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The stars are born in Environmental Extremes

2012-01-15T03:06:00.000-08:00

Around 1970, biologists were surprised by the discovery of microorganisms that live in super-hot temperatures in Yellowstone National Park, United States. Instead of dying in conditions equivalent to the boiling water, microorganisms that just grow and show a bright-colored colonies. The term "extremophile" then emerged, referring to life forms can survive in extreme environments.

Discipline of astrobiology, one of which examines the variety of life in extreme environments is also growing, found bacteria that can live in cold temperatures and others. This phenomenological biology allows astronomers to wonder, is it possible in the world of astronomy is also known as "lovers of extreme conditions"?

NASA researchers with a telescope GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) to find the sign of the stars that exist in extreme environments unfamiliar. Susan Neff, GALEX team of scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center said, "We found an extreme environment where the galaxy star formation is not supposed to happen. This is a shocking development."

"In some GALEX image, we see stars are formed in the outer regions of galaxies generally, where we think that the gas density is too low to support the birth of stars," continued Don Neil, GALEX team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology.

Currently, it is known that stars are formed when clouds of gas collapse and attracted by its own gravity. If the gas clouds dense enough and hot enough when it collapsed, then the nuclear reaction will occur and eventually a star will be born.

The spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy is one of the best zones for star formation, known as the "Goldilocks zone". Neil says that it disebabnya abundant gas in the galaxy is ruled by the Sun and Earth.

The stars called extreme GALEX findings either because they live outside the area of spiral galaxies. As quoted Physorg, Tuesday (08/11/2011), Neil says, "I was amazed. The stars are really living on the edge."

It is known that the stars who live outside the area of spiral galaxies are not the only extreme star. Other extreme stars are also found in elliptical and irregular galaxies are expected to scientists was minimal gas.

Meanwhile, there are also stars that are found in the debris of collisions between galaxies, the tail of a comet a kind of celestial bodies that move quickly in a galaxy as well as in primitive gas clouds that are considered totally insufficient to coalesce and form stars.

Neff said, "These findings could inform us about the star formation process. Perhaps there is a way of star formation in extreme environments that have never crossed our minds before."

There's Strange Fish Has No Face

2012-01-03T04:16:00.000-08:00

This is one of the 15 most bizarre species of fish found in 2011, ancient fish that has no face. The research team from the United Kingdom found on the island of Orkney, Scotland. Not only minus the face, the fish were found either do not have brains and fins.

The length of the fish are only about 5 centimeters and has a transparent body. Due to lack of fins, these fish are also not good at swimming. Movement is only supported by the nervous system on the back. The news reported by International Business Times, Saturday (31/12/2011).

"In an age where the world has been mapped and recorded, it is amazing to know there are many species waiting to be discovered beneath the ocean waves," said Richard Lockheed, the Scottish Environment Secretary. "Scottish Water is rich in biodiversity and our responsibility to preserve this fragile environment. Therefore we surveyed the sea with a new survey planned in 2012 to find out what is in the Scottish sea," Lockheed said.

In addition to that faceless fish, also found a giant clams, horse clams and mussels fan. Mussel is a kind of shellfish waters yag live on base and has a strong shell.

Giant clams have a strong shell with a size of about 45 centimeters and can live for 20 years. While the fan mussel fan but have a similar form as well have horns and gold-colored filaments such as human hair. The size is about 40 centimeters. Horse mussels can survive for 50 years.

Stonehenge Place of the Sun Cult Ritual?

2012-01-01T22:42:00.000-08:00

Archaeologists have a new theory about the function of the famous stone monuments in Britain, Stonehenge. Prehistoric relics are thought to originate from the century 2400-2220 BC is thought to have a function as a place of sun worship.

As quoted from the pages of the BBC, has found two holes are believed to have used in the ritual offering of the sun, before the large stones were erected.

The hole was positioned in the arrangement that leads to the sky, which may include the filled stones, signs, or fire that indicate sunrise and sunset.

International archaeological survey team found the holes in the program Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project. The team is using geophysical imaging techniques to investigate the site.

Archaeologists from the University of Birmingham, UK, and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Archaeology Utilization in Vienna, Austria, has conducted a survey of sub-surface since the summer of 2010.

