Events: U.S. media commentary unheard Science Award 2010: Mayan Doomsday Date modified (Photos)
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U.S. media commentary unheard Science Award 2010: Mayan Doomsday Date modified (Photos) MSNBC
U.S. MSNBC.MSN.COM website recently _select_ed in the annual top ten strange scientific awards, including: The study found open beer that is also the key to human civilization, "the egg or the chicken" the eternal problem crack, Mona Lisa eyes that up - Vinci Code, the mystery of birds in homosexual acts with new solutions, such as the Mayan doomsday dates have been fixed.
1. Mayan doomsday dates have been fixed
Mayan doomsday date has been corrected
End of the world you believe it? Some people believe that the ancient Mayan "Long Count" will be December 21, 2012 end of world catastrophe will occur then. However, there are some others that the 22 December 2012 calendar represents just the beginning of a new cycle.
However, University of California, Santa Barbara, an expert on Mayan culture Girardot - Professor Al Dana believes that these views are wrong. Research articles published in Al Dana said, taking into account the modern calendar with the Mayan calendar matches the error deviation between at least 50 to 100 years. If the Al Dana is correct, then the apocalypse will also have to change the timetable.
2. Study found that beer that is also the key to open the human civilization
Open the beer that is also found that the key to human civilization
Some may think the invention of fire lit the fire of human civilization. However, archaeologist Brian Simon Fraser University, Canada - Hayden believes that there is the invention of the rise and development of human civilization has played a key role. This invention is a beer.
Agricultural community of about 115 million years occurred in that time Neolithic people began to grow wild cereals, such as barley and rice and so on. Hayden and other archaeologists believe that the people at the time the motivation is the cultivation of these cereal production of the sacrifice and alcoholic beverages. Hayden pointed out that "does not mean that drinking and brewing of human civilization opened itself, but this behavior and beer and the complex social patterns before and after close contact with."
On the first chemical evidence of beer, a jar excavated from Iran in the residue, this residue can be traced back to 3400 BC to 3100. Other evidence that the ancient Africans of beer is equivalent to taking a healthy antibiotics.
3. Slime mold help scientists design the ideal transport solution
Slime mold help scientists design the ideal transport solution
Which is hard to imagine a field of science is more bizarre than the slime mold, and more fun. However, Hokkaido University scientists can make such a strange life as to make many wonderful contributions to humanity. First, the scientists used a powerful slime mold feeding ability to solve maze problems. Scientists study shows that the growth of slime mold design can reflect the public transport network design, the best path, pattern of food location is the map corresponding to the traffic on the site.
Hokkaido University research team is not the only people who slime mold. British scientists claim they have developed a bio-robot slime mold, and name it "Plasmobot". This robot is the use of slime mold to control the robot's movement.
4. Bush cricket aspirations to the title of the world's largest testicles
Bush cricket aspirations to the title of the world's largest testicles
Derby University scientists found that testosterone Tubolusi shrub cricket for 14% of total body weight. Under its own weight, testes size of this cricket the largest of all animals. Why cricket is so huge testicles it? The researchers believe that large male crickets can make the testicles to quickly mate with a number to get more reproductive opportunities. Of course, the size of the size is relative, and often deceptive. According to the researchers, although the testes Tubolusi bush cricket title aspirations to the world's largest, but the ejaculate does not match the number with them. The team was surprised to find that the number of crickets ejaculation smaller testes than other shrubs cricket.
5. Giant stork Zengyi hominid fossils or that feed on it
Giant stork hominid fossils or that feed on it Zengyi
The fossil of a giant stork a remote island in Indonesia, the island was found to Florence. In Florence on the island, scientists have discovered a hominid Florence evidence of human existence. Florence man because of short stature, also known as the "Hobbit," they become extinct about 12,000 years ago.
Now, paleontologists say they have discovered in a cave Hobbit discovered a carnivorous giant stork's wings and the leg bone fossil. This is significantly higher giant stork about 6 feet (1.8 meters), may be to other birds, fish or lizards for food, perhaps even to the little hobbit human food. Of course, scientists have yet to find evidence of such terrorist speculation.
