Rainbow ants

Mohamed Babu, an Indian scientist, came up with a luminous experiment when his wife observed ants turning white in their kitchen after drinking spilled milk. From this, Babu decided to feed coloured sugar drops to ants in his garden and guess what happened? Rainbow ants! Babu explains, “As the ant’s abdomen is semi-transparent, the ants…

Smartphones: What to buy?

Since the release of the first iPhone back in 2007, there have been loads of smartphones released made by various companies like RIM, Samsung, Sony and Motorola. There are so many smartphones out in our local malls right now that its very hard to chose what to pick. Since mid-2010 dashing phones like the iPhone…

Men vs. women

The issue of equality, or rather, inequality, between men and women has been long debated, questioned and criticized. I’m here to point out some arguments from hopefully what all of you will view as conciliatory. 1) Creation of woman from man. Let’s go back to the origins from a religious point of view. Long story short:…

Surprises at the MTV VMAs 2011

There were many surprises on this year’s MTV VMAs. Who was Lady Gaga dressed as? Who won Best New Artist? Find out here! Surprise #1 When Lady Gaga opened the awards acting as Jo Calderone I didn’t know who that was until “he” started talking about Lady Gaga. She really got into her Jo character…

97% of the World, Unexplored?

From creatures that emit bioluminescence as if they are living glow-sticks, to “petrified” octopuses – and what, underwater flying turkeys?! Explore underwater astonishments in the following videos and realize actually how little we know about our amazing, mysterious home — our extraordinary world. TED Talks with David Gallo: Macropinna microstoma, fish with transparent forehead: