Jet Dolphin Sea Breacher

Company Innespace come-true idea that seemed quite recently fiction. The apparatus of the present design resembles a dolphin, the first prototype model was designed for a crew consisting of one pilot. The second prototype Sea Breacher, can accommodate two (pilot and passenger).


The model performs almost any tricks in the water, travels at a speed of nearly 50 km / h, has the ability to swim under water and can dive and surfaced as a real dolphin.
Double WATERCRAFT equipped with 175-horsepower rotary engine.



Panoramic view from the cockpit Polaris Sea Breacher, simple operation (joysticks that control the mechanical fins, and pedals that control the tail), and the innovative idea dolphin predict a great future and great success.

Rolls-Royce Ghost

In the sale comes the new sedan luxury »Rolls-Royce Ghost, first presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show. In addition, recently it became known that the company Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is going to fill up the new line of Ghost coupe and convertible. Rolls-Royce Ghost, named in honor of the model 1906 Silver Ghost, is the youngest "brother» Rolls-Royce Phantom. Ghost in the entire 435 mm shorter than the "Phantom". Although small, it still will not name - the length of "Ghost" is equal to 5399 mm and wheelbase - 3295 mm. In the width of the car reaches 1948 mm and height - 1550 mm. Weighs Rolls-Royce Ghost of over 2.4 tonnes.

Biologists dragged the secrets of the ice bottom

Vessel Polarstern has helped biologists to gather a huge collection of underwater inhabitants capable of impressing even the people who are not taking a great interest in biology. Do not believe me - see photos in our material
Previously unknown species of sponges, blind creeping creature, adorned with hairy antennae, crabs with eyes that are not needed in the dark, strange ribbed worms - just some of the new species found in the gloomy depths of the ocean off the coast of Antarctica. In a place which, according to representations of scientists, must have been very poor in terms of biological diversity.

Over a thousand species, most - of previously unknown, as well - a lot of well-known, but those that scientists do not expect to meet here, biologists have found during three expeditions germanskogo research vessel Polarstern in the Weddell and Scotia Sea, held from 2002 to 2005 under international project Andeep (Antarctic benthic deep-sea biodiversity - Biodiversity of Antarctic benthic deep-sea).

Lead study author Angelika Brandt (Angelika Brandt) from the Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum of the University of Hamburg (Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum) and colleagues from several academic institutions in Europe was published in Nature reports of unusual findings.

Sea urchin Ctenocidaris - one of the most amazing species on the ocean floor
obtained in the study Weddell Sea at great depths (from 748 to 6348 meters).

Only some isopods (or isopods, is the largest detachment of crustaceans), scientists have collected 674 varieties, of which 585 species have not been described before. Also, researchers have found a great variety of shellfish, sea urchins, worms and so on.

This feast has delighted biologists. It is known that the ocean at the north pole of poor species. In comparison with the equatorial regions of the planet. It would be logical to expect the same scarcity of the ocean floor near the Antarctic, but it turned out that in terms of variation - is a true paradise.

In the Weddell Sea have found, for example, this glass sponge.

But not only the number of new types of happy scientists. It was important that they have found and where, and how the newly discovered species (and also found there are known species) are associated with the inhabitants of other parts of the world's oceans.

Own analysis of this connection was one of the most important elements of new work. "The Antarctic deep sea - may be the cradle of life for the global marine species" - makes the important conclusion Brandt.

Meet - pink polychaete worm - yet another surprise from the Weddell Sea

Many of the organisms found were found to have relatives in the neighboring smaller waters, and even in other ocean basins. General, through the Weddell Sea is a vast ocean current. So, this pool is important for the distribution of species in various areas of the planet. For example, the study found that some shellfish on the shelf and having eyes, closely associated with deep-crustaceans, the eyes do not have

This translucent isopod, opened in one of the expeditions Andeep, able to spread-eagle your body to increase the surface area and thus keep from sinking into the sediment at the bottom of the ocean

And sometimes, scientists found a deep-sea crabs that had occurred from their kinsmen on the shelf, while preserving the eye. Although they are now they no longer needed.

Especially surprised the biologists, the genetic analysis of foraminifera - single-celled, covered with decorative shells.

It was found that three species of these creatures found in the depths of the Weddell Sea, almost identical species fished in the Arctic Ocean. That is, these types in search of "better home" to overcome the entire planet.