Procession Route

Initial allegations, the holes at Stonehenge was a Neolithic Cursus forming impressions, which may be the formation of a ritual procession route past. The ritual was assumed to carry a warning movement of the sun that moves across the sky during mid-summer (Midsummer solstice).

A cursus (a similar path) consists of two parallel holes shaped trench. In addition, the look is also a gap on the north side of the cursus, which is suspected as the entrance and exit during the procession took place.

This discovery reveals that the site was once used as the center of the main ritual, before the stones were erected. The ritual alleged to have been carried out since 5000 years ago.

Professor Vince Gaffney, University of Birmingham archaeologist who became leader of the project said, "This is the first time we've seen something like this at Stonehenge. It shows a complex explanation of how the ritual takes place in the cursus and the wider landscape."

Telescope Planet Formation Gas Record

2011-12-28T04:46:00.000-08:00

For the first time, astronomers at the University of Hawaii to take a picture of planet formation around stars directly. The astronomers used the Keck telescope twin measuring 10 meters, and using mirrors to eliminate the stars.

The planet is monitored as it is called LkCa 15b which is a hot protoplanet, surrounded by cold dust and gas that falls into the formation of planets. Later, the planet will become a giant gas planets, like Jupiter.

According to Adam Kraus and Michael Ireland, an astronomer from Macquarie University, they used a telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii to find the planet.

"LkCa 15 b is the youngest planet ever found, five times younger than the prior art," Kraus said, as quoted by the Daily Mail, October 21, 2011. "The new planet was formed from the dust and gas to become a gas giant planet," he said.

In the past, Kraus said, we can not monitor this phenomenon because our view blocked by the star. "But for the first time, we have been able to directly measure the planets formed from dust," he said.

"We realized that we have not found a super-Jupiter, but now astronomers are able to measure dust and gas around it," said Kraus. "Now we'll start to find a planet," he said.

Latest MotoGP 2012 Schedule

2011-12-18T17:52:00.000-08:00

The International Motorsport Federation (FIM), announced the calendar for the race while the 2012 season. There was little change from previous versions.

The most significant changes is the schedule of opening the season in which advanced a week. In the previous version issued in September, the series premiere that took place in Qatar took place on 15 April. But in this latest schedule moved forward a week to 8 April.

Spanish GP at Jerez also been confirmed. Meanwhile, the Sachsenring had been added in the schedule for the German GP, although the event is still dependent on the end of his contract talks.

While the grand prix calendar 2012 season

* 8 April Qatar Doha / Losail
29 April Spain Jerez de la Frontera
May 6 Portugal (STC) Estoril
May 20 France Le Mans
June 3 Catalunya Catalunya
June 17 Britain Silverstone
June 30 ** Netherlands Assen
July 8 Germany (STC) Sachsenring
July 15 Italy Mugello
July 29 *** United States Laguna Seca
August 19 Indianapolis Indianapolis
August 26 Brno Czech Republic
16 September San Marino Misano
30 September Aragon Motorland
October 14 Japan Motegi
October 21 Malaysia Sepang
October 28 Australia Phillip Island
11 November Valencia Ricardo Tormo

* Race nights
Racing on Saturday **
*** Only MotoGP class
STC (In accordance with the contract)
TBC (Will be confirmed)

A Dying Comet Hit the Sun Tomorrow Morning

2011-12-17T04:29:00.000-08:00

A comet the size of the Bung Karno going to hit the Sun, Friday (12/16/2011) tomorrow morning. Comets are named Lovejoy or in astronomy also known as C/2011 W3.

Lovejoy said to be crashing because passing in very close proximity to the Sun, only 131,000 kilometers. At these distances, Lovejoy actually had entered the atmosphere of the Sun.

What is the result of the collision? Will we lose the sun is the source of life? Not really. Lovejoy is too small to kill the Sun. Indeed, Lovejoy was the one who will die in the crash.

How can it be? Solar heat will melt all the ice in comets and other materials are frozen. Differences sun exposure in one place and another cause non-uniform expansion. Comets will crack and disappear quickly tomorrow.

Space.com site in publications, on Wednesday (14.12.2011), states, collisions between Lovejoy and the Sun will occur approximately at 07.00 on Friday.

Sudibyo Ma'rufin astronomers say, the comet will be more active when entering the area near the Sun. Ice and other frozen compounds contained in the comet will evaporate to form gases.

