According to researchers, you know those people who get paid to claim things other researches then have to prove are true, have claimed that a 35 mile long crack, up to 20 feet wide, in Ethiopia may be the source of a new ocean.
Using newly gathered seismic data from 2005, researchers reconstructed the event to show the rift tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days. Dabbahu, a volcano at the northern end of the rift, erupted first, then magma pushed up through the middle of the rift area and began “unzipping” the rift in both directions, the researchers explained in a statement today.
“We know that seafloor ridges are created by a similar intrusion of magma into a rift, but we never knew that a huge length of the ridge could break open at once like this,” said Cindy Ebinger, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochesterand co-author of the study.
Water problems solved. But things would get worse even: the new ocean is said to connect the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Errr… yeah.
So when we translate all the sciencalese we come to this: the largest ass crack in the world will connect two seas which are already connected together all while solving the drought problem in Ethiopia. Wait, what happens to Ethiopia?
SpaceRip has released a new amazing documentary. This time the topic are black holes. Watch it below and don’t forget to watch the other videos by SpaceRip.
The galaxies NGC 4402 and NGC 4522, respectively, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys: megasize pictures (30 and 40MB each).
But the preliminary factor in how easy, often woman can climax, or not, is the distance between the vagina and the clitoris according to Kim Wallen, professor of psychology and behavioral neuroendocrinology at Emory University.
In fact, there’s even an easy “rule of thumb,” Wallen says: Clitoris-vagina distances less than 2.5 cm — that’s roughly from the tip of your thumb to your first knuckle — tend to yield reliable orgasms during sex. More than a thumb’s length? Regular intercourse alone typically might not do the trick.
This confirms previous research in the 1920s by Princess Marie Bonaparte. So guys, you now have a counter question for when women ask you for your size.
In this case the title does not refer to the great nerd TV series but the actual Big Bang theory, something every nerd wished they could explore and explain: The Origin of the Universe. From the Youtube page:
We made this video about the Big Bang because the theory is important and amazing, but often misunderstood.
This video was produced without any funding from any outside sources. It was put together with donated creative time from a group with a desire to further public cognition of science.
Science has many amazing stories to tell, this is the first. The Big Bang Briefly.
When a psychologist, who obviously needs help himself, decided to upload all 10 original Rorschach test images to Wikipedia, completely with the most prominent answers the test lost its value.
What had been a simmering dispute over the reproduction of a single plate reached new heights in June when James Heilman, an emergency-room doctor from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, posted images of all 10 plates to the bottom of the article about the test, along with what research had found to be the most popular responses for each.
“I just wanted to raise the bar — whether one should keep a single image on Wikipedia seemed absurd to me, so I put all 10 up,” Dr. Heilman said in an interview. “The debate has exploded from there.”
Psychologists have registered with Wikipedia to argue that the site is jeopardizing one of the oldest continuously used psychological assessment tests.
While the plates have appeared on other Web sites, it was not until they showed up on the popular Wikipedia site that psychologists became concerned.
“The more test materials are promulgated widely, the more possibility there is to game it,” said Bruce L. Smith, a psychologist and president of the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods, who has posted under the user name SPAdoc. He quickly added that he did not mean that a coached subject could fool the person giving the test into making the wrong diagnosis, but rather “render the results meaningless.”
To psychologists, to render the Rorschach test meaningless would be a particularly painful development because there has been so much research conducted — tens of thousands of papers, by Dr. Smith’s estimate — to try to link a patient’s responses to certain psychological conditions. Yes, new inkblots could be used, these advocates concede, but those blots would not have had the research — “the normative data,” in the language of researchers — that allows the answers to be put into a larger context.
According to a recent study by the British National Health Service, journalists drink most, followed by IT employees. People working in media weekly average twice the recommended amount with 44 units. IT drones are also far above the recommended amount and drink 33 units/week according to the survey. The NHS recommends 21-28 units weekly for a man and 14 to 21 units for women.
People in the profession also drink 10 units more a week than the next heaviest drinking professionals – IT workers, who are closely followed by service-sector workers at 33 units, and people in finance, insurance and real estate at 29 units.
People working in education, transport and travel are the country’s most moderate drinkers, consuming an average of 24 units a week, although that is above the recommended limit for women and around the maximum for men.
The burning question now is What about bloggers? Are they converted IT drones or are they wannabe alcoholics journalists. I wonder if blogger is a recognized profession in the UK already. If it is, chances that enough of bloggers participated to be of any significance in the survey results are rather slim. But based on own experience and also by knowing several of my colleagues, I can tell you that bloggers also know how to lift a pint. More even, they tend to empty the glasses rather well. But our biggest usage is caffeine based.
According to a study, published in the Journal of Human Capital, breastfeeding can lead to an increase in grades. Researchers analyzed the breast feeding histories and high school grades of 126 siblings from 59 families.
The study … looked at the academic achievement of siblings — one of whom was breast fed as an infant and one of whom was not — found that an additional month of breastfeeding was associated with an increase in high school GPA of 0.019 points and an increase in the probability of college attendance of 0.014.
☆ I know there are fans of coffee art among the frankylicious readers, so I thought I might as well post a link to it here. Even though I would not want to wait or have a barista make a lovely piece of art I would ruin by stirring it up. No, I never would waste any of the guests' time layering flavoured mocchas. Anyway, here you go : Art in My Coffee.
☆ The Sun thinks differently. Did I just link to The Sun?Screw that. Everybody move on now! Nothing to see here.
☆ Not everyone enjoys Christmas but of course that doesn't mean you have to go totally Dickensian about it. Instead, play some Whack-a-mole. On your iPhone. Read a review at AppleGazette.
☆ 1000 Celebrities and pop culture icons in 8-bit art. On your iPhone. At $2.99 a cool deal for 8-bit nerds, otherwise wasted money. 'Get it!', we say.
☆ If you are not a victim of geotardation, ie. if you live in the US of A, you can watch the complete Caprica pilot on SyFy (who's the moron who came up with that spelling?
☆ Interesting discovery and video: an octopus uses a coconut shell to hide under but also takes the shell with him when walking over the mud of the ocean. Coconuts as tools. Most interesting of all, this was not discovered or filmed by the BBC Life team.
☆ Go on, admit it! You also want one of these: 700mW green laser pointer. Abuse the occasion as they are 20% off and only $2.499 anymore! I wished I were rich.
When a psychologist, who obviously needs help himself, decided to upload all 10 original Rorschach test images to Wikipedia, completely with the most prominent answers the test lost its value.
