my indiasite and mypeopleonearth

my indiasite and mypeopleonearth

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Electricity from nano particles

scientists have discovered a novel way to generate electricity from heat by trapping organic molecules between metal nano particles,report live science.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.

Big terror threat from food

the diabetic epidimic is getting out of control world wide.in usa about 21 million people or 7% of the population are now believed to be diabetic. 6million people have the disease but donot know it. and that doesnot included the 41 million people with pre-diabetes.a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. now doctore are fnding out patients who suffer from both type 1 and type2 diabetes-a phenomenon known as double diabetes or hybrid diabetes

Saturday, November 17, 2007

synthetic lubes a green clean lubricants

A synthetic lubricant is a product that is made from a chemical reaction (synthesis) of two or more simple chemical compounds and also assisting by the necessary performance additives. The base stocks that form a synthetic lubricants are formulated through molecular restructuring in order to meet specific physical and chemical rquirements.watch of the most common synthetic lubricants are listed below
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

This technique is a relatively new phenomenon in india,and has an extremely high success rate.it is again performed in a controlled environment. no chemicals are used . Prof. C R Mukundan,former head of the department of mental health and neurosciences,banglore , explains how this technique works.when a person performs an act in this case , a gruesome murder-the event is recorded in the brain is something called experential knowledge. by connecting electrodes to the head, brain signature mapping records the electrical activity and oscillations in the brain as a response to certain images he is shown. and can a person lie during such a procedure? unlike other process where questions are put to the subject,here no questions are asked,indeed,there is no need for verbal responses from the subject either ,so the issue of telling a lie doesnot arise.it's all do with the electrical impulses in the brain directly, and that's not something a person can control.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

hindustani boost church attendance in britain! wonderful?

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?

Reasarchers belive kids and adults stay glued to video games because the fun of playing actually is rooted in fulfilling their basic psychological needs.we think there's deeper theory than the fun of playing says richard ryan a motivational psychologist at the university and lead investigating in the four new studies about gaming. they found that games can provide opportuities for achievement,freedom, and even a connection to other player truped a shallow sense of fun which doesnot keep players as interested.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

whether abraham is islam?

In the New Testament, Abraham is considered to be the father of all who believe in God. Christians believe that the promises made to Abraham have been fulfilled inJesus. The Koran, the holy book of Islam, says that Abraham, assisted by his son Ishmael, built the Kaaba, the shrine in the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. For the followers of Islam, the Kaaba is the most sacred place on Earth.

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?

air rage ,which has increased by more than 400% world wide since, 1995 is found to be related to the high level of co2 in the cabin, a study has revealed.when the aircraft supplies air that has been breathed several times the co2 in it increase dangerous levels.on account of airlines asitching over to recruitment air rather than providing fresh supplies,as a cost cutting measures,passenger's moods are affected by the higher level of co2 which leads to agitated states and aggression.where as a constant supply of air was forced through the cabin in older air craft in most newer aircraft about half the air is recirculated,which can result in co2 conc. reaching 3000parts per million,10 times the level in normal air, high conc. levels cause irritability,blackouts,dizziness and punic.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

are you aware? your cell phone can kill you

A cell phone ignited in a man's pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and cause severe burns over half his body,fire department officials said.Luis Picaso was in stable condition on Monday with second and third degree burns to his upper body ,back right arm and rt.leg , fire fighters arrived at the residential hotel on Saturday night to find Picasso lying on the bathroom floor after a malfunctioning cell phone in his pants pocket set fore to his nylon and pollster clothes.the flames spread to a plastic chair,setting off a sprinkler that held the fire in check. authorities declined to name the phone's mfg and model.news reported in various papers

Monday, September 24, 2007

Is there any scientific proof to confirm the concept of rebirth?

