I am george varghese, from God's own country, south state of india and land of ayurveda.Loving green world and observing nature's voice and movement watching world political events,human life science ,searching bloggers for sharing knowledge.seekng god's creation. The thrill of life is hunting of difficulties?
my indiasite and mypeopleonearth
my indiasite and mypeopleonearth
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Electricity from nano particles
Big terror threat from food
Saturday, November 17, 2007
synthetic lubes a green clean lubricants
Polyglycol fluids- Polyalkylene Glycol, Polyglycol Ethers, Polyalkalylene Glycol Ethers
Silicones
Esters: Diesters (Dibasic Acid Esters)
Esters: Polyolesters (Neopentyl Poly Esters)
Polymerized alpha olefin: Polyalphaolefin, Olefin Polymers, Olefin Oligomers- synthetic hydrocarbons
Alkylated Aromatics- Dialkylbenzenes- a synthetic hydrocarbon
Phosphate Esters
There are cal characteristics.collected from synthetic lubricants of google
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Crime investigation -brain mapping a new phenomenon
Sunday, November 4, 2007
hindustani boost church attendance in britain! wonderful?
In a role reversal of history,indian priests are not only meeting the shortage of priests in churches in britain,but christain migrants from india are helping boost dwinding church congregations. western missionaries in the19 th century trekked to remote tribal areas of india and converted tribes,who are now returning the favour by moving to places such as age of priests there.one of the indian priests to arrive in wales to preach christianity was rev. hmar sangkhuma from the dioces of mizoram in india
Friday, October 26, 2007
why are video games so additive?
Thursday, October 11, 2007
whether abraham is islam?
Google capturing universe too !
google has already hoasted its flag on earth,the moon,and mars.the universe could be next.the internet company has struck a partnership with scientist building a huge sky scanning telescope of helping the public access digital footage of steriods,supernivas nd distant galaxies.the 8.4 metre LSST is expected to begin surveying the sky in 2013,from a moutaintop in chile.its goal is to continuously scan space,taking a series of 15 sec explosures that allow it to cover th e sky every three nights.
why is air rage on the increase?
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
are you aware? your cell phone can kill you
Monday, September 24, 2007
Is there any scientific proof to confirm the concept of rebirth?
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
monkeys will be continuing the scapegoatship for you
Femine politics in Abu Dhabi... eighth wonder
Sunday, September 9, 2007
A giant mirror reflection is the light of the dark village
A village in the shadow of the Italian alps has installed a giant mirror on a mountainside to reflect sunshine into its main square .Viganella,in the narrow Antnona valley, north of turin, saw no sun for three months of the year before the project,reports CBS news.A 48 m2 steel sheet iscontrolled by computers to follow the path of the sun and reflect its rays down into the village square for a atleastsix hrs a day.viganella, with a population of only 197 formely suffered from a complete lack of direct sun fro november 11 to feb2. About 61 lakhs rupees cost was met by local govt.
Valueless and meaningless Marriages
Monday, August 27, 2007
Snakes are becoming predictor
China has come up with an earthquake prediction system which relies on the behaviour of snakes.the earth quake bureau in nanning,capital of the guangaxi autonomous region in southern china,had developed its system using a combination of natural instict and modern technology.of all the creatures on earth,snakes are perhaps the most sensitive to earthquakes,bureau director said,snakes could sense an earthquake from 120 km away, three to five days before it happens.they respond by behaving strangely.
Now alcohol become medicine for artritis
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
toilet aquarium
home renovators looking to bring life to the smallest room in their home now have the chance with a toilet that doubles as an aquarium.the fish n flush is a clear two piece toilet tank that replaces a standard toilet tank ,with a see through aquarium wrapping itself around a conventional tank.we wanted develop a product that had a dual purpose-to serve as a proper ,fully functional toilet and also as a source of entertainment and conversion said Devon Nicolea, marketing director of California based designer aqua one technologies inc.,which has just started to selling the tank.
Monday, August 6, 2007
what you mean by rape? define other than this?
was god an astronaut?
who created mankind?according to some researchers the answer lies with those who came from beyond the stars. the imagery of extra terrestrial visitors who came in from other planets, and possibly even other galaxies, to seed the human race is a fascinating one,althoughhighly speculative. erich won daniken, who popularised this theory with his book,chariats of the gods believes that these visitors- termed as ancient astronauts- landed on earth when the planet was still in its infancy. as part of their breeding experients they seeded the first human being and imparted them with the skills required to set huminity on the path of evolution.
