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Oxygen Transport in the Body (Medical animation) Posted: 11 Apr 2009 06:34 AM PDT (10 votes - 0 comments - 103 views) Hemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of vertebrates The protein makes up about 97% of the red blood cell's dry content, and around 35% of the total content (including water). Hemoglobin transports oxygen from the lungs or gills to the rest of the body where it releases the oxygen for cell use. It also has a variety of other roles of gas transport and effect-modulation which vary from species to species. -Wikipedia

Female "King" Ruled in Canaan, Carving Suggests Posted: 11 Apr 2009 06:10 AM PDT Archaeologists digging in the ruins of the Canaanite city-state Beth-Shemesh last summer found a decorated plaque with what could be the first known depiction of a ruler known as the "Mistress of the Lionesses".

The Big Picture Posted: 11 Apr 2009 06:06 AM PDT Intricate, glowing nebulae that shine in planet Earth's night sky are beautiful to look at in deep images made with telescopes and sensitive cameras. But they are faint and otherwise invisible to the naked-eye. That makes their relative location and extent on the sky difficult to appreciate. So, consider this impressive composite image of a wide region of the northern winter sky. With a total exposure time of 40 hours, the painstaking mosaic presents a nebula-rich expanse known as the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble above a house in suburban Boston, USA. Within the wide and deep view are nebulae more often seen in narrower views, including the Great Orion Nebula, the Rosette Nebula, the Seagull Nebula, the California Nebula, and Barnard's Loop. The familiar constellation of Orion itself is just above the foreground house. Brightest star Sirius is left of the roof, and the recognizable Pleiades star cluster is above the tree at the right. A version of the big picture that includes simple constellation guidelines is available here.

The Biggest Bugs on Earth [pics] Posted: 11 Apr 2009 03:25 AM PDT http://www.methodshop.com/picts/bigbugs/index.shtml

YouTube - Alan Moore #10 ~ Advice for young Artists Posted: 11 Apr 2009 12:37 AM PDT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGq-9X3ho7U&feature=related

Scientists Successfully Fire First Bendy Laser Beam Posted: 10 Apr 2009 10:10 PM PDT Bending lightning around tall buildings and away from airports, power plants and other facilities is just one application for curved laser beams, says Jerome Moloney at the University of Arizona, Tuscon. He and his colleagues have now made the first such beams.

New Bead Cache Reflects Spanish Empire's Might Posted: 10 Apr 2009 08:40 PM PDT A cache of 70,000 beads from all over the 17th-century world have been unearthed from Saint Catherines Island, Georgia, a stop along a Spanish trade route between China and the Philippine capital of Manila.The beads reflect a startling array of shapes, colors, sizes, and materials, hinting at the wide reach of the Spanish Empire in the 17th century

MDS Robot Posted: 10 Apr 2009 08:37 PM PDT (10 votes - 2 comments - 106 views) I want one! PS. Watch it in HQ, it is much clearer on the facial expressions.

NASA to Announce Node 3 Name on Colbert Report Posted: 10 Apr 2009 07:40 PM PDT On this Tuesday's Colbert Report, the wait will finally end when a NASA astronaut announces the name of the Node 3 space module.

Discovery poses challenge to galaxy formation theories Posted: 10 Apr 2009 06:00 PM PDT A team led by an Indiana University astronomer has found a sample of massive galaxies with properties that suggest that they may have formed relatively recently. This would run counter to the widely-held belief that massive, luminous galaxies (like our own Milky Way Galaxy) began their formation and evolution shortly after the Big Bang.

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