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.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

monkeys will be continuing the scapegoatship for you


monkeys must continue to be used in experiments to help in the fight against AIDS,malaria etc..a lack of alternatives means primates are needed to ensure treatments are safe and effective before being tested to report. thae study commisioned by uk's royal society academy of medical sciences ,the medical researc council and welcome trust concluded there was a strong scientific case for using monkeys.but animal welfare compaigners last night called the study disgraceful.the scientific community last night welcomed the report.professor chris higins of the medical research council clinical sciences centre said,if it comes to a choice between regulated studies on a few animals and treatment for an incurable disease affecting hundreds of thousand sof people.

Femine politics in Abu Dhabi... eighth wonder

Awoman was elected to an advisory council in th e united arab emirates on sunday in the first national polls in th e gulf country.this is an honour I will carry all my life. it is proof that the emirati people are aware(politically)Amal abdulla ai- kubaissi told.she , abritish educated arhitecct in her mid 30 ,who teachers at emirates university,,came third with 265 vites according to offficials results.she said her victory showed that women's participiaton in publi life is very important.

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

51% women in US living without spouse. can you imagine?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 resultsIn 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 timeat 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.-

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

Drinking a moderat amount of alcohol each day could protect against arthritis a study on mice but it is applicable to humans as well.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

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

toilet aquarium

the aquarium toilet tank -a attractive product

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?

act of sexual intercourse with a woman by a man without her consent, either through force or the threatof force or through fraud. By the late 20th century, there was a tendency to enlarge the definition of rape to cover any act of sexual penetration against the will of the victim; this definition includes forcible sodomy, the victim of which may be another man or a child. Most jurisdictions do not treat as rape an act of sexual intercourse by a husband with his wife against her will.Rape is considered to be a serious crime and is treated as a felony in most countries with common-law systems. But in many rape trials the issue becomes whether or not the victim consented to sexual intercourse. The determination of consent can lead to distressing cross-examinations of rape victims in court, and, in light of this probability, many rape victims fail to report the crime to police or refuse to press charges against their assailant. Even when brought to trial, those charged with the crime have a higher-than-average rate of acquittal, mainly because of the difficulty in proving a crime for which there usually exist no other witnesses besides those involved in it. But where guilt is established, rape is usuallytreated as a serious crime, and most persons convicted of it receive sentences of imprisonment.obligationtobritanicaencyclopaedia

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

the diabetic epidimic is getting out of control world wide.in usa about 21 million people or 7% of the population are now believed to be diabetic. 6million people have the disease but donot know it. and that doesnot included the 41 million people with pre-diabetes.a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. now doctore are fnding out patients who suffer from both type 1 and type2 diabetes-a phenomenon known as double diabetes or hybrid diabetes.

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

the lost kingdom

since 1950 when china occupied tibet,its political fortunes have waxed and waned depending on the prevailing mood in beijing,china-tibet relatinship can be described as one of overlapping circles. after the earlier western humiliation,the communists consider that any tibetan call for independance bear the marks of imperial conspiracy.the british will not go to tibet's open aid,for fear that backing tibet's claim for independance would open a can of worms in its own colonies.on march 10 1959 tibetians launched an uprising to rid the himalaya region of communist forces that had marched into tibet nine years earlier. the rebels were routed. ten thousand tibetian wer e killed .the tibetan issue doesnot offer a solution. the chinese know only too well that it is the dalal lama who binds tibetan everywhere together and that his presence or absence.but he remains astonishingly optimistic, believing that he will return to tibet one day and that economic reforms in china will bring liberation.

Thursday, August 2, 2007

high flying executives are in trouble with marriage life?

millions of executives are risking divorce as the long hours they work play havoc on their sex lives.a study has found ambitious professionals are sacrificing their personal lives and ignoring their personal children because of a new phenomenon-the extreme job.an extreme job involves working at least 60 hrs a week.infact work is so important that people with extreme jobs have made sacrifices which would shock anybody who is not workaholic.

sleep proper otherwise -----

people with sleep diorders and nightmares may be prone to developing suicidal tendencies,says anew study. a nightmare is a distressing dream, which usually forces at least partial awakening.the dreamer facing the diorder may feel any number of diturbing emotions like anger,guilt sadness or depression, but most common feelings are fear and anxiety.nightmare is very common,with 50-85% of adults reporting having a nightmare.they tend to become less frequent with age,reported health portal health central.

sleep proper otherwise -----

people with sleep diorders and nightmares may be prone to developing suicidal tendencies,says anew study. a nightmare is a distressing dream, which usually forces at least partial awakening.the dreamer facing the diorder may feel any number of diturbing emotions like anger,guilt sadness or depression, but most common feelings are fear and anxiety.nightmare is very common,with 50-85% of adults reporting having a nightmare.they tend to become less frequent with age,reported health portal health central.