James Bond will soon be subject of a scentific study
Monies on the fictional briish super agent james bond have ad no trouble captiating the french public.nom however in an attempt to showpeople that 007 was first a literary character and an important one at that academics from the french national library,the universities of nanterre and versallies and european centre for audiovisual writingare getting togethr for a three day conference where the topic is creator IAN Fleming.oganisers of the conference insist that Ian Fleming's novels have not recived the same kind of scientific attention that they merit, and that with the three day session they will be trying to show how much of an influence ha had on british identity,capitalism,geopolitics,gastronomy and sexuality.
Big terror threat from food
CAN AN ANIMAL FALL IN LOVE?
A century ago, we thought animals were essentially dumb and acted purely on instinct They had no language, could not make tools, and sex was purely for reproduction. We now know that many species can have sophisticated social lives, express emotions such as fear, hatred and even jealousy, and that many may have linguistic abilities.
It seems there is a new discovery every month elevating a particular species onto a new intellectual and emotional plane. It was revealed couple of years ago that sheep, whose very name was a byword for stupidity, could recognise human faces and form strong attachments to their keepers.
And it was revealed recently that elephants can recognise themselves in the mirror. Thought by scientists to be the ultimate test of ‘sentience’, the mirror test has been passed by most apes, the dolphin and, some claim, the pigeon.
Now a team of scientists have found that somewhale species have structures in their brains which indicate that they may be able to fall in love.
Patrick Hof and Van Der Gucht of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have found specialised neurons, called spindle cells, in the brains of humpback, fin, killer and sperm whales.
Spindle cells, found in the brain, were thought to be the preserve of humans and the other great apes — the chimps, the bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans. They were touted as the brain cells that set ‘higher’ primates apart from all other animals - specialised cells that are linked to emotion, speech, social skills empathy and ‘gut’ intuition.
“Whales communicate through huge song repertoires, recognise their own songs and make up new ones. They also form coalitions to plan hunting strategies, and have evolved social networks similar to those of apes and humans,” Dr Hof told New Scientist magazine.
In fact, whales were found to have three times as many of these cells, proportionately, as humans.
It’s quite a big step from finding a certain cell in a whale’s brain and deciding that the animal is capable of emotions. But there is evidence that the inner life of whales and dolphins are far more colourful and vivid than we thought.
People have always known dolphins are bright.Tales go back to antiquity of the mammals helping shipwrecked sailors, guiding drowning men back to land and so on. But just how intelligent they are has been a matter of fierce debate.
And while Dolphins have passed the ‘mirror test’, it’s only the difficulties faced by scientists wishing to study the behaviour a 60-foot-long behemoth in the labthat have prevented us from learning more about the workings of whales’ brains.
While chimpanzees can be easily studied both in the wild and in the lab, whales pose huge problems for animal researchers. Nevertheless, what we do know suggests that these animals may have an ‘inner life’ perhaps as complex as ours.
in 1990, a pair of male killer whales were found retracing the last movements of their dead mother, swinming hundreds of miles together for days.
Does this mean that whales grieve? That a species other than our own can show love to one another? We must always be on our guard when attributing human emotions and sentiments to animals. For we humans have a terrible habit of confusing sentimentalism with scientific fact.
In the film March Of The Penguins, not only were young audiences invited to boo and hiss the seal when it made a meal of the mummy penguin (what was the seal supposed to do, order pizza?), but we were invited to believe the pair bonding seen in adult emperor penguins was due to ‘love’.
Trouble is, it turns out penguins aren’t quite so ‘in love’ as the film would have had us believe. Far from being monogamous, emperor penguins have sex with up to 20 partners in a lifetime. Same-sex couplings have been observed in captivity too!
Emperor penguins are certainly impressive animals, and their determination and resourcefulness to breed in such an extreme environment is awe inspiring and worthy of admiration. But are they capable of love? Probably not.
Similarly, we imagine that the lifetime pair- bonds of species like the albatross are somehow evidence of romance, when it’s far more likely the rarity of these animals and difficulty of finding mates make monogamy an evolutionary advantage.
The truth is that we cannot know what it is like to be one of these animals and, sadly, they cannot tell us. But there is no doubt that the more we learn about animal behaviour — and about the structure of their brains — the more we are forced to conclude that the things we have in common, certainly with the more intelligent mammals, are greater than our differences.
