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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Fire Ants

   Fire ants picture: Closeup of ants forming a living raft in water
Fire Ant Life Raft
Photograph courtesy David Hu and Nathan J. Mlot
When a city floods, humans stack sandbags and raise levees. When a fire ant colony floods, the ants link up to form a literal life raft, such as the one pictured. Now, new research shows exactly how the ants manage this feat.

Engineering professor David Hu and graduate student Nathan J. Mlot at Georgia Institute of Technology had heard reports of ant rafts in the wild that last for weeks. (Watch a fire ant video.)Fire ants picture: Ants forming a raft on the water
Team Effort
Fire ants picture: Clusters of ants linked by a chain of ants
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year in different languages

Happy New Year In Different Languages

We have brought you a list of how to wish 'Happy New Year' in more than twenty-five major languages of the world. Most cultures wish each other happiness, good luck, prosperity and peace in household while wishing each other. Being the beginning of an entire new year, it is seen as an opportunity to rebuild our lives, do away with old sorrowful memories and invite joy in our homes and wish that all are loved ones will also do well in the coming year.

  • Chinese (Cantonese) - Sun nien fai lok
  • Chinese (Mandarin) - Xin nian yu kuai
  • Danish - Godt NytÃ¥

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