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?

Reasarchers belive kids and adults stay glued to video games because the fun of playing actually is rooted in fulfilling their basic psychological needs.we think there's deeper theory than the fun of playing says richard ryan a motivational psychologist at the university and lead investigating in the four new studies about gaming. they found that games can provide opportuities for achievement,freedom, and even a connection to other player truped a shallow sense of fun which doesnot keep players as interested.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

be cautious brain tumour is infectious

if u have four or more siblings then it's better u get your brain scanned,for a new study has found that the number of your brothers or sisters,can trigger your chances of developing a brain tumour. the brain tumour rates were higher among people with younger siblings and not older siblings also caused the researchers to suggest that infections or re-infections in late childhood may play an important role in causing the disease while exposure to infections in infancy.

Monday, June 4, 2007

be cautious -now lie detector is in your computer only

A new lie detector software from Israel says it can show you -across the internet.a user of the lie detector needs to talk for 15 seconds to calibrate their voice,then sound waves start to peak if stress levels are high,a light flashes from green to red and a needle jumps on a scale.the lie dtector however warns users when they are being monitored to avoid legal problems said alex rosenbaum of kishkish.co company. now the further attempt to stretch the possibilities of their of internet ,and for now-like many internet start ups-it offers the product for free through net.

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

Drinking a moderat amount of alcohol each day could protect against arthritis a study on mice but it is applicable to humans as well.
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

A spacecraft orbiting Mars hasscanned huge deposits of ice atA .Lits south pole so plentiful theywould blanket the planet in 36 feetof water if they were liquid,scientists said on Thursday.The scientists used the joint NASA-Italian Space Agency radar instrument on the European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft to gauge the thickness and volume of ice deposits at the Martian south pole.The deposits, up to 2.3 miles thick, are under a polar cap of white frozen carbon dioxide and water — and appear to be composed of at least 90 per cent frozen water, with dust mixed in, according to findings published in the journal Science.Scientists have known that water exists in frozen form at the Martian poles, but this research produced the most accurate measurements of just how much there is.They are eager to learn about the history of water on Mars because water is fundamental to the question of whether the planet hasever harboured microbial, or some other life. Liquid water is a necessity for life as we know it.Characteristics like channels on the Martian surface strongly suggest the planet was once very wet; a contrast to its present arid, dusty condition.Jeffrey Plaut of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, who led the study, said the same techniques are being used to examine similar ice deposits at the Martian north pole.Radar observations made in late 2005 and early 2006 provided the data on the south pole, and similarobservations were taken of the north pole in the past several months, Plaut said.Plaut, part of an international team of two dozen scientists, said a preliminary look at this dataindicated the ice deposits in at the north pole are comparable to those at the south pole.SEARCH FOR LIFE“Life as we know it requires waterand, in fact, at least transient liquid water for cells to survive and reproduce. So if we are expecting to find life on Mars we need to go to a location where water is available,” Plaut said.“So the polar regions are naturally a target because we certainly know that there’s plenty of H20 there.”Some of the new information even hints at the possible existence of a thin layer of liquid water at the base of the deposits.But while images taken byNASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft made public in December suggested the presence of a small amount of liquid water on the surface, researchers are baffled about the fate of most of the water. The polar deposits contain most of the known water on Mars.Plaut said the amount of water in the Martian past may have been the equivalent of a global layer hundreds of metres deep, while the polar deposits represent a layer of perhaps tens of metres.“We have this continuing question facing us in studies of Mars, which is: Where did all the water go?” Plaut said.“Even if you took the water in these two (polar) ice caps and added it all up, it’s still not nearly enough to do all of the work that we’ve seen that the water has done across the surface of Mars in its history.”Plaut said it appears perhaps 10 per cent of the water that once existed on Mars is now trapped in these polar deposits. Other water may exist below the planet’s surface or perhaps some was lost into space through the atmosphere, Plaut said.REUTERSWATER ON MARSScientists have found large deposits of ice on the south pole of Mars; enough to blanket the entire planet in water if it was in liquid form...This map shows the ice-rich south pole of Mars that was probed by the MARSIS radar equipment on the ESA’s Mars Express Orbiter. The thickness of the ice was determined by measuring the time delay between radar echoes from the surface and those from the “bed” of the deposits The radar data indicates that the deposit is more than 3.7 kilometres thick in places, and that the material consists of nearly pure water ice with only a small component of dust

