activity. There are numerous ways to destroy it; many would say that there is little we can do to help it. But that would be wrong. Educating would be logic and it is the most [...]
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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