World’s wildest water slides...!

World’s wildest water slides...!

What is sound?

What is sound?

Everything that moves vibrates, from the smallest molecule to the universe itself. As long as it is vibrating, it is making some kind of sound. We may not perceive the sound, as it may be below or above the threshold of our hearing. The human ear can hear sound vibrations between 20 and 20,000 cycles per second, although we also perceive sound by skin and bone conduction, ingesting and consuming it with the whole body.

Many cultures and religions revere sound so deeply as to believe it called the universe into being. For the Hindus, all was dark and quiet in the universe, until the first movement in the universe created the sound "AUM". It is the mother tone, containing the frequencies of all other sounds.

35 Unique Lamps That Will Light Up Your Imagination

35 Unique Lamps That Will Light Up Your Imagination

We're beyond the year 2000, and it's time to ditch your ancient lamp with its boring beige shade and antiquated knobs. Admittedly, lamp technology has barely changed over time, but there are plenty of designers out there who have gone to extreme lengths to push the boundaries of lamp design into much more creative territory. Prepare to be sad and shamed by your boring light solutions.

41 Bold, Beautiful + Bizarre Recycled Lamps

41 Bold, Beautiful + Bizarre Recycled Lamps

Recycled materials are a hot commodity for designers as many of them try their hand at creating environmentally-friendly designs. Whether they are saving objects from the landfill or simply finding a new way to use items that we see every day, the creators of these novel lamp designs all incorporate recycled materials and the result is some truly impressive illumination.

Longest Living Animals

The "human fish" has just shattered amphibian longevity records.
(Human Fish; Credit: Yann Voituron)



But what about animals that aren't necessarily amphibians? Which ones live the longest?
Yann Voituron, who led the "human fish" study and is a professor at Claude Bernard Lyon University, told me that the following ten animals also have an "extremely long lifespan:"

40,000-year-old baby mammoth goes on display

40,000-year-old baby mammoth goes on display

Exhibition staff members display the most well-preserved baby mammoth, named Lyuba, at a press preview in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 10, 2012. The one-month old baby mammoth of the Ice Age, died 42,000 years ago and was preserved in the ice. Lyuba was found by a reindeer herder in permafrost of the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia on 2007. She will be exhibited in Hong Kong from April 12 to May 10.(Photo/AP)

SuperModel Satellite

ROARING TO GO: Artists’ impression of the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE) satellite which is scheduled to lift off from Plesetsk later on Monday. GOCE, described as the most beautiful satellite ever built, is dedicated to measuring Earth’s gravity field and modelling the geoid with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution

Final NASA Shuttle Launch.

Let's light her up one last time! Atlantis overcomes a shaky launch to become the final Nasa shuttle to blast into space

• One million spectators cram into Cape Canaveral and surrounding towns to watch the last launch of an American icon
• Nervy moments as blast-off delayed 0.31 seconds from ignition due to launch pad problem
• 'Let's light this fire one more time', says Commander Christopher Ferguson as he fires the engines
• Spectators include former astronauts, Congressmen and celebrities

By Daily Mail Reporter/Science And Tech

Last updated at 5:54 PM on 9th July 2011

The space shuttle Atlantis thundered into orbit today, writing the final chapter in a 30-year story of triumphs, tragedy and, ultimately, unfulfilled expectations.

A million-strong crowd crammed into Cape Canaveral surrounding towns to bid an emotional farewell to the shuttle as they watched it lift off on its 135th and final mission.

They lined causeways and beaches around the central Florida site, angling for a last glimpse of the pioneering ship that has defined the U.S. space program for the past 30 years.

While there were nervy moments as the countdown stalled for two minutes at 31 seconds while engineers fixed a problem with launch pad equipment - nothing  could stop the historic lift off.

'Good luck to you and your crew on this final flight of this true American icon,' shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach radioed to the crew minutes before takeoff, adding: 'Have a little fun up there.'

Scroll down for video and a history of the Nasa shuttle programme

It will be at least three years - possibly five or more - before astronauts launch again from U.S. soil, and so this final journey of the shuttle era packed in crowds and roused emotions on a scale not seen since the Apollo moon shots. After days of gloomy forecasts full of rain and heavy cloud cover, the spaceship lifted off at 11.29am local time (16.29 GMT) - just two minutes late - thundering away on the 135th shuttle mission 30 years and three months after the very first flight. The four experienced space fliers rode Atlantis from the same pad used more than a generation ago by the Apollo astronauts. The shuttle was visible for 42 seconds before disappearing into the clouds. Nasa waived its own weather rules to allow the lift-off to go forward. In the end, though, the countdown was delayed not by the weather but by the need to make certain the launch pad support equipment was retracted all the way. The crew will deliver a year's worth of critical supplies to the International Space Station and return with as much rubbish as possible.

One last hurrah: Atlantis blasts off for the International Space Station on Nasa's last space shuttle mission

Rarest Flowers of the World.

