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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Rococo
Rococo, also referred to as “Late Baroque”, is an 18th-century artistic movement and style, which affected several aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music and theatre. The Rococo developed in the early part of the 18th … Continue reading
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Jonathan Ive
Sir Jonathan “Jony” Ive, KBE (born February 1967) is a British designer and the senior vice president of industrial design at Apple Inc. He is the leading designer and conceptual mind behind the iMac, titanium and aluminum PowerBook G4, G4 … Continue reading
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Seven-Peak Climbing Record Set By 15-Year-Old
A 15-year-old American has become the youngest person to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, completing the feat by summiting Antarctica’s Mount Vinson over the weekend. Jordan Romero, who last year at age 13 became the youngest … Continue reading
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What on Earth are these mysterious, 570 million year old fossils?
The fossil you see here was found in Doushantuo, China, one of the world’s richest fossil formations. It looks like grains of sand, but nobody is sure what it actually is, whether it’s animal, bacteria, or something even weirder. The … Continue reading
Six Most Venomous Animals in the World
1. Box jellyfish Often touted as the most venomous animals in the world, box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) cruise tropical waters around northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Each jellyfish has about 60 tentacles, each with … Continue reading
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New theory emerges for where some fish became four-limbed creatures
A small fish crawling on stumpy limbs from a shrinking desert pond is an icon of can-do spirit, emblematic of a leading theory for the evolutionary transition between fish and amphibians. This theorized image of such a drastic adaptation to … Continue reading
British oceanographers find new species in Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents
A research team sailing on the vessel James Cook has been studying the unique habitat surrounding deep sea vents in the Indian Ocean far off the south-east coast of Africa. The vents, created by under-the-sea-floor volcanic activity, spew black cloudy … Continue reading
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Take a psychedelic trip through 700 layers of the human brain
This clip, while brief, comprises 700 images of a cryosectioned human brain. Each snapshot corresponds to a single, horizontal brain slice, beginning at the top of the skull and moving downward in the direction of the neck, each slice progressing … Continue reading
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SETI to Scour the Moon for Alien Footprints?
The most profound question asked by mankind is: are we alone? So the second most profound question must be: where should we look if we’re not alone? Now, two prominent scientists have published a paper suggesting that although we have an … Continue reading
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Paint-on solar cells developed
Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light — electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside. A team of researchers at the … Continue reading
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Unscratchable Gold Is Harder Than Steel
No doubt, gold is a beautiful and popular precious metal. But it’s also soft and tends to scratch easily. Making it more resilient requires mixing it with other metals, but that reduces its quality. Now a research team from the EPFL … Continue reading
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Twin probes to circle moon to study gravity field
The moon has come a long way since Galileo first peered at it through a telescope. Unmanned probes have circled around it and landed on its surface. Twelve American astronauts have walked on it. And lunar rocks and soil have … Continue reading
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Scientists succeed in making the spinal cord transparent
In the event of the spinal cord injury, the long nerve cell filaments, the axons, may become severed. For quite some time now, scientists have been investigating whether these axons can be stimulated to regenerate. Such growth takes place on … Continue reading
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The Siege of Syracuse
The Siege of Syracuse by the Roman Republic took place in 214-212 BC, at the end of which the Magna Graecia Hellenistic city of Syracuse, located on the east coast of Sicily, fell. The Romans stormed the city after a protracted siege giving them control of the entire island of … Continue reading
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Take a Christmas Tour of the Solar System
This month is a great time for spotting not only Jupiter, but also four other planets. In fact, the night of Christmas Day is a great opportunity to explore our solar system. If you have clear skies in the Northern … Continue reading
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Computer assisted design (CAD) for RNA: Researchers develop CAD-type tools for engineering RNA control systems
The computer assisted design (CAD) tools that made it possible to fabricate integrated circuits with millions of transistors may soon be coming to the biological sciences. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed … Continue reading
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How bacteria build homes inside healthy cells
Bacteria are able to build camouflaged homes for themselves inside healthy cells — and cause disease — by manipulating a natural cellular process. Purdue University biologists led a team that revealed how a pair of proteins from the bacteria Legionella … Continue reading
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Father Christmas
A Merry Christmas to all Deskarati readers. We hope that you all have a great day -Deskarati – Father Christmas is the name used in many English-speaking countries for a figure associated with Christmas. A similar figure with the same name (in other … Continue reading