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Fermilab denied rumors that have been found God particle

July 17th, 2010 Herry Liu No comments

For the Italian physicist Tommaso – Dorigo said in a blog of a particle accelerator, the United States may have found the so-called “God particle” – the Higgs boson of the rumors, the physicists have come out the rumor. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory U.S. spokesman has denied that the scientists have passed one trillion electron volts accelerator (Tevatron) found that “God particle” stories.

Trillion electron-volt accelerator Illinois Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), is the Large Hadron Collider in Europe’s most important competitors. Two large particle accelerators are waging a fierce competition, the first attempt to discover the mysterious Higgs boson. Found on the trillion electron volt accelerator rumors Higgs boson particle physicist from Italy Tommaso – Dorigo’s blog.

However, a spokesman for Fermilab claimed that “on Higgs boson has been found to rumors, there is no value.” On Tuesday, Fermilab in their “Twitter” in a statement: “Let’s clarify: This is a blog owner to chase fame and fortune by spreading rumors. is that simple.”

D0 Detector at Fermilab spokesman Stefan - Saldner – Laimubode said, “There is no standard model Higgs boson of any evidence of signals. We also need more data. from the blog rumor is not true, and blog can not be regarded as a reliable source of information. ”

Higgs boson has been widely accepted for Theoretical Physics “standard model” theory is essential, it is a sub-atomic particles can be used to explain the quality of the source of other particles. However, after several years of attempts and efforts, has not yet been able to detect this mysterious particle.

Last week, University of Padua, Italy physicist Tommaso – Dorigo in his blog said, “I am from two different, independent sources may be inquired into, one trillion electron volt accelerator experiments discovered Higgs Boson evidence of the existence of weak signal. a source is observed that the ‘three times the standard deviation effect’; while the other sources did not elaborate, but referred to the experiment was an unexpected result. ”

The so-called “three times the standard deviation effect” refers to a statistical certainty about the result, that statistically speaking, 99.7% of the experimental results is the possibility of Higgs bosons. However, there may be errors in the data and volatility, so physicists need to “five times the standard deviation effect” can be confident that the reliability was found.

This week two, physicists Roberts – Mortel also published a more detailed blog on the trillion electron volts accelerator find Higgs boson rumors. However, he also pointed out that his anonymous sources is questionable.

Higgs boson discovery is the Large Hadron Collider in Europe’s major objectives. However, it was that the Large Hadron Collider at the earliest to 2011 have detected a signal from the Higgs boson capacity. Thus, in Europe before the Large Hadron Collider, the most likely to find Higgs boson, only one trillion electron volts accelerator.

Particle physicists will be held July 22 to 28 in Paris at the International Conference on High Energy Physics, to publish their latest experimental data obtained.

U.S. Academy of Sciences published an open letter to defend the climate change research

May 8th, 2010 Herry Liu No comments

Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences 255, including 11 Nobel laureates, 6, issued an open letter defending the study of climate change rigor and objectivity. They warned that climate change, any delay will increase the risk of global disaster occurred. The open letter will be published on the 7th in the "Science" magazine, the academicians in the letter explained the research process, and affirmed the thousands of scientists around the world based on the conclusions drawn from climate change.
In the open letter said: "compelling, comprehensive, continuous and objective evidence that humans are to threaten the survival of our society and our systematic approach to eco-changing climate", the recent "Climate door", etc. series of events can not change the basic conclusions of climate change.
"Climate Event" means the hackers invaded in November 2009 the British University of East Anglia Climate Research Center PC, and thousands of letters published in the online research within the e-mail. It was based on the contents of leaked e-mail accused the Centre to "deception", deliberately concealed from the public part of the data do not support the rising temperatures.
The letter condemned the study of climate change scientists, "political attack" that the attacker either have ulterior motives, or are dogmatists.
Academicians in the open letter said that in the face of the threat of climate change, the international community has two options: either adopting an ostrich policy, hearts luck; either in the public interest of action, practically and quickly reduce the threat of climate change.

