Gempa Jepang 11 Maret 1.000 Kali Lebih Kuat dari Gempa 1995 "Alumni Blogger"

Sepanjang sejarah negeri matahari terbit, rakyat Jepang telah mengenal salah satu gempa terdahsyat yaitu gempa Kobe tahun 1995. Gempa berkekuatan 7,3 SR itu menewaskan sekitar 6.000 penduduk prefektur tersebut maupun wilayah sekitarnya.
 

Rakyat Jepang menyebutnya Great Hanshin-Awaji Earhquake., ini karena kuatnya gempa yang berpusat di darat dengan kedalaman 16 Km, Namun, kini Jepang dilanda gempa yang lebih dahsyat lagi, yang terjadi di Prefektur Miyagi, Jepang bagian utara.

Temuan Soal Fosil Alien Oleh NASA Ternyata Keliru "Alumni-Blogger"

 Richard B Hoover seorang ilmuwan NASA yang mengklaim telah menemukan fosil bakteri di meteorit, ternyata dibantah oleh atasannya sendiri karena keliru.

Hoover dan timnya yang menemukan fosil bakteri ini, mendapatkan hanya dengan menggunakan pencitraan mikroskop. Mereka yang semula mengira bahwa fosil bakteri kecil itu adalah cyanobacteria. Tapi, ternyata keliru.

Signs You're About to Get Fired "Alumni-Blogger"

(copy from yahoo)

Rusty Rueff, On Friday March 4, 2011, 12:35 pm EST

Too many times after someone gets fired, they say, "I should have seen it coming." But most of us don't see the signs because we don't want to see them. They're there, sometimes right in front of us.
Here are some cautionary signs your last day may be coming sooner than you think:

Whale Shark Feeding Frenzies Mystify Scientists "Alumni-Blogger"

 (copy from yahoo)
Stephanie Pappas
, LiveScience Senior Writer
LiveScience.com Stephanie Pappas
, Livescience Senior Writer
livescience.com – Tue Mar 8, 5:25 pm ET

If this year is like the last few, one of the most mysterious creatures in the world will soon descend upon the waters off of the Yucatan Peninsula. The blue, plankton-rich waters will become an all-you-can-eat haven for hundreds of giant whale sharks, an annual event known as "afuera."
As writer Jim Tharpe wrote Monday in the Washington Post, the sharks feed on plankton at the ocean surface in a "swirling mass." Nowhere else do whale sharks gather in such numbers in full view of human eyes – and researchers are using the opportunity to learn more about these elusive giants.
"Amazingly, the largest fish in the world, which is the whale shark, is one of the least known," Rafael de la Parra, a biologist and coordinator for Mexico's whale shark conservation Domino Project, told LiveScience. [Images of whale sharks]

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma, more precisely malignant mesothelioma, is a rare form of cancer that develops from the protective lining that covers many of the body's internal organs, the mesothelium. It is usually caused by exposure to asbestos.^[1]

Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity), the heart,^[2] the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart) or tunica vaginalis.

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos and glass particles, or they have been exposed to asbestos dust and fiber in other ways. It has also been suggested that washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos or glass can put a person at risk for developing mesothelioma.^[3] Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between mesothelioma and smoking, but smoking greatly increases the risk of other asbestos-induced cancers.^[4] Those who have been exposed to asbestos often utilize attorneys to collect damages for asbestos-related disease, including mesothelioma. Compensation via asbestos funds or lawsuits is an important issue in mesothelioma (see asbestos and the law).