New research has found that prison erodes the brain due to a lack of stimulation - I could have told you that. But what's more interesting is how Peter Sunde, the co-founder of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, describes his experience (quote below), as he spent time in prison for aiding and abetting copyright crimes.


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This pictures speaks for itself.

High-speed video footage has captured for the first time, what researchers say are hundreds of tiny aerosol particles being released from raindrops when they impact with soil.


The mechanical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who observed the aerosol release in action, say it could account for the earthy smell that accompanies rain after a long dry spell.

Source: http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-raindrops-releasing-aerosols-during-slow-motion-impact ...

Here's absolute zero (-273.15°C) to absolute hot (1,420,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000°C) and everything in between.

A simplified illustration of the various brain functions...

A parasitic worm called Onchocerca volvulus affects 25 million people around the world in one of the most revolting ways possible. The larvae of this tiny worm, found in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, can live for more than 10 years in a person’s skin, and that’s not even the worst part - they often make their way into their eyes.



Source: http://www.sciencealert.com/features/20142008-26044-2.html ...

Cancer cells and their bizzare behavior explained in this short video along with the various treatments depending on the cancer type and stage.

Charles Darwin said that it was "absurd in the highest possible degree".

The most venomous caterpillar in the U.S., known as the furry puss caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis) sent many people in the eastern U.S. to the hospital last September. While these insects may look soft, their outer comb-over hides small, extremely toxic spines that stick in your skin.

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/pictures/141223-animals-weirdest-oddest-2014-editors-picks/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20141230news-weirdanimals&utm_campaign=Content&sf6632689=1#/ton-ten-ww-2014-06_87174_600x450.jpg ...

I am not sure if such blogs are welcome here, but I will try sparking enthusiasm in this subject. Alongside my major field of interest, I have an unhealthy/obsessive curiosity distortion in the archaeology field, specifically Egyptology. And recently, two major discoveries have been made in the Ancient Egyptian land.

The first discovery made was that belonging to an Ancient Queen named Khentakawess's the 3rd's tomb, which was located near her husband's tomb, Pharoah Neferefre. These two, date back to the 4th or 5th dynasties, that is approximately 4000 years back in history. Around that time, the first three pyramids, yes, the ones that we see all the time and are the most famous pyramids of Giza, were being built by Pharoahs Khufu, his son ...

There are two different "thinking" systems that predominate our brain. They are responsible for our first impressions and then later changing them, our in depth views and perspectives, in addition modulating our thinking with respect to a given context. System one is mainly the "fast" thinking system. System two is a relatively slower thinking system. Their remarkably different yet crucial functions are portrayed beautifully in this video.

Anywhere between 1 in 30 million and 1 in 50 million, according to some estimates. In August of 2014, one lucky fisherman captured an extremely rare "calico" lobster in New Hampshire.

I have not given 'the best way to die' much thought yet, but apparently a leading doctor and the former editor of the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) has claimed cancer is the best way to die.

Dr. Richard Smith believes that cancer provides opportunity to reflect on life before it ends is important and urges charities and the medical world to "stop wasting billions trying to cure cancer".

In a blog published in The BMJ, the doctor wrote that while most people tell him they would prefer a sudden death, he thinks that is very hard on the families of the deceased.

"The long, slow death from dementia may be the most awful as you are slowly erased, but then again when death comes it may be just a light kiss," he wrote.

"Death from organ f ...