Among our closest relatives, behaviour once thought to be the preserve of humans is now known to be commonplace. The bonobo engages in recreational sex, including lesbian coupling that is absolutely nothing to do with reproduction.
This means that we may have to think again how we treat these animals. If whales. for one, have language, form strong emotional attachments and are completely conscious of the1r own existence, this makes the case for hunting them for food completely untenable.
The Romans considered the elephant to be the noblest of beasts, suffused with honour , intelligence and capable of true love-both for its fellows and its human masters. For centuries scientists have dismissed such notions about animal as childish and ill-informed sentiment. Now, it seems science may not be so sure! daily mail collected from mumbai mirror
the lost kingdom
Thursday, August 2, 2007
high flying executives are in trouble with marriage life?
sleep proper otherwise -----
sleep proper otherwise -----
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
why is a group of fish called a 'school' ?
Some fish tend to swim in groups in order to protect themselves from their predators. the collective noun which denotes such a group depends on the species of the fish in the group,as exemplified by the terms a troop of dogfish.,a swarm of eelsand and a glide of flting fish. the most common collective nouns for a group of fish in general are school and shoal. both the words have evolved from the same common Dutch root schole meaning a troop or crowd.collected fromtimesofindiadaily.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
why are video games so additive?
Saturday, June 16, 2007
be cautious brain tumour is infectious
Monday, June 4, 2007
be cautious -now lie detector is in your computer only
Coming back of electric car
US auto giant GM company again with electric car with new concept. the chevrolet volt will draw power execlusively from a next generation battery pack recharged by a small onboard engine.
the volt is designed to run for 40 miles on pure electric power ,making it ideal for every day family use.the volt's combustion engine is designed only as a supplement to keep its batteries charged.
the volt should be ready for production around the same time the lithium ion batteries will be ,which GM expects to be in two to three years.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Now alcohol become medicine for artritis
artritis ,a disease of the joints, is the leading cause of disability in people over the age of 65.earlier studies have found that low or moderate alcohol intake benefit people in number of ways ,such as lowering the risk of heart disease. however,it is also well known that drinking too much causes complications.
in the new study ,researchers gave mice injections of collagen, aprotein to induce rhematoid arthirtis, reported the online edition of BBC news
Saturday, May 5, 2007
water in mars
Crime investigation -brain mapping a new phenomenon
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Your body getting poison or chemicals?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Ammerican's space mission play
Are you remembered, the viking space probes of 1976-77 were looking for water and life on red plannet Mars. the result was there is no water on the plannet.Now the latest Nasa mars study is revealing that there is a possibilty of water on the red plannet. new photographs of mars showed geologic changes that suggest water occasionally flows there-the most tantalising sign that mars is hospitable to life in the 70's the viking mission found no signs of life. but it was searching for earth like life,in which salt water is the internal liquid of living cells,given the cold dry conditions of mars that life could have evolved on Mars with the key internal fluid consisting of a mix of water and Hydrogen peroxide.The viking experiments of the 70's wouldn't have noticed alien hydrogen peroxide based life and in fact would have killed it by drowning and overheating the mocrobes.a new Nasa mars mission Phoenix is set for launch this summer, and one scientist involved said he is eager to test the new theory about life on mars. collected from timesof india
Friday, March 30, 2007
does draculla 's castle really exist?
Draculla 's castle does exist and known as the bran castle. that's because bran stoker ,who authored draculla ,based his fictional vampires castle on this one,located near brasov in romania. though there is no proof that vlad tepes ever lived there ,historicalaccounts suggest that he was imprisoned in its dungeon for two days by the trucks who had captured the area.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
who will be the next bill gates?
How zebra fish regrow their fin?
