February 17, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
100 years old, 12 footer, amazon, awesome, british columbia, British Columbia Canada, business, Canada, Chilliwack BC, climate, Environment, fish, fishing, fraser river, Fraser River system, freshwater fish, glenn folkes, Hotels, Inspiration, large freshwater fish, movtivation, nature, random, research, Science, Science News, sturgeon, technology, travel, vacation, Video, water, weighed over 1100 pounds
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Until a couple of years ago I didn’t even realise that a freshwater fish could grow this large. But in the Fraser River system, in British Columbia Canada these monsters have been protected since the 1970′s. They were almost fished to extinction back then until the government did a great thing and protected them. There are stories from back in the day about how large they can grow, apparently up to about 18 feet, but the largest one caught recently was 12 feet, near Chilliwack, BC.
They are very long living, and slow growing, so it stands to reason that these fish are only starting to get large again after they were almost killed off in the 70s. The 12 footer was estimated to be about 100 years old, and it weighed over 1100 pounds.
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February 10, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
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NASA is gearing up for the Monday (Feb. 11) launch of an Earth-observation satellite that will continue a celebrated 40-year project to monitor our planet’s surface from space.
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is slated to blast off Monday at 1:02 p.m. EST (1802 GMT/10:02 a.m. PST) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The LDCM satellite is the eighth overall in the Landsat program, which has been scrutinizing Earth from orbit continuously since Landsat 1 launched in 1972.
Mission team members call LDCM the most advanced and capable Landsat spacecraft ever built. It should help the United States and other nations around the world monitor environmental change and better manage their natural resources, they say.
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The payload faIring containing the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex-3E where it will be hoisted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V for launch. Image released Jan 25, 2013.
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February 8, 2013
Mohenjo
Technical
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Nervous about of the much-hyped impending blizzard? Well, If you live in New York this may put you slightly at ease: The city uses some pretty high-tech equipment to remove snow.
In addition to more traditional plows and sweepers, the city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority has essentially mounted jet engines on wheels to decimate snow with huge blasts of air.
Although these machines are high-tech and impressive, there’s one drawback: they’re loud. “If you live near the tracks you definitely hear these going by,” MTA spokesperson Aaron Donovan told The Huffington Post on Friday.
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The MTA uses all sorts of machines to remove snow from railways and roads
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February 5, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
business, Chile in 1960, climate, current-events, earthquake prediction, earthquakes, earthquakes that rocked Tohoku, Environment, Future, Japan, magnitude 9, magnitude 9.0 or greater, master fault, old oceanic crust, recent earthquakes, research, Science, Science News, seismologist, Sumatra, Sumatra in 2004, superquakes, technology, tohoku japan, travel, vacation, Yahoo News
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The earthquakes that rocked Tohoku, Japan in 2011, Sumatra in 2004 and Chile in 1960 — all of magnitude 9.0 or greater — should not have happened, according to seismologist’s theories of earthquake cycles. And that might mean earthquake prediction needs an overhaul, some researchers say.
All three earthquakes struck along subduction zones, where two of Earth’s tectonic plates collide and one dives beneath the other. Earlier earthquakes had released the pent-up strain along Chile’s master fault, meaning no big quakes were coming, scientists had thought. Japan and Sumatra both sat above on old oceanic crust, thought to be too stiff for superquakes.
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January 31, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
aviation, bbc, bbc news, black hole in the NGC4526 galaxy, black holes, business, climate, Environment, gaming, how massive supermassive black holes, how they affect galaxy evolution, infers a black hole's mass, NGC4526 galaxy, published in Nature, Science, Science News, supermassive black holes, technology, transportation, travel, vacation, weighs 450 million times our sun, www bbc co uk
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Researchers have proposed a new means for getting a measure of just how massive supermassive black holes are.
They are known to exist at the centres of most galaxies, but a puzzle remains as to how they affect galaxy evolution.
The approach, published in Nature, infers a black hole’s mass from the speed of molecules swirling around it.
It could help weigh hundreds of nearby black holes. Its first use suggests a black hole in the NGC4526 galaxy weighs 450 million times that of our Sun.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21259221
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January 31, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
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One of the most important characteristics of an alien planet is whether or not it falls into what’s called the habitable zone — a Goldilocks-like range of not-too-close, not-too-far distances from the parent star that might allow the planet to host life.
