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leilockheart: STORY OF MY LIFE

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:14:32 -0400

STORY OF MY LIFE

skate-high: To me, songs are kind of like bookmarks. Have you ever listened to a song that you...

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:09:29 -0400

To me, songs are kind of like bookmarks. Have you ever listened to a song that you haven’t heard in a while, and all of a sudden, all the memories of that time period come back, and you remember what your life used to be like. They’re like milestones in your life.

the-science-llama: If Earth Had Rings First off, they would be...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:26:35 -0400

Guatamala

Washington, DC

Quito, Ecuador

Polynesia The Earth's Shadow appears on the Rings at night

Arctic Circle The Rings are barely visible

the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

the-fiercest-fables: Over the Hills and Far Away - Led...

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:14:53 -0400

the-fiercest-fables:

Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

Sleep Apnea Linked to Alzheimer’s

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:09:53 -0400

laboratoryequipment:

A new study looking at sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and markers for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and neuroimaging adds to the growing body of research linking the two.

But this latest study also poses an interesting question: Could AD in its “preclinical stages” also lead to SDB and explain the increased prevalence of SDB in the elderly?

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/05/sleep-apnea-linked-alzheimer%E2%80%99s