How some animals like zebra fish are able to regrow its parts has remained a mystery scientist for long.but researchers now claim to have found the genes that re key to the process.if zebra fish loses chunk of its tail fin it regrows the fin back within a week. a study has revealed some of the genes responsible for the cellular pathways that helps in the regeneration. it would help to underatand how the process takes place in other coldblooded animals,such as lizards,newts and frogs.veterinary and medcal scientist wonder if warm blooded animals that evolved from these simpler creatures,might still have untapped regenerative powers hiden in their genes.collected from timesofindia daily.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
a wonderful forest from kerala
Shenduruny Wildlife SanctuaryRemember the last time you had a really wild time This month, we invite you for another bash in a tropical semi-evergreen forest! For company, youll have some die-hard party animals - elephants, tigers, leopards, bisons, sambar, wild boar, lion-tailed macaques, langurs, deer - and most of the other regular inhabitants of a wild, West Coast tropical evergreen forest.The Shenduruny forest - declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1984 gets its name from an endemic species of tree called Chenkuruny (Gluta travancoria). In the central region of this moist, mixed deciduous forest, spread over hilly terrain of over 100 sq km, is the 26 sq km artificial lake formed by the Parappar dam built across the Shenduruny and Kulathupuzha rivers.But beautiful surroundings guaranteed to give those exhausted batteries a recharge is not all that the forest is famous for. According to some recent archaeological studies, Shenduruny was the cradle of one of the oldest river valley civilizations in India - one older than even the Indus Valley which dates from 4400 - 3700 BC! Paintings similar to those of the Mesolithic period (5210 - 4420 BC) found in the caves of central India, have been excavated from a cave, large enough to hold 20 people, in the northwestern part of the river.Getting thereBy road: 66 km from Kollam town on the Kollam - Shencotta Road, in Pathanapuram taluk of Kollam district.Nearest railway station: Thenmala connected with Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Kashmir.Nearest airport: Thiruvananthapuram 72 km away in kerala of india. for visit contact me
Monday, March 19, 2007
concept of Rebirth
Is there any scientific proof to confirm the
Reincarnation holds the notion that some essential part of a living being can survive death in some form,with its interity partly or wholly retained, to be reborn in a new body. this is often referred to as the spirit or soul in such beliefs a new personality is developed during each life,based on past integrated experience and new acquired experiences,but some part of the being remains constantly present through successive lives.many persons have claimed to record memories of past lives.Dr. Ian stevenson has researched the subject extensively but it hasnot been proven scientifically.collected from times of india,harsh chester.
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Saturday, March 17, 2007
costliest divorce in history
“Mr and Mrs Abramovich have divorced in Russia on a consensual basis and have agreed terms in respect of arrangements for their (five) children and a fmancial settlement,” the statement said, without giving any details. The divorce follows newspaper reports that Abramovich has been seen with a young Russian model, Dana Zhukova.British newspapers, many of which ran the story on their front pages, said Irina Abramovich could get as much as half of her husband’s estimated $18.7 billion fortune and said it was the biggest divorce settlement in the world.Experts on divorce law said a 50/50 split of wealth accrued during the marriage would be normal procedure inRussia. “Russian divorce law is pretty straightforward. You must equally split all property and assets
which have been amassed since you have been married,” said a lawyer at a major Western legal firm in MoscowAbramovich, an orphan, split from his first wife, Olga, in 1990 and married Irma in 1991. The 40-year-old, who built up his fortune mostly from oil and aluminum businesses during the chaos that followed the fall of the Soviet Union, has become the poster boy for Russia’s oligarchs, known for savvy business deals and sumptuous living. AGENCIES
Be cautious -now, Lie detector is in your computer only
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
are you aware? your cell phone can kill you
Saturday, March 10, 2007
ARE SOME PEOPLE BORN BAD?
collected from times of india, written by brain masters
Scientists And New Book On Hitler Say Some Of Us Are Predisposed To Be Evil At Birth
Brian Masters
IS SEX BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN LOVE
CASUAL SEX
The term ‘casual sex implies there’s no commitment to the other person. Although this doesn’t necessarily mean there’s no sense of responsibility or care, in a casual encounter you’re more likely to focus on the here and now. You can enjoy the moment without much thought about what your partner thinks of you or what you think of them. Without the emotional complications of a relationship, you’re free to concentrate on physical satisfaction.SeK with a stranger—for many people, unfamiliarity is the key to casual sex. They find the mystery exciting and if there’s no chance of meeting again, inhibitions can be cast aside. It offers the chance to take on a new identity and act out a secret fantasy with little fear of rejection or shame.Experimental risks —The lure of casual sex lies in the fear of the unknown. Trying new things, positions and personas, there is a sense of being naughty, of tasting the forbidden fruit. Sometimes, people even try out different places (public and private) to add to the appeal and satisfaction of casual sex.
