A, I Didn't Know You Could Sweat? What Other Human Like Functions Do You Have??

June Chikuma, Keita Hoshi - Planet Quarry

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The Rio Tinto is a river in southern Spain that is noted for its distinctive bright red hue, which is caused by the presence of dissolved iron in the water. With a pH of 2, it is also extremely acidic; because of this fact, it has recently gained interest among the scientific community due to the presence of extremophile aerobic bacteria that thrive in its waters. The river has been extensively studied by astrobiologists for its implications on the potential to find such bacteria in subterrenean oceans elsewhere in the solar system. 

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The Earth at night. Photographs taken by NASA.

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Alien ‘Wow!’ signal could be explained after almost 40 years

A former analyst with the US Department of Defence is on the trail of an astronomical ‘cold case’ – an unexplained signal that some believe could have come from extraterrestrials

Way back in 1977 something amazing happened (apart from the release of Star Wars obviously). Astronomer Jerry Ehman was using the Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope to sweep the sky for possible signals from extraterrestrial civilisations. He found something.

While pointing towards a grouping of stars called Chi Sagittarii on 15 August, he received a powerful blast of radio waves that lasted for 72 seconds. He circled it on the readout and wrote: “Wow!”

Analysis of the signal showed that it displayed all the hallmarks of coming from interstellar space, and it became something of a cause célèbre for those involved in SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

The trouble is that despite numerous attempts, the signal has never been observed again and so remains unexplained. Until now perhaps, thanks to the work of Professor Antonio Paris of St Petersburg College, Florida.

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so is there something going on between you and the doctor, perse? -wink-

-52: He’s like.. a gross uncle to me okay. Ugh.,,, Oh god…

Study Says Making Art Reduces Stress, Even If You Kind Of Suck At It

Researchers found that 45 minutes of creative activity significantly lessens stress in the body.

The next time you’re blessed with that familiar, overwhelming sensation of stress — when your anxieties turn from passing sensations in the brain to rude house guests overstaying their welcome — I highly recommend breaking out your construction paper, model clay, glitter glue, feathers and pipe cleaners.

“I’m not an artist!” you might protest, recalling the ambivalent grin your parents flashed while hanging your elementary school masterpiece on the refrigerator all those years ago. But, no matter. Honestly, it does not matter. Science says so.

More specifically, Girija Kaimal, assistant professor of creative arts therapies at Drexel University, says so. Kaimal recently led a study examining the effects of making art on stress-related hormones in your body.

The results, published in Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, titled “Reduction of Cortisol Levels and Participants’ Responses Following Art Making,” found that 45 minutes of creative activity significantly lessens stress in the body, regardless of artistic experience or talent.

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Teens, Inspired! Luisa Lyons

Artist Name: Luisa Lyons

Title: Fueling the Flame

Media: Acrylic on Canvas

School: Green Hope High School

Teacher: Ms. Prichard

Inspired by: Thomas Moran, “Fiercely the red sun descending/Burned his way along the heavens”,  1875–1876

Artist Statement: My painting was inspired by Thomas Moran’s Fiercely the red sun descending/Burned his way along the heavens. Moran’s arrangement of colors and texture shows the beauty of the ocean and the way the descending sun’s rays glow throughout the piece. The image I painted was a girl with fire as her hair and the ocean as her skin. The fire and water conflict on the outside of her body, creating smoke in the air. The issue that this painting shows is global warming. In the future, the ocean will swallow the land creating conflict and destruction. This clash is depicted with the use of the fire vs the water. Global warming is a very real issue and can only be slowed with the help of everyone around the world.

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