Hello internet.
First of all, I would like to say sorry about the absence of posting. School has been really stressful and it's hard to keep up with my personal blog with seventy million projects and exams due the next picosecond. But I will have you know that more good stuff is coming your way quickly.
Secondly, me and two other people have made a new YouTube account where we post random gaming stuff like Happy Wheels (really?) and MineCraft (seriously?). I know, really original. But we also do some other stuff like real life videos and multiplayer console and flash games. If you have any suggestions, please go to our YouTube channel, RusticTelecast. By the way, one of them (named Brandon) also has another YouTube account (can be found here) and a blogger (can be found here). I will be appearing as TheAsianDude9000 AKA Bryant, XxLamaGuyxX AKA Brandon, and buddy480 AKA Lane. So yeah, go and check that out if you will.
Interesting fact of the day: On Venus, it is possible to snow/precipitate metal.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Saturday, September 21, 2013
A bunny.
Hello internet. Today I will be showing you a bunny. I already posted today so here's a bunny.
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Living with HALF A BRAIN?!
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about the subject of living with half a brain.
This type of surgery is one of the most invasive surgeries there is, it is called hemispherectomy. Although this surgery is considered the most invasive surgery procedure, it is not the most dangerous. This operation is only given to children usually under the age of three for treating seizures in only one of the two hemisphere in the brain. This procedure is a last-minute-resort when all other medications and surgeries result in failure.
You may think that since the "victim" only has half a brain, they may suffer from mental disorders and be a bit "retarded." This is actually a bit true, but only for a little while. Believe it or not, the victim's other intact half will actually take up the job of the missing half. Eventually, after a year or so, the so-called-victim will have fully recovered and will be able to do everything that a person with both halves of the brain can do. They can even live a full lifetime.
However this isn't true for any of the other organs...except the kidneys. Even though our bodies are pretty much symmetrical, there are some that requires two to keep running functionally. The kidneys are the only organ(s) other than the brain that can lose a "half" and still keep running for a full lifetime. If one of the kidneys gets damaged or fails, the other kidney grows by 50% and takes up the other kidney's job just fine.
If you think about it, every organ has another half or is symmetrical. You have two brain hemispheres, two lungs, two kidneys. Your heart has two ventricles and two atriums, your small intestine and your large intestine both are more or less symmetrical. Your skin is almost perfectly symmetrical. The only other ones are (correct me if I'm wrong at spelling, Blogger corrected it for me) unsymmetrical. The unsymmetrical organs are the stomach, the liver, the pancreas, and the gallbladder.
So yeah.
Interesting fact of the day: This one is for parents that have an infant child. If your infant baby is failing to sleep comfortably, sleep with your infant's blanket for a night or two. Your "smell" will catch on to your infant's blanket and will comfort the baby since they will smell their parents.
This type of surgery is one of the most invasive surgeries there is, it is called hemispherectomy. Although this surgery is considered the most invasive surgery procedure, it is not the most dangerous. This operation is only given to children usually under the age of three for treating seizures in only one of the two hemisphere in the brain. This procedure is a last-minute-resort when all other medications and surgeries result in failure.
You may think that since the "victim" only has half a brain, they may suffer from mental disorders and be a bit "retarded." This is actually a bit true, but only for a little while. Believe it or not, the victim's other intact half will actually take up the job of the missing half. Eventually, after a year or so, the so-called-victim will have fully recovered and will be able to do everything that a person with both halves of the brain can do. They can even live a full lifetime.
However this isn't true for any of the other organs...except the kidneys. Even though our bodies are pretty much symmetrical, there are some that requires two to keep running functionally. The kidneys are the only organ(s) other than the brain that can lose a "half" and still keep running for a full lifetime. If one of the kidneys gets damaged or fails, the other kidney grows by 50% and takes up the other kidney's job just fine.
If you think about it, every organ has another half or is symmetrical. You have two brain hemispheres, two lungs, two kidneys. Your heart has two ventricles and two atriums, your small intestine and your large intestine both are more or less symmetrical. Your skin is almost perfectly symmetrical. The only other ones are (correct me if I'm wrong at spelling, Blogger corrected it for me) unsymmetrical. The unsymmetrical organs are the stomach, the liver, the pancreas, and the gallbladder.
So yeah.
Interesting fact of the day: This one is for parents that have an infant child. If your infant baby is failing to sleep comfortably, sleep with your infant's blanket for a night or two. Your "smell" will catch on to your infant's blanket and will comfort the baby since they will smell their parents.
Monday, September 9, 2013
Short post, good video!
Like the title suggests, this short post is about a cool little video that I somehow found. It's a song for memorizing the Periodic Table! It's the Periodic Table Song!
Here are the lyrics (in the tune of Can-Can):
There's Hydrogen and Helium Then Lithium, Beryllium Boron, Carbon everywhere Nitrogen all through the air
With Oxygen so you can breathe And Fluorine for your pretty teeth Neon to light up the signs Sodium for salty times
Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon Phosphorus, then Sulfur, Chlorine and Argon Potassium, and Calcium so you'll grow strong Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium and Manganese
CHORUS This is the Periodic Table Noble gas is stable Halogens and Alkali react agressively Each period will see new outer shells While electrons are added moving to the right
Iron is the 26th Then Cobalt, Nickel coins you get Copper, Zinc and Gallium Germanium and Arsenic
Selenium and Bromine film While Krypton helps light up your room Rubidium and Strontium then Yttrium, Zirconium
Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium Silver-ware then Cadmium and Indium Tin-cans, Antimony then Tellurium and Iodine and Xenon and then Caesium and...
Barium is 56 and this is where the table splits Where Lanthanides have just begun Lanthanum, Cerium and Praseodymium
Neodymium's next too Promethium, then 62's Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium and Terbium Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium Ytterbium, Lutetium
Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten then we're on to Rhenium, Osmium and Iridium Platinum, Gold to make you rich till you grow old Mercury to tell you when it's really cold
Thallium and Lead then Bismuth for your tummy Polonium, Astatine would not be yummy Radon, Francium will last a little time Radium then Actinides at 89
REPEAT CHORUS
Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium Americium, Curium, Berkelium Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium Bohrium, Hassium then Meitnerium Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium
Ununtrium, Flerovium Ununpentium, Livermorium Ununseptium, Ununoctium And then we're done!
Here are the lyrics (in the tune of Can-Can):
There's Hydrogen and Helium Then Lithium, Beryllium Boron, Carbon everywhere Nitrogen all through the air
With Oxygen so you can breathe And Fluorine for your pretty teeth Neon to light up the signs Sodium for salty times
Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon Phosphorus, then Sulfur, Chlorine and Argon Potassium, and Calcium so you'll grow strong Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium and Chromium and Manganese
CHORUS This is the Periodic Table Noble gas is stable Halogens and Alkali react agressively Each period will see new outer shells While electrons are added moving to the right
Iron is the 26th Then Cobalt, Nickel coins you get Copper, Zinc and Gallium Germanium and Arsenic
Selenium and Bromine film While Krypton helps light up your room Rubidium and Strontium then Yttrium, Zirconium
Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium Silver-ware then Cadmium and Indium Tin-cans, Antimony then Tellurium and Iodine and Xenon and then Caesium and...
Barium is 56 and this is where the table splits Where Lanthanides have just begun Lanthanum, Cerium and Praseodymium
Neodymium's next too Promethium, then 62's Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium and Terbium Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium Ytterbium, Lutetium
Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten then we're on to Rhenium, Osmium and Iridium Platinum, Gold to make you rich till you grow old Mercury to tell you when it's really cold
Thallium and Lead then Bismuth for your tummy Polonium, Astatine would not be yummy Radon, Francium will last a little time Radium then Actinides at 89
REPEAT CHORUS
Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium Americium, Curium, Berkelium Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium Bohrium, Hassium then Meitnerium Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium
Ununtrium, Flerovium Ununpentium, Livermorium Ununseptium, Ununoctium And then we're done!
Thursday, September 5, 2013
GT #1: Wii U: SUPER SMASH BROS!!!
Hello internet. Today I'm starting yet another series, probably the last one I'll make, and this one was requested by and is for the gamers looking at this blog. So these come out pretty much as often as AT5s. Don't worry, I'm not gonna stick to just one console. Every time GT comes out, I'll cycle through every console in the order of Wii/Wii U→Xbox 360/One, PS3/4, and sometimes PCs. So let's start with the Wii and upcoming Wii U game: Super Smash Bros.
Overview:
If you're a big Nintendo fan and like pretty much all Nintendo characters, you'll love this fighting game. In all three games, they include a character selection screen with at least 12 characters, and a stage selection screen. Once you chose those, you can fight away with up to four players. One of the most unique features of the entire series is the damage/health bar. Instead of showing a bar of HP, it's a percentage scale, and the higher it is, the bigger the chance that you're gonna get KO'ed, and you KO people by knocking them off the screen. Characters are additionally not limited to only facing opponents, instead being allowed to run around freely on the stage. Every character (characters featured in all three games are Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Samus, Pikachu, Ness, Fox, and Captain Falcon) has unique fighting attacks at your disposal, some are weak but fast, and some are strong but slow. So pick wisely.
Super Smash Bros.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, known in Japan as Dairantō Smash Brothers X, is the third installment to the series. There are now 35 available characters to play as now. However, some characters have been cut, and some character's appearances are more updated. The game is once again refined and rendered in HD. There are two new characters that stand out; Sonic the Hedgehog from Sega, and Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid. Brawl now contains 41 stages, 21 initially, and some are from Melee. You can also create your own!