Crime investigation -brain mapping a new phenomenon

This technique is a relatively new phenomenon in India,and has an extremely high success rate.It is again performed in a controlled environment. No chemicals are used . Prof. C R Mukundan,former head of the department of mental health and neurosciences,Banglore , explains how this technique works.When a person performs an act in this case , a gruesome murder-the event is recorded in the brain is something called experential knowledge. by connecting electrodes to the head, brain signature mapping records the electrical activity and oscillations in the brain as a response to certain images he is shown. And can a person lie during such a procedure? unlike other process where questions are put to the subject,here no questions are asked,indeed,there is no need for verbal responses from the subject either ,so the issue of telling a lie doesnot arise.it's all do with the electrical impulses in the brain directly, and that's not something a person can control.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Your body getting poison or chemicals?

Hazardous chemicals are used in industrial production and as additives in consumer goods,cosmetics and food.Long term effects can cause cancer,genetic mutation and birth defects.routes of entryski absorption: lotion/cosmetics/cloths.inhalation: vapour/aerosols/perfume/dusts/ingestion/ food/chewing on productsthat release chemicals(babies chewing on toys)examples of chemical accumulations:lungs-SO2,NO2 CO, COAL DUST from industriesfatty tissue-phatalates used to soften vinyl plastic and found in cosmetics.blood- fire retardants,pestcides,ind.chemicals.brain- lead,mercury and their componentsliver- dioxine(from window cleanres), organotions(from cloths),shaving form and gel.kidneys- mercury compounds, chlorinated hydrocarbons.bone marrow_benzineskin- moneral oils,acids detergents.

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?

That evening I was alone with my moments.I was young with very suspicious age with my problems.suddenly a horror atmosphere formed in my mind as well suurouning .oh the moments my mind totally diverted with Dracula.bruceelle"s style pictures are decorated with me .after that i was runing after with so many Dracula's stories.


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?

US survey responents are confident next IT leader willbe from ASIA.a new survey of internet attitudein the us showed that nearly half of all americans believe that the next IT leader will from, china,japan or india.the nexy bill gates has already been borned and time will tell what country is providing the environment of innovation.enterprenership,and opportunity to enable him to flourish with next great india.one cartoon on blog run by 463 cimmunications had a headline that next bill gates is currently studying maths in beijing

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

London: Five months after denying Incorrect and hurtful” reports of an insminent spilt, Russia’s richest man, billionaire Roman Abrainovich, has confirmed his 16-year marriage to wife Irma is over.In what may be one of the most costly divorces in history the pair issued a statement saying Abramovich’s corporate interests—which include Britain’s Chelsea Football Club—would not however be affected.
“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

A new lie detector software from Israel says it can show you -across the internet.a user of the lie detector needs to talk for 15 seconds to calibrate their voice,then sound waves start to peak if stress levels are high,a light flashes from green to red and a needle jumps on a scale.the lie dtector however warns users when they are being monitored to avoid legal problems said alex rosenbaum of kishkish.co company. now the further attempt to stretch the possibilities of their of internet ,and for now-like many internet start ups-it offers the product for free through net.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

are you aware? your cell phone can kill you


A cell phone ignited in a man's pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and cause severe burns over half his body,fire department officials said.Luis Picaso was in stable condition on Monday with second and third degree burns to his upper body ,back right arm and rt.leg , fire fighters arrived at the residential hotel on Saturday night to find Picasso lying on the bathroom floor after a malfunctioning cell phone in his pants pocket set fore to his nylon and pollster clothes.the flames spread to a plastic chair,setting off a sprinkler that held the fire in check. authorities declined to name the phone's mfg and model.news reported in various papers

Saturday, March 10, 2007

ARE SOME PEOPLE BORN BAD?


