Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Attack of The Sea



Global warming has started at an alarming rate. What’s worse is that inspite of this global uproar of minimising pollutants and their emission in the atmosphere, other aspects such as deforestation and killing of animals that play an important role in the nature cycle are also becoming extinct. 

The infographic above explains a much grave situation due to global warming- rising temperature and sea level rise. Rising water level of the seas and oceans is like a bomb ticker that when explodes will engulf most of the ground level area of earth. Many cities would submerge beneath water as ice sheets continue melting leaving less and less space for humans and animals above earth to survive.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

“Old-Made” Soup by Chinese Recipe Since 2, 400 Years, Discovered


After finding a great ancient treasure of Royal Chinese coins, there has again been an interesting excavation of something ancient yet ‘once edible’ Chinese piece. As quoted by BBC, Chinese archaeologists have recently unearthed a 2, 400-year old, sealed bronze utensil with a green gooey liquid believed to be “soup with bones immersed into it”.  They say that tests are going to be confirmed for identifying the actual constituents of the ancient recipe along with an odorless liquid found in another vessel, believed to be wine.

The state media report too, said that the site, which is an old royal tomb was excavated in order to make space for the extension of the local airport in Shaanxi province. 
After the discovery, Liu Daiyun of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology said, “It's the first discovery of bone soup in Chinese archaeological history. The discovery will play an important role in studying the eating habits and culture of the Warring States Period (475-221BC).”
Adding an interest element to the news, the excavation site is in the proximities of Xian. Xian served to be the capital of ancient China 1, 100 years back. Moreover, Emperor Qin’s mausoleum and his famous terracotta warriors make the closest spot from the fresh activity centre. 

Emperor Qin is said to be the first Chinese Emperor who was responsible for the unification of China in 221 BC. His tenure extended till 210 BC. As soon as he ascended the throne, he spent decades in building an enormous underground tomb for himself. Still the entire site has not yet been dug fearing it might damage the rest of the relics that it contains. 

The archaeologists also suggest of the fact that maybe the emperor is also buried with his soldiers in the tomb.

Friday, December 3, 2010

'Watch' How an Internet Browser Works



As the Internet arrived and revolutionized the world with faster communication through emails and knowledge portals, it seems like it would be the Doomsday, without it. However, relax, this is not going to be the case. 

Talking about the browsers like IE, Firefox, Chrome, etc., that actually rule the minds of the geeky ones are the ones that makes the Internet-skimming a delightful pastime for the planet Earth inhabitants. Ever wondered that how does it actually works? As this question intrigues you inside, how about I provide with a very trouble-free yet tasteful understanding of the work process of an Internet browser. Here, check this comic strip depicting steps that a browser takes to fulfill your search demands.