Super Smash Bros. For Wii U and 3DS
This series is not ending yet! Little is known about Super Smash Bros. "4", but here's the trailers and new character introduction videos! Megaman from CapCom and Villager from Animal Crossing!
Interesting fact of the day: Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The lowdown
Hello internet. I've noticed that I haven't posted in a long time. Sorry about that. I've been caught up in a lot of schoolwork. But don't worry, as I have a lot of drafts that should be posted within this week. I have five almost done:
Sorry it's kind of low quality. If you can't see that well, here's what the five draft titles are...
Life on Mars (and some other places)?
Living with HALF A BRAIN?!
AT5s #6
Short post, great video!
GT#1: SUPER SMASH BROS!
GT is yet another series I'm gonna start (probably the last series I'm gonna make). GT stands for "Game Time." It's where I take a game, review it, and talk about the game and its predecessors and successors. Sometimes, I'll also talk about new gaming consoles (Xbox One, PS4, etc.). This series was requested by a lot of gamers and is pretty much, I bet, only going to be read by gamers. So yeah.
Interesting fact of the day: If you eat too many carrots or other foods that contain carotene, or the orange pigment, you skin color will actually turn into a orangish hue. However, if this happens, the condition isn't life-threatening, and if you stop ingesting carotene, eventually your skin will return to it's natural color.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
AT5s #5
Hello internet. Today I will be listing the top five best (or rather, most effective) defenses in the world. Now I know the pattern of the basis of posting the AT5s is off a little bit. It's usually two regular posts then one AT5s post after, but it's been off. Sorry about that. But let's go on.
5. The Spitting Cobra(s)
All snakes bite. Some are venomous that can inject venom through their fangs. Some can even spit this venom at predators. That's right. Spitting cobras can spit venom through contraction of muscles in the venom glands. While the venom isn't harmful to intact human skin, it can cause permanent blindness if the venom contacts the eye.
4. Horned Lizard
Horned lizards have a lot of defense mechanisms. First, it uses its body coloration as camouflage. If approached too closely, they generally run in short bursts and stop abruptly to confuse the predator. If this fails, they puff up their bodies to cause them to appear larger, thus making them more difficult to swallow. At least four species are also able to squirt an aimed stream of blood from the corners of the eyes for a distance of up to five feet! The blood is used to confuse the predator, but it also is foul-tasting to some predators.
3. The Carpenter Ant
Now you may not expect much from ants, but this little guy sure is an exception. When in a fight or cornered by a much bigger and superior enemy and there's no hope of surviving, the ant goes to as close to the enemy as possible and literally explodes itself by rupturing its skin and spraying toxins all over the place in hopes of a successful kamikaze.
2. The Bombardier Beetle
Basically the equivalent of a fire breathing dragon, but the "fire" comes out of the other hole. When threatened, two chambers within the beetle's body open and mix the two chemicals in a bigger chamber. The mixing of these two chemicals creates a violent reaction and comes out of the beetle's anus. The temperature is of the mixture is around boiling point.
1. The Pistol Shrimp
Imagine a gun. Now imagine the gun in the shape of a lobster claw. Now imagine if the "bullet" was actually sound created by the snapping of the claw. This is somewhere close of how a pistol shrimp "snapping" defense works. First it opens the claw when the prey is nearby. Then, it quickly shuts the claw, creating a cavitation bubble that is high in pressure and can reach temperatures as high as the surface of the Sun. In fact, the pressure and temperature of the cavitation bubble is so high that it creates sonoluminescence (where sound itself creates light)!
Interesting fact of the day: Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
5. The Spitting Cobra(s)
All snakes bite. Some are venomous that can inject venom through their fangs. Some can even spit this venom at predators. That's right. Spitting cobras can spit venom through contraction of muscles in the venom glands. While the venom isn't harmful to intact human skin, it can cause permanent blindness if the venom contacts the eye.
4. Horned Lizard
Horned lizards have a lot of defense mechanisms. First, it uses its body coloration as camouflage. If approached too closely, they generally run in short bursts and stop abruptly to confuse the predator. If this fails, they puff up their bodies to cause them to appear larger, thus making them more difficult to swallow. At least four species are also able to squirt an aimed stream of blood from the corners of the eyes for a distance of up to five feet! The blood is used to confuse the predator, but it also is foul-tasting to some predators.
3. The Carpenter Ant
Now you may not expect much from ants, but this little guy sure is an exception. When in a fight or cornered by a much bigger and superior enemy and there's no hope of surviving, the ant goes to as close to the enemy as possible and literally explodes itself by rupturing its skin and spraying toxins all over the place in hopes of a successful kamikaze.
2. The Bombardier Beetle
Basically the equivalent of a fire breathing dragon, but the "fire" comes out of the other hole. When threatened, two chambers within the beetle's body open and mix the two chemicals in a bigger chamber. The mixing of these two chemicals creates a violent reaction and comes out of the beetle's anus. The temperature is of the mixture is around boiling point.
1. The Pistol Shrimp
Imagine a gun. Now imagine the gun in the shape of a lobster claw. Now imagine if the "bullet" was actually sound created by the snapping of the claw. This is somewhere close of how a pistol shrimp "snapping" defense works. First it opens the claw when the prey is nearby. Then, it quickly shuts the claw, creating a cavitation bubble that is high in pressure and can reach temperatures as high as the surface of the Sun. In fact, the pressure and temperature of the cavitation bubble is so high that it creates sonoluminescence (where sound itself creates light)!
Interesting fact of the day: Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
Monday, July 29, 2013
AT5s #4
Hello internet. Today I will be listing the top five most well known/important constants in math. If you don't like math or don't know what a constant is, well then, sorry.
5. Tau (symbol: τ)
This number is sort of well known, I guess, but it is quite important. This constant is basically twice the amount of pi. Since pi ~3.14, tau is ~6.28. But that's not only what tau means. In greek, the greek letter "τ" means the number 300. It is also sometimes means the golden ratio (1.618...), but not usually.
4. Euler's constant (symbol: γ)
This constant is pretty well known. The constant is 0.57721566490153286060651209008240243104215
933593992 and so on (that doesn't mean it repeats, I mean that it just keeps on going). This constant is used as the limiting difference between the harmonic series and the natural logarithm. Whatever the heck that means.
3. Phi (symbol: φ)
This constant isn't just a math constant. It also appears in art, and literature! Phi [usually] represents the golden ratio. (Video to explain it ↓ Credit: Khan Academy)
2. e (symbol: itself)
e is an important mathematical constant and can be defined in many ways. Usually, it's used as a variable in the compound interest equation. Like pi, e is irrational. It never ends and never repeats. Its approximation that most equations use is 2.71828.
1. Pi (symbol: π)
Of course this constant would be the most well known. Like e, pi is also irrational. The approximation that most equations use is just 3.14. It's mainly used in the equation to find the area and the circumference of a circle. In the 21st century, we (using computers) managed to find its digits in the trillionths.
Interesting fact of the day: The US playing card company ‘Bicycle’ had manufactured a playing card in WW2. That, when the card was soaked, it would reveal an escape route for POWs. These cards were Christmas presents for all POWs in Germany.
5. Tau (symbol: τ)
This number is sort of well known, I guess, but it is quite important. This constant is basically twice the amount of pi. Since pi ~3.14, tau is ~6.28. But that's not only what tau means. In greek, the greek letter "τ" means the number 300. It is also sometimes means the golden ratio (1.618...), but not usually.
4. Euler's constant (symbol: γ)
This constant is pretty well known. The constant is 0.57721566490153286060651209008240243104215
933593992 and so on (that doesn't mean it repeats, I mean that it just keeps on going). This constant is used as the limiting difference between the harmonic series and the natural logarithm. Whatever the heck that means.
3. Phi (symbol: φ)
This constant isn't just a math constant. It also appears in art, and literature! Phi [usually] represents the golden ratio. (Video to explain it ↓ Credit: Khan Academy)
2. e (symbol: itself)
e is an important mathematical constant and can be defined in many ways. Usually, it's used as a variable in the compound interest equation. Like pi, e is irrational. It never ends and never repeats. Its approximation that most equations use is 2.71828.
1. Pi (symbol: π)
Of course this constant would be the most well known. Like e, pi is also irrational. The approximation that most equations use is just 3.14. It's mainly used in the equation to find the area and the circumference of a circle. In the 21st century, we (using computers) managed to find its digits in the trillionths.
Interesting fact of the day: The US playing card company ‘Bicycle’ had manufactured a playing card in WW2. That, when the card was soaked, it would reveal an escape route for POWs. These cards were Christmas presents for all POWs in Germany.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Doctor Who - Time Travel
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about the subject of time travel and if it's possible, especially in the hit series "Doctor Who," which is a show you really should be watching. But if you don't like British sci-fi, well...sorry.
Anyways, in the show Doctor Who, the Doctor steals one of their home worlds' TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) which is basically a time machine, and crash-lands it in the earth (what a coincidence). The TARDIS is capable of moving across dimensions and through time, even to back to the Big Bang (the Doctor noted it to be "quite annoyingly bright"), and even to other universes (story for another time). So is time travel really possible?
Well...in short, maybe...maybe not. But if we ever do time travel, it's a thing best left to the time lords (the Doctor's race). This is because there are a heck of a lot of paradoxes that could potentially rip a hole in the space-time continuum, or destroy the universe itself.
An example of a paradox is The Grandfather Paradox. In this paradox, a time traveler travels back in time to the time of his ancestor, and kills him before he had any children. This would make the traveler's parents not exist, thus making the traveler not exist either. But if the traveler doesn't exist, then the traveler wouldn't have traveled back in time to kill his grandfather, so the grandfather would still be living, and the process would start all over again.
