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POPSNASA scientists want to move the Earth full at source: The plan put forward by Dr Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, involves carefully directing a comet or asteroid so that it sweeps close past our planet and transfers some of its gravitational energy to Earth. ‘Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the Sun,’ Laughlin said. Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter or Saturn, where the reverse process would occur. It would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.
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POPSPew Brings Survivors to Congress to Advocate Protections for Sharks
This wasteful practice is banned in the U.S., but loopholes in the law hamper its effectiveness, and many other countries still allow finning. "You are more likely to be killed by lightning than a shark. Up to 73 million sharks are killed around the world annually. In contrast, only a handful of people die every year from the 50-70 shark attacks worldwide." A recent report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classified 35 out of 64 known pelagic (open ocean) shark and related ray species around the world as Threatened or Near Threatened with extinction. According to the report, overfishing is the primary reason for the threatened status of a number of shark species in U.S. waters, including great whites, three species of thresher sharks, makos, porbeagles, oceanic whitetips, and three species of hammerheads. In advocating for the Shark Conservation Act, introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) in April and passed by the House of Representatives
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POPSPalm Oil critics strangely muted over annual slaughter of one Million Sharks hese are the words of Anderson Cooper as he presented his CNN special on his AC360 program called “Planet in Peril: Battle Lines” in December 2008: “It is an odd sensation. Lowering yourself into water teeming with great white sharks. There is a cage between you and the sharks, but its open on the top, and when the first shark emerges from the shadows, moving full speed toward you, its giant mouth open, revealing rows of razor sharp teeth, the cage is little comfort.
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POPSFoods of Love - Food as Aphrodisiacs • Puffer Fish: considered both a delicacy and an aphrodisiac in Japan. If the poisonous gland is not properly removed, the tiniest taste is deadly. The flirt with death is said to give a sexual thrill. Not recommended.
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POPSFasnacht in Helvetia WV-Appalachian History Fasnacht means "fasting eve" in Schwyzerdutsch, the German dialect spoken in the Swiss canton of Helvetia. In West Virginia's Helvetia, homes are decorated with scary figures to frighten Old Man Winter away. These after all are the Rauhnächte (rough nights), the nights between winter and spring, when evil ghosts are supposed to go around.
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POPSThe kiwifruit (kiwi) was once called the Yangtao The kiwifruit (kiwi) has been around for more than 700 years? Our knowledge of the kiwifruit goes back to the Yang-tse river valley in China, where it was called “Yangtao.” The court of the great Khans considered the Yangtao to be a delicacy and it was cherishedfor its delicious flavor and emerald-green color. The small, brown, fuzzy “Yangtao” fruit (kiwi) grew wild on vines that wrapped around trees.
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POPSMost Poisonous or Dangerous food Poisonous or dangerous food is considered a special delicacy by some cultures in several parts of the world. In most cases, a nice feast may turn into a deadly game of Russian roulette....
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POPSWhat Obama really meant Just put on your big-boy pants and quit whining about what you inherited! You wanted it...I don't remember Reagan whining about what he inherited from Jimmy Carter. That dog won't hunt much longer.
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POPSTop Ten Strangest Foods From Around the World They say one man's trash is another man's treasure. The same could be said about food: one man's nightmare may just be another man's delicacy. From cow's tongue and pig's snout to chicken's feet, from fried worms and frog's legs to sautéed snails, the list of weird stuff we eat is endless (and often quite tasty). If you've been indulging lately and need a reason to diet, take a read, you may just lose that appetite. Here is the list of the ten strangest foods from around the world.
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