A t the age of 84, /4 America’s grand A. .k man of letters Norman Mailer has lost nothing of his appetite for controversy. His latest novel, The Castle In The Forest, tackles the childhood of Adolf Hitler.The book tells how two-year-old Adolf watched his father whip a dog with “a look of remarkable intensity for one so small”. And how, as a six-year-old, he went into the woods by himself “to work on the power of Adolf Hitler his voice. He would roarat the trees until his throat was sore”.Perhaps the most chilling passage is when Adolf causes the death of his younger brother, Edmund, by deliberately infecting him with measles by kissing him. But above all, the novel poses a central question:“When did evil enter Hitler’s soul?”And it provides an unequivocal answer: at the moment of conception.This, of course, is a dotty idea. For a start, the use of the word evil—which is associated with the occult and the Devil—is pure laziness because evil implies conduct that is so bad we can never explain it.But more importantly, Mailer’s novel does raise the issue of whether Hitler was predisposed at birth to be a genocidal tyrant. Or to put it another way, whether people can be born bad—whether it is in-evitable that some individuals will turn out to be murderers or rapists or bullies or thieves and there is nothing that can be done about it.Coincidentally, a so- called scientific study from the University of Virginia this week reached the conclusion that children may be “born to be bad”.But I believe this conclusion to be completely misguided. And I come to this conclusion having spent a lifetime studying truly bad people—I wrote the biography of the north London mass murderer Dennis Nilsen, for example, and came to know him well.Virginia’s experts in human genetics would have us believe that character defects such as criminal behaviour, the desire to bully others and the necessity to tell lies despite all evidence that one has been rumbled are tied up in our DNA.They have little or nothing to do withinfluences that may bombard us in our infancy. Thus, there is little virtue in trying to be a good child, because the programming of your personality has decided in advance that you can’t win.Forget about the soul, It is all to do with the ingredients that were thrown in by your parents, and by theirs, and soon ad infinitum.The result is a soup which cannot be unmixed. DAILY MAILAre some people born to be 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

Or is casual sex cooler? Read on to decide between romp and romance
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

By Harshikaa Udasi
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

A pair of human skeletons lie in an eternal embrace at an Neolithic archaeological dig site near Mantova, Italy, in this photo released on Wednesday. Archaeologists in northern Italy believe the couple was buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, their arms still wrapped around each other in a hug that has lasted millennia

Friday, March 2, 2007

Action video games good for eyes?

Singapore: Video game addicts, rejoice: US researchers have found that playing is actually good for your eyes, and despite all those dire warnings from your parents, it won’t make you blind.A study by the University of Rochester showed that people who played action video games for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved their vision by about 20%. “Action video game play changes the way our brains process visual information,” Daphne Baveller, professor of brain and cognitive sciences, said in the study published on the university’s web site, wwwrochesteredu, on Tuesday“These games push the human visual system to the limits and the brain adapts to it. That learning carries over into other activities and possibly everyday life.”Bavelier, along with a graduate student, tested a number of college students who had played very few, if any, video games in the last yearTest subjects were given an eye test similar tQ the one used at regular eye clinics and then divided into two groups — one played shoot-em-up action games for an hour a day while the control group played a less visually complex game.Their vision was tested after the study, with those who played the action game scoring better in the eye test.The researchers said their fmdings could help patients with several types of visual defects.Last week, West Virginia, which has the worst childhood obesity problem in the US, stepped up plans to use ‘Dance Dance Revolution’ to battle the bulge in its schools.The state said on Wednes- day that research suggestedthat the video game helped put a halt to weight gain. REUTERSAction videogames goodfor eyes, sayUS expertsU

C,D,E drives are in your computer ,what happened drive A &B?