WHY IT S FUN
Psychological reasons some people pick up messages during childhood that casual sex is wrong (and therefore more exciting). Others have been. leftwith a fear of intimacy bytliir experiences: i.e. a broken heart or a shamelessly carefree libido.Physical reasons — when we take risks and feel fear, the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated. Breathing becomes faster, blood pressure rises and adrenalin is released. Our body enters a state of high alert. If you add sexual messages at this point, the body will respond faster.
MAKING LOVE WHENIN LOVE
Italian scientists have discovered that the biochemical state offalling in love is similar to obsessive compulsive disorder. Theyearning of couples to be together and learn about each other inintimate detail is overwhelming. They grab every opportunity to show affection and get as close as possible to one another.During this period sex can be very exciting. There’s still some of the mystery of casual sex and also some risk. The difference is that sex is more mutual when we’ve fallen in love. It’s about givirig and sharing ourselves physically and emotionally. As well as sexual satisfaction, we can expect to feel emotionaifulfilment. Sex becomes the ultimate act of intimacy.
SEX N A LONGTERMRELATIONSHIP
Those Italian scientists say thebrain returns to normal after six to 18 months. It seems it’s not physically possible to stay in that manic state of obsession with a partner for much longer ban that. It’s then that we either fall out of love or the relationship matures.When a relationship matures, sex matures. You now have the advantage of knowing each other well. Fear of rejection is replaced with trust and security. This allows you to move Into a stage of experimentation and mutual growth. You can take the time to fine-tune your skills as a lover.
SO WHAT’S SETTER?
Sex can be exciting whether or not you’re in love, and at any stage of a relationship. Sex in a loving relationship offers an opportunity to grow together and become great lovers. It may not be possible to recapture the mystery of casual sex but there’s a much higher chance of all-round fulfilment.
CASUAL TO FOREVER
Casual sex: risk, mystery, urgency and focus on the physical. Early love: mutual feelings, yearning, giving, affection and focus on physical satisfaction and emotional fulfilment.Long-term relationship: knowledge, trust, skill, experimentation and focus on deepening physical and emotional satisfaction.
This article collected from mumbai mirror published recently.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Love's not in the air
you win some. You lose some,” these words of Delna Pastakia, 23, managementstudent and salsa instructor, best sum up the status report on how women handle relationships. Whether she is 21 or 29, the new age woman has definitely found her voice and expresses herself vociferously. At the same time, it is surprising to see that she is also not willing to hurt her family (much to the relief of traditionalists who would rather hear a coy yes than a brash no).
Relationships do matter for the girls, but for those who expect a domesticated conformist at the other end, watch out! The new age girl is just sharpening her talons. There are enough ifs and buts involved in every statement, an argument where there was none before and a problem for every traditional solution. They think aloud. They assert their opinions. And they do as they will. At least that is the pattern most of the times.
Delna’s love for dance began when she was 16, but her parents were not too welcoming of her choice. “Obviously they were unsure of my plans. Moreover, I was an active Rotaractor which was a drain on their finances. So I decided to fund my dance education,” she says. “My parents were clueless about this.” For Delna, that meanttakingup part-time assignments that kept her out late. But she worked her way up, and four years later she became a professional salsa instructor.
When her parents found out, it came as a shocker to them. “They always thought I was far too independent and a rebel to an extent, but that their daughter had been secretly funding her dance classes on her own was a shock,” says Delna, Now, alongwith her management lessons, she is pursuing her passion and hopes to make a career of it.
Never exposed to troubles of gender discrimination at home, Delna got a rude shock after she chose marketing as her specialisation. “In my summer job with an FMCG company, I was practically demotivated daily. The sales guys would tell me that there was no need for me to get into grassroots research and interact with the retailers and distributors. Eventually, I realised it was a difficult image to break,” she adds.
Following your heart is not always an easy option for women; they may have to fight many odds at home. Greha Motaliya, 21, is doing her post-graduation in journalism, but she knows that her family will support her only till she completes her studies. “They want me to have a job with flexi-timings and journalism hardly has anything of that sort. I have no choice except to look for something that suits them,” she says. Just as she may hate the fact that parents follow different rule-books for boys and girls, she admits that her rebellion doesn’t go too far.