However there are several hypotheses that can solve the grandfather paradox and other paradoxes such as:
The time line protection hypothesis
This theory states that a time traveler, no matter what he had done, would not be able to create a time paradox, due to a distortion of probability. A person traveling back in time to kill his grandfather, could have appeared in a wrong place, or had his gun jammed, thus allowing his grandfather to have offspring.
Multiple universes hypothesis
This theory states that there are infinite number of universes, collectively known as the "multiverse". If a person is about to travel back in time, he will create his own different universe as he goes in the past. So if he kills "his" grandfather, a paradox wouldn't happen because the grandfather that he has killed is not his own grandfather from the universe he came from, but that of the version of himself in the universe he is now in.
The time line corruption hypothesis
This hypothesis is the one that most people make sense of. This theory states that if the traveler went back in time and did anything in the past, then the present would be corrupted.
So yeah. Time travel. Tricky stuff.
Interesting fact of the day: North Korea has banned blue jeans because they are a symbol of America.
Anyways, in the show Doctor Who, the Doctor steals one of their home worlds' TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) which is basically a time machine, and crash-lands it in the earth (what a coincidence). The TARDIS is capable of moving across dimensions and through time, even to back to the Big Bang (the Doctor noted it to be "quite annoyingly bright"), and even to other universes (story for another time). So is time travel really possible?
Well...in short, maybe...maybe not. But if we ever do time travel, it's a thing best left to the time lords (the Doctor's race). This is because there are a heck of a lot of paradoxes that could potentially rip a hole in the space-time continuum, or destroy the universe itself.
An example of a paradox is The Grandfather Paradox. In this paradox, a time traveler travels back in time to the time of his ancestor, and kills him before he had any children. This would make the traveler's parents not exist, thus making the traveler not exist either. But if the traveler doesn't exist, then the traveler wouldn't have traveled back in time to kill his grandfather, so the grandfather would still be living, and the process would start all over again.
However there are several hypotheses that can solve the grandfather paradox and other paradoxes such as:
The time line protection hypothesis
This theory states that a time traveler, no matter what he had done, would not be able to create a time paradox, due to a distortion of probability. A person traveling back in time to kill his grandfather, could have appeared in a wrong place, or had his gun jammed, thus allowing his grandfather to have offspring.
Multiple universes hypothesis
This theory states that there are infinite number of universes, collectively known as the "multiverse". If a person is about to travel back in time, he will create his own different universe as he goes in the past. So if he kills "his" grandfather, a paradox wouldn't happen because the grandfather that he has killed is not his own grandfather from the universe he came from, but that of the version of himself in the universe he is now in.
The time line corruption hypothesis
This hypothesis is the one that most people make sense of. This theory states that if the traveler went back in time and did anything in the past, then the present would be corrupted.
So yeah. Time travel. Tricky stuff.
Interesting fact of the day: North Korea has banned blue jeans because they are a symbol of America.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
What if the sun disappeared?
Hello internet. It is I, TheFalconPawncher, and I will talk about what would happen if the Sun suddenly disappeared.
Now don't get me wrong, the sun won't just fizzle out suddenly. Instead, it'll grow to a red giant, enveloping Mercury, Venus, and probably Earth.
Most people would say something like "Everyone would die instantly" or "The Earth and the people living on it will freeze in a matter of seconds. Even I said that before. But, fortunately, that's not the case. Since the Earth has greenhouse gases that can trap heat, if the sun disappeared, the Earth will still be warm...but not for long. First what would happen is probably mass panic enveloping the world. I mean, come on, it's kind of obvious. What would you do? Anyways, yeah. Mass panic. However, since the Sun's light takes about eight minutes to reach us, we would have no idea that the sun disappeared. Everything and everyone would be fine for eight minutes more. It also takes eight minutes for the gravitational pull to finally die out since gravity waves move at the speed of light. After eight minutes, the Earth would fly out in a straight line tangent to wherever it was.
For plants, photosynthesis would stop immediately. Without the sun, plants wouldn't be able to inhale carbon dioxide and exhale life-sustaining oxygen. However, since the atmosphere has so much oxygen, it would take us thousands of years to run out of oxygen. But what about temperature? The Earth is quite warm right now, but without the sun to keep giving us heat, the Earth would radiate away its heat exponentially, meaning that it would lose heat quick then happen slower and slower.
At the first week without the sun, the average temperature would be freezing, which is 0°C (32°F). For the next month or two, things would be okay, but by the end of the first year, the average temperature would be -73°C (-100°F). At that time, it would be best to move to geothermal areas, such as Yellowstone or Iceland. But even though there isn't any sun, the Earth still produces its own heat. Below the crust, the Earth is hot. In there, radiative elements decay, providing the energy needed to keep the Earth's core at 5000°C (9000°F). Within the next 10-20 years, things will start to get wet...with dew. But now with glorious water droplets, but oxygen droplets. The air will be cold enough for the oxygen to freeze into a liquid.
But let's go back. At 1-2 years with no sun, the oceans of Earth will freeze over. But ice is less dense than liquid water, which means that ice floats. And ice is a pretty good insulator. So, even after billions of years after the Sun disappeared, liquid water could still exist at the bottom of the oceans by being protected from the cold Earth by miles of ice, and warmed by hydrothermal vents. Instead of being a frozen and lifeless rock, extremophiles, like microbes and tardigrades (I made a pretty cool post about tardigrades, you should go check it out) will be thriving near those vents. They would be fine without ever knowing that the Sun disappeared. Honestly, they probably think that there isn't a Sun in the first place.
It's amazing to know that even without the sun, with the Earth flying through space, things would kind of be fine. The Earth would be flying through space at a pretty fast rate. After about a billion years, Earth would have traveled 100,000 light years, a trip that can potentially take it through the milky way, near billions of stars. And nothing is to say that it'll fall into orbit with another star...thaw out...and let the extremeophiles and microbes still living under there to spread life and evolve all over again...into new intelligent species...then they could uncover things that were part of our lives...maybe they could even find this very blog and post...well in that case...Hi. I'm Bryant and...you're welcome for this blog about your planets history...so thanks for reading.
Interesting fact of the day: The "message received" tone on a Nokia phone is Morse code for "SMS"!
Now don't get me wrong, the sun won't just fizzle out suddenly. Instead, it'll grow to a red giant, enveloping Mercury, Venus, and probably Earth.
Most people would say something like "Everyone would die instantly" or "The Earth and the people living on it will freeze in a matter of seconds. Even I said that before. But, fortunately, that's not the case. Since the Earth has greenhouse gases that can trap heat, if the sun disappeared, the Earth will still be warm...but not for long. First what would happen is probably mass panic enveloping the world. I mean, come on, it's kind of obvious. What would you do? Anyways, yeah. Mass panic. However, since the Sun's light takes about eight minutes to reach us, we would have no idea that the sun disappeared. Everything and everyone would be fine for eight minutes more. It also takes eight minutes for the gravitational pull to finally die out since gravity waves move at the speed of light. After eight minutes, the Earth would fly out in a straight line tangent to wherever it was.
For plants, photosynthesis would stop immediately. Without the sun, plants wouldn't be able to inhale carbon dioxide and exhale life-sustaining oxygen. However, since the atmosphere has so much oxygen, it would take us thousands of years to run out of oxygen. But what about temperature? The Earth is quite warm right now, but without the sun to keep giving us heat, the Earth would radiate away its heat exponentially, meaning that it would lose heat quick then happen slower and slower.
At the first week without the sun, the average temperature would be freezing, which is 0°C (32°F). For the next month or two, things would be okay, but by the end of the first year, the average temperature would be -73°C (-100°F). At that time, it would be best to move to geothermal areas, such as Yellowstone or Iceland. But even though there isn't any sun, the Earth still produces its own heat. Below the crust, the Earth is hot. In there, radiative elements decay, providing the energy needed to keep the Earth's core at 5000°C (9000°F). Within the next 10-20 years, things will start to get wet...with dew. But now with glorious water droplets, but oxygen droplets. The air will be cold enough for the oxygen to freeze into a liquid.
But let's go back. At 1-2 years with no sun, the oceans of Earth will freeze over. But ice is less dense than liquid water, which means that ice floats. And ice is a pretty good insulator. So, even after billions of years after the Sun disappeared, liquid water could still exist at the bottom of the oceans by being protected from the cold Earth by miles of ice, and warmed by hydrothermal vents. Instead of being a frozen and lifeless rock, extremophiles, like microbes and tardigrades (I made a pretty cool post about tardigrades, you should go check it out) will be thriving near those vents. They would be fine without ever knowing that the Sun disappeared. Honestly, they probably think that there isn't a Sun in the first place.
It's amazing to know that even without the sun, with the Earth flying through space, things would kind of be fine. The Earth would be flying through space at a pretty fast rate. After about a billion years, Earth would have traveled 100,000 light years, a trip that can potentially take it through the milky way, near billions of stars. And nothing is to say that it'll fall into orbit with another star...thaw out...and let the extremeophiles and microbes still living under there to spread life and evolve all over again...into new intelligent species...then they could uncover things that were part of our lives...maybe they could even find this very blog and post...well in that case...Hi. I'm Bryant and...you're welcome for this blog about your planets history...so thanks for reading.
Interesting fact of the day: The "message received" tone on a Nokia phone is Morse code for "SMS"!
Sunday, July 14, 2013
ANTIMATTER
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about the rarest piece of the universe there is. ANTIMATTER.
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| An example of what antimatter is. |
If we were to control it, we would have to seal it in a vacuum so that the antimatter doesn't interact with air particles, and make it immobilized, so it wouldn't interact with the walls or basically anything that's regular matter. If you think that wasn't really nutshell, well, it's not. We more like just scratched the nutshell. If you were to have a full gallon of it, you would be extremely richer than the current richest person in the world by a long shot.
