Oxygen is the most abundant chemical element, by mass, in our biosphere, air, sea and land. Oxygen is the third most abundant chemical element in the universe, after hydrogen and helium. About 0.9% of the Sun's mass is oxygen. Oxygen constitutes 49.2% of the Earth's crust by mass and is the major component of the ... Read More
Role in religion and spirituality A sacred chank shell on the flag of Travancore, India Moche Shell, 200 A.D. Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru. Seashells have played a part in religion and spirituality, sometimes even as ritual objects. In Christianity, the scallop shell is considered to be the symbol of Saint James the Great, see Pecten jacobaeus. In Hinduism left-handed ... Read More
As the largest 777 customer, it's very appropriate that Emirates is the recipient of our milestone 1000th 777, said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Emirates has set an industry high bar in providing excellent customer service and we're honored that the 777 is central to its efforts to be a global airline ... Read More
Sunset is the point at which the sun is first completely below the horizon marking the start of twilight. It should not be confused with dusk, which starts at the end of twilight. The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the ... Read More
The Kerala Mahatmyam (an Upa Purana deriving its origin from the Bhoogola Purana) is in the form of a discourse between Yudhishthira and the Sage Garga. It stated that Parashurama after founding Kerala divided the land into 64 gramas, crowned Bhanu Vicrama at Sreevardhanapuram (Padmanabhapuram), and styled him the Kovil Adhikarikal, i.e., the manager of ... Read More
Cloud computing can present many opportunities for helping you solve your organization's fundamental business and IT challenges. Through Windows Server "8" Beta Microsoft have brought the cloud experience to you—from building and operating public clouds to delivering the most dynamic, available, and cost-effective server platform for the private cloud. It provides solutions to help you cloud optimize your IT ... Read More
Nikon's entry into the mirrorless interchangeable lens market late last year was widely anticipated, but the products that were finally announced took a lot of people by surprise. Nikon has created an entirely new system based around a relatively small sensor, that's about 30% of the size of those used in the company's DX-format SLRs. 10MP ... Read More