The gas formed will flow out to form the comet tail and the atmosphere. Bursts of gas will bring comet dust and clay, forming atmospheres and comet tails.

When approaching the Sun, Lovejoy will experience the same thing. When in the atmosphere, comets reflect sunlight, so that's where the beauty can be witnessed.

"In fact, the predictions show the comet has the potential to become the brightest comet in 2011, which match the brilliance of Venus at twilight or dawn, or more," said Ma'rufin on his Facebook account.

"In fact, do not close the possibility of this comet will be bright as the full moon so that at its peak, this comet has the potential to become the brightest celestial bodies relative to the second in the solar system after the Sun," he continued.

Although bright, the observation of this comet would not be easy to do. Firstly because of obstruction of sunlight that is not less bright. Second, it takes special equipment to see clearly without damaging views.

Observations with binoculars possible to see how this comet crashing into the Sun. However, if the use is not careful will be harmful to the eyes. It is advisable to observe with an already experienced.

"Most secure in a situation like this, yes, blokirlah position of the Sun with a specific cover, then observe with unaided eye," explained Ma'rufin.

The most simple and harmless is observed via the Internet. This method is unsatisfactory because currently there are satellites monitoring the Sun, for example, Soho (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory).

To do so, can open a page on Soho on NASA's website. Comets have appeared since December 14, 2011 at 15:30.

Comet Lovejoy is discovered astronomers from Australia, Terry Lovejoy, on 27 November 2011. Age comet is calculated from the date of discovery until the date of death is very short, just 20 days.

Lovejoy is unique because its orbit is extremely elongated. As a result, different from the closest point and furthest to the Sun so far. The closest point is 0.83 million km, the farthest point 16.500 km, three times farther than the distance of the Sun-Pluto.

Another uniqueness, the composition of comet-like pumice, including dust, ice, clay, and volatile compounds, such as CO2, methane, and ammonia. "If the city put it in the ocean comet Lovejoy carefully, he would float!"

Lovejoy collision with the Sun would have a big impact for both the Sun and Earth. Lovejoy size is too small to have a big impact Sun.

However, if the presumed Lovejoy mashing Earth, major damage will occur. The disaster that destroyed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago could be repeated, crushing majority of living things that exist.

Comet collision with the Sun is not an unusual event, but quite rare. This event is highly anticipated not only by an amateur, but also a professional astronomer.

This He species cockroaches Skip

2011-12-06T23:28:00.000-08:00

A new species of cockroaches are found by Mike Picker, an expert in zoology from the University of Cape Town, is unique. This species is able to move by leaping. Therefore, called the cockroach jump.

The discovery of this species was published in Royal Society Biology Letters this month. Latin species name is Saltoblattella montistabularis, size about 8 mm.

Jumping skills possessed this species has never been found at 4,000 cockroach species that exist. Scientists make observations with a camera to find out how cockroaches are jumping.

Based on observation, it is known that cockroaches are able to jump because of the rear support legs. Initially, the hind legs are used to collect energy square off. Instantly, the energy is released and the cockroaches were jumping.

Picker writes in his journal that these cockroaches can jump up to a distance 50 times its body length. When the initial velocity jump is 2.1 meters per second and the acceleration of gravity reached 23.

By comparison, the average man can only jump 2 times the height. Acceleration is also much lower, only 5 of gravity.

As quoted by Discovery, Tuesday (12/06/2011), Picker said, "Hop a large portion of the movement of cockroaches this jump, make them move quickly and deftly among the grass and plant stems supporting the flowers." Cockroaches share habitat with the grasshopper jump.

फौंद; dinosaurs vegetarian

2011-11-28T23:19:00.000-08:00

Palaentolog successfully identified a new species of dinosaur, named Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis (THES'-kel-oh-SAWR'-us-ah-ni-boy SIN'-EN'-sis). The species was identified based on the old bone fragments found 66 million years in the district of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dinosaur species name itself is taken from the name of the place of its discovery.

Specimens of this species have been found in the Frenchman River valley in 1968. However, identification can be done just recently.

Caleb Brown, one of the research team, said that the new dinosaurs were herbivores, aka vegetarian. However, compared to other herbovora, this dinosaur had a smaller size, just for deer.

