Category Archives: Science

Google turned evil :-)

By ShamsMay 20, 20092 commentsScienceapes, evolutionary history, fossil, Frankfurt, Germany, humans, monkeys

It looks like. With this logo, it says something like this:

‘If you don’t search here, then I am going to jump on you’. 🙂

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Travel time = 13 billions years

By ShamsApril 29, 20098 commentsSciencebig bang, gamma ray, sun, travel time

When the gamma ray arrived at Earth last Thursday, it travelled 13 billions years. Wooooow MAN Wooooow 🙂 . (more…)

Save the Irrawaddy dolphins

By ShamsApril 12, 20092 commentsEnvironment, ScienceBangladesh, Ganges River, India, Irrawaddy dolphins, Royal Bengal Tigers, Sunderbans mangrove forest, Wildlife Conservation Society

A study conducted by the Wildlife Conservative Society (WCS) found large numbers of Irrawaddy dolphins in the freshwater region of Sunderbans Mangrove forest in Bangladesh. The study approximates the number to about 6000.

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Arsenic, Vitamin A, and blood cancer

By ShamsFebruary 21, 2009Health, Sciencearsenic, arsenicosis, Bangladesh, BGS, blood cancer, British Geological Survey, brown algae, Hijiki, India, leukaemia, Oregon Department of Human Services, point source maps, sea food, secondary cancers, vitamin A, West Bengal, WHO, World Health Organisation

Arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh and West Bengal (India) drinking water is a well-known issue in the last many years. Arsenic is a poisonous metalloid that naturally occurs in soils, and is soluble in water.

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The Bigga Snake

By ShamsFebruary 5, 2009ScienceColombia, Epoch, Paleocene, rainforest, snake, Titanoboa cerrejonensis

Scientists have just discovered, let’s say, (fortunately) met with the fossil of Titanoboa cerrejonensis (not with the living Giant).

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Ring finger vs index finger, finally its your brain

By ShamsJanuary 21, 20096 commentsScienceandrogen, Cambridge University, London financial market, male hormone, Nirvana, proactive, testosterone

It’s a Cambridge University study, so you would most probably say ‘Woooooww’. But wait.

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Biofuel for Airlines

By ShamsJanuary 3, 2009Environment, ScienceAir New Zealand, biofuel, Boeing 747, green fuel, Jatropha, maize, Rolls-Royce engines

Air New Zealand is moving firmly towards its goal to use biofuel for its jets by 2013. The airliner plans to get 10% of its jet engine fuel from a poisonous shrub.

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Space Mission

By ShamsSeptember 27, 2008ScienceChina, Earth’s orbit, Space, spacecraft, Zhai Zhigang

While there’s ‘Big Bang’ in Wall Street and theatres in Washington to reach a deal, China started to walk in the Space. Cheers!!!

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