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Cheetahs run at about 104 km/h (64 mph) –that is twice as fast as some of the world’s top sprinters, who usually max out at 37.6 km/h (23.4 mph).

Lightning may spark headaches and migraines. This is largely due to electromagnetic waves and an increase in air pollutants, including nasty fungal spores associated with the conditions.

Read more: http://bit.ly/12Hep77 via National Geographic

This furry four-legged creature that evolved shortly after the dinosaurs disappeared could be the ancestor of all placental mammals—including humans—new research revealed.

Read more: http://bit.ly/124sln9 via ABC Science

Australian scientists have used quantum mechanics to create a powerful microscope capable of showing the inner workings of a living cell in unprecedented detail. The breakthrough could shed light on important biological processes without damaging the cell. This artist's impression of the quantum microscope shows a quantum light field focussed through the wall of a cell.
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This is how the Los Angeles night sky would look without light pollution. French photographer Thierry Cohen shot iconic cities and altered the pictures using night skies from less populated areas on the same latitudes to produce these stunning images.

See how New York, Shanghai, Paris and Hong Kong look without light and other distractions: http://nyti.ms/W2DHHc Images by Thierry Cohen, via The New York Times

Blackberry Empathy Concept

RIM has announced a new concept phone, the BlackBerry Empathy, that displays the moods of your contacts. It would work by connecting the device to a biometric ring (mood ring) that would monitor and transmit your mood in real time.The BlackBerry Empathy was intended to integrate real human emotions with social networking!!!!!!

3 IDIOTS ROBOT NOW A REALITY!!!
Advances in technology have now brought our society to the point where you will soon be able to buy a tiny little camera-equipped robot helicopter that will automatically follow you around and film every single thing you do.

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4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO -
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. . Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

FIRST: Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency,
dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked. Try it out...

SECOND: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock.

Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.

Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other ' remote ' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk)...

Editor ' s Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone! '

THIRD: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370 #
Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery.
This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

FOURTH: How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone ' s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset..
Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.

You probably won ' t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can ' t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can
notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234,
then you would put in 4321.

The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location.

This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don ' t know about it...... Please pass this along to everyone.

This is the kind of information people don ' t mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.

Mozilla has unveiled two Developer Preview smartphones that will act as a vanguard ahead of Firefox OS‘s consumer release later this year. The phones are being developed by Geeksphone — a Spanish smartphone start-up — and Telefonica, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world (and also Spanish).

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Don't forget to look up at the night sky tonight, wherever you are in the world. The Moon and Jupiter will be the brightest objects in the sky and won't be this close to each other again until 2026. Absolutely stunning.

And here's a list of other must-see astronomy events -