New evidences: The seeds of life on Earth are from outside the earth

May 8th, 2010 Herry Liu No comments

One from Japan, the United States, Britain, Australia and other countries of the international research team of scientists recently reported that they found in the Orion nebula center with circular polarization properties of infrared light, this is the first of amino acids from Earth has provided new evidence outside the earth.
Amino acids are the basic components of the composition of the protein, can be considered the seed of all life. The initial source of amino acids on Earth there are several ideas, such as some scientists believe that amino acids in the event of lightning or a meteorite hit the Earth instantaneously, resulting in the ground; also some scientists believe that amino acids together with the meteorite landed on the ground.
Scientists believe that the research results support the amino acids, with the meteorite landed on the ground say, because this is the combination of the Orion Nebula say the discovery of circularly polarized light, can explain a great mystery of life.
Left and right sub-type amino acid type two, as people left and right hands, like symmetry. Surprisingly, the protein composition of life on Earth almost all types of amino acids from the left.
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, participated in the study stations in Hawaii researchers Fukue wing that is likely to happen with the Orion Nebula, to issue the circular polarized light.
Circularly polarized light is the vibration of a circular path for the polarized light, it is divided into left and right hand. The special nature of circularly polarized light is circularly polarized and right-hand L-circularly polarized light is transmitted separately, and right hand circular polarization selective destruction of the right amino acid, L-selective destruction of the left circular polarized light-amino acids.
Fukue-wing analysts say, likely hypothesis is that a group of amino acids of meteorites have been carried from the Orion Nebula and other large nebula dextral baptism of polarized light, the result only meteorites on the left-amino acids. These meteorites onward journey, landing on Earth. The seeds of life on earth lucky enough to develop into the life of the ancestors. As this is a very small probability events happen, so perhaps no other types of life-seeds do the same thing. A result, the amino acid composition of life on Earth will all the life from that of the lucky seed, are the left-amino acids.
The team of scientists that issued by the Orion Nebula circularly polarized light derived from the assumption that, for the earth than the original amino acid from the Earth to provide new evidence. Next, the scientists prepared to continue observing the Orion Nebula star formation outside the area is to explore the circularly polarized light in a large nebula is universal, in order to verify these assumptions.

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Hawking: aliens will be full of hostile against earth

April 29th, 2010 Herry Liu No comments

Many people share a wonderful alien fantasy, hope that one day he could run into one, some people even wish I could turn into an alien. But the famous scientist Stephen Hawking do not think so. According to "The Times" reported that Hawking was broadcast in May of this year’s "explore" a new documentary channel, "Stephen Hawking’s Universe," wrote a new document, this documentary took three years to produce, in the documentary film Hawking describes his views on aliens.

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In his view, through simple mathematical reasoning, there is no doubt that aliens exist in our galaxy, but he thought the alien on the attitude of our humanity is not friendly, and the wisdom of these aliens would not necessarily high where to go. He believes that most extraterrestrial intelligence level is not necessarily high, but the threat they pose to mankind there may be more, but once real human contact with these aliens, perhaps they fear we will be less than the degree We fear them even harder.

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"If aliens really came to the earth, the final results and Columbus discovered America almost the same, year after Columbus discovered America, the American continent’s indigenous people on the worse the seeding."
Hawking went on to explain: "I think they should be sitting in a large ship came to our planet, but because long-distance travel, they have exhausted the resources brought take-off. So they will of course use their high-tech to conquer Earth, the Earth or other planets into their colony. "

Decrypt: 2012 doomsday is a big scam

April 28th, 2010 Herry Liu 1 comment

The fastest growing online once circulated prophecy 2012 doomsday message ancient Maya civilization, Mayan civilization, according to records, on Dec. 21, 2012 is the "end of the world," the day when darkness falls, the dawn will never come. 2012 end of the world seems all mine this argument with the recent difficulties car crash frequent accidents began to draw attention to the it. Even Hollywood has produced a decoding end of the world 2012 movie, has led many people in the world of speculation and its credibility. In the end it by 2012 is not the end of the world? In fact, the 2012 end of the world, is actually a big hoax. Earthquakes frequently normal, after reading this log, I hope you will not worry.

