19May2012

Nearly 100-year-old India photos unearthed

Photographs clicked by a World War I soldier, who was posted in India and Mesopotamia, show troops having a whale of a time – swimming, riding and visiting the Taj Mahal. Private Wally Langrish’s photographs paint a picture that [...]

Famous Missing Links in Human Evolution

Every few years scientists unearth the bones of humanity’s forefathers. From Lucy to the Hobbits of Flores Island — we are gradually seeing building the puzzle of mankind’s evolution. – Ker Than 1. Australopithecus [...]

The Seven Natural Wonders

The natural wonders of the world are listed below: 1. Aurora: God’s spectacular display of light and color, Aurora – also called the northern or southern lights – usually occur in the nighttime in the polar regions. Lights [...]

Micro-Biology Gallery

Type I collagen fibers Rat tail tendons were dissected in PBS and the fibers where then immobilized on mica. The images were taken in AC mode in air with a silicon cantilever. The rendering is in 3D. Scan size 1.8µm. AFM image [...]

Earth Wallpapers

Earth in Full View The Apollo 17 crew caught this breathtaking view of our home planet as they were traveling to the Moon in 1972. It’s the first time astronauts were able to photograph the South polar ice cap. Nearly the entire [...]

Space Wallpapers

M51 Hubble Remix The 51st entry in Charles Messier’s famous catalog is perhaps the original spiral nebula–a large galaxy with a well defined spiral structure also cataloged as NGC 5194. Over 60,000 light-years across, M51′s [...]