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| This picture depicts a positron. |
Remember when I said the big bang created both antimatter and matter? Well, for some reason, the big bang created more matter than antimatter which, by our current calculations, wasn't supposed to happen. We call this the "baryon asymmetry." We call it this because we, long ago, found that there were more baryonic particles than anti-baryonic particles. We have no explanation for this, and we may never have an explanation for this at all. The ration of the creation of antimatter to matter is approximately 1,000,000 to 1,000,001. The big bang should have (according to us) created equal amounts of antimatter and matter, and the result is total cancellation of everything, but, obviously, this is not the case. This suggests that there are different physical laws for antimatter and matter. "Why is there far more matter than antimatter baryonic particles in the observable universe?" This is one of the greatest unsolved problem in physics.
Interesting fact of the day: There was a earthquake that was so great (The New Madrid Earthquake), it reversed the flow of the Mississippi River.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The Voyager 1
Hello internet. Today I'm going to be talking about the farthest manmade object from Earth, the Voyager 1.
The Voyager 1 is a space probe that weighs 721.9 kg (1,592 lb.) whose mission, originally, was to do a flyby of Jupiter and Saturn, for taking pictures and studying the Jovian system (Jupiter's moon system) and studying Saturn's moon system.
All of this was completed within a short time. NASA then realized that they could extend the mission because the probe still had power. NASA decided to make another probe, Voyager 2, to study Uranus and Neptune, while Voyager was given the objective to go to interstellar space and study there.
Even though the probe is pretty old (roughly 35 years since 2013), it still has been receiving and transmitting data, because six out of its eleven instruments are still running.
As of September 2012, the Voyager traveled roughly 121 AU (astronomical units), and is moving with a rate of about 3 AU per year. An "AU" is the exact distance how far the Earth is from the Sun. This means that the Voyager 1 has traveled about 11 billion miles from Earth. You may think that that's a very long distance, but no. To compare, the closest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, which is about 4.2 light years. With the velocity of the Voyager and the distance traveled, we can calculate that at this rate, it'll take at least 77,000 years to reach Proxima Centauri.
However, in the case where we find extraterrestrial life (alien life), the Voyager has a little hidden thing in it. It's known as the Golden Record. It contains a lot of information about the human race, and contains songs and sounds that humans make. They (NASA) put variety of natural sounds, such as the ocean, birds chirping, whales humming, etc. Hopefully, the aliens can send signals back, making us know about them.
The probe is powered by the natural decay of plutonium-238, which will keep its thrusters running for a long time. However, the Voyager is losing about 4 watts per year at a steady rate. That means that the probe's thrusters and instruments will eventually stop at around 2025. At that time, communications with the probe will stop, and all of it's remaining instruments will be disabled. The Voyager will then be a floating beacon in the void of interstellar space.
Interesting fact of the day: If you jumped off a 5 ft. ledge on a neutron star, your speed will be around 4 million mph because of its gravity.
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| The Voyager 1 |
All of this was completed within a short time. NASA then realized that they could extend the mission because the probe still had power. NASA decided to make another probe, Voyager 2, to study Uranus and Neptune, while Voyager was given the objective to go to interstellar space and study there.
Even though the probe is pretty old (roughly 35 years since 2013), it still has been receiving and transmitting data, because six out of its eleven instruments are still running.
As of September 2012, the Voyager traveled roughly 121 AU (astronomical units), and is moving with a rate of about 3 AU per year. An "AU" is the exact distance how far the Earth is from the Sun. This means that the Voyager 1 has traveled about 11 billion miles from Earth. You may think that that's a very long distance, but no. To compare, the closest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, which is about 4.2 light years. With the velocity of the Voyager and the distance traveled, we can calculate that at this rate, it'll take at least 77,000 years to reach Proxima Centauri.
However, in the case where we find extraterrestrial life (alien life), the Voyager has a little hidden thing in it. It's known as the Golden Record. It contains a lot of information about the human race, and contains songs and sounds that humans make. They (NASA) put variety of natural sounds, such as the ocean, birds chirping, whales humming, etc. Hopefully, the aliens can send signals back, making us know about them.
The probe is powered by the natural decay of plutonium-238, which will keep its thrusters running for a long time. However, the Voyager is losing about 4 watts per year at a steady rate. That means that the probe's thrusters and instruments will eventually stop at around 2025. At that time, communications with the probe will stop, and all of it's remaining instruments will be disabled. The Voyager will then be a floating beacon in the void of interstellar space.
Interesting fact of the day: If you jumped off a 5 ft. ledge on a neutron star, your speed will be around 4 million mph because of its gravity.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
PL #1
Hello internet. Welcome to a new series of my blog, called "PL." It stands for "personal life." It's exactly what the name implies. I will be talking about significant things that happened over my lifetime. That means that these kind of posts will not come out on a regular basis. They will only come out when a big thing happens in my life. Now, I know that some people are saying "Ugh, he's making some more series. Might as well make ten more." Well...haters gonna hate. I've only created two series. I've seen some people make five. Seriously.
Anyway, let's get on with the series.
So the big thing that happened was me transitioning into the next grade in my school and going into summer break. Usually, when I go into summer, it's super boring. First, at the last day of school, I get super hyper and excited, looking forward to the summer break. Then, at the first week, I start to get relaxed, and I'm loving it. Then, as I get more and more into the break, things start to get boring. And it also gets hot and humid. Like, really, since I live really close to the equator. But not this time.
First, in the second week, I'm going to a birthday sleepover. His name is Bronson. So, for that, my summer gets a strong start. But after that, it starts to get hot. Not for me. First, I'm going to New York. The neighbors may be harsh, but at least that place beats the heat. Some relatives are going to meet me there too! Of course, I'm only staying for a month...before I go back to my homeland, China!
After New York, I'm going to visit my grandparents (from my dad's side), and my great-grandparents (also from my dad's side). I haven't seen them since third grade. Another thing to look forward to is the food. My dad said that my great-grandma makes a killer horseshoe crab meal. I've never tried it before, but my dad said that (quoted from my dad) it's so good that you could just die. Okay.
Unfortunately, during that time, I won't be able to blog that much during my vacation. Sorry. Just...enjoy my other posts. Yeah. Explore the internet. Go. But I digress. Thanks for reading. See you next time.
Interesting fact of the day: A company in Taiwan makes plates out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
Anyway, let's get on with the series.
So the big thing that happened was me transitioning into the next grade in my school and going into summer break. Usually, when I go into summer, it's super boring. First, at the last day of school, I get super hyper and excited, looking forward to the summer break. Then, at the first week, I start to get relaxed, and I'm loving it. Then, as I get more and more into the break, things start to get boring. And it also gets hot and humid. Like, really, since I live really close to the equator. But not this time.
First, in the second week, I'm going to a birthday sleepover. His name is Bronson. So, for that, my summer gets a strong start. But after that, it starts to get hot. Not for me. First, I'm going to New York. The neighbors may be harsh, but at least that place beats the heat. Some relatives are going to meet me there too! Of course, I'm only staying for a month...before I go back to my homeland, China!
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| Just a bit of horseshoe crabs. |
Unfortunately, during that time, I won't be able to blog that much during my vacation. Sorry. Just...enjoy my other posts. Yeah. Explore the internet. Go. But I digress. Thanks for reading. See you next time.
Interesting fact of the day: A company in Taiwan makes plates out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The Creation of The Universe
Hello internet. Today, I will be talking about how the universe formed, and the events that happened after the formation.
First, there was nothing. Nothing but a tiny little speck that was unimaginably small, and unimaginably hot. That little speck was the universe. In that little speck, the four fundamental forces (electromagnetism, gravitation, weak and strong nuclear interaction) are all combined as a superforce.
Then, suddenly, it exploded. The universe then entered the Planck Era. In this era, temperatures were still high enough for the fundamental forces to still exist in together in a superforce. After, the universe entered the Grand Unified Era. In this era, the temperature started cooling, and the one of the forces separated from the superforce. That force was gravity. But the other forces still were combined. The forces that were still combined were known as the Grand Unified Force.
After that, the universe entered the Electroweak Epoch. In this short and brief period, the strong nuclear interaction separated from the electroweak force (the term for the combination of the electromagnetism and the weak nuclear interaction). Then it enters the Inflation Era. in this era, the universe started expanding significantly.
By the way, keep in mind that all of this happened in less that one second. MIND BLOW.
About 3 minutes later, the universe cools down enough for atomic nuclei to form. The element hydrogen forms. Some hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium.
After 380,000 years later, the universe goes into the Photon Epoch. Photons form and light travels through the darkness.
After 1 billion years later, the first stars and quasars form (for one of the oldest stars, click here), producing heavier elements such as nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, etc. A few billon years later, galaxies formed. After about 12 billion years later, here we are. The universe kept on making more stars and galaxies...until its death.
Want to know the fate of the universe? Well, I already posted something about it. Go ahead and take a look at it. Here's the link: http://thefalconpawncher.blogspot.com/2012/12/universes-fate.html
Interesting fact of the day: If any bird was put in a "zero-gravity" area, they wouldn't survive because birds need gravity to swallow prey. Wow. Just wow.
First, there was nothing. Nothing but a tiny little speck that was unimaginably small, and unimaginably hot. That little speck was the universe. In that little speck, the four fundamental forces (electromagnetism, gravitation, weak and strong nuclear interaction) are all combined as a superforce.