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Earth will take a good 2012
Nowadays, large areas of the United States Hot, leading to rumors that some people take the opportunity to walk. Coupled with the recent earthquake-prone, in part is cut and dry. 512,112,227 remarks is it makes people nervous heart began to panic slightly. In Western society, the major forum for discussions on the Mayan doomsday prediction after another, more serious, while a group of people who stir up trouble walking some of the rumors, many people start worrying about our safety. Perhaps you think it is just a movie. However, those who spread rumors are based on present day events to brainwash you so that you are feeling the pinch.
I say that is not directed this film, please contact certain people to watch the situation nowadays. And my evidence is not groundless, it is the content of Baidu’s encyclopedia, with media coverage. Accuracy should be above 99%. As for reports that the Mayan elders why the problems and hope to carefully examine your own history of Maya. The fact is the existence of the Mayan elders now. On so much, Maya did not believe his view of history. Do not show your reasoning ability here, because, according to reason, if you really understand the logic, you should be able to be deduced the existence of the Mayan elders now. Many authoritative experts predict that the Earth was several billion years after the collapse.
According to the Mayan civilization, recorded December 21, 2012 is the end of the world, when darkness comes the day after the second day of Li Mingyong not to. The film is cited NASA’s various "scientific argument", confirmed that end. Some viewers believe the story of the film, they have all logged major site message, denounced the tenth planet Nibiru NASA hiding a collision with the Earth about the truth.
November 9, NASA public statement on the official website: December 21, 2012 not the end of the world. Scientists for the mysterious Mayan prophecy for the general public on January 1 for a scientific interpretation: This is just a fictional movie plot, there is no such thing happened. "2012 will not be any devastating disaster. Our planet has been stable so far spent 40 billion years, and the world prestigious scientists know there is no threat to Earth in 2012." Scientists say. Moreover, this caused a lot of Mayan descent anger, condemning doom, claiming that simply did not matter.
Over the years, thousands of years ago, the Mayan world has been rumored to have predicted that 2012 will be Dec. 21 deadline Earth civilization disappeared. Many people have worried that doomsday is coming, Hollywood and even themes to shoot large. According to Taiwan’s Eastern Broadcasting Network reported that the West faced busybody brings the legend and the general panic, Mayan Elders Picton seems stand it, and hastened to clarify the dating will be only the end of the old and new dating of the start Bale.
Remember 1999, 2000, doomsday rumors it? The Western world from time to time, outgoing end of the world will come to say, the most to fear is people think the Maya predicted in 2012. In this regard, Guatemala Mayan Elders Picton membership, could not jump out and said: "There was no thing!" He even said that the doomsday theory originated in the West, Maya has never been this kind of thinking. As for the material, many people would say, not say that the Mayans were extinct Why? How are the elders? This question, I would like to say, this is news on the report, as that is how the elders going on, you’d better look up their own news and history. This is the Associated Press news, Do not you think people nothing to do, makes up one ah? If you really do not have any elders that are extinct, you think people will find the Associated Press is a fallacy, then this apparent as evidence? The Associated Press when the people you are an idiot ah? No better reasoning thinking a little bit? The fact is: there is indeed elders. As for why the elders have become extinct there, this thing you have to own the Internet search. Check the internet to their own, I do not know a blind stirring farewell here.
From the ancient Mayan civilization in Central America, first distributed in the southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and other places, although more than 2,000 years BC, the Maya civilization has long been the formation of a variety of natural and man-to annihilation, but eventually finding retained its amazing The Mayan calendar, and the accurate prediction. Reported that, as Maya said in 2012 that should be the human spirit and consciousness in the awakening and transformation to the new civilization.

