Saturday, August 31, 2013

Life on Earth was originated from Mars, said Scientists with new proofs

Are we aliens? Where did the life originated from? Does life on Earth has any link to the life on Mars, the Red planet? Well, we can start thinking on it as the scientists from Italy have claimed that the life had come from Mars on our Earth, with proofs.

Life on Earth originated from Mars photo [Image credit- Flickr, BlueDharma]

While it has always been mystery about who are us how did life originated at the first on our Blue planet, some scientists from Italy have come with provable proofs for the origination of Life from Mars to the Earth.

The research has been present in Goldsmith function which was organized in Florence, Italy recently. According to the results of this research, the life on the Earth had been originated from a giant asteroid which had come from the Red planet (Mars) itself.

An American scientist, Professor Steven who is linked to the research told to the media that their team has found enough proofs that the most important atoms and constituents for the life-on-the-Earth were developed on Mars.

Professor Steven belongs to Westheemer Institute of Science and Technology which is situated in Gansville, America.

Now, a humanly vision on the research


Life on Earth-Mars photo [Image source- Dailymail]
  • Have you ever wondered why life only originated on Earth while our solar system had other plants too?
  • How come an asteroid travel from Mars to the Earth without a pre-planned and pre-targeted aim?
  • If the asteroid from Mars was responsible for the life on the Earth; were they aliens who had sent it to the Earth?
  • Cannot it be taken as another sign than life has been existed on planets else than Earth since past?

While we can only shot a number of unanswered questions, we have no idea if the aliens or Space itself is planning to shower more life on other Earth-like planets in the solar system or galaxy. Also, if the origination of life was only possible due to an asteroid from another planet, we can always wonder the probability of the existence of life on other planets when there are so many planets in the Universe and the space is infinite.

Scientists just developed a mini brain, said Nature

Scientists have become successful in developing a mini human brain model in their laboratory. While the brain is not as functional as a living human brain, the mini brain is expected to be of great help in knowing and understanding the functionality, diseases and disorders in human brain. Let’s read what more is being expected from this mini human brain by the scientists and bio-technologists.

A report in ‘Nature’ magazine has said that a mini brain has been successfully developed by the researchers. According to the report, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, situated in Austin’s academy has developed a miniature brain which resembles to the brain of a few weeks old baby in shape and size.

Scientists developed mini brain photo [Image source- Flickr, Christina Gavlez]


Scientists developed mini human brain model photo [Image source- Flickr]
As we have no intentions to give lame expectations to our readers, we need to mention that the brain is only a miniature model of a living human brain and does not think or understand as a human brain does. While it is not for the first time when scientists have been able to develop nerves or rough model of brain, the miniature brain is the only of its kind when the scientists have successfully developed a 4mm sized human brain.

Researcher and Scientist, Dr. Jurjen Nobilich said that the newly developed brain in the laboratory will be helpful in observing the functionalities as well as various diseases and disorders in the brain.


[Note: The images used in this post only have relation with the subject of post. The images, in anyway are not being claimed as the original images from the research shared in this blog.]

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Do not let your kids watch television for more than 2 hours, Researchers suggest

Do your kids watch television for hours? Well, it is quite normal as small kids are so much fond of cartoon shows. But, beware! A recent research made on kids under age 3 has revealed that watching TV for more than 2 hours may put them in mental and physical risks.

The research was conducted by Professor Linda Pagni from Montreal University. In the research, they found that the kids who watch TV for more than 2 hours a day suffer slow mental and physical growth. Such kids do not only have an IQ less than the normal kids but their ability to do mathematical operations and memorizing is affected negatively. The research also revealed that it also affects the physical growth and health of kids negatively.

The research included a brief observance of psychological and socialistic problems faced by the kids in kindergarten classroom, who watch too much television.

The kids who watch TV for hours are likely to have less interest in studies and suffer several concentration disorders. The research is only of its kind and supposed to be helping to almost every parent.

Professor Linda Pagni quoted that it can be dangerous to let the kids aging 2-3 years watch too much TV for hours.

While it feels like a jail to stop our kids from watching their cartoon shows or making it limited, we should not ignore our children’s mental and physical health. It is clear from the research the research that parents need to take good care if the kids are big fan of watching cartoon shows on TV.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

20 minutes Yoga/Physical exercises provide better mental health – say Experts

In today’s super accelerated and busy life, it becomes hard to save time for relaxing, meditating or going for morning/evening walks in order to maintain our brain’s health. The good news is only a few minutes exercise can balance our mental health. A research done by the students of University of Illinois revealed that practicing Yoga for 20 minutes a day can keep our brains healthy.

The research was headed by Neha Gothe and team of University of Illinois, Washington. The research was done on thirty people including teenagers, women and students pursuing graduation. The participants were said to perform Yoga exercises while their mental and physical stability was being observed throughout the process. After practicing Yoga for about 20 minutes, the researchers found a considerable improvement in their performance, speed and accuracy. The research also included an aerobic exercise for the participants that resulted in better self awareness in them.

An artistic image of Human brain [20 minutes Yoga/Physical exercises provide better mental health – say Experts]
Edward McAuley, who is the professor of Illinois kinesiology and community health and the director of the Exercise Psychology said, “Yoga is becoming an increasingly popular form of exercise in the U.S. and it is imperative to systematically examine its health benefits, especially the mental health benefits that this unique mind-body form of activity may offer”.


The research team included kinesiology and community health professor, Charles Hillman from University of Illinois and professor of kinesiology, Matthew Pontifex from Michigan State University.

Neha Gothe, University of Illinois. [20 minutes Yoga/Physical exercises provide better mental health – say Experts]

Neha Gothe, the lead researcher from India said that Yoga is an ancient Indian science and a way to life which does not only include physical exercises and body postures but meditation and breathing exercises as well.