Then, suddenly, it exploded. The universe then entered the Planck Era. In this era, temperatures were still high enough for the fundamental forces to still exist in together in a superforce. After, the universe entered the Grand Unified Era. In this era, the temperature started cooling, and the one of the forces separated from the superforce. That force was gravity. But the other forces still were combined. The forces that were still combined were known as the Grand Unified Force.
After that, the universe entered the Electroweak Epoch. In this short and brief period, the strong nuclear interaction separated from the electroweak force (the term for the combination of the electromagnetism and the weak nuclear interaction). Then it enters the Inflation Era. in this era, the universe started expanding significantly.
By the way, keep in mind that all of this happened in less that one second. MIND BLOW.
About 3 minutes later, the universe cools down enough for atomic nuclei to form. The element hydrogen forms. Some hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium.
After 380,000 years later, the universe goes into the Photon Epoch. Photons form and light travels through the darkness.
After 1 billion years later, the first stars and quasars form (for one of the oldest stars, click here), producing heavier elements such as nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, etc. A few billon years later, galaxies formed. After about 12 billion years later, here we are. The universe kept on making more stars and galaxies...until its death.
Want to know the fate of the universe? Well, I already posted something about it. Go ahead and take a look at it. Here's the link: http://thefalconpawncher.blogspot.com/2012/12/universes-fate.html
Interesting fact of the day: If any bird was put in a "zero-gravity" area, they wouldn't survive because birds need gravity to swallow prey. Wow. Just wow.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Bit of a rest
Hello internet. This post is to notify you about my posting. As you may have noticed, it's been taking me more time to create and publish a post.
This is because of my very unorganized schedule (I would take a picture of my schedule, but it seems I've lost it, which is kind of why I said "unorganized schedule"), my homework (the fact that finals start next week is not helping), and just basic inaccessibility (which means "no access) to an electronic at most times, and sometimes, when I do, there's no freaking signal.
Anyways, I'm sorry, but this "delay" will continue for quite a while. This "delay" will continue until, at the most, June 10. That doesn't mean I won't be posting until June 10, I still will post, just not as quick. Just, for the time being, enjoy my other posts, or you can look at some YouTube channel links that I highly recommend you look at.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RoosterTeeth (gaming, news, funny stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce (random stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/SciShow (science stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey ("complex things explained")
http://www.youtube.com/user/MinutePhysics (random physics stuff explained in a minute)
http://www.youtube.com/user/LetsPlay (only gaming stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/robjnixon (gives cooking recipes)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Quirkology (random illusions)
http://www.youtube.com/user/kipkay ("hacks, pranks, and how-to" stuff)
So yeah.
Interesting fact of the day: There was a monkey named Jimmy, who once bit the finger of a lady. Jimmy was brought to the court. The judge said that she couldn't commit a monkey. Jimmy then respectively took off his hat, climbed atop the judge's desk and attempted to shake the Judge's hand.
This is because of my very unorganized schedule (I would take a picture of my schedule, but it seems I've lost it, which is kind of why I said "unorganized schedule"), my homework (the fact that finals start next week is not helping), and just basic inaccessibility (which means "no access) to an electronic at most times, and sometimes, when I do, there's no freaking signal.
Anyways, I'm sorry, but this "delay" will continue for quite a while. This "delay" will continue until, at the most, June 10. That doesn't mean I won't be posting until June 10, I still will post, just not as quick. Just, for the time being, enjoy my other posts, or you can look at some YouTube channel links that I highly recommend you look at.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RoosterTeeth (gaming, news, funny stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce (random stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/SciShow (science stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey ("complex things explained")
http://www.youtube.com/user/MinutePhysics (random physics stuff explained in a minute)
http://www.youtube.com/user/LetsPlay (only gaming stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/user/robjnixon (gives cooking recipes)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Quirkology (random illusions)
http://www.youtube.com/user/kipkay ("hacks, pranks, and how-to" stuff)
So yeah.
Interesting fact of the day: There was a monkey named Jimmy, who once bit the finger of a lady. Jimmy was brought to the court. The judge said that she couldn't commit a monkey. Jimmy then respectively took off his hat, climbed atop the judge's desk and attempted to shake the Judge's hand.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
AT5s #3
Hello internet. Before talking about the list, I first would like to give a shout out to my friend, Brandon, and his blog.
Link: http://www.glitchesandtricks.blogspot.com
He talks about his favorite games and how they work and also glitches, tricks (as the URL suggests) and mods for the games he talks about. You should check it out if you like games. If you don't, I still insist that you go and take a look for yourself. Anyway, onto the list.
Today I will be listing the top five rarest astrological events that happened and will happen. By the way, some people told me that the order of how I order my list was a bit confusing. The order goes from the fifth (which is number 1) to first (which is number 5, on the bottom of the page). I'll probably change the order in the future.
1. Blue Moon
This event takes place when a full moon is seen a second time in a single month. The atmospheric particles that the first full moon of the month gives the second new moon a bluish tint. Happens about every 2.5 years.
2. Planetary alignment
This event occurs when two or more astrological bodies align. The next one is expected to occur during September 2040, where the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will align. Happens around every 57 years.
3. Halley's comet
This comet is famous for its recurring omen, Halley's was last seen in 1986 and it will return in 2061. This comet is possibly the best known comet in history. It can be clearly seen with a naked eye, being pretty bright. This comet is mainly made up of gases and dust. Seen every 75-76 years.
4. Transit of Venus
This event happens when Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, and while this is happening, you can see is from Earth with UV ray blocking glasses.. This event can last hours, with the last one lasting six hours. Happens every 243 years (when the transit occurs, the next one is eight years from the first one, however, after the second, it takes another 243 years).
5. Comet ISON
Little is known about this comet. This comet is up to 15 times brighter than the moon, and will be visible from November 2013 to January 2014. This comet, as it's reaching the sun, will be within the Roche limit, and it will probably disintegrate, or it'll survive, and orbit around. If it does, it will pass Earth and has an orbital period of around 10 million years, and may not be seen again.
Interesting fact of the day: This is pretty sad, so you don't have to read this. A Pokémon episode in 1997 caused hundreds of kids to be rushed to the hospital because of the intense lighting effects of the episode, as it cause dizziness, vomiting, and in epileptic children, seizures.
Link: http://www.glitchesandtricks.blogspot.com
He talks about his favorite games and how they work and also glitches, tricks (as the URL suggests) and mods for the games he talks about. You should check it out if you like games. If you don't, I still insist that you go and take a look for yourself. Anyway, onto the list.
Today I will be listing the top five rarest astrological events that happened and will happen. By the way, some people told me that the order of how I order my list was a bit confusing. The order goes from the fifth (which is number 1) to first (which is number 5, on the bottom of the page). I'll probably change the order in the future.
1. Blue Moon
This event takes place when a full moon is seen a second time in a single month. The atmospheric particles that the first full moon of the month gives the second new moon a bluish tint. Happens about every 2.5 years.
2. Planetary alignment
This event occurs when two or more astrological bodies align. The next one is expected to occur during September 2040, where the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will align. Happens around every 57 years.
3. Halley's comet
This comet is famous for its recurring omen, Halley's was last seen in 1986 and it will return in 2061. This comet is possibly the best known comet in history. It can be clearly seen with a naked eye, being pretty bright. This comet is mainly made up of gases and dust. Seen every 75-76 years.
4. Transit of Venus
This event happens when Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, and while this is happening, you can see is from Earth with UV ray blocking glasses.. This event can last hours, with the last one lasting six hours. Happens every 243 years (when the transit occurs, the next one is eight years from the first one, however, after the second, it takes another 243 years).
5. Comet ISON
Little is known about this comet. This comet is up to 15 times brighter than the moon, and will be visible from November 2013 to January 2014. This comet, as it's reaching the sun, will be within the Roche limit, and it will probably disintegrate, or it'll survive, and orbit around. If it does, it will pass Earth and has an orbital period of around 10 million years, and may not be seen again.
Interesting fact of the day: This is pretty sad, so you don't have to read this. A Pokémon episode in 1997 caused hundreds of kids to be rushed to the hospital because of the intense lighting effects of the episode, as it cause dizziness, vomiting, and in epileptic children, seizures.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The hardest thing to kill?
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about the hardest animal to kill...the tardigrade.
The tardigrade is a really small animal, only growing to about 1 millimeter when they're fully grown.
They're short and plump with 4 pairs of legs and 4-8 "claws". They usually grow and live in moss or lichen and, if collected, can be viewed even with a low-power common microscope. Heck, you can even see it with your naked eye (if you have really good vision).
This animal is known as a extremophile [comes from the Latin term extremus (extreme) and the Greek term philia (love)]. Extremophiles are basically organisms that can thrive in very harsh conditions that would usually kill most life on Earth.
The following categories are the things the tardigrade can withstand:
So yeah. Anyways, sorry about the late post. I was on a tight and homework-filled schedule.
Interesting fact of the day: Hong Kong is the only place name that you can say without moving any part of your mouth (including teeth, tongue, lips, etc.). Also, I bet a lot of people will try it after reading that (seriously, it works).
The tardigrade is a really small animal, only growing to about 1 millimeter when they're fully grown.
They're short and plump with 4 pairs of legs and 4-8 "claws". They usually grow and live in moss or lichen and, if collected, can be viewed even with a low-power common microscope. Heck, you can even see it with your naked eye (if you have really good vision).
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| A tardigrade under a microscope. |
The following categories are the things the tardigrade can withstand:
- Temperature
- Pressure
Tardigrades can withstand very high pressure, some even surviving 1,200 times atmospheric pressure. They can also survive very low pressure too, even surviving outer space. In fact, they were sent to and exposed to the vacuum of space, and also harmful (to humans) UV rays on a mission codenamed "TARDIS".