For some, the tug-of-war with relatives could go on for ever. Four years ago, when Shraddha Kamdar, 29, decided to take up journalism, she was single and had lost her mother. At a young age, Shraddha was put in charge of the household and she became, so to say, the lady of the house. That’s when she decided to voice her opinion. “I wanted to do what I thought would be good for me. I decided to pay for my education and move ahead. Elders of the family did not approve of my decision, and I had to snatch my freedom,” she says.
this article is published by "the week" ,a manorama publication from kerala.
eternal embrace
Friday, March 2, 2007
Action video games good for eyes?
C,D,E drives are in your computer ,what happened drive A &B?
Sunday, February 25, 2007
CAN AN ANIMAL FALL IN LOVE?
Can animals fall in love? It is a question that sounds faintly ridiculous but, strange as it sounds, it is one that scientists are starting to take seriously. In the past few decades, a flood of discoveries has forced us to blur the boundary that exists between man and beast.
A century ago, we thought animals were essentially dumb and acted purely on instinct They had no language, could not make tools, and sex was purely for reproduction. We now know that many species can have sophisticated social lives, express emotions such as fear, hatred and even jealousy, and that many may have linguistic abilities.
It seems there is a new discovery every month elevating a particular species onto a new intellectual and emotional plane. It was revealed couple of years ago that sheep, whose very name was a byword for stupidity, could recognise human faces and form strong attachments to their keepers.
And it was revealed recently that elephants can recognise themselves in the mirror. Thought by scientists to be the ultimate test of ‘sentience’, the mirror test has been passed by most apes, the dolphin and, some claim, the pigeon.
Now a team of scientists have found that somewhale species have structures in their brains which indicate that they may be able to fall in love.
Patrick Hof and Van Der Gucht of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have found specialised neurons, called spindle cells, in the brains of humpback, fin, killer and sperm whales.
Spindle cells, found in the brain, were thought to be the preserve of humans and the other great apes — the chimps, the bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans. They were touted as the brain cells that set ‘higher’ primates apart from all other animals - specialised cells that are linked to emotion, speech, social skills empathy and ‘gut’ intuition.
“Whales communicate through huge song repertoires, recognise their own songs and make up new ones. They also form coalitions to plan hunting strategies, and have evolved social networks similar to those of apes and humans,” Dr Hof told New Scientist magazine.
In fact, whales were found to have three times as many of these cells, proportionately, as humans.
It’s quite a big step from finding a certain cell in a whale’s brain and deciding that the animal is capable of emotions. But there is evidence that the inner life of whales and dolphins are far more colourful and vivid than we thought.
People have always known dolphins are bright.Tales go back to antiquity of the mammals helping shipwrecked sailors, guiding drowning men back to land and so on. But just how intelligent they are has been a matter of fierce debate.
And while Dolphins have passed the ‘mirror test’, it’s only the difficulties faced by scientists wishing to study the behaviour a 60-foot-long behemoth in the labthat have prevented us from learning more about the workings of whales’ brains.
While chimpanzees can be easily studied both in the wild and in the lab, whales pose huge problems for animal researchers. Nevertheless, what we do know suggests that these animals may have an ‘inner life’ perhaps as complex as ours.
in 1990, a pair of male killer whales were found retracing the last movements of their dead mother, swinming hundreds of miles together for days.
Does this mean that whales grieve? That a species other than our own can show love to one another? We must always be on our guard when attributing human emotions and sentiments to animals. For we humans have a terrible habit of confusing sentimentalism with scientific fact.
In the film March Of The Penguins, not only were young audiences invited to boo and hiss the seal when it made a meal of the mummy penguin (what was the seal supposed to do, order pizza?), but we were invited to believe the pair bonding seen in adult emperor penguins was due to ‘love’.
Trouble is, it turns out penguins aren’t quite so ‘in love’ as the film would have had us believe. Far from being monogamous, emperor penguins have sex with up to 20 partners in a lifetime. Same-sex couplings have been observed in captivity too!
Emperor penguins are certainly impressive animals, and their determination and resourcefulness to breed in such an extreme environment is awe inspiring and worthy of admiration. But are they capable of love? Probably not.
Similarly, we imagine that the lifetime pair- bonds of species like the albatross are somehow evidence of romance, when it’s far more likely the rarity of these animals and difficulty of finding mates make monogamy an evolutionary advantage.
The truth is that we cannot know what it is like to be one of these animals and, sadly, they cannot tell us. But there is no doubt that the more we learn about animal behaviour — and about the structure of their brains — the more we are forced to conclude that the things we have in common, certainly with the more intelligent mammals, are greater than our differences.