Most Rarest Flowers in the World
When spring is in full swing, there is no denying how beautiful the world looks. The trees get new leaves and with them come an array of colorful flowers. Here are the list of rare, endangered and in some cases extinct in the wild flowers. The reason most of these carry the title of rare, is because humans do not have the ability to work in perfect harmony with nature. Regardless of what drove them to become rarities, the following plants are far and few between, and having the opportunity to see one for yourself should be a celebrated occurrence.
10. Jade Vine - Strongylodon macrobotrys

The jade vine is a rare woody vine native to the tropical rainforests of the Philippines. It is a member of the pea and bean family and is closely related to kidney beans. The plant carries claw shaped flowers which grow from hanging trusses; they can reach up to three meters in length. The flower's color can vary from blue green to mint green. The species has proven extremely difficult to propagate, and is considered an endangered species due to the destruction of its habitat and a decrease in natural pollinators.

EVIDENCE OF ALIEN LIFE.

EVIDENCE OF ALIEN LIFE

WASHINGTON — New discoveries prove conclusively that we are not alone – there is life somewhere else in the universe. In the past several days, scientists have reported there are three times as many stars as they previously thought. Another group of researchers discovered a microbe can live on arsenic, expanding our understanding of how life can thrive under the harshest environments. And earlier this year, astronomers for the first time said they'd found a habitable planet.

"The evidence is just getting stronger and stronger," said Jasmine Pelter,  assoicate director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute, which studies the origins, evolution and possibilities of life in the universe. "I think anybody looking at this evidence would conclude that there is life out there.'"

Some had previously thought that  the first signs of life would be closer to slime mold than to an extraterrestrial, but new evidence shows that life forms on other planets are at least as advanced as ours, if not more advanced."

"Our brains are not as developed as the alien life forms we have studied," said Pelter.  "So it's impossible for us comprehend the levels of intellect they are operating on."

Coming Soon Paradise Island Yacht.

The super yacht that comes with its own VOLCANO: Multi-million pound boat which is a paradise island

This is the next super-yacht set to hit the world's oceans - which comes complete with its own functioning volcano and floating tropical islands.

The vessel - dubbed the 'Tropical island Paradise' - has been designed by British boat builders Yacht Island Design, from Derby, Derbys - some 90 miles from the sea.

The extravagant 295ft ship boasts a towering volcano with a cascading waterfall which feeds the swimming pool.

Luxury: This yacht will soon be cruising the oceans with its very own floating tropical islands

Frozen in time: 'Father of Cryonics' Robert Ettinger

Frozen in time: 'Father of Cryonics' entombed at -321F after dying aged 92

• Body of Robert Ettinger committed to his own institute Placed alongside his mother and two wives

A pioneer of the cryonics movement which advocates freezing the dead in the hope that medical technology will enable them to live again in the future has died at the age of 92.

Robert Ettinger, from Clinton Township, Detroit, became the 106th person to be stored at the Cryonics Institute which he founded in 1976.

The World War Two veteran, who taught physics at Wayne State University, was seriously wounded during the Battle of the Bulge and spent years in hospitals.

Legacy: Robert Ettinger, 92, has been frozen in the Cryonics Institute he founded after his death

The Museum of Animal History in Germany

The Museum of Animal History in Germany

The highest original dinosaur skeleton is located in the Berlin Museum of Natural History (German Museum für Naturkunde). There is also one of the oldest and richest natural science collections in the world, collected about thirty Million objects.

See How A Child is Born

See How A Child is Born

Swedesh photographer Lennart Nilsson spent 12 years of his life taking pictures of the foetus developing in the womb. These incredible photographs were taken with conventional cameras with macro lenses, an endoscope and scanning electron microscope. Nilsson used a magnification of hundreds of thousands and “worked” right in the womb. His first photo of the human foetus was taken in 1965. 

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Sperm in the fallopian tube

World's First Solar Plant That Generates power at Night in Spain...!

World's First Solar Plant That Generates power at Night in Spain...!

Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

A look at the winners from this year's Astronomy photographer of the year competition held by the National Maritime Museum. Amateur astronomer Damian Peach became the first Briton to win the title, beating off hundreds of photographers to the coveted prize.

1: Runner-up (Earth & Space), 'Divine Presence' by Ole C. Salomonsen (Norway).

Display of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, taken over ponds near Hillesøy in Norway, 11 March 2011.

The aurorae are caused by the interaction between the Earth’s atmosphere and a stream of particles from the Sun known as the solar wind. The Earth’s magnetic field funnels these particles down over the planet’s poles giving rise to the glowing curtains of coloured light

How the twin towers were built

The 110-storey landmarks that dominated the Manhattan skyline for nearly 30 years were reduced to rubble in the 9/11 suicide attacks of 2001. Thousands of people in the World Trade Center, and on the planes that crashed into them, lost their lives.

Designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912 – February 7, 1986), the giant towers were conceived as part of an urban renewal project for Lower Manhattan - and when completed in the early 1970s, for a short time at least, were the world's tallest buildings.

Now - a decade since they were lost, and with new construction on the site well-advanced - take a look back at the life of New York's twin towers.

How the twin towers were built

The story of the construction of New York's 110-storey landmarks, in the words of the structural engineer. 

How Fish Gills Work

How Fish Gills Work 

Tod These fantastic little organs allow the fish to absorb oxygen from the water and use it for energy. Functionally, gills are not that dissimilar to the lungs in humans and other mammals. The main difference is how they are able to absorb much smaller concentrations of available oxygen, while allowing the fish to maintain an appropriate level of Sodium Chloride (salt) in their bloodstream.

MAKING OF THE DREAMLINER AIRBUS

MAKING OF THE DREAMLINER AIRBUS

Terrifying mid-air airplane crash near Tehran