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Top Most Famous Endangered Species

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2:- tiger (Panthera tigris)

  William Blake’s “forests of the night,” the stalking grounds of the six subspecies of tiger, are burning bright. Slash-and-burn agriculture, along with logging, and human encroachment, have hugely diminished the habitat available to these felines, which require extensive ranges capable of supporting the large herbivores that constitute the bulk of their diets. Poaching—for trophies and body parts used in Asian “medicine” —is thought to pose the greatest threat to tigers. Probably fewer than 4,000 are left in the wild. In 2014, China explicitly outlawed the consumption of endangered species, including tigers, whose bones, penises, and other organs are superstitiously believed to have magical curative powers.

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Some ways by which you Develop your Personality

Personality of man is must important for them. personality define your cofidence ,how you work and what manner.some ways by which you can improve your personality are given below.:-

1. Work on becoming an exceptional listener. There’s nothing more attractive, and appealing, than someone who listens intently to you.

2. Keep reading, and seek to develop a wide range of interests. That makes it easier to talk to you, and to exchange ideas with you. You also come across as being a more interesting, balanced, and knowledgeable.

3. Work on developing your conversation skills. This is partly tied in with number 2. It’s about being able to make small talk and to share interesting bits of information with others. If you are shy, or you find this difficult, try to watch and learn from others who are strong in this area. Then, try copying and implementing some of the basic skills they use.

4. Don’t be afraid to have your own opinions. It’s good to know what you think about things as this provides a starting point for making conversation. (But be careful not to come across as rude, dominating, or to push your thoughts and views on other people!)

5. Get out and meet new people. This also helps develop our people skills as it forces us to interact with those who’re different from us. Doing that, will broaden and expand your horizons and make it easier to mix with lots of people.

6. Appreciate, enjoy and express your true self. You are special and unique – so discover who you are – and don’t try to copy, and be like, someone else.

7. Work on developing a positive and optimistic approach to life. There’s nothing worse than being with people who are critical, complaining, miserable and pessimistic. In contrast, a positive person lifts the mood of everyone. So smile, affirm others, and look for what is good.

8. Also, maintain a sense of humour, laugh often, and have fun. We all want someone who can brighten our way, and distract us from the hassles and problems of the day.

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What is Co-Dependency

Codependency is an unhealthy form of love. It is where my need to take care of you compromises or harms my quality of life. Although it’s usually seen in romantic partnerships, it can occur in any relationship, including family, friends or peers. Characteristics of codependency include:

1. I feel good about myself when you like and approve of me.

2. Your problems and concerns disturb my peace of mind.

3. A lot of my mental energy is focused on helping and rescuing you (either solving your problems or relieving your pain).

4. A lot of my mental energy is diverted into protecting you.

5. I spend a lot of time and energy trying to get you to do it my way (ie. Being manipulative).

6. My self-esteem is boosted by solving your problems or helping to relieve your pain.

7. I set aside my own interests, hobbies and goals as I’d rather spend my time doing what interests you.

8. I feel how you look, how you behave, and what you achieve (or do not achieve) reflects on me – and is a judgment of me.

9. I’ve lost touch with feelings as I’m totally consumed with how you feel, and how your feelings are changing.

10. I don’t really know what I want any more – as I’m so wrapped up in you, and what you want.

11. The hopes and dreams for the future are all tied to you.

12. My fear of rejection or abandonment by you determines how I act and what I say.

13. My fear of upsetting or making you mad determines how I act and what I say.

14. I use giving as a way to feel safe and secure in my relationship with you.

15. My friends and social circle gets smaller and smaller as I involve myself more and more with you.

16. I value your opinions more than my own opinions, and am willing to sacrifice my personal values to be accepted and valued by you.