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Mysterious prophecy: Armageddon
Scientists first use of the Mayan calendar to expose the so-called "doomsday" predictions. Mayan calendar does not end in 2012, so the Maya did not own this year as the end of the world. However, the December 21, 2012 (winter) is certainly an important day Maya. Colgate University astronomer Anthony American Archaeology – Tagliavini is an expert on Mayan culture. Tagliavini said, "In the Mayan calendar, 1,872,000 days be regarded as a reincarnation, that is 5125.37 years."
Maya for the calculation of time than in many other cultures should be fine. Tagliavini, said, the Maya had invented the so-called "long calendar", this calendar to calculate the initial time origin has been traced back to Mayan times, that is, BC on August 11 3114. According to "long calendar" to the 2012 Winter Solstice, it means the end of the current era of time, that is complete 5125.37 a cycle of years. Calendar so long to start from "zero-day" basis, they began a new reincarnation. Tagliavini that "This is just a re-thinking time, and our annual New Year’s Day or Monday morning to start the same as a year or week of life."
In Tagliavini view, Mayan prophecies on December 21, 2012 is the end of the world say is a misunderstood statement. That is the Mayan calendar, the day re-timing of the "zero day", said one cycle of the end of the beginning of a new era, not that end of the world. Mayan Elders Picton while, could not jump out of it: "There is no such thing!" He even said that the doomsday theory originated in the West, the Maya had never thought of such. Maya said in 2012 that should be the human spirit and consciousness in the awakening and transformation to the new civilization. 
First related to the mysterious prophecy: polarization reversal
Some of the doomsday predictions on the claim that by 2012, the Earth will reverse poles, earth’s crust and the surface will be a sudden separation of magma inside the earth’s core will be poured forth. Separation of the mainland will fill the entire human sea, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and other disasters occur together.
Scientists to these so-called prophecies refuted. Princeton University geologist Adam Farm – Maerlufu on the "bipolar Mutual Convert" and the Mayan prophecies have in-depth study. Maerlufu that some of the rock magnetic evidence that the Earth may have been such dramatic changes in the magnetic field, but the process is a continuous process of millions of years of slow, so slow and so humans do not feel the change . 
Second related to the mysterious prophecy: overlapping objects
Some scientists believe that astrology, 2012 will likely be an "overlapping objects." This "celestial overlap" phenomenon occurs once every 26,000 years. According to "overlapping objects," the prophecy, the sun in the sky line will pass through the Milky Way’s most central. Many fear this will make the Earth in a celestial dislocation stronger traction forces under the unknown universe, will accelerate the destruction of the earth. Or may be caused by Earth’s poles were reversed, either in the galactic center to be a huge black hole.
Morrison denied the allegations. He explained that "2012 will definitely not happen this terrible ‘objects overlap’ phenomenon, or only some normal celestial phenomenon. Such as the winter solstice each year from the earth, the sun, the sun looks like in the central galaxy. Some scientists may have a celestial phenomenon is very exciting, but for scientists, this phenomenon is nothing special about. it does not result in Earth’s gravity, solar radiation, planetary orbits and other things change, Life on Earth will not have any impact. No wonder the Department. only that the world will soon come to an end of the talent of these common astronomical phenomena as a threat. "
On "objects overlap" problem, the University of Texas Maya expert David – Stewart, said, "No Maya classics or works of art mentioned this issue." Tagliavini also believes that the Mayan long calendar to 2012 the end of the winter solstice as a reincarnation is a manifestation of the astronomical achievements of the Mayan culture. Many people learn by observing celestial phenomena to accurately predict eclipses and other astronomical phenomena, but also master the cycle of agricultural seasons and the relationship between certain astronomical phenomena, but the Mayan calendar and the agricultural season then there is close contact with reincarnation. 
