Daily Archives: July 5, 2012

The tallest building in Europe – Shard London Bridge

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Deskarati

Shard London Bridge or The Shard (formerly known as London Bridge Tower or the Shard of Glass) is a skyscraper in Southwark, London. Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) above ground level, it is the tallest building in Europe as of July … Continue reading →

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Venus Flytraps – The Jaws of Death

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Deskarati

Hungry Venus flytraps snap shut on a host of unfortunate flies. But, despite its name, flies arent the flytrap’s only meal. As long as its prey is roughly the right size and touches two of its hairs within twenty seconds, … Continue reading →

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Three important questions about the Higgs Boson

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Deskarati

So the day we have all been waiting for came and went with the fantastic news that something has been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, but what? So here are three very important questions. – Deskarati – What has … Continue reading →

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Brazil was once a mythical island, just off the coast of Ireland

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Deskarati

Europeans first reached Brazil in 1500, but for centuries before that any decent mapmaker knew where Brazil was. It was an island a hundred or so miles west of Ireland… and this cartographic phantom endured as late as the 1800s. … Continue reading →

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Apple ‘preparing’ to launch smaller tablet

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Deskarati

Apple is preparing to launch a smaller tablet computer in the coming months in a bid to maintain its edge in an increasingly crowded market, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Journal cited unnamed sources as saying that component parts … Continue reading →

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