Have you thought about drive A and B ? i t is simple .Initially,( Hardly two decades ago),personal computers did not have hard discs.they were equipped with two floppy drives A and B .Later a hard disk was introduced and was labelled as the C drive, Other drives like the CD drive,DVD drive,flash drive and others were labelled D. , E, etc.I f you have a computer having two floppy drives,then they are called A and B drive.collectedfromtimes of india

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

scientists have discovered a novel way to generate electricity from heat by trapping organic molecules between metal nano particles,report live science.
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

survey of millionaires reveals money makes gender stereotypes redundant.
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

The cost of the valentine day - a 20 year old BCA students from Ahmedabad ,whose zeal to get his girl friend a gift for valentine's day proved to be costly blunder.he was nabbed foe stealing jewels worth Rs. 2.44 Lakh from his home.
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

Truckers pay more than Rs. 22000 crore a year as bribe to police ,RTO ,customers,octroi,and weights and measurements in India .
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


Daneil craig is the greatest bond ever. his predecessor pierce Brosnan who just gave him the label admits that the British actor's choice as the new james bond was great.Brosnan,who took on the mantle of the suave British super agent after Timothy Dalton and appeared in four 007 movies .golden eye,tomorrow never dies,the world is not enough,and die another day publicly admitted that he had been disappointed at not being offered fifth bond flick.

british police has identified the polonium killer of Russian spy

British police have made a breakthrough and identified the man who poisoned Alexander litvinenko a friend of of the murdered former Russian spy ,published in the times newspaper.
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

scientists have reached a step closer in solving the mystery -what are memories made up of reports live science.the leading candidate is a process called long term potentiation in which the connections between individual brain cells get stronger the more often they are used,such a during learned.but while ltp has been observed in slices of brain in the labit has been difficult to record in a living brain as learning was taking place.
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?


coffee could hold the secret to curing male baldness,according to new research.scientists have discovered caffeine stimulates the growth of tiny follicles in the scalp in men who are starting o lose their hair. but hold your horses!
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


the early flying dinosaur probably spread two pairs of feathered wings-like early aviation's biplane -to glide between trees, according to a 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?

51% women in US living without spouse. can you imagine?
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

A cell phone ignited in a man's pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and cause severe burns over half his body,fire department officials said.Luis Picaso was in stable condition on Monday with second and third degree burns to his upper body ,back right arm and rt.leg , fire fighters arrived at the residential hotel on Saturday night to find Picasso lying on the bathroom floor after a malfunctioning cell phone in his pants pocket set fore to his nylon and pollster clothes.the flames spread to a plastic chair,setting off a sprinkler that held the fire in check. authorities declined to name the phone's mfg and model.news reported in various papers

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Alcohol saves patient's life

Doctors in Rjastan used a few drops of alcohol to save the life of of a 35 year old man who was suffering from a heart disorder that makes the chamber of heart thicker and eventually obstructs the flow of blood.
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


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.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

crime investigation -brain mapping a new phenomenon

this technique is a relatively new phenomenon in india,and has an extremely high success rate.it is again performed in a controlled environment. no chemicals are used . Prof. C R Mukundan,former head of the department of mental health and neurosciences,banglore , explains how this technique works.when a person performs an act in this case , a gruesome murder-the event is recorded in the brain is something called experential knowledge. by connecting electrodes to the head, brain signature mapping records the electrical activity and oscillations in the brain as a response to certain images he is shown. and can a person lie during such a procedure? unlike other process where questions are put to the subject,here no questions are asked,indeed,there is no need for verbal responses from the subject either ,so the issue of telling a lie doesnot arise.it's all do with the electrical impulses in the brain directly, and that's not something a person can control.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Astronaut Dr. kalpana chawla never ending the memory


President Bush Honors Columbia Astronaut in India

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.