Today, as published by FoxNews on Monday (11.28.2011), pieces of dinosaur bones discovery was exhibited at the Center T-Rex in Easten and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina. The discovery of this dinosaur species oological published in the Journal of the Linnean Society, published in December.

Intension Silkworm Silk Invincible

2011-11-25T01:10:00.000-08:00

Spin, spin, and keep spinning, silk worms continue to produce the best silk yarn worth millions of dollars. They eat the leaves and then convert the energy generated into precious silk.

Silkworm has only a few centimeters long, but long silk produced can reach 900 meters.

"Silk produced by spiders and moths show a combination of strength and greatness are still unbeatable by competitors its synthetic," said Chris Holland of Oxford University told New Scientist, Wednesday (11/23/2011).

Silk from silkworms also have the advantage of being efficient. Silkworms produced in room temperature water with waste only. Meanwhile, production by human requires high temperatures and produce large amounts of waste.

Holland who is an expert silk work closely with researchers from the University of Sheffield to investigate the use of energy silkworms. The hope will help the production of synthetic silk.

"This matter is inspired by nature," said Oleksandr Mykhaylyk, researchers from the University of Sheffield. If research is successful, then the cost of production of silkworm can be pressed 90 percent.

Mongolia Prepare Shield Ice deterrent global Warming

2011-11-15T23:11:00.000-08:00

Warming Global is a growing threat. When many people echoing the concept of 'Green' as one solution, Mongolia tried a unique way.

Mongolia will do one of the largest ice-making experiments in the world. This experiment merpukan an effort to face the adverse effects of global warming and urban heat effects.

The experiment, funded by the government Ulan Bator aims to keep the temperature of the winter in a block of ice. Later, the block of ice will be used to cool and irrigate the city along with the redemption process in the summer.

As reported by TheGuardian, Wednesday (11/16/2011), the scientists behind this Tugrik 1bn project hope the process can minimize the energy expenditure of the use of water conditioners, drinking water, and irrigation. When the experiment is successful, how similar would be applied in northern cities.

The project is targeted to be able to create "naleds", which is an ultra-thick sheet of ice that forms naturally in the northern climates when the river or spring water out through cracks in the surface during the afternoon and then turned into a new layer of ice during the night.

An engineering company in Mongolia, ECOS and EMI, will try to recreate this process by drilling ice that has begun to form in the Tuul river. Water will come out toward the ice surface, and then would freeze. This process effectively adds a new layer and repeat in a certain intertval sepanajng winter.

8 Products engineering Genetic declared Safe Food

2011-10-28T01:36:00.000-07:00

Eight genetically engineered products are declared "Safe Food". As stated by Muhammad Herman of R & D Center for Biotechnology and Genetic Resources for Agriculture and Technical Team Biosafety and Food Safety.

Statement "Safe Food" means the product has met the substantial equivalence study, changes in nutritional value, alerginisitas, toxicity, and other considerations, such as antibiotic marker genes. "Of the eight products, 2 is soybean and 6 are corn," said Herman.

Several types of genetic engineering such as insect-resistant corn, herbicide tolerant maize and herbicide tolerant soybeans.

Of 8 products "Safe Food" is, all of which are produced by foreign companies. Each producer is Monsanto, Syngenta, and Dupont-Pioneer.

Though it was declared "Safe Food", these products can not be circulated. All products must pass safety testing of feed and environmental safety. Test feed safety related possibility of transgenic plants used as animal feed. While the environmental safety testing done because of possible interactions of the inserted genes of plants or the environment.

Feed and food safety testing environment is part of the government's precautionary effort on transgenic products. Assessment of genetically engineered crops is done from the lab, testing facilities are limited, confined field trials, and testing of the total.

In addition to genetically engineered products "Safe Food" is, there are also products of sugarcane which has been declared "Safe Environment" research result of PT Nusantara Plantation IX.

In addition to products that have been declared "Safe Food" and "Safe Environment" is, Herman said, there are already companies in Indonesia who apply the test of transgenic products from Monsanto, Dupont and Syngenta.

According to Herman, Indonesia, in principle, continue to apply the precautionary principle in accepting and commercializing genetically engineered products. One of them with the Permentan No. 61/2011. He denied that the Regulation of Law No. 32/2009 was hit.

Based on the data, now there are 148 million hectares of land planted with transgenic crops world. The biggest land planted in the United States.

