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Tardigrades: Water bears in space

Tardigrades are microscopic animals commonly known as water bears In 2007, a little known creature called a tardigrade became the first animal to survive exposure to space. It prevailed over sub-zero temperatures, unrelenting solar winds and an oxygen-deprived space vacuum. On Monday, this microscopic cosmonaut has once again hitched a ride into space on the Nasa shuttle Endeavour. I

New Moon, Supermoon Ring in the New Year

The first night of 2014 also brings with it the first lunar phenomenon of the year: a new moon that’s also a supermoon. It’s one of two supermoons in January (the other is January 30) and one of five for the whole year. What is a supermoon? When the moon orbits slightly closer to Earth than on average, NASA states. Typically, it’s most visible when the moon is full, but that’s not the

Lion Tamer Teenager In South Africa

WHILE most teenagers are playing computer games, Shandor Larenty likes to indulge in a different pastime - taming lions. The 18-year-old has built up an unbreakable rapport with 250kg Zavu - stroking, hugging and playing with him at home in Johannesburg, South Africa. The pair are now so comfortable with each other Shandor is able to give Zavu a FOOT RUB - just like his wildlife expert fa

Lær å hekle en gulvmatte med bare hendene Det er ENKELT!

Å hekle en gulvmatte selv er enklere enn du tror. Foto: YouTube. Håndarbeid er gøy, og både strikking og hekling tar helt av her til lands om dagen. Bare når vi delte oppskriften for hvordan hekle bestemorruter på få minutter, så ble den delt hundrevis av ganger! Det du nå skal få se er imidlertid ikke noe vanlig hekleprosjekt. For det denne smarte vidoen viser oss er hvordan du ka

Enigma – Age of Loneliness [Enigmatic Club Mix] Beautiful Nature [Hd]

Enigma – Age of Loneliness [Enigmatic Club Mix] Beautiful Nature [Hd] The best vocal-remix song from Enigma.. All copyright from Enigma and Emi music. www.emimusic.com

Night Sky: Visible Planets, Moon Phases & Events, April 2014

The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, often the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good beginner telescope or binoculars will enhance some experien

Meet the family who share their home with seven pet TIGERS

A Brazilian family have opened their home to an unusual set of guests - seven fully grown tigers A family have raised SEVEN tigers in their home as pets. The Borges family from Maringa, Brazil, have been living with the tigers for eight years. They eat with them, swim with them and even let their children ride on the beasts' backs. Ary Borges rescued two of the big c

What will humans look like in 100,000 years?

A speculative look at how advanced genetic engineering technology might reshape people's faces over time. Photo: Courtesy of Nickolay Lamm The future is always unknown, especially the distant future, but that shouldn’t stop us from making educated guesses. That’s exactly what artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm did with help from Dr. Alan Kwan, who has a doctorate in computatio

14 beautiful X-ray images that shed a unique light on nature

Take a regular X-ray image, invert it and add color. What do you get? Gorgeous art. Seeing nature through a different lens Arie van 't Riet's intriguing art was inspired through his work in the medical field. After a friend of his asked him to X-ray a painting — something much thinner than the human body X-rays van 't Riet was familiar with — he was inspired to move on to an even thinn

Neanderthal Gene Cluster More Common in Europeans

Neanderthals are not entirely gone. Their DNA lives on within us, but more in some people than others. People of European ancestry are much more likely to have inherited a bundle of Neanderthal variants in their genome as compared to those of Asian or African descent. The genes responsible for the breakdown of lipids (fats, fat soluble vitamins and sterols among others) are particularly li