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Did you know? Breaking for Breakfast
Author: Alaskalink.US., Editor Alexander A. Boiko
Breakfast... the meal at the beginning of our day that we enjoy, avoid, or rush through depending on the time available and our personal inclination. For many families, the pace of modern life means breakfast becomes a short span of time between shouts of "You're going to be late!" or a longer but no less harried time in the car on the freeway. Unfortunately, gobbling down an inadequate breakfast or skipping it altogether has become a standard routine. |  |
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Ninety years ago, on January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment came into effect
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Nata by Maxim Kondratyev
Ninety years ago, on January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment came into effect in the US, prohibiting or limiting sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption.
It was not a new initiative, since the first restrictions for manufacturing and sales of alcohol in the US took place as early as in the middle of the 19th century. |  |
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It took the end of the Cold War to bring the real invasion - of Delta Junction, Alaska
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Al... By Monica Bradbury
By big city standards, there's not much traffic in Delta Junction anyway, but on Sunday mornings it's almost non-existent. Save for a gaggle of motorhomes parked at the “end of the Alaska Highway” visitor center, most of the town's vehicles fill one church parking lot or another. |  |
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Curry adds flavor to the Alaska railroad's annual ski train
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Vlad
An early-morning train glided toward daybreak heading into a wintry silence that would be soon be punctuated by the sounds of skiers, snowshoers and other cold-weather enthusiasts. Passengers stretched, yawned and looked out the windows. The tracks wound languidly beside the partially frozen Susitna River. Mount McKinley loomed against the blue sky. A few shutterbugs snapped photos from the cold vestibule between cars. |  |
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Snows of Antarctica and Greenland are harbouring danger
Author: Alaskalink, Editor Nata....
The world rotates round its axis. This fact does not seem to cause any fear or worry. However, the dangers are lurking about every bend. This rotation system is not mechanically stable as tones of snow fall on the continental platform of Greenland and Antarctica every year. |  |
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Do not offend water: it remembers every word you say
Author: Alaskalink.US editor Al... by Vladimir Borovoy
One day theoretical science will no longer have doubts about water's memory while high tech specialists will be making “water” computers controlled by telepathy. There seemed nothing to be as simple and as well studied in the world of science as water…until recently. |  |
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Music helps see the world in a different way
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Al...
Bulgarian pianist Vesselin Stanev has broken his tradition to play concerts in Russia in autumn and this time has come to the Russian capital at the end of spring. And this is not the only change that has happened to him within the recent times. This time the world-famous virtuoso pianist performs his new concert program in Moscow. |  |
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Genes may determine whether or not caffeine raises a coffee lover's risk for heart attack, a new study finds.
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Al...
"It's not just the amount of coffee or soda you drink each day, but how your body manages caffeine," said Dr. Kirk N. Garratt, an interventional cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
Garratt was not involved in the study, which was conducted by a Canadian team at the University of Toronto. The researchers published their findings in the March 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. |  |
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Americans should choose more healthier lifestyles
Author: Alaskalink Editor
The government on Wednesday urged most Americans to eat fewer calories and exercise 30 to 90 minutes a day, updating guidelines that advised people to lose weight but gave few specifics on how to do it. |  |
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Nature gives very few second chances, but this may be one of them
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Al.... by WWF
Reports from The Nature Conservancy and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology that the magnificent ivory-billed woodpecker, long believed to be extinct, has been rediscovered in the Big Woods of eastern Arkansas more than 60 years after the last confirmed sighting of the species in the United States has produced waves of excitement in the world of conservation and beyond. |  |
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Would you have made the same choice?
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Al... by Gregory
You make the choice. Don't look for a punch line. There isn't one. Read it anyway.
My question to all of you is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. |
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One grapefruit provides a daily dose of vitamin C that a human organism needs
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Al...
Winter is a season when we can enjoy citrus fruits, bright tangerines, aromatic oranges and juicy grapefruits. It is a disputable issue which of the citrus fruits is best for our health, but slightly bitter grapefruit is the most refined among them. |  |
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Archaeologists have never heard anything about a stone phallus of the Paleolithic era before
Author: Alaskalink.US, editor Nata
Archaeologists uncovered a 28,000-year-old phallus in the area of Schwabische Alb mountain ridge in Germany. Scientists referred the finding, measuring 20 centimeters, to the Paleolithic era. They supposed that it was used both as a weapon and a symbol of masculinity. |  |
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The tomb of King Amenhotep I became the second non-looted tomb after the one of King Tut
Author: Alaskalink.US, editor Nata
There is a Russian joke, which is as old as mummies: a tomb-chest with a mummy was discovered during the archeological dig in Egypt. Experts could not determine whose mummy it was and invited Soviet experts for their expertise. |  |
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Archeologists discovered several paintings on the rocks located at the edge of the ancient city
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Nata
Archeologists make discoveries in Greece on a regular basis. Yet the latest news regarding the find on Andros, the most northern island of 56 islands comprising the Cyclades, is quite a sensation, according to specialists. A team of scientists discovered the ruins of a city at the excavation site on Andros. The ruins date back to 1900 B.C., the Bronze Age. |  |
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Birds are capable of scanning future
Author: Alaskalink.US editor Al...
What do we know about birds? It may seem at first sight that there is nothing amazing about them. However, the feathered tribe makes the group of one of the most ancient creatures on earth, which makes them the subject of numerous legends, myths and mysteries. |  |
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Arctic Fox
Author: Alaskalink.US., editor Al...
Life in the Arctic is difficult, and the arctic fox is wonderfully adapted to live in very cold climates. While many mammals hibernate during the winter, the arctic fox does not. Its physical characteristics of superb insulation with fur and fat, combined with its stocky body shape enable the arctic fox to conserve body heat. |  |
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