Third related to the mysterious prophecy: Unknown planet hit Earth
Some people predicted that a mysterious Planet X is coming to the Earth direction. It is said that a positive hit if the planet Earth, the Earth will be gone. Even if there is only lightly grazed, can also cause changes in Earth’s gravity, causing a large number of asteroids hitting Earth. This planet is really unknown in 2012, emerge?
For this problem, Morrison to give a negative answer. "Impossible. Can speak most directly, had no such objects exist."
The impact on the unknown planet Earth’s prediction first appeared in 2003, a woman claimed she had received information from the universe of a planet. Morrison stressed that "from 2003 to now for several years. If it did exist in the solar system a planet, then certainly in the last decade, astronomers have already begun to study it. We should be able to see the naked eye to. so said that this so-called unknown planet does not exist. "
Fourth mysterious prophecy related: solar storms Earth
In many predictions about the 2012 disaster, the sun is the most important enemy of the earth. Legend, it will be lethal in 2012 solar flare, the scorched earth of mankind.
In fact, the solar flares have its own rules, and the outbreak of the cycle is about 11 years. Intense solar flares may destroy the planet communication facilities and other Demian things, but scientists have never said that the Sun will release a powerful solar storm enough to burned the entire Earth, except that the sun has clearly not followed its active cycle. (Solar storms relatively short duration, unless he violates his cycle, continuing a long time. But this is unlikely.
And scientists expect the next cycle of solar flares are not the most peak in 2012, and in a year or two after. " 
Fifth related to the mysterious prophecy: Maya what you predicted
Mayan doomsday in 2012 predicted it? Mayans have predicted what is the end of the world in 2012? If so, then they are predicted exactly what year? Many scholars of the Mayan culture is some evidence in-depth study found that, in fact, the Maya did not leave any on what would happen in 2012, a clear record.
However, Maya does genetic down a hand-rolled, which is the name of the "Dresden Codex." In the "Dresden Codex" on the last page, the description of the scene on the end of the world. The scenario envisages a flood to destroy the world. However, this doomsday scenario exists in many cultures have, and not just Maya talented people have predicted. Tagliavini that such ideas can not be viewed as evidence, but not as a prophecy.
On the contrary, Tagliavini fact that Maya is not good at predictions. He explained that "most of their time, knowledge was the past, not future. When you learn more about the long calendar of the records, you will find most of which was about the Mayan rulers and their ancestral ties. Rulers own sources that the more distant, the more it can explain the legitimacy of the rulers and the legitimacy of. I think this is the Maya rulers, the reason why the use of long calendar. Therefore, the long calendar is not to predict the future, but to proved in the past. "
Every few years, there will be one or a group of "home paranoia" throw new "peerless s tragedy" of people to frighten us. Recently the most popular one to set the time everyone comes to an end in the winter 2012 – 3 years from now, there are still a lot of time. The book of this prophecy out of no fewer than 100, however the truth is not very innovative.
Piece together, "predicts", was never bored
1938 Orson Welles radio program director in Mars "invaded" by the "world war." In 1974 a book was a warning, because planets to the sun side of the 1982 earthquake occurs. "New Century" (New Age) groups have been exhausted prayer almost all tears, because in their eyes are always approaching end of the world, approaching … … but the result is that nothing happens.
In addition, when a major astronomical phenomena arises also often associated with crazy events. Hale appeared in 1997 – Pope comet makes a ceremony of 39 people committed suicide because they believe that hidden in the back of a comet struck the alien spacecraft. When the new century comes, will cause a wave of "doomsday predictions" of a small climax. In 2000, before the arrival no exception. But the result is that nothing happens.
Nothing will happen. Even if the planet has been a "phantom threat", it will not issue advance warnings. Is not it?