If Humans Have Eyes like a bird

2011-07-02T21:56:00.000-07:00

Researchers at Yale University and the University of Cambridge found that the sight of a bird is much more colorful than a human's vision. In the study researchers say the comparison color that recorded the visual system of birds is much more varied. Even when compared with the eyes of birds, to say the color-blind humans.

During this in mind also that during millions of years of bird feathers evolved colors, from dull colors tend to change into bright colors. This happens when the birds are gradually able to create a new color pigments and structure.

"Birds can have a beautiful color combinations that result from melanin pigments," he wrote in a research report published in the journal Behavioural Ecology dated June 23, 2011.

Unfortunately, not all colors exist in birds. The color of bird feathers represent only a small part of all colors birds can see.

"The colors are limited to only 26 birds shown up to 30 percent of all the colors they could see," said Mary Caswell Stoddard, researchers from Cambridge.

The oldest painting of the Ice Age

2011-06-30T20:38:00.000-07:00

Engraving on the fossil bones of large mammals found in Vero Beach, Florida, United States, estimated as the oldest sample of the works of art ever found. Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Florida to ensure the findings after a long process involving scientists from various disciplines.

Mastodon carving picture that has a length of three inches from head to tail tip and 1.75 inches high from head to right foot forward. The researchers examined the base composition of bone carved it and compare it with other bones from Old Vero Site, the location of the discovery of human bones near the bones of ancient animals that have been extinct Ice Age.

They used optical and electron microscopy showed no difference in color on the carved grooves with other section. That suggests that the carving is not the result of engineering and a native of 13 thousand years or more. The discovery of fossil bones by the hunter James Kennedy had originally doubted its authenticity.

This rare specimen was admitted as evidence that humans lived in America on the Ice Age have created artwork in the form of pictures of animals they hunt. The results, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science is once again reinforces the findings and arguments of geologists Elias Howard Sellards at Vero Old Site in the early 20th century.

Spy tool Planted Under Skin

2011-06-19T13:43:00.000-07:00

Zhong Lin Wang, a Chinese scientist from Georgia Tech University, managed to create new innovations tracking device or a spy. He created a device tracking device that can be implanted under the skin and without batteries.

This device consists of a nanogenerator that generate electricity, while the capacitors to store energy, and a similar transmitter bluetooth. With its technology, this tool can be used to track people within miles.

With nanogenerator owned, this tool can be used without batteries. The energy of this device can be obtained when a person moves, even from vibrations of blood vessels. In principle, the tool will remain useful as long as the user is still alive.

In his article in the journal Nano Letters, Wang even said, "It is possible to turn these tools to scavenge energy around him, such as wind flow, vibration, sonic waves, solar energy, chemical energy, or heat."

Then, what application? A series of possibilities disclosed. Starting as a tracer hospital patients who are in the handling of up to spy on criminals.

To be sure, not far from the affairs of detecting the presence of a person. This innovation is based on the discovery nanogenerator by Wang and his team earlier this year. "This development marks the progress role in the development of electronic devices that can work with the energy of motion of the body, without the need for batteries or power from outside," said Wang.

Rain of Fire on the surface of the Sun

2011-06-13T23:52:00.000-07:00

sun flames erupted on Tuesday (07/06/2011) morning. Uniquely, the eruption did not cause the tongue of fire into the sky, but return to the sun, creating a rain-shaped crown.

Researchers from NASA's Solar Jack Ireland claim to have never seen anything like this. Eruption regarded medium size, but plasma containing magnets that posed flames - called filaments - can be 10 times the size of Earth. Genesis of the eruption within a period of several hours.

Large filaments normally despite the sun's magnetic field and spend into space. NASA scientist explains Alex Young. Only in the event this time, the filament back to the sun. "The possibility did not have enough energy," he said.

The rain did not fall in plasma perpendicular to the sun, but to follow magnetic field lines that are not visible. Some materials are attracted to bright point magnetic activity, called the active area. "Field magnets of the active area was attractive plasma. Something that I had never seen before," said Young.

The incident was recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The incident itself will not affect the Earth. "No need to worry. Enjoy the beauty," said Young.

Research Reveals Loyalty Bats

2011-06-09T17:21:00.000-07:00

Bats, the only animal species of mammal that can fly, it turns out one of the species have loyalty. Results for five-year study showed that the bats keep the loyalty with close relatives, family, and its colonies in the long term.

