col3,4 : Evolutionary Impact: score, impact
col5,6 : Impact on Human history: score, impact
col7,8 : Environmental Impact: score, impact
col9,10 : Global Reach: score, impact
col11,12: Longevity: score, impact
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Top 100 Species Ranked On Basis Of Longevity, Impact On Earth And Evolutionary Success
According to Christopher Lloyd, the author of ‘What on Earth Evolved?' that is published on the eve of Charles Darwin's 150th birth anniversary, Earth worms are the biggest survivors, that has survived many extinction events. This list is prepared on the basis of a species's longevity, the impact it has had on the planet, evolutionary success and geographical spread.
col3,4 : Evolutionary Impact: score, impact
col5,6 : Impact on Human history: score, impact
col7,8 : Environmental Impact: score, impact
col9,10 : Global Reach: score, impact
col11,12: Longevity: score, impact
col3,4 : Evolutionary Impact: score, impact
col5,6 : Impact on Human history: score, impact
col7,8 : Environmental Impact: score, impact
col9,10 : Global Reach: score, impact
col11,12: Longevity: score, impact
Friday, October 2, 2009
The 2009 IgNobel Prize winners
The 2009 Ig Nobel winners, awarded at Harvard University by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine:
Veterinary medicine: Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson for showing that cows with names give more milk than unnamed cows.
Peace: Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl for investigating whether it is better to be struck over the head with a full beer bottle or with an empty beer bottle.
Economics: Executives of four Icelandic banks for showing how tiny banks can become huge banks, and then become tiny banks again.
Chemistry: Javier Morales, Miguel Apatiga and Victor Castaño for creating diamonds out of tequila.
Medicine: Donald Unger for cracking just the knuckles on his left hand for 60 years to see whether knuckle-cracking contributes to arthritis.
Physics: Katherine Whitcome, Liza Shapiro and Daniel Lieberman for figuring out why pregnant women don't tip over.
Literature: The Irish national police for issuing 50 tickets to one Prawo Jazdy, which in Polish means "driver's license."
Public health: Elena Bodnar, Raphael Lee and Sandra Marijan for inventing a brassiere than can be converted into a pair of gas masks.
Mathematics: Gideon Gono and the Zimbabwean Reserve Bank for printing bank notes in denominations from 1 cent to $100 trillion.
Biology: Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu and Zhang Guanglei for demonstrating that bacteria in panda poop can help reduce kitchen waste by 90%.
Source: Annals of Improbable Research.
Veterinary medicine: Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson for showing that cows with names give more milk than unnamed cows.
Peace: Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl for investigating whether it is better to be struck over the head with a full beer bottle or with an empty beer bottle.
Economics: Executives of four Icelandic banks for showing how tiny banks can become huge banks, and then become tiny banks again.
Chemistry: Javier Morales, Miguel Apatiga and Victor Castaño for creating diamonds out of tequila.
Medicine: Donald Unger for cracking just the knuckles on his left hand for 60 years to see whether knuckle-cracking contributes to arthritis.
Physics: Katherine Whitcome, Liza Shapiro and Daniel Lieberman for figuring out why pregnant women don't tip over.
Literature: The Irish national police for issuing 50 tickets to one Prawo Jazdy, which in Polish means "driver's license."
Public health: Elena Bodnar, Raphael Lee and Sandra Marijan for inventing a brassiere than can be converted into a pair of gas masks.
Mathematics: Gideon Gono and the Zimbabwean Reserve Bank for printing bank notes in denominations from 1 cent to $100 trillion.
Biology: Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu and Zhang Guanglei for demonstrating that bacteria in panda poop can help reduce kitchen waste by 90%.
Source: Annals of Improbable Research.
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