Driving You Up The Wall

English researchers has developed a super sticky tape that mimics the mechanism used by lizards to climb nearly any surface.
One square centimeter of the new adhesive contains millions of plastic fibres, similar to those clingy hairs that cover the soles of gecko's feet. In addition to potentially allowing folks to scale walls spider-man-style, this new technology scientists say, will have many applications, providing the necessary residue-free stickum for everything from computer chips in vacuum environments to tissues in need of rejoining during surgery.

The Law-Makers

Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics... 29 have been accused of spousal abuse. Seven has been arrested for fraud. 19 have been accused of writing bad checks. 117 directly or indirectly bankrupted at least two businesses. 3 have done time for assault. 71 cannot get credit card due to bad credit. 14 have been arrested on drug related charges. 8 have been arrested for shop lifting. 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits. 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last few years.

Can you guess which organisation this is? Give up? it's the 535-member strong United States Congress. The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

Twins are not a rarity

People with twins in their extended families may wonder whether a crib for two is in their future, too. According to conventional wisdom twins not only run in families, but they also-for some strange reasons - skip at least one generation. It is acclaimed that it is widely repeated, but only partly true. Scientists have known for sometimes that there is a gene that can predispose woman to hyper ovulation, or releasing two or more eggs in a single menstrual cycle. When both eggs are fertilised, the resulting siblings are fraternal twins. Because this gene can be passed on, the tendency to have fraternal twins can in fact run in families. Identical twins, on the other hand, result from one fertilised egg randomly splitting in two, creating two siblings with identical DNA. The notion that twins always skip a generation is also a myth.

Crocodiles Actually Weep

A new study has authenticated the phrase “crocodile tears” by discovering that crocodiles really do weep while eating but it is purely physiological reasons that makes them bawl.

A researcher of university of Florida observed and videotaped four confined caimans and three alligators, both close relatives of the crocodile, while eating on a spit of dry land at Florida’s St Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park.

Zoologist Kent Vliet found that five of the seven animals bawled as they tore into their food, with some of their eyes even frothing and bubbling.

However, Vilet said that the causes of the tears remain a bit of mystery.

He believes they may occur as a result of the animals hissing and huffing, a behaviour that often accompanies feeding.

Air forced through the sinuses may mix with tears in the crocodiles’lacrimal, or tear, glands emptying into the eye. The study is published in the latest edition of the journal BioScience.

A Master Piece Of Art : By Steve Moore

This amazing piece of art has been inked by the great artist Steve Moore. Started from Sacred Heart in Canada, Steve is now a renowned artist whose work is appreciated all over the world. The back is inked in in a beautiful mask and there are other tattoo not clearly visible on arm and shoulder.

He started this work of inking in Toronto in the year 1993 and has his own private studio in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He charges $170 per hour.