Think again before planting that tree!!

It seems whatever we have learned as children is taking a beating today.

This report says that trees can actually contribute to global warming!

Wait! Before you go and chop off that tree in your backyard, let me tell you, this statement is true only for the snow covered northern areas. In the tropics, closer to the equator, trees still are the best air conditioning system outdoors!!

And the myriad advantages of trees surely offsets this one particular small 'disadvantage'.

Wanna gain weight? Start dieting!

Uh Oh! Until now I thought dieting was a good way to lose weight along with exercise. This study here says something else!

Hey guys! Before you hit the pizzeria in bliss on hearing this news, the study also says that eating in moderation and regular exercise does the trick.

'Moderation'?? What is this?

Iris scanning, without your knowledge!

This device scans your eyes without your knowledge or consent and stores your identification!

Iris scanners scan the eyes and create eye-prints (very much like finger prints) which are unique to a person! If you have seen Tom Cruise's Minority Report you can very well get the concept!

Another dig, dig, dig!!

Turkana Boy is the most complete prehistoric human skeleton ever found!

Good for science? You bet.

Good for religion? Sorry there!

The public display of this skeleton has sparked a big fight between scientists and evangelicals.... bringing out the old controversy again - evolution against creation!!

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet lay buried side by side in his famous play. Archaeologists have unearthed two skeletons from the Neolithic period locked in a tender embrace and buried outside Mantua, just 25 miles south of Verona, the romantic city where Shakespeare set the star-crossed tale of Romeo and Juliet!

Buried between 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, the prehistoric lovers are believed to have been a man and a woman and are thought to have died young, as their teeth were found intact. Double burials from the Neolithic period are unheard of, and these are even hugging!!

The eleven most philosophical quotations!

Wow! Now here is an article for those who like to think... and think... and think...!!!

I will simply enlist the quotations here - you have to go to the page for the explanations!

1. The unexamined life is not worth living.
2. Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.
3. The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
4. I think, therefore I am.
5. To be is to be perceived OR If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
6. We live in the best of all possible worlds.
7. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.
8. Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this is subjectivity... at its height.
9. God is dead.
10. There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.
11. One cannot step twice in the same river.
    

A man loses memory and wanders for 25 days before being found!

Strange are the ways of nature!

This man, and intellectual and highly educated, lost his memory, and with it, his identity, his home, and all of his previous life!! He kept wandering in the streets of Dallas, and after numerous sightings was finally recognized by a contractor know to him.

Thankfully, he regained his memory back and now is in his usual life!!

What is your gender?

A person in Nepal has been granted both male and female citizenship on his request!

Now this opens up some interesting possibilities! Will this man have a husband or a wife? Or can he have both at the same time? Will his children call him Daddy or Mommy?

We see in 3D. What if there were another 6D?

Visualizing and navigating through stuff in 3 dimensions is tough enough! Now scientists have found out 6 more dimensions.

Although we can't visualize our world in six dimensions, scientists have taught computers to produce and show us stuff in six dimensions. The picture here is a computer generated image of a 6D structure!

Clothes that change while you walk!

Transformer Clothing - Science fiction writer J.G. Ballard wrote about clothing that would do this in his story Say Goodbye to the Wind - but it's been implemented using a more mechanistic technology.

The video here is a sure watch! See the clothes morph themselves automatically!

Swallowed the dinner, and the spoon!

How many times do we remind kids not to laugh or talk while eating?

Well, here is the result of not listening to what mama says!

This woman swallowed an entire spoon while eating sphaghetti and laughing at the same time! A tough time the doctors must have had trying to remove it! Read this article to find out how it was removed!

What's up Bill Gates' sleeve now?

Read what Bill Gates has to say about Windows Vista, which he has recently let loose upon the hungry computer world!

The world's richest man also lets us have a peek at what could be his next ventures in this interview!

Get it all from the horse's mouth!!

Dead man sitting on his table for 6 years!

Another one from Russia today!

A man believed to have disappeared 6 years back, was found in his own home, sitting at his table, still retaining some flesh!!

Read on for how he was discovered!

Recommended reading!! - Do you eat with your mouth or your eyes?

I most certaily recommend reading this article!

For those who have been trying hard to keep their urge to fill their tummies from killing their diet control plans, this might bring some revelation! It also makes an interesting read for any body, even those in their prime shapes!

The gist of the matter is - feeling full after a meal has a lot of other factors responsible than just the amount of food taken in! And some of the factors can be the type of food, the quantity served initially, the way food is presented before you.....

I said read this article... will learn a lot about a full meal!

A new way to quieten babies! Gag them!

This Russian hospital has nurses who gag new born orphan babies by sticking a tape over their mouths to keep them from crying out loud - which, they say, distracts them from their work!

Can these ladies become mothers?

Robots to become softer and more flexible!

Break dancers mimicking robotoid movements might have a tougher time to come!

Robots are set to be softer in touch and more flexible in movements to allow them to perform more complex tasks! But unlike in Terminator movies, there will be no human tissue on them, they will inherently be made from softer material!

Drug user to memorise Koran or face sentence!

Great punishment!

A drug user has been ordered by the court to memorise the holy Koran and recite it by six months. If he fails, he faces one year in jail!

A 65 year old woman fought a mountain lion to save her husband!

Now this is true love!

Undeterred by the ferocity of the mountain lion, and prodded on by her love for her husband, this 65 year old woman fought the lion which had pinned down her husband. Her weapons were a log and a pen!

Find out more about this dare devil act!

Kill 99% bacteria in 2 minutes!

The humble microwave present in most kitchens now can almost sterilise everything you heat in it for two minutes!

Can go a long way in preventing food borne diseases!

Read on for more information!

A gun which doesn't kill you!

This is probably the best one I have heard about warfare!

Here is a gun that sends heat rays that make you feel as if you are catching fire, but causes no real damage! Criminals and enemies will apparently feel the intense heat and drop their weapons!

Great to use in civilian dense areas, and security zone areas..... no collateral damage!!