The study was conducted by Professor Gerald Kerth from the University of Greifswald, Germany and his team. Their work is published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, published recently. The results of this research reveal the complexity of animal life such as bats.

A total of two colonies of bats were observed in this study. Each bat was marked with microchips to facilitate observation. Furthermore, periodically, the researchers conducted observations at bat was perched. Of 20,000 observations were made.

The results reveal that bats in various ranges of age, size, reproductive status and kinship maintain long term relationships. "In a larger colony, we detected two stable sub-units consisting of bats from different lineages," said the researcher.

"The relationship between sub-units are mainly maintained by the bats of the older and survive for many years," said investigators in the publication. Details of the social structure of bats was evident when large amounts of data are used.

Researchers revealed that the elephants, dolphins, some carnivores and primates also maintain their social relationships in addition to the process of separation and merger with the various groups. The process is called fission and fusion.

Information about the dynamics of social relations and interaction between individuals is important to understand the evolution of sociality animals, including humans. "Our research opens the opportunity to describe the relationship between social complexity and social intelligence in mammals," the researcher explained.

Giant Shrimp Length 1 Meter

2011-06-02T20:06:00.000-07:00

Fossils of shrimp-like predator with a length of 1 meter is found in southeast Morocco. The animal has the biggest size in its kind and is expected to dominate the seas in the days of pre-dinosaurs for millions of years.

Animals called Anomalocaridid it looks like shrimp and cuttlefish. One part of his head protruding and circular. Covered their mouths and opens and closes like a camera diaphragm.

The biggest Anomalocaridid prior findings, measuring 0.6 meters. Size is like that alone makes it the largest animal in the Cambrian period (542 to 501 million years ago), as invertebrates evolved into many things.

Besides size, another surprising thing of this invention is a relatively young age of the fossil, estimated age of 488 until 472 years ago. "This animal turned out to survive live 30 years longer than expected," says Derek Briggs, Director of the Yale Peabody Museum, which participated in the study.

Anomalocaridid widespread during the Cambrian period, but begin not in the era 510 million years ago. "What they are extinct or are we looking in the wrong place?" Briggs said can not answer the mystery. Apparently, soft tissue damage before it is formed fossils. Especially for the fossils found in Morocco, the scientists are lucky because the sediment surrounding a preserved animal.

Anomalocaridid ultimately did not produce offspring extinct and modern. "Succeeded fish and other marine predators," said Briggs explained.

Luna, The Personal Assistant

2011-05-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

He named Luna and would do anything you tell it. Can you have at home this year.

Luna is a human-sized robot that can be programmed to perform certain jobs. Luna is expected to be a major breakthrough in the world of robotics, "What caused the smart phone in the world of mobile computing," said Fred Nikgohar, CEO RoboDynamics, the creator of Luna.

Nikgohar say that the robotics industry today failed to make the robot home, outside toys and vacuum cleaners. "Even the robots like ROS from Willow Garage is still too difficult for people without a PhD in robotics," he said. He hopes that, "There is a well-designed robots and affordable as the originator of innovation."

Luna can operate on existing programs in it. Luna itself operate with Linux-based operating system, called LunaOS, and will have a software shop called Luna App Store. RoboDynamics explained that it would be many applications available to add functionality Luna.

The hardware consists of Luna Atom Dual Core 2GHz processor with 8 GB storage capacity that can add up to 32 GB. Luna had a wireless network connection and the cellular network connection. The interface uses a touch screen about the size of 8 inches.

In the next few weeks, RoboDynamics plans to release more information about Luna's first edition, as well as the upcoming model, price, and availability. Today, Luna is expected to be priced 1000 U.S. dollars.

Unique, Crow Bird Can twittering

2011-05-15T17:17:00.000-07:00

generally voiced crow with a hoarse sound kaaakkk ... kaakkkk .... However, crows belonging to Muhammad Romadhony (36), a resident of Village Breadfruit, Malang, East Java, is quite strange.

Not just singing, black birds that are named Crow King was able to say 13 words, include the sentence Takbir "Allahu akbar."

"In addition, too often sing like a baby crying, shouting asoy, Assalam, and suiiiitt if there is a girl passing by," said the man fondly called Dhony it.

