Aerial photo of the Cargill Salt Ponds in San Francisco Bay
Aerial photography can produce some very inspirational photographs that provide us a beautiful view of our surroundings from a different perspective that we never usually don’t use to see.
Paddling Still Alive in 20 States But Schools Under Pressure to Spare the Rod Forever
Schools under pressure to abolish corporal punishment.
Tyler Anastopoulos got in trouble for skipping detention at his high school recently, he received the same punishment that students in parts of rural Texas have been getting for generations.
Human Heartbeat Could be Used to Charge an iPod
The latest device is thousands of times more powerful than its predecessors, allowing scientists to take the technology out of the lab for the first time.
The human heartbeat could be used to power an ipod after scientists developed a tiny chip which uses the body’s own movement to generate power. Scientists hope that as the nanotechnology used in the chip evolves, it could lead to electronics which don’t require batteries or mains power.
Marine Microbes Found Feasting On Plastic
Marine Microbes doing their thing.
Plastics have officially entered the food chain, as seen in the deadly effect things like Styrofoam and bottle caps have on sea turtles and albatross, and even whales. However, how far into the food chain is plastic going? It seems even microbes are eating their fill, though whether or not they’re actually digesting the plastic or just passing it up the chain to larger life forms is still a big question. Regardless, researchers including Tracy Mincer of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and colleagues have found bacteria that is feasting on plastics found in the ocean.
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How Great Entrepreneurs Think
Deep thinker hard at work?
In the world of business, there are great corporate executives, then there are great entrepreneurs. What sets them apart from each other?
University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business professor Saras Sarasvathy tested some of America’s best minds in business and found that entrepreneurs think differently than corporate execs…
2022 World Cup Will Beat the Heat with Artificial Clouds
An artitist’s impression of the Al-Rayyan stadium which will play host to World Cup matches.
The 2022 World Cup has been awarded to Qatar, a country that averages 41 degrees Celsius (106°F) during June and July when the tournament is held. There aren’t too many spectators that will be able to keep up their team spirit in that kind of heat, so organizers have been looking for a creative solution to help block the sun’s sizzling rays.
Retailers Need to Reach Out and Touch More Mobile Users
Fifty-one percent of shoppers are more likely to buy from retailers with mobile-specific websites.
Retailers must answer the call to make mobile shopping easier and more engaging or they risk getting disconnected from the majority of mobile device users. While 89.7 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 to 64 have mobile phones, only 49.1 percent are using their phones to shop, according to Arc Worldwide, the marketing services arm of advertising agency Leo Burnett.
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Twitters’ .05% Elite Users Generate Half of All Twitter Posts
20,000 of Twitters 200 million users generate 50% of tweets.
Cornell University and Yahoo! Research have released a ten-page research report that offers insight into how content is being created, consumed, and shared by different groups of users on Twitter.
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Metropol Parasol – World’s Largest Wooden Structure Opens in Spain
Metropal Parasol
March 27 marked the opening of the “Metropol Parasol”, the Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación in Sevilla, designed by J. MAYER H. Architects. The final completion of the project is scheduled for April 2011. (Pics)
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Half of 18 to 50 Year Old Men Don’t Go to the Doctor
A third of men haven’t had a check-up in over a year.
About half of men ages 18 to 50 don’t have a primary-care physician, and a third haven’t had a checkup in more than a year, a new survey shows.
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Radiation
Click on the image to expand to full size. It’s filled with useful info, and delves more into the basics behind the different kinds of radiation and their effects on the human body…
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Trees Cocooned in Spiders Webs Reducing Risk of Malaria in Pakistan
Wow. Now that’s a lot of spiders!
Millions of spiders have crawled into trees in Pakistan to escape flood waters, shrouding them with their silky webs. The eye-catching phenomenon is an unexpected side-effect of last year’s flooding which claimed the lives of almost 2,000 people.
However, since the monsoon weather devastated the nation last July, much of the water has still not yet receded. The tiny insects have sought refuge amongst the trees weaving beautifully intricate webs between the leaves. The branches are now so cocooned in spiders webs it gives the appearance of them being shrouded in a large net…
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