The most bizarre research in 2011
As every year, besides the most remarkable, interesting, and most readable news, the news stories cannot be more bizarre in science.
The following is the science news that surprises the ability to . read the ears of readers in the past year, according to MSNBC news page, which recorded the readers 'reviews and votes about the shocking researches ' eccentric. ' 2011:
Follow the call of nature
Before deciding what is important, pay attention to whether your body wants to clear your bladder. The team, led by Peter Snyder of Brown University (USA), discovered a bladder filled with waste water that reduced the ability to pay attention to problems and affect a person's decision making.
This is also the Ig Nobel prize-winning research in 2011, which honors the initial works that make listeners laugh, but then think about it because it is poignant.
'Rock' addicts love sweets
Experts at the University of Illinois (USA) found fruit flies as an ideal model organism to study the comprehensive effects of synthetic drugs. After realizing that the 'stone' addict often drank a lot of sugary water, the scientists conducted a similar experiment on fruit flies.
At first the fruit flies sucked 'rock' drugs, then some of them enjoyed a special diet. The results show that flies taking sugar long-lived flies don't enjoy this regime. However, synthetic drugs still damage the body's systems, including the nervous system.
Experts are planning to conduct this study in mammals in the hope of detecting the link between sugar and synthetic drugs.
Years of mysterious monsters
2011 witnessed the emergence of some sea monsters that have not yet determined whether they really exist or not. The most controversial photo belongs to a creature like the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, but this time in Alaska. Some argue that it belongs to an eel, or fish or may be just a transformation of light on the water.
However, the author of the picture, Andy Hillstrand, thinks he has captured Cadborosaurus, a legendary mythical long-standing monster in Alaska.
Besides, another picture is equally famous for capturing the nickname "Bownessie" , hovering in the UK.
Optionally turn off - turn on the luminescent mechanism in dogs
It is only necessary to have a special modified diet for a dog, containing doxycycline, which can create a luminescent effect in this animal. When the drug is stopped, it will become a normal dog, according to a study of Korean experts.
The purpose of this study is to identify genes that can help treat serious diseases.
Samoa removed Friday late 2011
For more than a century, Samoa Island has been on the eastern side of the International Day, while Australia and New Zealand are on the west side of this road. When the Samoa people went to church on Sunday, the Australians started their second day of work.
In order to eliminate this deviation, the Samoa government decided to cut it off on Friday 30 December and move straight from December 29 to December 31. That means bringing the island nation back to its old calendar before 1892. At that time, American partners convinced the leaders to adjust the hours to support the trade between Samoa and California. Although not on December 30, but employees are still in fact paid on this day.
Polar island forces the airports to rotate the runway
The north pole is moving away from its estimated location, causing some scientists to suspect that the rare phenomenon is happening in our time. The magnetic pole changes only appear 3 to 7 times within 1 million years. It is not known what impact it will have in the future, but most recently US airports have been forced to re-adjust the runway in order to avoid civilian aircraft mistaking the coordinates.
It is expected that the pole movement speed from north makes the compass deviate by 1 degree / 5 years. Fortunately, the global positioning system is being used for orientation purposes, and the satellites are not affected by the extreme from islands or non-islands.
Invented the destruction machine
Scotland's Resomation Company installed the first demolition machine for a burial service in St. Louis. Petersburg, Florida state. The machine uses lye to destroy the body, turns body tissue into liquid and flushes it directly into the drain, while the hardware like bone will continue to be processed by grinding into powder.
The founder of Sandy Sullivan Co., Ltd said the destructive machine will help environmentally friendly people have the opportunity to express their natural protection point of view once they die.
Two wrong guesses at the end of the world
And this position is still awash with the third guessing line. No matter where, Harold Camping preacher in California set up a formula to calculate the end of the world is very strange. The most important thing is to correctly guess the day when Noah's boat floated on the waves of the cataclysm according to the Bible, and when Jesus was crucified. Then add 7,000 years to the previous number and 722,500 days to the next number.
Somehow, Mr. Camping asserts that on May 21, 2011 will start the series of apocalypse. After that day passed smoothly like any other day, he was excited to come up with a new time on October 21, 5 months away. And as everyone knows, humanity is still as peaceful as it is until now. It is believed that the preacher is contemplating the calculation method to make a new prediction soon.
Birds stabbed themselves
It seems that 2011 is the apocalypse of many birds, crabs and some other species. They kept dying and didn't know why. Some experts believe that the cause may come from global environmental crisis. It may be true in some cases, but the birds in Arkansas are more likely to suffer from a concussion when watching the 2011 New Year's fireworks.
And once again the same situation happened on New Year's Eve 2012.
Mushrooms turn ants into zombies
Like the scene in the TV series 'The Walking Dead' or 'Resident Evil', in nature there are poisonous mushrooms that have the ability to control the brain of ants, turning hosts into walking corpses before finish them off.
The expert team of Pennsylvania State University has found these fungi in Brazil, Peru. Accordingly, the mushroom will force the victim to leave the herd to facilitate manipulation. When the time comes, the mushroom will pierce the ant's head with a long stalk, start spraying spores to hunt new prey.
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