Among our closest relatives, behaviour once thought to be the preserve of humans is now known to be commonplace. The bonobo engages in recreational sex, including lesbian coupling that is absolutely nothing to do with reproduction.
This means that we may have to think again how we treat these animals. If whales. for one, have language, form strong emotional attachments and are completely conscious of the1r own existence, this makes the case for hunting them for food completely untenable.
The Romans considered the elephant to be the noblest of beasts, suffused with honour , intelligence and capable of true love-both for its fellows and its human masters. For centuries scientists have dismissed such notions about animal as childish and ill-informed sentiment. Now, it seems science may not be so sure! daily mail collected from mumbai mirror
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Electricity from nano particles
currently about 90% of the world's electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels,which creates heat, often in the form of steam.the stem spins a turbine that drives a generator to produce electricity.
but this method is indirect,and in the process,plenty of heat is wasted and its energy goes uncaptured. generating one watt of power requires about 3 watts of heat input and involves dumping into the environment the equivalent of about 2 watt of power in the form of heat. for the last 50 years ,scientists have been exploring ways to use this wasted heat.it even a fraction of the lost heat can be converted into electricity in a cost effective manner,the lead author said ,Mr. Arun Mujamdar of the university of California.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
ultra rich sex
ever wonder how your life would change if you suddenly become obscenely rich? for one,you 'd have a better sex.that's the finding of a new report by market research ans consulting company prince and associate ,and pvt wealth expert Hannah grove , Forbes .com reported on its web site .
the survey conducted last year looked at the sexual views,behavior and experiences of about 600 men and women were married , an average of 57 and with a net worth of $89 billion.
the findings showed the majority,63% of men and 84% of women,credited their wealth with helping them achieve a better sex life. in addition, 43% of men and 83% women said they believe their money has let them lead more daring and exciting sex lives.
one third of men and 72% of women are members of the mile high club,having had sex while in flight,all had access to a private jet. and 54% of men and 73% of women reported having had an extramarital affair.
the study indicates a sense money makes people feel more powerful and gives them a better quality of life.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
how you celebrated your valentine day? just see
police booked
Riki khatwani,along with a friend who is in classX ,for robbery at shajanand regacy tower in Memnagar. the booty was recovered from a jeweller.police revealed that he was having an affair with a senior IPS officer's daughter.when the sniffer dog was called in, we found Riki trying to avoid the dog .This was a give away. and also a screw found in his pocket which matched the screws on the lock of the front door of the house
the police recovered the booty from a jeweller.
Friday, February 9, 2007
Globalisation of corruption 1
The staggering amount is the estimate of a survey conducted through interviews with 1222 truck drivers and operators in 12 major trucking hubs of India including Mumbai. The survey ,conducted by marketing&developing research associates (MRDA) for transparency international India was released in Delhi recently.
according to the survey ,the bribe is mostly paid at toll plazas,check posts,state borders and during en route stoppages by one of other agencies on pretext of checking documents.
the survey claim police and RTO share 88% of the bribe collected on roads and in transport offices with the former pocketing 45% of it.
pay bribes for overloading,for permits,for fitness certificate,traffic violations toll payment,octroi,no entry,alcohol abuse,parking,incomplete documents.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
new james bond in action
british police has identified the polonium killer of Russian spy
the suspected killer travelled to London on a forged passport and slipped the radioactive isotope polonium 21o into litvinenko's tea,according to a friend of the defector to Britain,who has worked closely with detectives on the murdered investigation.
according to revealing of police litvinenko visited millennium hotel in London to discuss a business deal.he went to the room with Russian business man kovtun and Andrei,another former Russian agent.the trio were joined in the room by a mystery man who was introduced as vladislav, was described as someone who could help litinenko win a contract with a Moscow based pvt security company.police revealed.
check my earlier blog regarding the story of spy death.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Moleculers are in memories
Liliana minichiello and her colleagues appear to have done just that by isolating a molecule that initiates a signalling pathway for ltp in the brain of a living mouse.in the new study, the team used mice with a defective version of a receptor molecule called TrkB,found on the surface of brain cells in the hippo campus.the mice were unable to learn or initiate ltp in response to familiar stimuli,indicating TrkB is a key memory molecule.agencies
Friday, January 26, 2007
coffee could cure baldness?
drinking plenty of coffee may not be the best answer.scientists estimate up to 60 cups a day would be needed for significant amounts to reach follicles in the scalp. instead,German cosmetics firm Alexine has developed a caffeine rich solution that can be rubbed on the scalp. caffeine is a well known substance.yet little is known about its effect on human hair follicle growth.said Dr. Tobias Fischer,who carried out the research at the university of Jena in Germany.
