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POPSNiagara Falls frozen Niagara Falls the second largest in the world and the most powerful waterfall in North America. Difficult to imagine that this waterfall ever froze... Nevertheless, in 1911, this powerful stream of water was frozen.
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POPSJapanese fishermen brace for giant jellyfish
"The sheer size of them, individually, makes them fairly spectacular," Graham said. Spectacular, perhaps, to scientists, but perilous to villagers along the Japanese coast who have seen the destructive habits of these colossal creatures in the past. They had giant-jellyfish invasions in 2005 and 2007, and because they've recently been spotted in the Sea of Japan, they're bracing for another, potentially harmful wave this summer. The jellyfish destroy fishermen's nets, getting trapped in them, tearing holes and ruining catches. Fishermen often use expensive mazelike nets that stretch for hundreds of kilometers. When swarms of giant jellyfish tear them, the result is devastating. "Communities of fishermen and these fishing villages own these nets," Graham said. "When these nets get wiped out, it actually has this economic devastation for an entire community." The good news is that previous attacks have prompted Japan to put in place a warning system for fishermen. While they
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POPSA phenomenon not seen at the beach for more than three decades. It stretched for 30 miles out into the Pacific in a phenomenon not seen at the beach for more than three decades. Scientists explain that the foam is created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. All are churned up together by powerful currents which cause the water to form bubbles. These bubbles stick to each other as they are carried below the surface by the current towards the shore. As a wave starts to form on the surface, the motion of the water causes the bubbles to swirl upwards and, massed together, they become foam.The foam ’surfs’ towards shore until the wave ‘crashes’, tossing the foam into the air.‘It’s the same effect you get when you whip up a milk shake in a blender,’ explains a marine expert. ‘The more powerful the swirl, the more foam you create on the surface and the lighter it becomes.’ In this case, storms off the New South Wales Coast and further north off Queensland had created a huge distur
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POPSDitching binary will make quantum computers more powerful But other possibilities exist, Neeley explains. "We could use a 'trinary' system with three digits – 0, 1 and 2 – and then the fundamental units would be trinary digits, or trits, that would essentially be three-position switches." A single "trit" would contain more information a conventional "bit". Neeley's team have now built a quantum computer whose building blocks have five basic states.
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POPSLa chance Theirs some very very lucky people out there. The last one is hilarious.
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POPSPink Dolphin Have you ever seen a pink dolphin? Me either...but Believe It or Not!, here it is! Charter boat captain Erik Rue, 42, captured this image after the mammal first surfaced in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary, north of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern USA. He said: "I just happened to see a little pod of dolphins, and I noticed one that was a little lighter. "It was absolutely stunningly pink.” It is actually an albino dolphin. A close relation of dolphins, the Amazon River Botos, called pink dolphins, live in South America in the Amazon. USA Photo: CATERS NEWS
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POPSTop 10 worst and best lovers in the world Germans were deemed to have bad body odour, Englishmen were accused of letting women do all the work, whilst Swedes were a bit too quick to finish. Men from Holland were ''too rough'' between the bed covers and Americans were accused of being ''too dominating'' in the bedroom. Greek men were said to be a bit too soppy. Other countries who didn't fare well in the poll were Scotland (too loud), Turkey (too sweaty) and Wales (too selfish). Russian men crept in at tenth place amid accusations they are too hairy for the average woman. A spokesperson for www.OnePoll.com added: ''These results are an eye-opener for thousands of men around the world and female travellers might judge potential new lovers by looking at these results.''
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POPSBalancing act: the delicate artwork of Bill Dan Balancing act: the delicate artwork of Bill Dan Bill Dan balancing art The stoney towers have captured the attention of so many people in the San Francisco Bay area that Bill is now inundated with requests to teach the method behind the delicate skill. Bill, originally from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been perfecting his awe-inspiring art for over 15 years after being inspired while hiking in Hawaii He said: "I saw a lot of cairns while I was walking and I was attracted to the fact they were put together by people with a common purpose" Balancing act: the delicate artwork of Bill Dan Balance master Bill Dan's incredible wizardry with weights has allowed him to created these stunning rock formations He has some tips for beginners: "If you are curious, you should start doing it yourself. It is not that difficult to stack two or three rocks. Don't worry if you start with large contact points, you can get smaller and smaller as you build your skills" And to prove that
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