According Dhony, which he believed the bird as a raven was purchased from his friend in Banyuwangi. However, it was the Raven still can not sing. "Since childhood, I just love birds. Seeing friends have a bird, I want to have it," he said, Saturday (05/14/2011).

The bird by Dhony exchanged with his East brand car. "That was about 2 years ago. If redeemable for Rp 45 million. After being treated, kicaunya continues to grow. Now this can 13 chirp," he admitted.

Does the bird each day taught to sing the phrase Takbir? Dhony claimed never intentionally taught to remember the raven is not a bird chirping. "If other birds are specially taught by jockey sound of birds chirping. If the crow is never," he said.

Perhaps the word Dhony, he could speak because words often heard phrase that Takbir. "It can even imitate the sound of crying children who may imitate the cries of children," he admitted.

Since it is known that a crow can sing, many people neutralize. "Now there is a bid worth USD 100 million," he admitted.

Caring crow was also not too difficult. The food just fried chicken, vegetables, and fruits. "Every morning, if not bathed, will ngoceh continue because they feel uneasy. After the bath will still and will sing normal," said Dhony.

The Rare Giant Sea Scallop

2011-05-09T17:47:00.000-07:00

The population of giant sea scallops or clams in the waters around Southeast Sulawesi increasingly scarce due to the rampant poaching of the animals were protected. Until now, the government does not have any conservation measures to preserve the vital role of animals in shallow marine ecosystem balance.

Chairman of the Marine Park Conservation Kima Toli-toli, Habib Nadjar Buduha, say, hunting clams (Tridacna) in the eastern coastal region Sultra already happened long ago. "Kima hunted for their meat and shells as decoration," Habib said when met at the conservation center, which he founded in self clams in Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi on Sunday (05/08/2011).

From the findings in the field, in addition to local fishermen, many of them foreign fishermen under the pretext of looking for fish but the actual hunt until the clams in the waters of South East Sulawesi Central Sulawesi. "Often while diving, we found the shell-shell lived alone on the sea floor," said Habib.

The condition is regrettable Habib. The reason, in the territorial waters of Indonesia live seven of the nine types of clams in the world. "Two of them are the rarest in the world, ie, Tridacna gigas and Tridacna derasa which now only remains in waters off Sulawesi to Papua," he said.

The size of clams varied from sekepalan adult hand until he could grow to 1.3 meters long and weighs 250 Kg. Clam meat prices which reached 150 U.S. dollars per kg in the international market makes it a coveted commodity.

Therefore, Habib hopes the central government can immediately intervene to protect these marine biota. Governments of other countries in Asia, like Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, to Australia has been doing conservation clams. "Only Indonesia has not," he said.

Kima plays an important role in shallow marine ecosystems because it becomes a natural filter sea water and shell into the life of coral reefs. Eggs and children clams are also a source of food for marine fish.

Confirmed separately, Head of Supervision Department of Marine and Fisheries (DKP) Sultra Ridwan Bolu acknowledge the limited number of personnel and budget to oversee the hunt for clams.

Sultra DKP can only be held once a month sea patrols in one district / city. With the number of 12 districts / cities in Southeast Sulawesi, the DKP can only hold a one-time patrol in each district within a year.

Ridwan added, in addition to technical constraints, the many people who do not understand about the status of clams as a protected animal. "Many fishermen who take clams for everyday consumption," he said.

To overcome the constraint, Ridwan said it adopted a community-based surveillance system. Communities are encouraged to form groups to monitor the sea. "We have already formed 80 groups throughout Southeast Sulawesi," he said.

Five Years After It to the Moon Tour

2011-05-06T06:00:00.000-07:00

Space Adventures, a space tourism company, plans to make a tour around the moon in less than 5 years. This program will use the capsule and Russian rockets.

Russia's Soyuz rocket is set for two tourists who are interested. They and a commander will be launched into Earth orbit to meet with unmanned rockets that have been sent previously. Furthermore, the rocket will launch them to the Moon.

There is also an alternative route. They were sent to the International Space Station (ISS) prior to launch to the Moon. This trip will take eight or nine days.

The tourists will not land on the Moon, but will rotate around it at a minimum distance of about 100 kilometers. Tourists can see the moon's surface is heavily and saw "the publication of the Earth" which until now only witnessed by 24 people.

