Archive for the ‘Wiki Sciencetech’ Category

Posted at May 18th, 2012
New photographs reveal what lies beneath the surface of Easter Island, one of the most remote places in the world — the carved bodies of the island’s 887 famous guardians. Most people think of the 63-square-mile Pacific island’s silent stone sentinels as simple heads. But the heads all have bodies — and a backstory that’s..


Natalia Juarez campaign poster controversy
Social networking sites are buzzing with debate over a Mexican congressional candidate who released a campaign poster showing herself topless. Candidate Natalia Juarez says the poster is intended to fight prejudices. Twitter user Camila Deborarte tweeted "I'd vote for her." But Itzel Garcia responded, "What a shame! Even this way, she has to call attention to herself." Juarez is running on the ticket of the leftist Democratic [more]
American Pie’s Jason Biggs and wife parody: TIME magazine’s breastfeeding cover
It's the magazine cover that sparked a worldwide debate, with politicians, historians and celebrities all taking time to voice their opinions. And the latest famous face to make his own unique comment on TIME magazine's image of a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son is American Pie star Jason Biggs. The actor and his wife Jenny Mollen posed up for a picture to parody the shot, with Biggs sharing [more]
Easter Island archaeology project digs-up island's secrets
New photographs reveal what lies beneath the surface of Easter Island, one of the most remote places in the world -- the carved bodies of the island's 887 famous guardians. Most people think of the 63-square-mile Pacific island’s silent stone sentinels as simple heads. But the heads all have bodies -- and a backstory that's only now being pieced together, explained Jo Anne Van Tilburg, director of the Easter [more]
One Very Rare Sea Monster/Creature Captured
Video shot by underwater drillers of a jellyfish near their well at 5000+ feet. Some people who viewed the video were puzzled by the floating creature, with suggestions that it may be a deep sea monster or a more mundane plastic bag. Speculation was also rife that it may have been whale placenta or even the mythical creature Cthulhu. Experts have however confirmed that it is in [more]

Posted at May 15th, 2012
Scientists in Japan have created a robotic bottom which responds to different touches with "appropriate" vibrations. The bizarre device was created by the University of Electro-Communications and is titled "SHIRI", Japanese for buttocks. The university describe the project as "a buttocks humanoid robot that expresses various emotions with organic movement of the artificial muscles". It..


Posted at May 13th, 2012
Venus flytrap There’s something unsettling about the idea of meat-eating plants, as this trapped Pacific tree frog can attest. Venus flytraps are one of the few plants that can move rapidly enough to capture bugs (and sometimes small mammals) for digestion. Credit: Goron Miller, Dreamstime..


Posted at May 13th, 2012
Carnivorous plants can have valuable allies in ants, benefiting from their poop and janitor, bodyguard and cutthroat services, researchers say. The carnivorous pitcher plant Nepenthes bicalcarata dwells in the nutrient-poor peat swamp forests of Borneo. It is not a very effective carnivore by itself — its pitcher-shaped leaves lack the slippery walls and viscous, elastic..


Posted at May 11th, 2012
A scientist caught the birth of rare twin waterspouts on camera as the twisters churned to life over Louisiana waters yesterday (May 9). One of the powerful and unusually long-lived twisters damaged homes and cut power as it barreled across Grand Isle, a long, narrow island along the southeastern leg of the state’s Gulf coastline...
