Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes. The new findings from the study led by Ralph Lorenz, Cassini radar team member from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., are reported in the Jan. 29 issue of the Geophysical Research Letters. "Titan is just covered in carbon-bearing material -- it's a giant factory of organic chemicals," said Lorenz. "This vast carbon inventory is an important window into the geology and climate history of Titan." At a balmy minus 179 degrees Celsius (minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit), Titan is a far cry from Earth. Instead of water, liquid hydrocarbons in the form of methane and ethane are present on the moon's surface, and tholins probably make up its d...
The Three-Toed Sloths are the Slowest Animal in the world. The three-toed sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals (also known as "three-fingered" sloths). They are the only members of the genus Bradypus and the family Bradypodidae. The four living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth. In complete contrast to past morphological studies, which tended to place Bradypus as the sister group to all other folivorans, molecular studies place them nested within the sloth superfamily Megatherioidea, making them the only surviving members of that radiation. Extant species Evolution A study of mitochondrial cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences suggests that B. torquatus diverged from B. variegatus and B. tridactylus about 12 million years ago, while the latter two split 5 to 6 million years ago. The diversification of B. variegatus lineages was estimated to have started 4 to 5 mill...
As soon as winter comes, people start taking bath with hot water. Most people feel relaxed after bathing with warm water. Bathing with hot water is easy, but it can also cause many damages. Let us know what are the harm to the body by bathing with hot water . Skin dryness Due to bathing with hot water, the moisture of the body goes away and the skin starts getting dry. Those with sensitive skin should not take bath with hot water. Risk Of Infection Bathing with very hot water starts eliminating natural oils from the body, due to which the risk of allergies and infections increases in the body. Effect On Male Fertility According to a study, bathing with hot water for a long time affects the fertility of men. People who have any problem related to fertility should not take bath with hot water at all. Body Becomes Sluggish The body feels very relaxed after taking a bath with warm water....
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