- Dehydration
- Radiation
- Environmental toxins
- Outer space
So yeah. Anyways, sorry about the late post. I was on a tight and homework-filled schedule.
Interesting fact of the day: Hong Kong is the only place name that you can say without moving any part of your mouth (including teeth, tongue, lips, etc.). Also, I bet a lot of people will try it after reading that (seriously, it works).
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
How social media affects the human brain.
Hello internet. This post is actually an assignment that my "professor" assigned me. So that means that this post is not my idea so that means that you don't have to read this if you don't want to and just wait a couple more days for the next post. So, off my research goes! [If you want to just look at the affects, skip the next three paragraphs]
Now, it's no secret that social media is dominating the communication methods of the younger generation (who am I to talk? I still relatively young). Whether you're young or old, you're probably engaged in a social media site like Facebook or Twitter or other sites. These sites are now available almost everywhere; on tablets or phones or borrowed computers that we always forget to give back, your login page tends to be frequently accessed.
Studies show that over time, more and more teenagers will say that access to social media at work is more important than their work salary (how much they'll earn in work). Seriously?!
But, there finally is a reason why. It's because since humans love to boast about themselves and introduce themselves in a "awesome" way or talk about themselves to lots of other people, and that's what makes us addicted to social media sites. Users experience more euphoria (happiness) than over-the-phone interacting, eating, and "love-making". This is also why resisting social media is more harder than shopping/spending money, drinking, smoking, and sleeping (not the complete list).
Now to the actual facts.
Shortened attention spans; This is a real problem. Those who use social media are likely to have shorter attention spans. 25% of people forget names and details of friends and even relatives. 7% of people even forget their birthdays for a few minutes when they think about it. Most also forget pots and pans on the stove. In fact, in the UK last year, £1.6 million (~$2.4 million) of damage from forgotten pots on stoves.
Brain rewiring; So we know that our brain always adjusts and adapts to whatever we do. It doesn't just sit there; it's rewiring itself every day of our lives. A study done on 1000 people found out that they understood and comprehended a lot more when they read a text document than watching a video, since video and media are a major part of social media because video actually disrupts our concentration.
Hormone release; There is a hormone called "oxytocin" that stimulates trust and empathy. This hormone spikes when you log on, while this hormone is only supposed to be released when you have a face-to-face conversation. Too much release of this hormone can cause stress at different levels.
So yeah. Thanks for reading. Next blog post coming out in a couple days.
Now, it's no secret that social media is dominating the communication methods of the younger generation (who am I to talk? I still relatively young). Whether you're young or old, you're probably engaged in a social media site like Facebook or Twitter or other sites. These sites are now available almost everywhere; on tablets or phones or borrowed computers that we always forget to give back, your login page tends to be frequently accessed.
Studies show that over time, more and more teenagers will say that access to social media at work is more important than their work salary (how much they'll earn in work). Seriously?!
But, there finally is a reason why. It's because since humans love to boast about themselves and introduce themselves in a "awesome" way or talk about themselves to lots of other people, and that's what makes us addicted to social media sites. Users experience more euphoria (happiness) than over-the-phone interacting, eating, and "love-making". This is also why resisting social media is more harder than shopping/spending money, drinking, smoking, and sleeping (not the complete list).
Now to the actual facts.
Shortened attention spans; This is a real problem. Those who use social media are likely to have shorter attention spans. 25% of people forget names and details of friends and even relatives. 7% of people even forget their birthdays for a few minutes when they think about it. Most also forget pots and pans on the stove. In fact, in the UK last year, £1.6 million (~$2.4 million) of damage from forgotten pots on stoves.
Brain rewiring; So we know that our brain always adjusts and adapts to whatever we do. It doesn't just sit there; it's rewiring itself every day of our lives. A study done on 1000 people found out that they understood and comprehended a lot more when they read a text document than watching a video, since video and media are a major part of social media because video actually disrupts our concentration.
Hormone release; There is a hormone called "oxytocin" that stimulates trust and empathy. This hormone spikes when you log on, while this hormone is only supposed to be released when you have a face-to-face conversation. Too much release of this hormone can cause stress at different levels.
So yeah. Thanks for reading. Next blog post coming out in a couple days.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
AT5s #2
Hello internet. Today the second post of the AT5s is here. In this post, I will be listing the rarest five diseases in the world, and you probably won't believe that last one, but whatever.
1. Foreign Accent Syndrome
This mental disorder causes the person to speak in an unrecognized dialect. It also causes a person that already has an accent to change his accent (like when George Michael, after waking up from a coma, spoke with a West Country British accent instead of his original North London accent). This syndrome usually results from actual brain damage. However, one case featured a Croatian speaker gained the ability to speak fluent German after suffering a coma. Only about 60 cases ever recorded.
2. Water allergy
This "allergy" causes the sufferer's skin to severely itch after coming into contact with water, shockingly. This "allergy" isn't actually an allergy because an allergy is the release of histamine when coming into contact with whatever the allergy is. This disease just makes the chemicals spike inside the sufferer's skin, not causing any histamine release. It makes the sufferer's skin to itch or burn, and sometime even may create hives on the skin. Only about 40 cases ever recorded.
3. F.O.P
Also known as "Stone Man Syndrome". This disorder in the body regeneration/repair system makes the joints in one's body slowly grow a layer of bone over it, making the joints permanently frozen in place. Surgical removal of extra bone growth causes the repair system to "repair" itself by growing more bone on the joint. Fail. Affects 1 in 2 million people.
4. Field's condition
This disease is thought to be the rarest disease in the world because it only affects two twins in the entire world. This disease causes muscle deterioration and (since this disease also affects the nerves) involuntary muscle movements. Very little is known about this disease. It is thought that the two twins will not make it through their teenage years.
5. Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase deficiency
This mental disorder causes a higher chemical production in the (get ready for this because this is a long phrase) "pentose phosphate pathway enzyme ribose-5-phosphate isomerase". Only 1 person affected.
1. Foreign Accent Syndrome
This mental disorder causes the person to speak in an unrecognized dialect. It also causes a person that already has an accent to change his accent (like when George Michael, after waking up from a coma, spoke with a West Country British accent instead of his original North London accent). This syndrome usually results from actual brain damage. However, one case featured a Croatian speaker gained the ability to speak fluent German after suffering a coma. Only about 60 cases ever recorded.
2. Water allergy
This "allergy" causes the sufferer's skin to severely itch after coming into contact with water, shockingly. This "allergy" isn't actually an allergy because an allergy is the release of histamine when coming into contact with whatever the allergy is. This disease just makes the chemicals spike inside the sufferer's skin, not causing any histamine release. It makes the sufferer's skin to itch or burn, and sometime even may create hives on the skin. Only about 40 cases ever recorded.
3. F.O.P
Also known as "Stone Man Syndrome". This disorder in the body regeneration/repair system makes the joints in one's body slowly grow a layer of bone over it, making the joints permanently frozen in place. Surgical removal of extra bone growth causes the repair system to "repair" itself by growing more bone on the joint. Fail. Affects 1 in 2 million people.
4. Field's condition
This disease is thought to be the rarest disease in the world because it only affects two twins in the entire world. This disease causes muscle deterioration and (since this disease also affects the nerves) involuntary muscle movements. Very little is known about this disease. It is thought that the two twins will not make it through their teenage years.
5. Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase deficiency
This mental disorder causes a higher chemical production in the (get ready for this because this is a long phrase) "pentose phosphate pathway enzyme ribose-5-phosphate isomerase". Only 1 person affected.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Short prayer.
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| That's not me, but I would do the same thing. |
Thursday, April 11, 2013
An awesome disease?
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about a disease that is more like a superpower; a disease that I actually want to have. Hmm. Never thought I'd want a disease. But this here is an exceptional exception. This disease is known as Synesthesia.
This is a mental disorder (not in my book, more like a mental enhancer). Now, synesthesia is kind of hard to explain without taking up a whole lot of space, so I'm going to explain it in a bit simpler terms.
Imagine if the brain is a computer. Imagine if the senses are just cables plugged into ports. In a healthy individual, the cables are plugged into the right ports. (e.g. hearing into ears, seeing into eyes, etc.). However, in an individual that has synesthesia, the cables are plugged into the wrong ports, or vice versa. That means that they might "smell songs" or "hear sights". Or they can experience two or more simultaneously. Like my favorite symptom, "seeing and hearing music". However, they can't actually control the symptoms. Synesthesia is involuntary and automatic.
Although synesthesia is considered to be a "neurological condition/disorder", this condition isn't actually even in the DMV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder) nor the
ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases) because this condition usually does not interfere with the brain's normal daily functioning. In fact, people with synesthesia recall past memories far more vividly than a person without synesthesia.
Here are some of the symptoms of it.
Well, that's that. See you all later!
Interesting fact of the day: "Four" is the only number that has the same amount of letters in its value.
[That means that the word "four" has four letters, and no other number is. "One" has three letters. "Two" has three letters. "Five" has four letters. However, "four" has four letters.]
This is a mental disorder (not in my book, more like a mental enhancer). Now, synesthesia is kind of hard to explain without taking up a whole lot of space, so I'm going to explain it in a bit simpler terms.
Imagine if the brain is a computer. Imagine if the senses are just cables plugged into ports. In a healthy individual, the cables are plugged into the right ports. (e.g. hearing into ears, seeing into eyes, etc.). However, in an individual that has synesthesia, the cables are plugged into the wrong ports, or vice versa. That means that they might "smell songs" or "hear sights". Or they can experience two or more simultaneously. Like my favorite symptom, "seeing and hearing music". However, they can't actually control the symptoms. Synesthesia is involuntary and automatic.