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While it’s still unclear whether or not plants can actually feel us sinking our teeth in, one thing is for certain: You can be damn well sure they’re hearing it. Thanks to a new report from the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU), researchers have discovered that plants respond to the specific sounds caterpillars make when eating them, and what’s more, the noises even prompt the plants into putting up additional defenses. We already knew that plant growth could change in reaction to certain sounds, but this is the first instance we’ve seen of a plant actually protecting itself from a predator’s chomping, specifically. In the study, the researchers put caterpillars on Arabidopsis, a small, cabbage-like plant, and pointed a laser at a reflective section of the plant’s surface. That way, they were able to measure the different ways the plant moved in response to a chewing caterpillar. Then, the scientists removed the caterpillar from the equation entirely and only played back recordings they’d made of the crunching caterpillar’s vibrations. For another plant, they played back only silence. After placing live caterpillars back on both sets of plants, the researchers found that the set that had been exposed to the caterpillar’s feeding sounds produced more mustard oil, a chemical that’s meant to fend off hungry critters. . According to Heidi Appel, senior research scientist in the Division of Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the Bond Life Sciences Center at MU: Our work is the first example of how plants respond to an ecologically relevant vibration. We found that feeding vibrations signal changes in the plant cells’ metabolism, creating more defensive chemicals that can repel attacks from caterpillars. From here, researchers plan to find out how exactly these vibrations are able to be sensed by the plants as they’re being munched on. Either way, we do know one thing for sure: The world just got a little less smug for the vegan set.

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Top Best Novels On Science and Fictons

There are so many science fiction Novels.  But some Novels are really great in sence of fiction and science. I listed some best all out of them. I think these Novels are best in all of them. You really enjoy to read these novels and give feedback if after reading u say awesome . Top Best Novels On Science and Fictons

Foundation (series)

  The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

  2001: A Space Odyssey

  Ender's Game

  Dune (series)

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  Nineteen Eighty-Four

  Brave New World

  Hyperion Cantos (series)

  Snow Crash

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world largest solar telescope developed

india's remotely controlled terrestrial solar telescope, which will be the largest of its kind in the world will be operational by 2013. A high-resolution two-metre class solar telescope be placed soon to help scientists study the sun. The solar telescope will developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Banglore in collaboration with the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Pune and the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital. The remotely controlled terrestrial solar-telescope, which will have a 2-metre diameter aperture, is the biggest and the initial cost of developing the telescope will be about Rs.150 crore. The institute is evaluating the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle (Ladakh), Leh (Ladakh) and Devasthal (near Nainital) as possible location for housing the telescope. A team of about 30 to 40 scientists are working for the Development of the project. The telescope has to be located in a place where the air is thin and had no pollutants or the affect of city light. Ideally it would be placed 13,000-14,000 feet above sea level. The US is also planning for the development of a four-meter solar telescope which is expected to be completed by the year 2016.

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Unidentified moth.

Near Booky Cliffs campsite, Murray River national park, South Australia

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Name: Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea)

Found in: Bolivia, Chile and Argentina

The Venom: The Chilean rose tarantula’s painful bite releases venom that helps deter predators and immobilize and digest prey. In humans, the bite causes pain but no serious damage.

Poison Plus: An extract from tarantula venom called GsMtx-4 appears to help regulate heartbeat. In diseased or damaged hearts, calcium enters heart cells through stretch-activated channels, triggering heart spasms. The extract blocks these channels, causing the heart to beat more steadily. The substance may also help fight pain and muscular dystrophy.

See a live Chilean rose tarantula in The Power of Poison. 

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EARTH’S OCEANS ARE BEGINNING TO WARM AND GROW ACIDIC, Endangering plankton and the entire marine food chain

The roiling drama of the planktonic world is a theatre of ambush predators, hermaphrodites and mucus-hurling cannibals.

The turnover time of the ocean is about 1,000 years, but most of the anthropogenic CO2 is accumulating in the upper ocean within 100 years. The ocean can’t mix it fast enough into the deep sea.

The loss in productivity in the surface waters will reduce the animals on the ocean’s bottom by a mass equivalent to the entire human population.

Read the February 18, 2014 article by Peter Brannen, Plankton: the tiny sentinels of the deep …

Wikipedia on plankton:

Plankton are a diverse group of organismsthat live in the water column and cannot swim against a current. They include drifting animals, protists, archaea, algae, or bacteria that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. Plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification.

Phytoplankton: autotrophic [primary producers] algae that live near the water surface where light supports photosynthesis. 

