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Yearly Archives: 2011
The Bubble Nebula – Beautiful
The bubble nebula NGC 7635 —Credit: Croman/an APOD for November 7 2005.
May 29-June 4
Overall Color for the Week: Light Sky Blue
It is time to reach for the stars.
The Earth is shaking, crying, wailing, and blowing. This summer will bring more hurt and destruction than this globe has seen in eons. No place will be untouched. People need to awaken and know what is truly important. By the end of the year, many, many people will find that their concepts of life, living, what is necessary, what is important, etc. will have changed. And when this happens, those with a new perspective will see clearly the illusion of what the media and those in power have told us is paramount, necessary, good. Plastic surgery. Material possessions. Big houses. The “Right” people. Hollywood glamor. Gossip magazines. Stuff. The Earth will have led us to evaluate what makes life worthwhile. This week, this summer, and the slide into next year will hold up a mirror to us all. What we see in it will be the truth. We can choose to accept or turn away. There is no blame. We do the best we can. Continue reading
May Lights
So, The energies are hopping in May: Some Red:
And more red
Some Blue:
And more blue:
And then:
And after the meteor,
Workplace Weight
New study links obesity to workplace
28.05.2011 | Source:
Pravda.Ru
According to new study – today’s workplace is one of the causes of obesity in America. This was determined by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA.
To find this, the information from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics were analyzed from the 1960s to 2008. From this information it was determined that in today’s jobs men burn approximately 142 less calories a day than they did in the past, while women burn 124 less, EpostMediareports.
to read more go to: http://english.pravda.ru/news/health/28-05-2011/118039-obesity-0/
Skin Cells Becoming Neurons
Skin cells ‘turned into neurons’ by US scientists
By Neil BowdlerScience reporter, BBC News
An image of neurons in the brain. The researchers claim such cells can be made from skin cellsA Californian team say they have managed to convert human skin cells directly into functioning brain cells.
The scientists manipulated the process by which DNA is transcribed within foetal skin cells to create cells which behaved like neurons.
The technique had previously been demonstrated in mice, says the report in Nature.
It could be used for neurological research, and might conceivably be used to create brain cells for transplant.
Reprogrammed skin
The scientists used genetically modified viruses to introduce four different “transcription factors” into foetal skin cells. These transcription factors play a role in the “reading” of DNA and the encoding of proteins within the cell.
They found the introduction of these four transcription factors had the effect of switching a small portion of the skin cells into cells which functioned like neurons.
Unlike other approaches, the process did not involve the reprogramming of the skin cells into stem cells, but rather the direct transformation of skin cells into neurons.
to read more go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13567321
Water on the Moon
Moon’s interior water casts doubt on formation theory
By Jason PalmerScience and technology reporter, BBC News
The study looked at pockets of volcanic material locked in glassAn analysis of sediments brought back by the Apollo 17 mission has shown that the Moon’s interior holds far more water than previously thought.
The analysis, reported in Science, has looked at pockets of volcanic material locked within tiny glass beads.
It found 100 times more water in the beads than has been measured before, and suggests that the Moon once held a Caribbean Sea-sized volume of water.
The find also casts doubt on aspects of theories of how the Moon first formed.
A series of studies in recent years has only served to increase the amount of water thought to be on the Moon.
To read more go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13545848
Hidden Hieroglyphs found in Great Pyramid
PYRAMID-EXPLORING ROBOT REVEALS HIDDEN HIEROGLYPHS
Written in red paint, the symbols may help Egyptologists figure out why mysterious shafts were built into the pyramids.
robot explorer sent through the Great Pyramid of Giza has begun to unveil some of the secrets behind the 4,500-year-old pharaonic mausoleum as it transmitted the first images behind one of its mysterious doors.
The images revealed hieroglyphs written in red paint that have not been seen by human eyes since the construction of the pyramid. The pictures also unveiled new details about two puzzling copper pins embedded in one of the so called “secret doors.”
Published in the Annales du Service Des Antiquities de l’Egypte (ASAE), the images of markings and graffiti could unlock the secrets of the monument’s puzzling architecture.
“We believe that if these hieroglyphs could be deciphered they could help Egyptologists work out why these mysterious shafts were built,” Rob Richardson, the engineer who designed the robot at the University of Leeds, said. The study was sponsored by Mehdi Tayoubi and Richard Breitner of project partners Dassault Systèmes in France.
NEWS: Great Pyramid May Hold Two Hidden Chambers
to read more go to: http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/pyramids-hieroglyphs-robot-mystery-110526.html
New Solar Flares
fr/spaceweather.com
INTENSIFYING SOLAR ACTIVITY: The quiet sun is waking up. New sunspot 1226 emerging over the sun’s southeastern limb is crackling with strong C-class solar flares. So far none of the blasts has been geoeffective, but this could change in the days ahead as the active region turns toward Earth
Joplin Supercell fr/Space
Joplin, Missouri Tornado Seen From Space
by NANCY ATKINSON on MAY 24, 2011
This video from NOAA’s GOES geostationary satellite shows the development of the supercell storm that produced the devastating tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri. Here you can see the storm develop over Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas state lines on May 22, 2011 between 12:44pm to 7:15pm CDT. This was part of the great wave of severe storms that swept across the central United States, with tornado warnings from Minneapolis to Dallas. The most damaging storm struck Joplin at 5:30 pm local time (2230 UTC), killing at least 116 people.
To read more and see more images go to: http://www.universetoday.com/85919/joplin-missouri-tornado-seen-from-space/