Mississippi is the fattest state in America according to the result of the latest statistical analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study says that Colorado is found to be the slimmest state in America.

The obesity rate of 34.9 percent in Mississippi is reportedly the highest in the US.

Meanwhile, Mississippi is only one of 12 states in America with over 30 percent of the population that are overweight.

In a statement, Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D, executive director of the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), explained that “Obesity has contributed to a stunning rise in chronic disease rates and health care costs. It is one of the biggest health crises the country has ever faced.”

Levi conducted the obesity study with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The results of the study were taken from the 2011 CDC data of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.

On the positive note, Levi said that “The good news is that we have a growing body of evidence and approaches that we know can help reduce obesity, improve nutrition and increase physical activity based on making healthier choices easier for Americans. The bad news is we’re not investing anywhere near what we need to in order to bend the obesity curve and see the returns in terms of health and savings.”

Below is the complete list of obesity rates in the US as provided by CDC. The list was sorted in descending order from the highest to the least obese rate.

1. Mississippi (34.9%)
2. Louisiana (33.4%);
3. West Virginia (32.4%)
4. Alabama (32.0%)
5. Michigan (31.3%)
6. Oklahoma (31.1%)
7. Arkansas (30.9%)
8. Indiana (30.8%) and South Carolina (30.8%)
9. Kentucky (30.4%) and Texas (30.4%)
10. Missouri (30.3%)
11. Kansas (29.6%) and Ohio (29.6%)
12. Tennessee (29.2%) and Virginia (29.2%)
13. North Carolina (29.1%)
14. Iowa (29.0%)
15. Delaware (28.8%)
16. Pennsylvania (28.6%)
17. Nebraska (28.4%)
18. Maryland (28.3%)
19. South Dakota (28.1%)
20. Georgia (28.0%)
21. Maine (27.8%) and North Dakota (27.8%)
22. Wisconsin (27.7%)
23. Alaska (27.4%)
24. Illinois (27.1%)
25. Idaho (27.0%)
26. Oregon (26.7%)
27. Florida (26.6%)
28. Washington (26.5%)
29. New Mexico (26.3%)
30. New Hampshire (26.2%)
31. Minnesota (25.7%)
32. Rhode Island (25.4%) and Vermont (25.4%)
33. Wyoming (25.0%)
34. Arizona (24.7%)
35. Montana (24.6%)
36. Connecticut (24.5%), Nevada (24.5%) and New York (24.5%)
37. Utah (24.4%)
38. California (23.8%)
39. District of Columbia (23.7%) and New Jersey (23.7%)
40. Massachusetts (22.7%)
41. Hawaii (21.8%)
42. Colorado (20.7%)

Google Homepage Mark 374th Birthday of Danish pioneer in both anatomy and geology, Nicolas Steno.

Nicolaus Steno was born in Copenhagen on New Year's Day (Julian calendar) Died 25 November 1686 (aged 48), the son of a Lutheran goldsmith who worked regularly for King Christian IV of Denmark. Stensen grew up in isolation in his childhood, because of an unknown disease.

He is considered the father of geology and stratigraphy.  Steno was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987. wikipedia

Salmon DNA used source of cheap DNA — Sperm in many fishes is produced in massive amounts, and is a liquid with a very high density of DNA (has many sperm cells that are almost just a nucleus).

From apl.aip.org:

We demonstrate a photoinduced write-once read-many-times (WORM) organic memory device based on DNA biopolymer nanocomposite. The device consists of a single biopolymer layer sandwiched between electrodes, in which electrical bistability is activated by in situ formation of silver nanoparticles embedded in biopolymer upon light irradiation. The device exhibits a switching effect to high conductivity above a threshold of 2.6 V and a good retention property. This facile technique, taking advantage of DNA’s affinity for metals and solution processing, can optically manipulate the properties of DNA nanocomposite thin films, which holds promise for optical storage and plasmonic applications.

Are you looking for a remedy for hangovers?

When not help liter of water, a hearty breakfast and oxygenation (by opening the windows), there remains only one means to cope with the effects of drunkenness yesterday, superlek called Blowfish (called puffer).

"Blowfish contains no goji berry. No acai. No kudzu. No N-Acetyl L-Cysteine. None of that new age stuff at all."

Gram of the drug contains aspirin, 120 milligrams of caffeine and two doses of the substance inhibitory action of gastric acid. Days after ingestion, applied in 15-30 minutes to deal with the concerns of a hangover.