Zooplankton: small protozoans or metazoans (e.g. crustaceans and other animals) that feed on other plankton …, including some of the eggs and larvae of larger animals (fish, crustaceans, and annelids).

Bacterioplankton: bacteria and archaea, which play an important role in remineralising organic material ….

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IMAGES Charismatic microfauna; Limacina helicina, a small, swimming, predatory sea snail. Photo by Alexander Semenov (via Aeon)

[2] Credit: Pravettoni, R. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Data Source: IPCC 2007. Retrieved from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/global-ocean-acidification

[3] Credit: United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study.

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As many as 4,000 reindeer are killed each year in motor accidents, and to help prevent that farmers in Finland have begun to spray reindeer’s antlers with reflective paint to help drivers see them in the dark. x

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Total solar eclipse of 2012 over Queensland, Australia. Captured by Alex Cherney.

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Waterway to Orbit

This is so neat. On February 8th 2010, STS-130—the 32nd shuttle mission to the ISS—launched off the planet, and photographer James Vernacotola captured it. The image has an exposure of 132 seconds so you can see the shuttle’s long, graceful arc towards the east and its mirror image in the water below. This was taken from the Intracoastal Waterway Bright in Florida, 115 miles north of the shuttle’s launch site at the Kennedy Space Center.

(Image Credit: James Vernacotola)

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Bowling Ball Beach - Schooner Gulch State Beach, California

At the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the beach at Schooner Gulch State Beach near Mendocino, looks as though its been scattered with oversized bowling balls. Almost perfectly spherical, stones like these have caused wild speculation wherever they’ve been discovered, with answers from aliens to dinosaurs, but the answer is actually simple geology.

Best observed at low tide, the so-called bowling balls are actually a geological phenomena known as “concretion”, sedimentary rock formed by a natural process wherein mineral cements bind grains of sand or stone into larger formations. These boulders are the result of millions of years of concretion and erosion, exposing the hard spheres as the mudstone of the cliffs receded around them.

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Firefly.org via nothing-without-science:

Facts About Fireflies

Fireflies talk to each other with light.

Fireflies emit light mostly to attract mates, although they also communicate for other reasons as well, such as to defend territory and warn predators away. In some firefly species, only one sex lights up. In most, however, both sexes glow; often the male will fly, while females will wait in trees, shrubs and grasses to spot an attractive male. If she finds one, she’ll signal it with a flash of her own.

Fireflies produce “cold light.”

Firefly lights are the most efficient lights in the world—100% of the energy is emitted as light. Compare that to an incandescent bulb, which emits 10% of its energy as light and the rest as heat, or a fluorescent bulb, which emits 90% of its energy as light. Because it produces no heat, scientists refer to firefly lights as “cold lights.”

In a firefly’s tail, you’ll find two chemicals: luciferase and luciferin. Luciferin is heat resistant, and it glows under the right conditions. Luciferase is an enzyme that triggers light emission. ATP, a chemical within the firefly’s body, converts to energy and initiates the glow. All living things, not just fireflies, contain ATP.

Firefly eggs glow.

Adult fireflies aren’t the only ones that glow. In some species, the larvae and even the eggs emit light. Firefly eggs have been observed to flash in response to stimulus such as gentle tapping or vibrations.

Fun Fact: Light Organs

The glow from fireflies or lightning bugs comes from photic organs, or organs that produce light.

Fun Fact: Making Light

Fireflies combine three special substances in their photic organs to make light. The three substances are: luciferin (a pigment), luciferase (an enzymatic catalyst), and ATP (nucleotide that provides energy to cells).

How to Catch Lightning Bugs

Tips on how best to catch lightning bugs or fireflies. | More

Creating Firefly Habitats

What kind of habitat do fireflies like? Why do they like standing water? | More

Credit:  Firefly.org

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A mock-up of the SERF magnetometer showing the active cell, the pump and probe beams, the beam splitting analyzer and the segmented photodetector.

Source: The Spin Exchange Relaxation Free (SERF) Magnetometer, Department of Physics at Princeton University.

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this is called biology this is the moment where the sperm cums out and races to the egg. Beautiful. 

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Just a lil bit of Magic… I mean science.

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