Tourists are asked to spend about 150 million U.S. dollars for this trip, or about five times the cost of space tourism to the ISS so far. Today, one person is sure to go. Space Adventures is still looking for one other tourists. Are you interested?

Mystery Green Light on the Moon Surface

2011-05-01T05:51:00.000-07:00

Gerhard Hüdepohl in charge of recording images photos space at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) recording the emission of green light from the Moon. Ray is it?

Gerhard managed to capture this phenomenon in an image consisting of several photos. He found a green glow on the moon during the morning was sunny conditions at Paranal Residencia.

Green ray is actually not unusual. At Cerro Paranal, 2,600 meters high mountain in the Atacama desert, Chile, green light often seen in the Sun is about to sunset. Photo Gerhard surprising because the phenomenon that is usually found on the Sun is rare on the Moon.

Green rays that occur because of the refraction of light by the atmosphere. Earth's atmosphere bend light. Deflection the greater the atmospheric conditions are not too dense layers.

Light with wavelengths shorter dibelokan more than longer wavelength light. In Gerhard position when taking a photo, a green light from the Sun or the Moon whose position is slightly higher than the light orange and red. In the right conditions, green glow can be seen at the top of the Sun or the Moon off near horizon.

657 New Island Identified

2011-04-25T07:51:00.000-07:00

As many as 657 new barrier islands identified in the study Orrin H. Pilkey and his colleagues from Duke University and Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. The findings were published in the Journal of Coastal Research, published in March 2011.

In the survey, Pilkey and his colleagues have identified 2149 barrier island using satellite imagery. The number was 657 more than the previous survey in 2001 of only 1492.

Although only identified, the islands were not a new island. Everything has existed since long but got an error in its classification, not be regarded as a barrier island.

Previously, scientists say that barrier islands could not exist in areas with seasonal tide as high as 4 meters. However, a barrier island in Brazil that is in the region with the tidal reach 7 meters change that view.

In a survey of scientists, the United States is a country that has the largest barrier islands, totaling 405. "This proves that there is a barrier island in every climate and every combination of tidal waves," said Pilkey.

Pilkey added, "We found that wherever there are the plains near the coast, the supply of sand is enough, enough to move sand waves and sea level that resulted in the formation of coastline, there is a barrier island."

Could The Dark Matter Observed

2011-04-20T05:03:00.000-07:00

the mysterious substance, namely dark matter (dark matter), which so far can hardly be observed, now more approachable. It was said physicist from the University of California, Los Angeles, Katsushi Arisaka, Thursday (4/14/2011) at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy.

XENON100 programs conducted by 60 scientists from 15 institutions was conducted in nine countries under a mountain, about 100 kilometers from Rome so that the noise is 100 times lower than previous studies. Dark matter searches require very high sensitivity.

An estimated 25 percent of the universe consists of dark matter. Common material that forms stars, planets, gas and dust in the galaxy easily detected due to reflect or emit light. Difficult to observe because dark matter can only be observed indirectly, namely by observing the gravitational force of the galaxy around us. Dark matter searches aiming to uncover the mystery about the origin of the universe.

More Save the Mangrove Forest Carbon

2011-04-06T08:40:00.000-07:00

Mangrove forests turned out to store more carbon than most tropical rain forest. This is revealed in the research Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the USDA Forest Service.

These findings underscore the importance of preservation of mangrove forests as a step to tackle climate change. During this time, mangrove forests in coastal areas has been destroyed in a significant speed, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.

Daniel Murdiyarso, CIFOR senior scientist said, "Mangroves are destroyed very quickly. It needs to be stopped. Our research shows that mangroves play an important role in mitigating against climate change."

In a study published in Nature GeoSceince 3rd April, the scientists calculate the amount of carbon stored in the mangroves along the Indo-Pacific region. So far, there has been no similar studies that cover a wide area.

From the results of research, it appears that the destruction and degradation of mangrove forests could produce at least 10 percent of emissions of global forest destruction even though only 0.7 percent starting from the tropical rain forest areas.

Most of the carbon stored in the mangrove forest floor and can be seen on the surface of the soil and water. Mangroves are known to own at the edge of the ocean beaches, spread across 118 countries.

Destruction of forests and land use contribute as much as 80-20 percent of total carbon emissions, second only to the use of fossil fuels. REDD + international initiatives to be considered as the most effective way to put a halt climate change.