Although synesthesia is considered to be a "neurological condition/disorder", this condition isn't actually even in the DMV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder) nor the
ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases) because this condition usually does not interfere with the brain's normal daily functioning. In fact, people with synesthesia recall past memories far more vividly than a person without synesthesia.
Here are some of the symptoms of it.
- Grapheme-color symptom.
- Sound-color symptom.
- Linguistic personification.
- Lexical-gustatory symptom.
- Auditory-tactile symptom.
- Mirror touch symptom.
Well, that's that. See you all later!
Interesting fact of the day: "Four" is the only number that has the same amount of letters in its value.
[That means that the word "four" has four letters, and no other number is. "One" has three letters. "Two" has three letters. "Five" has four letters. However, "four" has four letters.]
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
AT5s #1
Hello internet. Today, I'm starting a new series called AT5s. It stands for "All Time 5s". It's a series that will be posted once per week. In these posts, I'll post the top five of "whatever the topic is". So if the topic is "weirdest events that happened at Earth (which is the topic today)", I'll post the top five of the "weirdest events that happened in history".
1. The Bloop
The Bloop was an, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) described it, an ultra-low extremely powerful frequency under the ocean. They have calculated that the object has to be at least ten times the size of the largest animal in the world, the blue whale, to make a sound like that. Their sensors detected it multiple times at least 10 miles under the ocean.
2. Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Incident
Japan Air Lines flight 1628 was a UFO incident that occurred on November 17, 1986 involving a Japanese cargo jumbo freighter aircraft. The aircraft was en route from Paris to Tokyo with a cargo of wine. On the Reykjavik to Anchorage section of the flight, at 5:11 PM over eastern Alaska, the crew saw two unidentified disk-shaped objects to their left. These abruptly rose from below and closed in to right next to their aircraft. Each had two rectangular arrays of what appeared to be glowing nozzles or thrusters, though their bodies remained obscured by darkness. When the captain is asked about that flight, he only states "We had to get away from that object."
3. The case of Gil Perez
Gil Perez was a member of the Filipino Guardia Civil in Manila, Philippines. One day, he felt tired and decided to lean against a wall. When he leaned against it he, as a witness described it, got "sucked into" the wall and disappeared Gil Perez reappeared literally a second later at the Mexico City's Plaza Mayor, leaving him very confused. He was more than 13,500 kilometers from where he was a second ago.
4. The mysterious radiation burst
A team of biologists were studying Japanese cedar trees. However, they noticed that when the trees' trunk was cut, revealing the rings, the rings had be severely disordered. Using dendrochronology, they found out they'd been like that ever since 774-775 AD. Only one type of force can make the ring of the tree look like that; radiation. A lot. Every living thing has a isotope called carbon-14. However, using biochemistry, they found that in a lot of trees, the carbon-14 has been heavily increased due to a burst coming from the Northwest, where the UK is. The reason why I mention the UK is because the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions a "huge, bright, blinding red cross filled the skies of Britain" during 774 AD.
5. Dyatlov Pass incident
A group of nine hikers went to hike on a trail which is now known as the "Mountain of the dead". Why? Here's why. The group went to hike on the east shoulder of the mountain. It reached dusk, so they decided to camp out for the night. However, the next day, all nine of the campers were dead. The military and their relatives didn't find this out until a couple days later because they were noticing that they still didn't come back. Then they found out that then didn't even reach their destination yet. Rescuers found all of them in the snow. They found that they were trying to get out of their camp in a hurry. The tents were found to be cut open from inside. They found six of them pretty far away from the campsite, thinking they could run away. But all of them were buried in the snow, with their skins all stripped from their bodies, exposing many broken bones. More investigation found the other three, which didn't have a better fate than the other six. Their skin had prematurely aged, their skulls were cracked and exposed, they had (interestingly) burn marks on their clothes and hair. One of them even had their tongue missing. Researchers couldn't find a possible explanation for the causes of these deaths. Even further investigation found more interesting factors. But two stand out the most. Number one was that there was a great deal of scrap metal in that area. Number two was that their clothes were found to be highly radioactive. Jeez.
Well that ends it. Please note that I will not be posting an "interesting fact of the day" in any of the AT5 series. Sorry. But comment if you want me to, and maybe I'll reconsider.
1. The Bloop
The Bloop was an, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) described it, an ultra-low extremely powerful frequency under the ocean. They have calculated that the object has to be at least ten times the size of the largest animal in the world, the blue whale, to make a sound like that. Their sensors detected it multiple times at least 10 miles under the ocean.
2. Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Incident
Japan Air Lines flight 1628 was a UFO incident that occurred on November 17, 1986 involving a Japanese cargo jumbo freighter aircraft. The aircraft was en route from Paris to Tokyo with a cargo of wine. On the Reykjavik to Anchorage section of the flight, at 5:11 PM over eastern Alaska, the crew saw two unidentified disk-shaped objects to their left. These abruptly rose from below and closed in to right next to their aircraft. Each had two rectangular arrays of what appeared to be glowing nozzles or thrusters, though their bodies remained obscured by darkness. When the captain is asked about that flight, he only states "We had to get away from that object."
3. The case of Gil Perez
Gil Perez was a member of the Filipino Guardia Civil in Manila, Philippines. One day, he felt tired and decided to lean against a wall. When he leaned against it he, as a witness described it, got "sucked into" the wall and disappeared Gil Perez reappeared literally a second later at the Mexico City's Plaza Mayor, leaving him very confused. He was more than 13,500 kilometers from where he was a second ago.
4. The mysterious radiation burst
A team of biologists were studying Japanese cedar trees. However, they noticed that when the trees' trunk was cut, revealing the rings, the rings had be severely disordered. Using dendrochronology, they found out they'd been like that ever since 774-775 AD. Only one type of force can make the ring of the tree look like that; radiation. A lot. Every living thing has a isotope called carbon-14. However, using biochemistry, they found that in a lot of trees, the carbon-14 has been heavily increased due to a burst coming from the Northwest, where the UK is. The reason why I mention the UK is because the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions a "huge, bright, blinding red cross filled the skies of Britain" during 774 AD.
5. Dyatlov Pass incident
A group of nine hikers went to hike on a trail which is now known as the "Mountain of the dead". Why? Here's why. The group went to hike on the east shoulder of the mountain. It reached dusk, so they decided to camp out for the night. However, the next day, all nine of the campers were dead. The military and their relatives didn't find this out until a couple days later because they were noticing that they still didn't come back. Then they found out that then didn't even reach their destination yet. Rescuers found all of them in the snow. They found that they were trying to get out of their camp in a hurry. The tents were found to be cut open from inside. They found six of them pretty far away from the campsite, thinking they could run away. But all of them were buried in the snow, with their skins all stripped from their bodies, exposing many broken bones. More investigation found the other three, which didn't have a better fate than the other six. Their skin had prematurely aged, their skulls were cracked and exposed, they had (interestingly) burn marks on their clothes and hair. One of them even had their tongue missing. Researchers couldn't find a possible explanation for the causes of these deaths. Even further investigation found more interesting factors. But two stand out the most. Number one was that there was a great deal of scrap metal in that area. Number two was that their clothes were found to be highly radioactive. Jeez.
Well that ends it. Please note that I will not be posting an "interesting fact of the day" in any of the AT5 series. Sorry. But comment if you want me to, and maybe I'll reconsider.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
3 CRAZY Weather phenomena!
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about three CRAZY and DESTRUCTIVE weather phenomena.
1. Pyro-tornadogenesis. Better known as "Fire Whirls." These things are very destructive, dangerous, and very cool looking. They even have a cool name. Fire whirls are a phenomenon where, under certain conditions, a fire acquires a vertical velocity and forms a tornado-like vortex of fire and destruction. They're usually 10-50 meters tall, a few meters wide, and only last a few minutes. However, some can be more than a kilometer tall. One notable one is the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake (look, I know it says "earthquake", but during the earthquake large fires broke out). The fire whirl that formed was the single most destructive event that killed the most people that fire.
2. Mammatus Clouds. also known as mammatocumulus (meaning "mammary cloud" or "pouch cloud"), is a meteorologists term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name mammatus, derived from the Latin mamma (meaning "udder" or "pouch"), refers to a resemblance between the shape of these clouds and the pouch of a bag. These clouds present no precipitation, but when they are present, they usually mean the front or the coming of a huge thunderstorm. These clouds may appear as smooth, ragged or lumpy lobes and may be opaque or translucent.
3. Circumhorizon Arc. Better known as "Fire Rainbows". This is an optical phenomenon - an ice-halo formed by plate-shaped ice crystals in high level cirrus clouds. Formation of the halo requires that the sun be very high in the sky, at an elevation of 58° or greater, and that a cirrus cloud or haze be present and contain plate-shaped ice crystals. However, please note that even though most people use the misleading term "fire rainbow" to describe this phenomena (even me, but that was just to show you that most people use that term), but a circumhorizon arc has nothing to do with rainbows or fire.
Interesting fact of the day: There is a real life lightsaber created by the air force. The "blade" can reach 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is far above the Draper point (click for more explanation about the Draper point).
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| Fire Whirl forming in a wildfire. |
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| Opaque mammatus clouds |
3. Circumhorizon Arc. Better known as "Fire Rainbows". This is an optical phenomenon - an ice-halo formed by plate-shaped ice crystals in high level cirrus clouds. Formation of the halo requires that the sun be very high in the sky, at an elevation of 58° or greater, and that a cirrus cloud or haze be present and contain plate-shaped ice crystals. However, please note that even though most people use the misleading term "fire rainbow" to describe this phenomena (even me, but that was just to show you that most people use that term), but a circumhorizon arc has nothing to do with rainbows or fire.
