Tag Galaxy
Here is a cool addition to the land of Flickr - very nice application to explore Flickr photos via virtual planetary systems.
You enter a tag, and the related galaxy appears on screen. Each planet contains the pictures of a certain tag, and when you click on them, the images are placed on a 3D rotating globe.
A neat photographic journey: Tag Galaxy
Men 'not interested in sex'
Increasing numbers of middle-aged men are going off sex, according to relationship experts
Counselling and sex therapy charity Relate says it has seen a 40 per cent increase in men who simply cannot be bothered to make love to their wives and partners.
Counselling and sex therapy charity Relate says it has seen a 40 per cent increase in men who simply cannot be bothered to make love to their wives and partners.
The findings are a world away from just ten years ago, when hardly any men contacted them with a loss of libido. The main sufferers who call its helpline with the problem are generally aged between 30 and 50 and are married.
Peter Bell, Relate’s head of practice, said: “Men used to come to us with impotence – now known as erectile insufficiency – but Viagra has sorted some of that problem. What we have is a lot of men who say, as women did in the 1950s: 'I can have sex but I do not want to. It’s not rewarding’.
“It is a serious issue. It counts as a pychosexual dysfunction rather than just a relationship problem, because these men haven’t simply gone off their partner but off sex altogether.”
Changing sexual roles for men and women and increasing rates of depression among men could be some of the reasons behind the change, he added.
Professor Michael King, of the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London, has completed a study into mental illness across six countries which found that the rate of major depression and panic syndrome was highest among men in the UK.
“Men are most likely to suffer depression between the ages of 30 and 50,” he said.
“One of the explanations is that men are less able to talk about their problems than women or express their emotions.”
Leaning Towers Illusion
Both these photos are identical but the one on the right appears to lean more.
Train Pushers
Oshiya or 'pusher' is an informal Japanese term for a worker who stands on the platform of a railway station during the morning and evening rush hours, and pushes people onto the train. This video is a good example of just how crowded it gets on Japanese trains.
What's Our Connection to the Platypus?
Scientists are still extremely curious about the duck-billed platypus, as it is one unique species to say the least. They are apparently a bit closer to understanding it though as they have revealed its genome sequence which could reveal more on the evolution of mammals.
An international team of researchers have released the genome sequence of the Ornithorhynchus anatinus, allowing them to compare the duck-billed platypus to normal mammals.
They found that the platypus genome has roughly the same number of protein-coding genes compared to other mammals.
It also has around 80% of the genes other mammals have as well.
There were some key differences found though, such as genes which allowed it to act like a reptile, shooting venom.
The platypus is extremely unique as it is a mammal that lays eggs, but also has a bill similar to a bird, and venom it can shoot out, similar to a snake reptile.
At first glance, the platypus appears as if it was the result of an evolutionary accident."
An international team of researchers have released the genome sequence of the Ornithorhynchus anatinus, allowing them to compare the duck-billed platypus to normal mammals.
They found that the platypus genome has roughly the same number of protein-coding genes compared to other mammals.
It also has around 80% of the genes other mammals have as well.
There were some key differences found though, such as genes which allowed it to act like a reptile, shooting venom.
The platypus is extremely unique as it is a mammal that lays eggs, but also has a bill similar to a bird, and venom it can shoot out, similar to a snake reptile.
At first glance, the platypus appears as if it was the result of an evolutionary accident."
Mahmood Ahmadinejad and His Cartoon (Tehran 2008)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended Tehran's 21st International Book Fair
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