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Curiosity’s flight path to Mars

Mars has back and to Earth bound observers for centuries. Now NASA is on the verge of launching another Rover’s out to Earth’s nearest planetary neighbors; one that is packing a laboratory designed to look closely what the planet is made of. Rover is called the Mars Science Laboratory or MSL. Its also known as [...]

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Curiosity Rover Exploring Mars

The Curiosity Rover is a robotic Rover for exploring mars. This Rover is the next Generation of Mars Rovers beyond Spirit and Opportunity. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Not so scary after all!

The latest vampire trend has a macabre place in Romania. Transylvania Romania is the home to the real live Dracula’s Castle, Snagov Monestery, Sighisoara Medieval Citadel and the Salt Mines of Turda. Travel to Transylvania may be a bit on the macabre side but for the horror buff or individual interested in vapires or the [...]

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“The Prime Meridian”

El Hierro (Ferro) is the smallest and farthest south and west of the Canary Island (Spain) also known as la “Isla del Meridiano” (the “Meridian Island”). In the 2nd century A.D., Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaueus was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer) defined the zero meridian based on the western-most position of the known world, giving [...]

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El Hierro Giant Lizard

The El Hierro Giant Lizard (Gallotia simonyi) lives only on the Hierro Island of the Canary Islands before present throughout much of the island and on the small offshore Roque Chico de Salmor, is now confined to a few small areas of cliff with sparse vegetation. Long about 60 cm (two feet) this reptile is [...]

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Sungazing…

…is a practice that includes gazing at the sun for nourishment or as a spiritual practice. Looking into the sun is dangerous, and can cause solar retinopathy (damage to the eye’s retina) and lead to permanent eye damage or blindness. Although it is frequently claimed that the retina is burned by looking at the sun, [...]

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Burning autumn leaves…

…may be hazardous to our health! Although burning piles of fallen leaves is a seasonal chore, and time-honored tradition in many places, leaf burning also pollutes the air and can cause serious health problems for many people. Fortunately, there are some great eco-alternatives to leaf burning. For example, if you skip the leaf fire this [...]

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Left or right?

In medieval times, left-handed people could not become knights because it was thought that they were descendants of the devil, it is said. Spiral staircases in castles ran clockwise to allow knights – all right-handed – to battle intruders effectively. The word for left in French means gauche and in Latin it means sinister. The [...]

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What’s an Epiphany?

An epiphany (from the ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, “manifestation, striking appearance”) is the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger) essence or meaning of something. The term is used in either a philosophical or literal sense to signify that the claimant has “found the last piece of the puzzle and now sees the whole picture,” [...]

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Espresso or coffee?

A cup of drip brewed coffee has about 115 milligrams of caffeine, an espresso (and percolated coffee) about 80mg, while instant coffee has about 65mg of caffeine. Decaffeinated coffee is not totally caffeine free, containing about 3mg of caffeine. A 8oz can of Coca-Cola has about 23mg of caffeine, Pepsi Cola 25mg, Mountain Dew 36mg, [...]

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The World’s oldest bottle of wine…

Unearthed during excavation for building a house in a vineyard near the town of Speyer, Germany, it was inside one of two Roman stone sarcophaguses that were dug up. The bottle dates from approximately 325 A.D. and was found in 1867. The greenish-yellow glass amphora has handles formed in the shape of dolphins. One of [...]

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Sleepless life!

The Indus river dolphin has a different sleep method from other dolphin species. Living in water with strong currents and potentially dangerous floating debris, it must swim continuously to avoid injury. As a result, this species sleeps in very short bursts which last between 4 and 60 seconds. Poor dolphins!! Did you like this? Share [...]

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