The creator of a new specyfiku called Brenna Haysom, has a degree from Harvard and works in New York-based Rally Labs LLC. She said: "Many people think that a hangover is something embarrassing, shame. For me it's just something that happens to everyone."

Blowfish is not swallowed, drink only when dissolved in water. Haysom stresses that this substance faster than drinking coffee and aspirin ingestion and preparation to eradicate heartburn.

Unfortunately, for the time being approved for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Blowfish is only available in stores Ricky's in New York and on the ForHangovers.com. Price dose is 2.99 dollars, while the six-pack - $ 11.99. [NY Daily News, Washingtonpost]

A computer with a wireless Internet connection hurts sperm, but not because the machine can heat up your lap, a new study suggests.

“Wi-fi radiation kills, harmed sperm — Care your Health from Technology”

After four hours of exposure, one-quarter of the sperm were no longer swimming — Reuters reported. In comparison, 14 percent of sperm cells that had been kept at the same temperature but not exposed to wi-fi were no longer swimming. What's more, DNA damage was more common in the wi-fi sperm than in the "control" sperm.

In a control test — with the sperm kept away from WiFi emissions, but at the same under-laptop temperature — 14% of the sperm died within four hours, and 3% showed DNA damage. When placed underneath a laptop for four hours, 25% of the sperm died and 9% showed DNA damage. The important finding here is that WiFi electromagnetic (EM) radiation damaged the sperm — almost every other study has focused on increased temperature (which also damages sperm, incidentally).

Read more at MSNBC | Image: supplements-daily

Nasa Launches the Mars Rover Curiosity.

Watch video here via NASAtelevision

A team of engineers claims to have created the world’s lightest material. The substance is made out of tiny hollow metallic tubes arranged into a micro-lattice - a criss-crossing diagonal pattern with small open spaces between the tubes. The researchers say the material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and has “extraordinarily high energy absorption” properties.


Made out of 90% nickel and consisting of 99.9% air, the new material, dubbed "ultralight metallic microlattice," is light enough to be balanced atop a dandelion without crushing the fuzzy seeds.

The team presented its finidings in the November 18th issue of the peer-review magazine Science. In the article, lead author Tobias Shandler said, "The trick is to fabricate a lattice of interconnected hollow tubes with a wall thickness 1,000 times thinner than a human hair."

The new micro-lattice material is so light that it can sit atop dandelion fluff without damaging it.
[via LA Times]

Tiangong-1 Chinese Space Lab-Module Aboard with Female Astronauts set to launch this week.

The Shenzhou-10, which will be China's 6th manned spacecraft, is likely to carry Chinese female astronauts into space.

Astronauts will perform a docking procedure with Tiangong-1, China's unmanned space laboratory module scheduled to be launched later this week. The astronauts will enter Tiangong-1 after successfully docking with the module.

Saturn, Sandia's workhorse pulsed-power machine fires 75 trillion watts of X-rays and delivers hard radiation during one of its milestone shots.

The scarcity of jagged, lightning-like arcing between different water/metal interfaces means that the machine's water insulation is effective and that relatively much of its electrical pulse is traveling on its intended path from the machine's circular exterior to its central target.

A pulsed power accelerator can pump out absolutely staggering amounts of power. It manages to do this without dimming lights around the world by not operating continuously; instead, it charges up for a few hours, and then unleashes all of its stored energy all at once in a very short, very massive pulse.

Sandia's Saturn accelerator is specifically designed to convert as much electrical power as it can into X-rays, in order to simulate what happens during a nuclear detonation. To do this, the accelerator channels its output pulse through a tiny cylinder made of very thin tungsten wires.

As each wire essentially gets hit by its own lightning bolt, it gets turned into a plasma, which is instantly driven inward by the intense electromagnetic field. This implosion releases hundreds of thousands of joules of X-ray energy, which is as close as we can get to seeing what happens when a nuke goes off without actually, you know, setting off a nuke. via sandia.gov

MicroGen Systems is constructing energy-harvesting chips designed to power wireless sensors like those used to monitor tire pressure and environmental conditions. The chips convert the energy from environmental vibrations into electricity that's then used to charge a small battery. The chips could eliminate the need to replace batteries in these devices, which today requires a trip to a mechanic or, for networks of sensors that are widely distributed, a lot of legwork.