After the crystal

I know this blog is a good time without being updated, but do not worry that you pass the summer heat again with renewed energy. From time to start making shorter the wait, I leave you with this live video of the Swiss Gotthard.

The Nazis had already tried but only gave them time to create artificial plasma. Now, decades later and after a major technological leap, the Pentágonoanuncia, through its Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced (DARPA), which has developed artificial blood for their soldiers.

Apparently, the artificial blood is no different from conventional blood.

One of the biggest problems faced by hospitals in a war is often costly supplies of blood for transfusions. Needing a large number of donors and have to be transported in a certain way and expenditure rises sharply, as you may understand, this is unacceptable for the U.S. government. More than one we will head that would be cheaper to not make war, but that is something that is not consistent with the mentality of the United States. Thus, the American DARPA has created an easy and inexpensive way to get blood, "pharming."

In reality, pharming is not new, and it takes a while being pursued by pharmaceutical companies to create medically useful substances in huge quantities. The technique involves extracting stem cells from umbilical cord and turn them into great quantities of red blood cells. Reportedly, per cord used in the process are obtained about 20 units of blood, enough to save the life of three or four soldiers. The Pentagon has begun work to build a plant artificial blood supply them completely achieved, it is estimated that this will happen within 3 or 4 years.

Many of the great inventions of the last century were invented for military use and then applied to our everyday lives. I hope this is not an exception as applied in hospitals, could save the lives of millions of people.

When we talk about whales, we all come to mind images of these majestic and sympathetic plankton-eating creatures that ply our seas. It is true, removing a few species like the sperm whale eats giant squid, or the killer whale that feeds on semi-aquatic animals, most whales are completely harmless. But what would you think if I tell you that for 12 or 13 million years there was a species of whale, much like our current sperm whales, whose teeth were 36 inches long?

The whale fossil was discovered two years ago in Peru, and after two years of hard work description of the fossil, with the collaboration of researchers from the natural history museums of Paris, Pisa, Lima and Brussels and the University of Utrecht, research has finally been published in the July issue of the journal Nature.

Scientists have described the fossil of this magnificent animal melvillei have decided to call Leviathan. The first name is Hebrew and refers to the mythical sea monster of the same name, and the second is put on in honor of Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick. And is this real sea monster between 13 and 18 meters long and 36 centimeters teeth with a diameter of 12 could well have acted like the white whale of the work of New York writer.

As always, we can not do anything but look back with nostalgia about not being able to see in action so wonderful creature, no doubt disappeared in one of the six mass extinctions in the history of our planet . Can you imagine how fascinating would be to discover who still live in the depths of the abyss creatures as spectacular as this? Hopefully one day discover an animal like that, but I live in today.

If you want to see a video (in English) about the discovery Just click HERE .

On a few occasions I have spoken of Verona 9, a pop band from Madrid that is about to released his first studio album. As I previously reported, the renowned music producer Mark Janipka was involved 100% in the project. After many weeks of hard work, the songs are already recorded and mixed. At this time Mark is working on mastering the disc.

Last March, the group traveled to Asturias to take the photo shoot for the album. You can see some photos of the meeting at the official blog of the photographer Mera Felipe Suarez . With these photos taken, the group is currently deciding how it will be the cover art and a disc that already have decided the title. Promises will be called and will be available within a very short time.

For those who, after hearing so much about this group, you have a desire to advance their work, you can find three of the tracks on the album on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/verona9

Needless to say that you will be aware when the disc goes on sale and try to do something special to celebrate.

We have with us the first snack of the HBO series based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire, the American writer George RR Martin. During the premiere of the first season of True Blood, the American chain Teaser Trailer delivered a first image of the pilot (pilot re-record) of the most anticipated series in recent years: Game of Thrones.

As it could not be otherwise here it is. Enjoy it.

For if ye left wanting more, HBO has also launched the official website of the series. You can visit it by clicking HERE .