Now scientists have redefined the boundaries of the habitable zone for alien planets, potentially kicking out some exoplanaets that were thought to fall within it, and maybe allowing a few that had been excluded to squeeze in.
“This will have a significant impact on the number of exoplanets that are within habitable zone,” said research team leader Ravi Kumar Kopparapu of Penn State University.
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A new definition of the habitable zone around planets, denoting where liquid water
could exist, shifts Earth toward the very edge of the solar system’s own habitable zone.
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January 28, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
Antiseptic, Antiseptic mouthwash, aviation, business, clean, climate, Environment, keep your teeth clean, kill germs, kill germs in your mouth, mouth, mouthwash, nature, perfect cleaner and disinfectant, research, Science, Science News, Slideshow, technology, Teeth, transportation, travel, vacation, water, your mouth
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Antiseptic mouthwash is designed to kill germs in your mouth and keep your teeth clean. It’s those very properties that make mouthwash a perfect cleaner and disinfectant for other surfaces in your home too. So grab a bottle of Listerine and try these eight unusual ideas for yourself!
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January 26, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
Aging Memory, aviation, Brain Memories, Brain Memory, Brain Science, business, climate, current-events, Environment, Health, Hippocampus, huffingtonpost, learning, medicine, Memory and Cognition, mental-health, MusclePharm, Neuroscience Memories, Neuroscience Memory, nutritional supplements manufacturer, politics, research, Science, Science News, technology, transportation, travel, vacation
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Like many large companies, MusclePharm has seen its share of both positive and negative press. Over the past two years the nutritional supplements manufacturer has battled lawsuits alleging price discrimination, environmental violations and patent infringement — all while bringing home boatloads of best-product awards and celebrity athlete endorsements. In short, it’s a company whose popularity has so far managed to drown out the cries of naysayers.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-thomas/brain-memories_b_2495791.html?utm_hp_ref=brain
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January 24, 2013
Mohenjo
Technical
ain amenas, Algeria Al Qaeda, Algeria Hostage, Algeria Hostage Crisis, Algeria Hostage Death Toll, Algeria Hostages, Algeria Hostages Death Toll, business, current-events, Environment, Floria, huffingtonpost, iPhone App Saves Hostage, iPhone Compass Algeria Hostage Crisis, libya, Liviu Floria, Liviu Floria iPhone App, middle-east, New York Times, pitesti romania, politics, research, Romanian gas worker, Science, Science News, Tech News, technology, Technology News, terrorists, Tiguentourine, Tiguentourine plant, travel, vacation, vadim ghirda, Video
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A harrowing account of one group of Algerian hostages’ desperate flight for freedom credited an unusual gadget for helping to save their lives.
Liviu Floria, a Romanian gas worker, fled the scene of the hostage crisis at the Tiguentourine plant last week, following two days of hiding from the terrorists on the plant grounds, The New York Times reports.
Floria said he and seven others climbed a fence and escaped into the desert, navigating for miles across unfamiliar terrain using only a distant light and the compass application on Floria.
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Liviu Floria, a Romanian oil and gas industry specialist speaks on his cell
phone during an interview with the Associated Press, in Pitesti, Romania,
about his experiences during last week’s hostage taking at a natural gas
plant in Algeria. At least 81 people have been reported dead, including 32
Islamist militants, after a bloody, four-day hostage situation at Algeria’s
remote Ain Amenas natural gas plant. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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January 21, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
animals, anime, arts, Barnacle Penis, Barnacle Penises, Barnacle Sex, Barnacle Sperm, barnacle's penis, Barnacles, Barnacles Spermcasting, business, Charles Darwin, Crustaceans, eight times, Environment, gooseneck barnacle, huffingtonpost, one short-penised, one short-penised barnacle, oozes, oozes sperm, Pacific Gooseneck Barnacle, penis, photography, Reproductive Biology, research, Science, Science News, sperm, Spermcasting, technology, travel, vacation, Video
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Even Charles Darwin marveled at the length of the barnacle’s penis. In some species, it’s up to eight times the body length. Not all barnacles are so well-endowed, however, raising the question of how animals that can’t reach their neighbors get it on. Now, new research suggests that at least one short-penised barnacle, the Pacific gooseneck barnacle, oozes sperm directly into the water for mates to capture, an approach that researchers previously considered too haphazard for the sedentary crustaceans.
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Its penis may be shorter than other barnacles, but this one still gets around.
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