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Mayan calendar carved in stone
We often will of the doomsday prophecies attributed to a lost civilization or a mysterious genius.
Which is the representative of France, "astrology" Nostradamus (another translation is Nostradamus). This 16th-century prophet living in four lines of poetry in the form to write his prediction set "100 poems." It was from one "s" out of many historical events (such as the French Revolution, the rise of Hitler, etc.) and important inventions (such as aircraft, bomb, etc.) predictions. Many followers of Nostradamus, and they have to from "100 Poems" in "piece together" a "prophecy" bored.
A similar process is still going on, but the "100 Poems" was replaced with Maya. Its followers believe that it has the ability to predict end of the world.
Of course, is children eight through the academic insisted that there is no thing that it exists. In fact, the different Mayan calendars have different cycles, one cycle of the longest one in the end of 2012, and then start the next cycle. Like the sun rising, falling, rising again as a "punctual" tool will not be accompanied by what strange events.

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Ecliptic (green) and galactic (purple) of the intersection are not the silver heart, so the sun will never be from the galactic center (arrow) before passing through
Well, interesting things are opening up. To the end of the Mayan calendar to find some "peerless s tragedy" of raw materials, many people started the walk around touch. The first gun is hit every year in June and December, from the earth before the sun from the galactic side through.
Some people claim that the sun will pass through from the center of the galaxy before. But this will never happen, because the Earth’s orbit and the galactic plane, determine the relative position of this point. Aside this talk about first, terrifying to say that this time the sun beyond the stars in our release to the kind of "energy." In fact people on earth have seen the sun "through the" galactic plane N times. Just a few months ago through the end of this year will once again cross. Why this year, what had happened last year or the year before but had to wait until 3 years after that?
Reverse magnetic field many times, but the Earth is safe
The second was selected as "Earth’s magnetic field weakened flip." Back from the phenomena is indeed the case. However, over the past 7,800 years occurred in 171 times Earth’s magnetic field reversal, the most recent magnetic reversal some 780,000 years ago, in the end. Now the Earth’s magnetic field also need to spend thousands of years to complete the reverse (if it so). In fact, by 2001, Ocean Drilling recorded in the sediments under study Earth’s magnetic field activities, from creating the Earth’s magnetic field is now the last polarity reversal occurred since the Earth’s magnetic field have been 14 cases of decrease and increase.
Earth’s magnetic field can be divided into two parts, the most important of which is similar to the dipole bar magnet magnetic field, the other part is the crustal magnetic field. Crustal magnetic field formed in the solidification of molten rock the occasion, which record the local dipolar magnetic field of the point. With the passage of time and evolution, crustal magnetic field to the packing piece together, the intensity reached 10% of Earth’s dipole field. Can be used for compass navigation of the dipole field from the outer core is liquid in the current generated. With the current changes, it will strengthen or weaken the size, location of the poles will shift in the Earth’s surface.

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The Photo Caption: Earth’s magnetic field can be divided into two parts, which is similar to the main dipole bar magnet magnetic field, the other part is the crust magnetic field. Shown in blue and yellow for a different polarity of magnetic field lines.
In the past several hundred years, scientists created a sensitive instrument to accurately track the Earth’s magnetic field. Earth’s main magnetic field strength of each century will seem less about 5%. This means that if the rate continued to decline, then the 1,000 or 2,000 years the Earth will be less than the dipole field strength of the crustal magnetic field anomalies. But the Earth’s dipole field will really continue to weaken it? We do not know, because we do not Zengyi studied in the precision of the phenomenon of Earth’s magnetic poles reverse. Report on the Canadian Arctic in 2001, said magnetic pole movement is accelerated. In northwestern Canada, stayed for almost a century later, magnetic north pole movement will be fast and arrived around 2030 near the North Pole and then to the 22 century and it is located in northern Siberia!
As the magnetic field is an important buffer, protecting the earth from cosmic rays and solar charged particle invasion, so you might think that the disappearance of Earth’s magnetic field will cause dire ecological crisis. However, geological records show that Earth’s magnetic poles will reverse every 50 million years time, the dipole field strength will be reduced to a level close to the crustal magnetic field. The polarity reversal of previous left no identifiable biological effects, so it would not run for the biosphere as we expected to bring less serious problems.
There are many species of birds and fish can feel the direction of the geomagnetic field and as a means of migration or feeding in the dark waters. Changes in the local magnetic field can no longer rely on it makes them identify the direction, of these species or some other relatively poor resilience may be "sudden" extinction. Not have experienced the loss of human dipole field day. Earth’s magnetic field is expected to disappear when the big problem does not occur, the main reason is 78 million years ago when it disappeared last time everything was calm. No large-scale extinction, not the atmosphere of chaos, nothing.
Solar storms really, is enough to strengthen prevention
The third is the "explosion of solar activity." Solar activity refers to the sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections and so on. Of which the most destructive on earth is solar activity in the Earth’s jet out front of a large number of charged particles and magnetic fields, known as solar storms.
Solar storms can cause a lot of trouble and even disaster. For example, March 13, 1989 solar storm in Quebec, Canada made 600 million in the case without power supply spent nine hours. Because it induced current melt-down of the transformer makes the electricity grid. Another example, before and after Halloween in 2003, worldwide communication disruption of maritime emergency call system, paralysis, Everest expedition communication disruption, reduce the accuracy of global positioning system, through the high latitudes of the flights have enabled the backup communication system, 5 million people in Sweden and so on power failure.
Has a 11-year solar activity to the change of strength for the general cycle. The next big date on the solar maximum in 2013. However, because of the lack of understanding of dynamics of the sun itself, astronomers are still unable to accurately predict when the sun activities. By the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration organizations, one of 12 scientists from the assessment team is now forecast in May 2013 of the solar maximum period will be the weakest since 1928 one. For the time being holding such views are more. Of course, will certainly have different views. Scientists based on their numerical simulation concludes, the next peak in solar activity than in the end of this solar cycle 30% -50%. Take time to prove who is right.