Small gastropod, another sea urchin, some crustaceans, as well as a wonderful sea cucumber, like a pig - are also treasures for European researchers

An astonishing diversity of underwater life off the coast of Antarctica, biologists explain the relative isolation of the area over a long time.

In the dark depths of the inhabitants in the area of the ocean was 40 million "quiet" years for the experiments. Since around the time of final shape of the Southern Ocean around the continent. Until then, young Antarctica slowly moved to the South Pole, after the split of the ancient continent Gondwana, happened about 100 million years ago.

This brightly colored representative crustacean family Epimeriidae - the first deep-water dweller among species of its group

Interestingly, even before these expeditions, scientists optimistically hoped to find at least several new species of deep-sea creatures, the inhabitants of the continental slope and abyssal plains.

When he went through an amazing organisms for hundreds, biologists realized that they would have to seriously reconsider the role of the ocean areas in the evolution of marine life throughout the planet. So the present report - only the first result of visits Polarstern in the Antarctic. And the main work - ahead.

Study co-author - Catherine Linse (Katrin Linse) from the British organization for the Exploration of Antarctica (British Antarctic Survey) - explains the importance of this work: "The discovery of these extraordinary treasures - our first step toward understanding the complex relations between the great depths of the ocean and the overall distribution of marine life" .

Who to blame for the new viruses

The bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens under a microscope. It is the combination with the virus and the scientists used a driving force of evolution is primarily the interaction between species, rather than pressure from the environment.

At least in the case of the formation of new strains of viruses all the case. This finding may be useful not only biologists, but also doctors.
The experiment, described in the journal Nature, biologists conducted from the UK. The researchers took a culture of bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens and F2 bacteriophage virus that infects bacterial cells. Naturally, part of the bacteria eventually fashioned defense against the virus, and viruses, in turn, raised new and mutated strains. A surprise for the scientists was that the rate of evolution of the virus was significantly higher than where he had constantly faced with changes in the protective systems of bacteria.



Good viruses
Viruses that infect bacteria exclusively, in the experiments even try to use the medicine to fight off invading pathogens. However, the widespread introduction of antiretroviral therapy too early to speak: viruses so far used only for the formation of immunity as a vaccine or for gene therapy.

Prior to that, says Steve Patterson, one of the authors, biologists assumed that most often the main driving force of evolution is adaptation to the environment and that the rate of evolution of viruses does not depend on how successfully resist the infection of cells. But where the ability of bacteria to develop new protective mechanisms has been artificially suppressed, viruses evolved more slowly, and get to the end of the experiment the number of different strains to be substantially less. In other words, the emergence of new viruses found "guilty" of their victims!



Evolution. Reproduced in vitro.
Earlier, at the dawn of evolutionary theory, biologists could see only the results of the process, which took place over hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. Charles Darwin, for example, to create his theory prompted a variety of bird species in the Galapagos Islands, which he visited them during the voyage of exploration on the research ship "Beagle". Monitoring living organisms allowed to come to the conclusion that new species arise as a result of natural selection. However, the temporal and spatial evolution mashstaby, seem to exclude any possibility of experimental reconstruction of the evolution in the laboratory.



Myth Darwin
The popular and totally false myth of the theory of evolution: Darwin's alleged is that "man descended from apes." In fact, Darwin's theory states that the new species (though man, even though the virus of swine influenza H1N1/09) arise as a result of natural selection. A chimpanzee, incidentally, does not the ancestor of man, rather, a parallel branch.

Even the appearance of "superkrys" in Britain, where zoologists discovered rodents that are resistant to the widespread poison, too, still there was no experiment. To investigate the evolution in strictly controlled conditions, no rats, nor any more animals were not good. The first large-scale experiment was initiated in 1980 in bacteria.

This experience, in which scholars in the twenty years have traced over 40 thousands of "generations" of E. coli, gave enough material for several scientific papers and you'll know that the formation of new traits in an organism still occurs. Starting from a certain generation of bacteria begin to digest before "inedible" for their substance, and the severity of the experimental conditions enabled follow the mutations that led to the emergence of new capacity - about this experiment GZT.RU wrote in 2009.

Bacteria divide rapidly, relatively easy to be found in large quantities (grams conventional "live" yogurt, for example, contains ten million bacteria), they can freeze and unfreeze - the less than ideal site for research? Partly to the fact that the bacteria in a nutrient medium is a very rough likeness of a real ecosystem, which are almost always more than one species.