Ancient flying dinosaur glided with four wings, study
with long feathers,on its hands and legs ,the small four winged micro raptor would drop from its perch, swoop back up and fly up and down in an undulating motion from tree to tree.
The bird's ancestor could potentially cover a distance of a t least 130 ft, according to the study published in the proceedings of the US national academy of science.
It seems likely that microraptor invented the biplane 125 millions years before the Wright 1903 flyer,wrote researcher sankar chaaerjee of Texas tech university.
the 2.5 ft long,tree dwelling dinosaur,which weighed nearly one kilograms,also had a long feathered tail offering additional flight and stability and controlled pitch,the study said.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
What are mummies?
When you think of a mummy what comes to mind? Most of us usually picture an Egyptian mummy wrapped in bandages and buried deep inside a pyramid. While the Egyptian ones are the most famous, mummies have been found in many places throughout the world, from Greenland to China to the Andes Mountains of South America.
A mummy is the body of a person (or an animal) that has been preserved after death. Normally when we die, bacteria and other germs eat away at the soft tissues (such as skin and muscles) leaving only the bones behind. Since bacteria need water in order to grow, mummification usually happens if the body dries out quickly after death. The body may then be so well preserved that we can even tell how the dead person may have looked in life.
Mummies are made naturally or by embalming, which is any process that people use to help preserve a dead body. Mummies can be dried out by extreme cold, by the sun, by smoke, or using chemicals such as natron. Some bodies become mummies because there were favorable natural conditions when they died. Others were preserved and buried with great care.
The ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a person's body after death was essential to ensure a safe passage to the afterlife.collectedfromgoogle
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
what happened in USA?
very interesting and investigative matters. for the first time more Americans ladies are living a husband than with one,says sociologists,according to a new york times analysis of census results
In 2005 ,51% of women said they were living without spouse ,up from 35% in 1995 and 49% in 2000.coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American house holds for the first time ,the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace polices,including the ways government and employers distribute benefits.
the factors involved
-at the end of the age spectrum
-marrying later
-living with unmarried partners for long time
at the other end women are living longer as widows and after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage.
moreover only 30% of black women are living with spouse compared with about 49% of Hispanic women.
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are you aware? your cell phone can kill you
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Alcohol saves patient's life
Mitha Lal. a farmer from Dausa district ,was successfully treated at the SMS hospital in Jaipur,where he was admitted by chest pain and difficulty in breathing.
the most common treatment of this problem is surgery,which often leads to complications. however ,under such circumstance,using alcohol is a suitable option as it is less expensive and also safe.
the muscles of the left ventricle-one of four chambers of the human heart-had enlarged ,the doctors injected 4 ml of alcohol in the artery, which supplied blood to thickened muscles.timesofindia
Saturday, January 20, 2007
mummies are in amazon
The remarkable mummy was found in a hidden burial vault in the amazon.
it is at least 600 years old ans has survived thanks to the embalming skills of her tribe,the chachapoyas or cloud warriors. the chachapoyas were a tall .fair haired.light skinned race that some researchers believe may have come from Europe.
eleven further mummies were recovered from the massive cave complex 82 ft down.the mummies are going on show at the museum of the nation .collected from mumbai mirror
the aquarium toilet tank -a attractive product
we wanted develop a product that had a dual purpose-to serve as a proper ,fully functional toilet and also as a source of entertainment and conversion said Devon Nicolea, marketing director of California based designer aqua one technologies inc.,which has just started to selling the tank.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
crime investigation -brain mapping a new phenomenon
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Astronaut Dr. kalpana chawla never ending the memory
President George W. Bush paid tribute to fallen Columbia astronaut Dr. Kalpana Chawla today during a speech in her native India. Image left: President Bush during his speech to India. White House photo by Paul Morse. "On a sad morning three years ago," said the President, "we learned that a brave astronaut born in India had been lost aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. I know that India will always be proud of Dr. Kalpana Chawla, and so will the United States of America." President Bush also praised Indian Americans in Congress and the military, and said the U.S. and India are working together to expand prosperity and advance freedom in the world.