Multiple Wonders In First Close-Up Photos Of Pluto And Its Moons

The first close-up photos of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft show the dwarf planet has mountains of ice as high as the Rocky Mountains on Earth, mission scientists say.

The images also show that Pluto and its largest moon Charon are geologically active, they say.
The dwarf planet was scanned by instruments aboard the space probe during a flyby of several hours, creating the images released Wednesday by NASA's New Horizons team.

One close-up image of the dwarf planet's equatorial region shows a range of mountains rising 11,000 feet above Pluto's icy surface. They are likely composed of the planet's bedrock layer of water ice, says mission scientist John Spencer.

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People Strike Up Conversations With Trees Via Email In Melbourne

If you email a tree, should you expect a reply? In Australia, the tree would apparently write back — in a matter of speaking. The Melbourne Urban Forest project gave email addresses to the city's trees back in 2013, and operates the accounts on the trees' behalf.

The city set up the email addresses to allow citizens to report damage to individual trees, such as broken branches or other tree health issues. Melbourne citizens, however, took it a step further, seizing the opportunity to strike up conversations with the trees via email, often complimenting them on their beauty and their usefulness.

Even more interesting is that the letter-writers will often get an email back from the trees — even if the reply is written and sent by city employees who take the time to respond.

So what kind of emails do people send? Some proclaim their love for the trees and praise their "radiant beauty." Other emails send condolences to city trees at the end of their life cycles. Some of the emails seem to come from other trees (or at least, their owners) from all over the world.

One email reads:

"My dearest Ulmus, As I was leaving St. Mary's College today I was struck, not by a branch, but by your radiant beauty. You must get these messages all the time. You're such an attractive tree."

Although the city never intended for the trees to receive these kinds of emails, Melbourne embraces the fact that so many people appreciate the city's greenery.

"The email interactions reveal the love Melburnians have for our trees," wrote Melbourne's Environment Portfolio, Councillor Arron Wood in an email to The Atlantic.

"The move toward the Internet of Things only encourages the sense that our objects are not actually just things but acquaintances," writes Adrienne LaFrance for The Atlantic. "This phenomenon isn't entirely new: The urge to talk back to devices and appliances dates at least to the broadcast era."

You can learn all about the program on the official Melbourne Urban Forest website, which gives a rundown on all the trees, along with maps of their locations — even providing information on what happens as trees grow older.

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These Self-Destructing Smart Syringes Could Help Prevent The Transmission Of HIV

The reuse of syringes is a major way that diseases such as HIV are transmitted, with the World Health Organization estimating that in 2010 alone around 33,800 people were infected with HIV and 1.7 million with hepatitis B through the reuse of syringes.

Because of this, WHO has issued a new policy urging every nation to switch to the use of "smart" syringes that can only be used once. The syringes have a metal clip preventing the plunger from being pulled back after the syringes were used, or otherwise having a weak spot in which the plunger will break if a reuse is attempted.

The goal is not only that people themselves will not use standard syringes that can be reused, but also that syringe manufacturers will feel pressured by the new policy to manufacture smart syringes.

"The WHO's global policy has been a massive step forward because now we're able to say to manufacturers: 'Number one, you've got to do it; number two, you've got to do it otherwise you look like you're negative; and number three, you've got to do it because that's the only product being paid for by the international donors," said Marc Koska, founder of Star Syringe, the company that invented the syringes, in an interview with Motherboard.

There are a number of reasons that people are reusing syringes in the first place. These include lack of awareness of possible infection dangers from reuse, limited resources, and corruption that affects the supply of syringes in developing countries.

The smart syringes themselves include a few key parts that prevent reuse. While standard syringes can be moved up and down without problems, a smart syringe includes a small valve mechanism that is molded into the front of the plunger, with a small ring inside the barrel. Once the plunger is pushed down, the two parts lock together, causing the plunger to snap in half if any extra force is applied.

A number of countries are getting behind the project. Egypt, Uganda and India have already expressed interest in switching to smart syringes as soon as possible.

The technology itself is primarily geared toward the developing world, where syringe reuse is more common than the developed world, partly due to limited resources, and while demand has increased since the WHO's announced policy, at present the supply cannot meet the demand.

The expanded use of these syringes won't come without its challenges, however. For example, the companies making these new syringes are so far much smaller than the large pharmaceutical companies that are making traditional syringes and which face costs in retooling supply chains. Larger companies have a corresponding larger reach with their syringes than the few small companies now manufacturing smart syringes, so unless they feel pressured to switch, standard syringes will continue to be the norm.

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A Poem: And You Stole Your Way into Me

In the earliness of the nights

Before submission to the life unknown

As the sounds of day fades slowly

Then I thought of you.

In the worlds of the dreams

When consciousness loses its firm grip

And the subconscious takes its place instead

Then I dreamt of you

In the darkest of the nights

When the next step seems uncertain

And the grip of fear feels so tight

Then I riveted on you

In the lights of the days

When the activities are up to heights

And the nerves are fired to high

Then I paused and pondered on you

In the midst of sorrow

When the mind is near collapse

And no hope is left to live

Then I concentrated on you

In the bask of euphoria

When the joys are full to brim

And the world’s so filled with roses

Then you crossed my mind            

In the break of the day

When the strengths are yet untapped

And the zeal to launch’s so full

Then I meditated on you

On the table about to consume

When the mouth’s so watery in anticipation of taste

And the bowels in protest against delay

Then you struck my mind

Wow! This’s so heavy a burden to bear

This is so harsh a punishment to endure

This is so hard a lead to trail

This is so hidden a treasure to find

When shall this confusion come to be cleared?

When will this mystery get to be solved?

When will this fight get to end?

When the element of war is the mind

But it has happened even without my consent

It has caught me unprepared

Like a thief in the night

You stole your way into my heart.

The World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2015

1. Real Madrid
Value: $3.26 billion
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PHOTO: The World's Most Reputable Countries, 2015

1. Canada
Pictured: Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick


2. Norway
Pictured:  Longyearbyen, 620 miles south of the North Pole.

3. Sweden
Stockholm

4. Switzerland
Matterhorn mountain above Zermatt.

5. Australia
Sydney's Opera House

6. Finland
Reindeer sled in the Santa Claus Village near Rovaniemi, Lapland

7. New Zealand

8. Denmark
Canal in Copenhagen.

9. Netherlands
 Keukenhof flower garden, Lisse.

10. Belgium
Historic district, Bruges.

According to http://blogs.forbes.com/, these are pictures of 10 top world most reputable places..
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