Why is evolution?
In preparing this material for scientific observer GZT.RU question arose: how to speak correctly on the joint evolution in the case of bacteria and viruses that are outside the bacteria are inactive? Is the bacterium only environment for the virus?

This question is answered, Alexander Markov, Doctor of Biological Sciences and an expert on the theory of evolution: cell and the virus has not merged into a single organism and do not reproduce as a whole. Their "goal" are different - so the evolution of the virus and the evolution of bacteria are two of the process, not one and the same process. And since these two processes affect each other, we can speak of co-evolution.



Power competition
If the bacteria live in the nutrient solution, their natural selection could only be due to the efficiency of assimilation "grazing". Who is most fully transforms the available resources and faster all the shares - that eventually dominates, it is seen researchers, who placed long-term experience with E. coli.

But in the real world that does not happen: in addition to a breeding ground for the organism is and opponents. Hare, which can cost one piece of bark in the night, but who runs at a speed of two kilometers per hour - simply be eaten. As well as running, but who needs three times the quantity of food is unlikely to survive in the hungry period. Competition imposes additional restrictions, supports the balance between different areas of development ... but how big its contribution?

Placed experiment allowed to answer. Scientists have viruses and bacteria, "graze" them together and then divided them into two groups: one bacterium each day were replaced by fresh, while the other remained "descendants" of those who were originally. Where the bacteria have not changed, there was constant fighting virus with the protective systems of bacterial cells, but where the cells each time updated - there is essentially no evolution in bacteria may not occur, viruses, all 24 of the day attacked the same cell.

And, as mentioned above, the constant proximity to the changing bacteria and help accelerate the evolutionary process in itself viruses. And, what is particularly interesting, biologists could not even calculate the exact number of mutations: 23 in the "joint" and 11 "single" group. More than double the difference!

But that's not all. Genetic analysis of viruses also showed that a "joint" group was formed six different strains, which, in fact, could become the basis for new types of virus. Which of this conclusion is physicians who study, for example, the adaptation of influenza virus to the variability of human immunity - is not yet clear, but perhaps the result of British biologists will interest not only specialists in evolutionary theory.

Men with high intelligence are less likely to cheat

Men with high intellectual level more monogamous and not inclined to adultery. This surprising fact has established a scientific team from the famous London School of Economics and Political science. Rezultaty study published in the journal "Social Psychology". This information agencies reported, citing the London media.

Team leader Professor Satoshi Kanazawa, analyzed data from two large-scale surveys, investigating the relationship between the level of IQ and social behaviors. Empirical scientist has concluded - smarter than men, the more they tend to be faithful to his beloved.

According to Kanazawa, the reason for this line of intellectuals lies in the evolutionary development. Monogamy is largely a recent phenomenon in human development and is an "evolutionary novelty". In the process of formation of a polygamous man allowed to maintain genetic features of Homo sapiens. However, in modern civilization, the need has disappeared.

However, not all men are able to abandon the heritage of previous centuries "and enter a new phase of evolution, says Kanazawa.

With regard to women, their loyalty or disloyalty is not determined by the intellectual level. "No evidence or indication that a more intelligent woman is both more faithful to my wife, we have not been found."

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The dressing of women is killing men

Physiologists say: frivolous style of dress and behavior of the beautiful half of humanity is not harmless. After all, this is - one of the main causes of male diseases.

U.S. scientists have conducted research for over thirty years. According to the results of observations, one in three Americans and Europeans over 30 has problems with potency, or prostate gland. Given for comparison data obtained in the Muslim East. Residents of Arab countries have the lowest incidence of prostate cancer. In the original version of the scientists, this was due to climate or to the peculiarities of nutrition of the local population. But careful study of living conditions and diet of the inhabitants of the East guess not confirmed.

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Fantastic shoes by Alexander McQueen

We offer you a fantastic selection of photos and extravagant shoes from the collections of the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who died February 11 at age 40. Lee Alexander McQueen is famous for its cause and extraordinary show. McQueen was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, four times been named the best British fashion designer of the year.

BMW 328 Mille Miglia Büegelfalte will be for sale.

The auction house RM Auctions in Monaco on May 1, 2010 auctioned car BMW 328 Mille Miglia «Büegelfalte». This car was created in 1938 to attend the Mille Miglia in 1940.
After World War II BMW 328 Mille Miglia «Büegelfalte» was removed from Germany by Soviet Army and until 2001 was in Eastern Europe, until it was bought by current owner. Now the handsome car will be sold in auction.