ABOUT BIO-BATTERY

Sony Develops Bio-Battery Powered by Glucose
TOKYO, Aug. 23, 2007 — Sony has developed a bio-battery that uses glucose to generate enough electricity to power a Walkman.
The technology breaks down sugar in the carbohydrates using enzymes as the catalyst. The bio-battery reached a 50 milliwatt power output, the world’s highest for passive-type bio-batteries, the company said.
In [...]

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ABOUT GIANT FISH

Name: Giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis)
Maximum Size: 118 inches (300 centimeters), 661.5 pounds (300 kilograms)
Habitat: Mekong River Basin, Southeast Asia

Name: Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas)
Maximum Size: 118 inches (300 centimeters), 661.4 pounds (300 kilograms)
Habitat: Mekong River Basin, Southeast Asia

Biologist Zeb Hogan holds a taimen, a giant member of the salmon family, while searching for megafishes in [...]

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ABOUT NEW PLANET

New Planet Weighs as Much as 2,500 Earths
With temperatures ranging from 1000 to 2000°C, gravity 15 times stronger than Earth’s, and a year that lasts just 5.6 of our days, HAT-P-2b is not a planet you’d want to visit for vacation.
The unusual gas giant—located 440 light-years away in the constellation Hercules—turns out to be the [...]

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ABOUT UFO

UFO (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS)

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

A UFO is any flying object that hasn’t been identified as a natural or man-made entity
Some people think these objects are alien spacecraft, although there is no conclusive evidence yet
UFOs have occurred in all shapes and sizes, but most often they are round, cylindrical, cigar shaped or triangular

History of sightings.
Some [...]

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ABOUT OLDEST DIAMOND

World’s Oldest Diamonds Discovered in Australia
The world’s oldest known diamonds have been found encased in a crystal in Western Australia, scientists say.
The minuscule gemstones are 4.25 billion years old and could provide a rare glimpse into Earth’s distant geologic past.
“No one would have really predicted that diamonds were in there,” said Simon Wilde, a geologist [...]

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ABOUT GIANT SQUID

Live giant squid caught on camera
A live, adult giant squid has been caught on camera in the wild for the very first time.
Japanese researchers took pictures of the elusive creature hunting 900m down, enveloping its prey by coiling its tentacles into a ball. The images show giant squid, known as Architeuthis, are more vigorous hunters [...]

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ABOUT DOUBLE-HEADED COW

A calf born with two heads at a US dairy farm this week has been euthanased after one its lungs collapsed.
Blinky, who had four eyes, two noses and two mouths, but only two ears and one neck, was put down after its owner consulted three veterinarians about the lung, the Fresno Bee reported.
“Unfortunately, it was [...]

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ABOUT GOOGLE SKY

Google Sky opens up the heavens on the web
The world’s largest search engine has opened up the skies for internet surfers with a passion for astronomy.
Google Earth, a free piece of software downloaded from the web, already allows people to soar over major tourist spots around the world.
But with the new service – known [...]

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ABOUT CHOCOLATE

Key Points
* Chocolate is made from the seeds of the tropical cacao tree
* Research suggests chocolate may have;health benefits
* Chocolate cravings may be a symptom of addiction
* Chocolate contains the same ‘happy’ chemicals found in some recreational drugs
Chocolate history
Chocolate is made from the seeds of the tree Theobroma cacao. Theobroma is Greek for ‘food [...]

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ABOUT WATER

Why do we need water?
Water comprises 50 to 70 per cent of an adult’s total body weight, and without regular top-ups, our body’s survival time is limited to a matter of hours or days.
Water is lost from the body through urine and sweat, and must be replaced through our diets. Many people, though, don’t consume [...]

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