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The Photo Caption: Solar storms lead to the beautiful Aurora from grid to paralysis and other catastrophic phenomena
As the modern civilization of mankind’s extreme dependence on electricity, solar storm damage for the power grid is the most deadly contagion is also the largest. In addition to monitoring solar activity present time, early warning, there is no alternative to pre-law.
In addition, humans have gone through a number of strong solar activity, which in modern history is the 1859 most of that time. If the solar storm in 1859 occurred today, it can destroy large areas of the grid, 10% of the failure of satellite, the total loss will be more than one trillion U.S. dollars. But come to the conclusion of global solar storms can cause destruction of incident is extremely far-fetched, because there are Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere protecting the earth. However, the local destructive solar storms, or should be sufficient attention.
Why are more and more frequent earthquakes? Earthquake in fact been quite frequently
Generally accepted that about 5 million per year worldwide earthquake, on average there are more than 10,000 a day, but most people are not aware of. According to U.S. Joint Research and Statistics of seismology, earthquake over the world’s 6 200 a year on average, seven more than 20 times a year on average, eight more than 3 times a year on average. Earthquake’s magnitude larger number of less. Look at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) made from 2000 to 2009, the number of the world’s five earthquakes known statistics, the annual number of large earthquakes is not law, but in general back in 2007 during the earthquake can be regarded as the more frequent the year. Number earthquakes since 2010 have not shown any unusual numbers, even on a small number of differences, but also due to the randomness of the earthquake.
USGS from 2000 to 2010, the year of the earthquake frequency statistics (Source data from 2010-03-01)

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Magnitude 2000 2001 2002 2,003,200,420,052,006 2,007,200,820,092,010
8.0 ~ 9.9 11012124011
7.0 ~ 7.9 1,415,131,414,109,141,216 3
6.0 ~ 6.9 146 121,127,140,141,140 14,217,816,814,223
5.0 ~ 5.9 1344 1224 1,201,120,315,151,693 1,712,207,417,681,700,268
Note: The 2008 earthquake in China, China as 8.0, USGS as a 7.9, so the table in 2008 no more than 8 earthquake.
Most earthquakes occur in plate boundaries, where 70% of the global distribution of earthquakes in the "circum-Pacific seismic belt"; followed by 15% of the distribution of the "Eurasian seismic zone"; have 5% in mid-ocean ridges; last about 10 % distribution within the plate. This is the statistical regularity. But because scientists have not known earthquake generation mechanisms and principles, so the next earthquake will occur which place and time which is not yet possible to predict accurately. Scientists also think the earthquake is so random. –
To see happen again this year, several major earthquakes, Solomon Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Chile are in circum-Pacific seismic belt, also in the plate boundary in Haiti, so that the earthquake occurred 4 is completely in line with the principle of geology is normal seismic phenomena.
Some psychological factors
Some people think: seismic change often. In fact, that the earthquake or the earthquake, it has a regular place at random, but it has never come regardless of the place is densely populated or sparsely populated. But, as in densely populated areas in recent years, large earthquakes gives us more concerned than before the earthquake.
In 2007, the world’s eight earthquakes met 4 times since the 21st century, the largest earthquake in more than eight a year. Statistically, the more unusual, but who heard of it these earthquakes? Who can have a worry when it’s abnormal it? The earthquake country, who remember November 14, 2001 Kunlun Mountains in Qinghai’s 8.1 earthquake do? The earthquake is the largest nearly half a century an earthquake. But precisely because it took place in sparsely populated western area, the property casualty staff is small, it has not been mentioned in public.
From the psychological point of view, it is not difficult to understand the. Wenchuan earthquake disaster gave rise to a huge psychological shadow, people on the "earthquake" is highly sensitive, began to notice all kinds of information associated with earthquakes, the earthquake had no abnormalities, and therefore looking more and more intensive . The public in the 8.8 Chile earthquake, resulting in distrust is understandable — the same one if an earthquake occurred in the sparsely populated Alaska, the Pacific Rim areas, it may not attract a strong response of so many.