Archive for January, 2010

In a huge event hosted by Guinness World Records two weeks ago on January 14th, 2009,  the world’s tallest man shacked hand with the world’s shortest man. The event was hosted in Istanbul, Turkey where He Pingping, 21 years old from China met Sultan Kosen, 27, from Turkey. He Pingping is officially the world’s shortest man with a height of 73 cm (2 feet 5 inch). Turk, Kosen, is [...]

Scientists discovered recently that foods contain magnesium, enhance your memory and boost your brain power. Foods such as spinach and broccoli, are  rich of Magnesium which is perfect for the brain to grow and learn even for the older people. This research was published in the journal Neuron this week by Professor Guosong Liu, at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. “We found that increased [...]

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, Unveils the New Apple Tablet or Apple Ipad to millions of people who have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Steve said “this is truly a magical product”, the device could browse the Web, let users send e-mail, share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games and read e-Books. Much like an iPhone, the iPad has a touch screen that zooms in and out [...]

Mona Lisa is considered one of the most famous portraits in the world by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo de Vinci. According to Leonardo this painting “the Mona Lisa” is for a wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. But, is this true according to modern scientists and artists? Historians and anthropologists are saying that this painting is not for a a woman, [...]

Every time you hear or read about this kind of rare stories, I want you to be aware that there is NO pregnant male ever. Biologically it is impossible. Scott Moore “the pregnant man” was born female and has undergone surgery to change his sex. His parents paid of his 36DDD breasts removal surgery, but he wasn’t able to afford the high cost of full sex reassignment surgery. Scot still [...]

First, Don’t Try This at Home alright? Second, I watched this guy doing crazy stuff few years ago and I was really skeptic about them. But today, when I watched this video on TED, I releases that what he does is real and not fake. Its a great documentary video explaining magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes.

Nick Veasey shows outsized X-ray images that reveal the otherworldly inner workings of familiar objects — from the geometry of a wildflower to the anatomy of a Boeing 747. Producing these photos is dangerous and painstaking, but the reward is a superpower: looking at what the human eye can’t see.

A recent study suggests that people who sit more are at higher risk of dying from Cardiovascular Disease (CD) then people who sit less. Basically, the study is saying ” couch potatoes live shorter lives”. This study was conducted in Australia and published in the Journal of the American Heart Association today. The researchers followed 8,800 participant ages 25 and older for six and a [...]