Richard Branson launches journeys to the centre of the Earth through Virgin Volcanic. Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks to join first expedition.

Only 500 people have been to space, only three people have been to the bottom of the ocean, but no one has ever attempted to journey to the core of an active volcano. Until now.

Using patented carbon-carbon materials pioneered for deep space exploration, Virgin is proud to announce a revolutionary new vehicle, VVS1, which will be capable of plunging three people into the molten lava core of an active volcano.

http://www.virginvolcanic.com/

Richard Branson launches journeys to the centre of the Earth through Virgin VolcanicBy

Ever wish you could mainline your coffee? Well, here's the next best thing: AeroShot, a new product that delivers "inhalable" caffeinated puffs, and has got productivity-obsessed technophiles buzzing.

AeroShot's delivery system is a light, plastic inhaler that shoots lime-flavored puffs of powdered caffeine to the tongue, where they are instantly absorbed. Each inhaler contains three puffs, providing a total of 100 mg of caffeine — about as much as in a large cup of coffee.

The product also contains 100% of the recommended daily allowance of niacin, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12. It's sweetened with stevia, an herbal sweetener that is up to 300 times sweeter than sugar and has no calories.

What We've Been Waiting For: Zero-Calorie, 'Inhalable' Caffeine

cool..

Amazing Timelapse Video from the Space Station

Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch a satellite in two days to measure greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere as nations seek better data on the evolution of global warming.

The Greenhouse-Gases Observing Satellite, or Gosat, will be lofted from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan shortly after noon local time on Jan. 22, the agency said today in a statement on its Web site.

Scientists are increasingly called upon by governments to predict the effects of global warming, such as higher sea levels caused by polar ice melting and ocean water expanding as it warms. Climate models suggest oceans will rise at significantly higher rates this century than in the last, according to study released last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Japan to Launch Satellite to Measure Global Warming

This video shows Federal Civil Defense Administration film footage of the March 17, 1953, 16-kiloton ANNIE test and the May 5, 1955, 29-kiloton APPLE-2 test. Both tests were conducted at the Nevada Test Site; ANNIE being part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, and APPLE-2 being part of Operation Teapot. The titles, Operation Doorstep and Cue, were Civil Defense Program names.

Operation Doorstep and Operation Cue. This video shows Federal Civil Defense Administration film footage. In the Operation Doorstep portion, footage shows blast and thermal effects on mannequins, automobiles, and wooden frame houses.

Operation Doorstep - 1953 - 10:00 and Operation Cue - 1955 - 16:00

] Researchers from Kentucky and the Netherlands say they
] are ready to perform a face transplant. The procedure
] involves replacing someone's entire face with a dead
] donor's face.
]
]
] "There arrives a point in time when the procedure should
] simply be done. We submit that that time is now," wrote
] the researchers in the American Journal of Bioethics.
]
] People with faces disfigured by severe burns, cancer or
] by accident would be prime candidates for the new
] procedure.

crazy!

Face Transplant Procedure Ready: Surgeons

] Scientists yesterday said they have discovered a
] long-sought master gene in embryonic stem
] cells that is largely responsible for giving those cells
] their unique regenerative and therapeutic potential.

Stem cell -holy grail- found

] Drinking small but regular amounts of alcohol--between
] one and six glasses per week--may reduce the risk of
] memory loss in old age, researchers said Tuesday.
]
] Previous research has also pegged light drinking as
] protective of the cardiovascular system.
]
] The findings are published in the March 19th issue of the
] Journal of the American Medical Association.

More Evidence Light Drinking May Cut Dementia Risk

Although there are several possible benign explanations for the image -- such as a barely perceptable jiggle of the camera as it took the time exposure -- NASA's zeal to examine the photo demonstrates the lengths at which the agency is going to tap the resources of ordinary Americans in solving the puzzle.

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Must have been a Klingon Bird-of-Prey that was cloaked that fired on it! ;)

S.F. man's astounding photo / Mysterious purple streak is shown hitting Columbia 7 minutes before it disintegrated

] "The answer, according to Haub's calculations, is that a
] total of 106.4 billion people have lived on the planet
] since homo sapiens is first believed to have appeared
] about 50,000 B.C.

Always wondered that....

World population 5.8% of people who have lived on Earth