6. "Egg or chicken," the eternal problem crack
"First, first, the chicken or the egg" problem solve through the ages
The egg or the chicken? This problem is more of a philosophical problem for thousands of years has been plagued by people. But in 2010, British scientists through the process of eggshell formation in-depth studies, research results, according to the eternal problem that can give a scientific answer.
Sheffield University and Warwick University biologists claimed, they found the chicken's ovary called "ovocleidin-17" proteins. The protein shell of calcium carbonate crystals in the process play a crucial role. Based on this discovery, some working on the problem of the philosopher claims, the first egg to form the body only in the hen.
In fact, what the answer is under your own definition. For example, we all know that dinosaurs lay eggs, so eggs are significantly earlier than the chicken. However, if it is a prehistoric chicken is not fully evolve into an egg under the animal, and the egg contains the history of the first pure chicken, then according to the genetic code, do you think is the egg or the first, chicken?
7. Mona Lisa eyes that up - Vinci Code
Mona Lisa eyes that up - Vinci Code
"Mona Lisa" is the art of one of the world's greatest works, but it is also a major generator weird science. In the past few years, many researchers have claimed that they had found from the painting inspiration, or even to know the voice of Mona Lisa. Of course, these are the words of a researcher.
In 2010, the Italian National Heritage Council, claimed that they found in the eyes of the Mona Lisa is a minor character. National Heritage Council, the main 席席尔瓦诺 Italy - temperature Chedi that the lines in one eye was formed in capital letters "LV" in the words, perhaps on behalf of the Leonardo - of - Vinci initials, the other eye seems to contain the "CE" or "B" words. Other regions in the portrait, the researchers also claimed that the more letters and numbers.
These characters really exist? Many experts believe that the cultural heritage of the Italian National Council of the subtle portrait may be understood as painting over the crack pattern was. At least for art historians, this so-called "Da - Vinci Code" is not reliable.
8. Scientists try to study artificial intelligence brain
Artificial intelligence researchers try to study the brain
According to reports, U.S. scientists funded by the Department of Defense is trying to create an artificial brain, and the intellectual equivalent of a cat. In fact, the essence of this study is to use the latest model of a memristor electronic network. The network can simulate the biological brain, can be obtained from the surrounding environment, all kinds of information to "learn", and constantly adapt to the surrounding environment. For the U.S. military, this technology can help them produce more intelligent remote surveillance equipment. However, many people suspect that memristor-based neural network can achieve intelligent cats.
9. Archaeological discovery of a Stone Age carvings or ancient sex toys
A Stone Age archaeological discoveries of ancient sculptures or for sex toys
The researchers suspect that a piece of the Stone Age found in Sweden, the site of a deer bone may be an ancient sculpture of toys. The sculpture dates back to as far as 6000 BC. The sculpture is about 4 inches (10 cm), width of 1 inch (about 2.5 cm.) However, the sharp end of that piece of bone may have been used as a flint, although it has the characteristics of genital worship. Even if this piece of deer bone is judged to be a sex toy, it is not the first sex toys. One found in Germany were polished stone penis is thought to date back to 28,000 years ago, and about 3.5 million years ago, a female statue (carved with exaggerated breasts) were considered to be the world's first pornography .
10. The mystery of birds in the early solution of homosexual acts
The mystery of birds in early solution of homosexual acts
Scientists have discovered 130 species of birds have some degree of homosexual orientation or behavior. In these birds, such as penguins, gray goose, etc., some males with other males often maintain long-term homosexual relationships. For evolutionary biologists, this is a puzzling mystery, because the gay relationship seems to greatly reduce the opportunities for breeding birds. Whether you believe it or not, birds, the issue of homosexuality is indeed a topic worthy of scientific study.
Geoff biologist at the University of Newcastle, Australia - 麦克法尔兰 and others on 93 species of birds were observed and studied, they found that these birds do exist between same-sex mating. If the birds are responsible for nurturing future generations of female, then male homosexual acts are more likely to occur. |
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