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Posted 17, May, 2013
thenewenlightenmentage: Neurons Could Outlive the Bodies That Contain Them Most of your body is younger than you are. The cells on the topmost layer of your skin are around two weeks old, and soon to die. Your oldest red blood cells are around four months old. Your liver’s cells will live for around 10 to 17 months old before being replaced. All across your organs, cells are being produced and destroyed. They have an expiry date. Continue Reading

thenewenlightenmentage:

Neurons Could Outlive the Bodies That Contain Them

Most of your body is younger than you are. The cells on the topmost layer of your skin are around two weeks old, and soon to die. Your oldest red blood cells are around four months old. Your liver’s cells will live for around 10 to 17 months old before being replaced. All across your organs, cells are being produced and destroyed. They have an expiry date.

Continue Reading

Reblogged from jtotheizzoe  264 notes
Posted 17, May, 2013

jtotheizzoe:

Explosion on the Moon!

Pock-marked with craters and splotched with long-cold beds of dark lava, our moon holds thousands of footprints from its violent past. But we don’t really think of it having a violent present.

Well, it still gets its fair share of action. On March 17, 2013, NASA astronomers captured video of a meteorite striking the moon. It made an explosion bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, like a temporary star drawn on the lunar surface. It turns out that these collisions are not that rare.

Most of the moon’s many meteor marks date from a period known as the Late Heavy Bombardment. That, combined with a magma-riffic adolescence gave the moon the special look we know today. Of course, none of that is as violent as the moon’s birth.

Anyway, make sure to watch that video above and see the meteor strike live. You’ll never look at the moon the same way again.

Reblogged from plantporno  30 notes
Posted 17, May, 2013
plantporno: White Stain Flowering Time: 63-69 DaysParents: Punjab and North India Native StainsType: Indica 50 % / Sativa 50 %Buzz: Fresh and mentally stimulatingTaste/Smell: Light and stealthy apricot odor, sweet taste White Satin specifically hails from the area surrounding Punjab, in northern India.  Her genetics stem from historic Indian locales that are known to have been smoked by our ancestors. She is triple threat of taste, potency, smell, and only has a pretty short flowering time of about 65 days. White Satin is a smooth tasting marijuana strain that has a quiet smell, making it great for stealth grows. She performs decent for newbie growers and experienced growers will see her flourish. I wiil grow you

plantporno:

White Stain

Flowering Time: 63-69 Days
Parents: Punjab and North India Native Stains
Type: Indica 50 % / Sativa 50 %
Buzz: Fresh and mentally stimulating
Taste/Smell: Light and stealthy apricot odor, sweet taste

White Satin specifically hails from the area surrounding Punjab, in northern India.  Her genetics stem from historic Indian locales that are known to have been smoked by our ancestors. She is triple threat of taste, potency, smell, and only has a pretty short flowering time of about 65 days. White Satin is a smooth tasting marijuana strain that has a quiet smell, making it great for stealth grows. She performs decent for newbie growers and experienced growers will see her flourish.

I wiil grow you

Reblogged from futuramb  311 notes
Posted 15, May, 2013
futuramb: This Is The World’s First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Photos) - Forbes All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition. […] Of course, Defcad’s users may not adhere to so many rules. Once the file is online, anyone will be able to download and print the gun in the privacy of their garage, legally or not, with no serial number, background check, or other regulatory hurdles. “You can print a lethal device,” Wilson told me last summer. “It’s kind of scary, but that’s what we’re aiming to show.

futuramb:

This Is The World’s First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Photos) - Forbes

All sixteen pieces of the Liberator prototype were printed in ABS plastic with a Dimension SST printer from 3D printing company Stratasys, with the exception of a single nail that’s used as a firing pin. The gun is designed to fire standard handgun rounds, using interchangeable barrels for different calibers of ammunition.
[…]
Of course, Defcad’s users may not adhere to so many rules. Once the file is online, anyone will be able to download and print the gun in the privacy of their garage, legally or not, with no serial number, background check, or other regulatory hurdles. “You can print a lethal device,” Wilson told me last summer. “It’s kind of scary, but that’s what we’re aiming to show.
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Posted 15, May, 2013
futuramb: China emerges as new force in drone warfare - CBS News China’s move into large-scale drone deployment displays its military’s growing sophistication and could challenge U.S. military dominance in the Asia-Pacific. It also could elevate the threat to neighbors with territorial disputes with Beijing, including Vietnam, Japan, India and the Philippines. China says its drones are capable of carrying bombs and missiles as well as conducting reconnaissance, potentially turning them into offensive weapons in a border conflict. China’s increased use of drones also adds to concerns about the lack of internationally recognized standards for drone attacks. The United States has widely employed drones as a means of eliminating terror suspects in Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.

futuramb:

China emerges as new force in drone warfare - CBS News

China’s move into large-scale drone deployment displays its military’s growing sophistication and could challenge U.S. military dominance in the Asia-Pacific. It also could elevate the threat to neighbors with territorial disputes with Beijing, including Vietnam, Japan, India and the Philippines. China says its drones are capable of carrying bombs and missiles as well as conducting reconnaissance, potentially turning them into offensive weapons in a border conflict.
China’s increased use of drones also adds to concerns about the lack of internationally recognized standards for drone attacks. The United States has widely employed drones as a means of eliminating terror suspects in Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Posted 15, May, 2013
thisistheverge: Google Glass’ awkward interactions parodied on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Google Glass and its new approach to a constantly-connected lifestyle has already been the butt of a number of jokes, including Tumblr blogs devoted to showing how ridiculous the device can be. On Saturday’s new episode of Saturday Night Live, the writers of Weekend Update also got into the fray, with fictional tech blogger Randall Meeks and his new Google Glass joining the news desk to speak to Seth Meyers. 

thisistheverge:

Google Glass’ awkward interactions parodied on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Google Glass and its new approach to a constantly-connected lifestyle has already been the butt of a number of jokes, including Tumblr blogs devoted to showing how ridiculous the device can be. On Saturday’s new episode of Saturday Night Live, the writers of Weekend Update also got into the fray, with fictional tech blogger Randall Meeks and his new Google Glass joining the news desk to speak to Seth Meyers.