Interesting fact of the day: There is a real life lightsaber created by the air force. The "blade" can reach 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is far above the Draper point (click for more explanation about the Draper point).
Friday, March 8, 2013
Immortality?
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about the subject of immortality and how we humans in particular can achieve it.
First off, there are two types of immortality, one is known as biologically immortality or total immortality (or simply, immortality).
Biological immortality is the ability to not die of biological means, which means the ability to not die from senescence (old age), or hunger/dehydration. However, the organism can still die from diseases or physical trauma. So the organism can still have a heart attack (from a disease), or being eaten alive (no duh).
Total immortality is the ability to not die of any means, such as biological hazards, physical trauma, or disease. This means the organism is totally invulnerable/invincible.
Right now, no known organisms are achieved total immortality, but some organisms have achieved biological immortality.
One of the organisms that have achieved biological immortality are basically just small bacteria. Like the Turritopsis Nutricula, otherwise known as the immortal jellyfish is...well...an biological immortal jellyfish that can survive without any food or water (why does it need water? IT LIVES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN), and cannot die from aging means. Here's how it works:
Interesting fact of the day: The world's population is increasing substantially. Here's a rough guide;
Every second, for every 2 people that die, 4 people are born. Easy math here, so the population is increasing 2.5% per second. Jeez...
First off, there are two types of immortality, one is known as biologically immortality or total immortality (or simply, immortality).
Biological immortality is the ability to not die of biological means, which means the ability to not die from senescence (old age), or hunger/dehydration. However, the organism can still die from diseases or physical trauma. So the organism can still have a heart attack (from a disease), or being eaten alive (no duh).
Total immortality is the ability to not die of any means, such as biological hazards, physical trauma, or disease. This means the organism is totally invulnerable/invincible.
Right now, no known organisms are achieved total immortality, but some organisms have achieved biological immortality.
One of the organisms that have achieved biological immortality are basically just small bacteria. Like the Turritopsis Nutricula, otherwise known as the immortal jellyfish is...well...an biological immortal jellyfish that can survive without any food or water (why does it need water? IT LIVES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN), and cannot die from aging means. Here's how it works:
Interesting fact of the day: The world's population is increasing substantially. Here's a rough guide;
Every second, for every 2 people that die, 4 people are born. Easy math here, so the population is increasing 2.5% per second. Jeez...
Monday, March 4, 2013
MIRRORS
Hello internet. Today I will be talking about mirrors. What makes them so reflective? And mainly, what color is a mirror?
Now, the question seems kind of stupid. It's a reflective color, so it might be chrome or silver. They're highly reflective, right? Well...not really.
I'll explain it to you this way. Our brain sees colors in the visible light spectrum. We see colors in hertz. Mirrors best reflect light when it's in the 510 hertz range. Which is pretty much falls right into the "green" area. Green is about 520-575 terahertz. So you can say that a mirror is very slightly green. Which explains why when two mirrors are facing each other, what you see in the two mirrors are "tunnels" that get darker and greener the deeper and deeper into the tunnel.
Sorry for the short post, but here's a video explaining the rest and them some...
Interesting fact of the day: Did you know that you cannot fold a 8.5″ x 11″ or smaller piece of paper in half more than 7 times. Try it!
Now, the question seems kind of stupid. It's a reflective color, so it might be chrome or silver. They're highly reflective, right? Well...not really.
I'll explain it to you this way. Our brain sees colors in the visible light spectrum. We see colors in hertz. Mirrors best reflect light when it's in the 510 hertz range. Which is pretty much falls right into the "green" area. Green is about 520-575 terahertz. So you can say that a mirror is very slightly green. Which explains why when two mirrors are facing each other, what you see in the two mirrors are "tunnels" that get darker and greener the deeper and deeper into the tunnel.
Sorry for the short post, but here's a video explaining the rest and them some...
Interesting fact of the day: Did you know that you cannot fold a 8.5″ x 11″ or smaller piece of paper in half more than 7 times. Try it!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Earthquakes and then some...
Hello internet. Today I'm going to be talking about earthquakes and another type of "quake" that could cause mass extinction...
Earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates [to view Earth's tectonic plates, click here] of the earth trembling and grinding on each other. The big ones are made when two or more tectonic plates are pushing against each other with more and more pressure until the entire thing collapses and the pressure built is released toward the surface (this is how some tsunami are made).
Earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates [to view Earth's tectonic plates, click here] of the earth trembling and grinding on each other. The big ones are made when two or more tectonic plates are pushing against each other with more and more pressure until the entire thing collapses and the pressure built is released toward the surface (this is how some tsunami are made).
- A rate of 0-1 is not felt to people; the wave of impact rarely reaches the surface. A large hand grenade is about 0.2.
- A rate of 1-3 is felt by very sensitive people; however small objects will be noticeably shaking. A typical construction blast is about 2.1.
- A rate of 3-6 is felt by most people. Can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings. At most, none to slight damage to all other buildings. The Lincolnshire earthquake is about 5.2.
- A rate of 6-8 is felt by everyone in the area. Causes damage to many buildings over areas. Some buildings completely collapse or receive severe damage. The Kashmir earthquake is about 7.4.
- A rate of 8-9 is felt by everyone around the world. Severe damage to all buildings with massive destruction. Damage and shaking extends to distant locations. The Great Japan earthquake is 8.9
- A rate of 10 is felt by everyone, obviously. Never recorded, equivalent to an earthquake rupturing a very large, lengthy fault, also shown in science fiction.
- A rate of >10 is felt even in Earth's atmosphere. Only one known impact with a rate of >10 happened on Earth. It was the Yucatán Peninsula impact (creating Chicxulub crater) 65 Mya ago.
Interesting fact of the day: A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Your body in space?
Hello internet. Today I'm going to be talking about what's going to happen to your body if it's exposed to the vacuum of space. By the way, your body will not bloat and explode like in the movies. Your skin is elastic and stretchy enough for it to contain it.
When you are exposed to the vacuum of space, there is pretty much no pressure at all, so while against the constant pressure of Earth's atmosphere, 98.6°F is normal body temperature, in space with no pressure, 98.6°F is enough to boil some of your body fluids. To add to that, bubbles of nitrogen gas will bubble in your blood (also known as ebullism), bloating your blood vessels and veins while pushing on your nerves, causing immense pain.
Also, in space where there's little pressure, the air in your lungs (if you're didn't already exhaled it) will expand. That means that if the air will escape out your esophagus and your-ahem-gastrointestinal tract, or if you're holding your breath long enough, your lungs will rupture like a balloon.
Here's some more information:
Interesting fact of the day: There is only one metal on planet Earth that's a liquid in room temperature.
And it's Mercury! But let's talk about Mercury in a later post ;)
When you are exposed to the vacuum of space, there is pretty much no pressure at all, so while against the constant pressure of Earth's atmosphere, 98.6°F is normal body temperature, in space with no pressure, 98.6°F is enough to boil some of your body fluids. To add to that, bubbles of nitrogen gas will bubble in your blood (also known as ebullism), bloating your blood vessels and veins while pushing on your nerves, causing immense pain.
Also, in space where there's little pressure, the air in your lungs (if you're didn't already exhaled it) will expand. That means that if the air will escape out your esophagus and your-ahem-gastrointestinal tract, or if you're holding your breath long enough, your lungs will rupture like a balloon.
Here's some more information:
Interesting fact of the day: There is only one metal on planet Earth that's a liquid in room temperature.
And it's Mercury! But let's talk about Mercury in a later post ;)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
AIR
Hello internet. The last time I posted, it was about water. Today I'm going to talk about air.
Now, when people say "air", they mean oxygen (usually). But when they say "air" as in "the air in Earth's atmosphere", it's a lot more than oxygen. Air is mainly composed of mainly nitrogen, oxygen, and other trace gases (carbon dioxide, argon, methane, etc.). Let's talk about nitrogen first.
Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and constitutes 78.09% of the Earth's atmosphere. Nitrogen is a common element in the universe, estimated at about seventh in total abundance in our galaxy and the Solar System. Nitrogen is far less common on the rocky planets of the inner Solar System, and it is a relatively rare element on Earth as a whole. One of the most interesting factors of nitrogen is its liquid form. Liquid nitrogen acts as a cyrogenic liquid. Liquid nitrogen boils at -195.8°C. Liquid nitrogen is sometimes used as a refrigerant, like the purpose as dry ice (more on that later).
Now then, we move on to oxygen. Oxygen is essential for life, but a wise man said "There are many things are good, but too much of those things are bad". Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys) ("acid", literally "sharp", referring to the sour taste of acids) and -γόνος (-gοnos) ("producer", literally "begetter"), because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition. At standard temperature and pressure, two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas with the formula O2. This substance is an important part of the atmosphere, and is necessary to sustain most terrestrial life. As a liquid, oxygen is a beautiful pale blue liquid. If you want to learn about carbon dioxide, click here. If you want to learn about argon, click here.
Interesting fact of the day: On December 16th, 1811, the mighty Mississippi river began to flow backwards due to a powerful earthquake.
Now, when people say "air", they mean oxygen (usually). But when they say "air" as in "the air in Earth's atmosphere", it's a lot more than oxygen. Air is mainly composed of mainly nitrogen, oxygen, and other trace gases (carbon dioxide, argon, methane, etc.). Let's talk about nitrogen first.
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| Liquid Nitrogen |
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| Liquid oxygen. Beautiful, huh? |
Interesting fact of the day: On December 16th, 1811, the mighty Mississippi river began to flow backwards due to a powerful earthquake.
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