http://www.jaredturner.org learning interesting stuff everyday... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:40:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sounds made by baby crocodiles while still inside the egg are not wasted. Both crocodile mothers and other unborn youngsters have a keen ear for the hatching calls, new research shows.. Article Link: www.newscientist.com Video Link: www.youtube.com http://www.jaredturner.org/unborn-crocs-chatter-to-synchronise-hatching/ The kilogram is the only remaining standard of measurement tied to a single physical object: a 120-year-old lump of platinum and iridium that sits in a vault outside of Paris, France. But the mass of this chunk of metal is slowly changing relative to the 40-odd copies kept by other ... http://www.jaredturner.org/the-roundest-objects-in-the-world/ Being 95% water with no brains, no heart, and no blood, it's amazing jellyfish have existed for 650 million years.. Video Link: www.youtube.com http://www.jaredturner.org/stunning-jellyfish/ In the video below NASA explains how the Phoenix has been cooking samples in its ovens and has been successfully returning its results to earth, also they have been able to confirm the traces of water on mars. The video contains some great images from Phoenix and its landscape ... http://www.jaredturner.org/phoenix-lander-sol-31/ Flying or crawling insects such as flies are attracted to pitcher plants often by visual lures and nectar bribes, but once they fall into the pitcher they don't come back out. The small bodies of liquid contained within the pitcher traps are called phytotelmata, they drown the insect, and the ... http://www.jaredturner.org/how-flesh-eating-pitcher-plants-trap-insects/ U-bot 5 is a robot designed to help with medical care of people. His functions include picking up small objects, dialing 911, using a stethoscope to check vitals and more. It costs about $65,000 to build a single robot in the lab, but LiveScience was told that manufacturers have said ... http://www.jaredturner.org/u-bot-5-the-health-care-robot/ An Ohio laboratory has produced genetically modified mice which can run five to six kilometres at a speed of 20 meters per minute on a treadmill, for up to six hours before stopping.. Article Link: www.medicalnewstoday.com Video Link: www.youtube.com http://www.jaredturner.org/mighty-mouse/ The National Geographic shows us what happens when you put a shark in the same tank as a giant octopus, its an interesting outcome.. Video Link: www.youtube.com http://www.jaredturner.org/shark-vs-octopus/ The heavy-duty electric short-haul prototype truck, the first of its kind at any port worldwide, can pull a 60,000-pound cargo container, has a top speed of 40 mph, and has a range between 30 to 60 miles per battery charge. In April 2008, the Los Angeles Harbor Commission approved the ... http://www.jaredturner.org/heavy-duty-electric-truck/ NASA believes they have evidence that the white stuff in their photos is ice! Once sum small dice sized pieces came loose after a dig, and when they took a photo of the trench 4 days later the small piece had disappeared. Leading them to believe it had evaporated, which ... http://www.jaredturner.org/ice-on-mars/ Nanosolar has the world's first 1GW solar production tool. It uses their breakthrough in the production of solar electricity cells, printing of solar cells using nanoparticle ink. Printing is a non-vacuum coating process that eliminates the need for a high-vacuum chamber as it is conventionally used in making solar. Printing ... http://www.jaredturner.org/printing-nanosolar/ 350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth. But solutions ... http://www.jaredturner.org/350org/ Freerice.com, a simple website which donates 20 grains of rice for every correct word meaning you get in their learning game, has now just had its first shipment of freerice delivered to Bangladesh.. Website Link: www.freerice.com Video Link: www.youtube.com http://www.jaredturner.org/first-freerice-delivered/ With its wind turbines built in between each floor, and the claims that the building will generate 10 times more energy than required to power it. The new tower is the first building of its size to be produced in a factory. Each floor, made up of 12 individual units, ... http://www.jaredturner.org/power-generating-dubai-tower/ Robotic fish with flapping fins and tails have been programmed to swim in a school by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle. They say that artificial fish with group behaviour could track marine pollutants or wildlife such as whales.. Article Link: www.newscientist.com Video Link: www.youtube.com http://www.jaredturner.org/robot-fish/