It's official, the Mi MIX 2 is coming on September 11. Are you excited?

#xiaomi #xiaomimimix2 #launchdate #news #android

Coachella is as much about music as it is about fashion. Over the years, stars like Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, and Vanessa Hudgens have brought their style A-game to Coachella. Check out all the celebrities who’ve had some of the best Coachella looks of all time!

http://www.fashiontubes.com/kylie-jenner-celebs-rock-sexy-outfits-coachella-2017/

NASA's next Mars mission to investigate interior of Red Planet

Newfound Material on the Moon Could Offer Clues to Our Planet's Early Years
A spacecraft has uncovered in lunar soil some traces of Earth’s ancient atmosphere that were key to the development of complex life

Panoramic Eclipse Composite with Star Trails
What was happening in the sky during last week's total solar eclipse? This featured little-planet, all-sky, double time-lapse, digitally-fused composite captured celestial action during both night and day from a single location. In this 360x180 panorama, north and south are at the image bottom and top, while east and west are at the left and right edges, respectively. During four hours the night before the eclipse, star trails were captured circling the north celestial pole (bottom) as the Earth spun. During the day of the total eclipse, the Sun was captured every fifteen minutes from sunrise to sunset (top), sometimes in partial eclipse. All of these images were then digitally merged onto a single image taken exactly during the total solar eclipse. Then, the Sun's bright corona could be seen flaring around the dark new Moon (upper left), while Venus simultaneously became easily visible (top). The tree in the middle, below the camera, is a Douglas fir. The images were taken with care and planning at Magone Lake in Oregon, USA.

Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter
Stephane's website: http://nuitsacrees.fr
Release Date: August 30, 2017

#NASA #Earth #Science #Astronomy #SolarEclipse #Sun #Solar #Moon
#Eclipse #SolarEclipse2017 #Eclipse2017 #Stars #StarTrails
#Astrophotography #Panorama #MagoneLake #Oregon #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #Art #APoD

September 15 is the official commercial launch date, but T-Mobile makes us hope at least a limited batch of Note 8 units will ship significantly earlier:

Dancing Reverses Signs of Aging in the Brain

Physical exercise has an anti-aging effect on the hippocampus region of the brain -- an area that controls memory, learning and balance. A new study, comparing different forms of exercise -- dancing and endurance training -- undertaken by elderly volunteers for eighteen months, shows that both can have an anti-aging effect on the brain, but *only dancing corresponded to a noticeable difference in behavior. This difference is attributed to the extra challenge of learning dancing routines.

As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, shows that older people who routinely partake in physical exercise can reverse the signs of aging in the brain, and dancing has the most profound effect.

“Exercise has the beneficial effect of slowing down or even counteracting age-related decline in mental and physical capacity,” says Dr Kathrin Rehfeld, lead author of the study, based at the German center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg, Germany. “In this study, we show that two different types of physical exercise (dancing and endurance training) both increase the area of the brain that declines with age. In comparison, it was only dancing that lead to noticeable behavioral changes in terms of improved balance.”

Elderly volunteers, with an average age of 68, were recruited to the study and assigned either an eighteen-month weekly course of learning dance routines, or endurance and flexibility training. Both groups showed an increase in the hippocampus region of the brain. This is important because this area can be prone to age-related decline and is affected by diseases like Alzheimer’s. It also plays a key role in memory and learning, as well as keeping one’s balance.

While previous research has shown that physical exercise can combat age-related brain decline, it is not known if one type of exercise can be better than another. To assess this, the exercise routines given to the volunteers differed. The traditional fitness training program conducted mainly repetitive exercises, such as cycling or Nordic walking, but the dance group were challenged with something new each week.

► Learn more>> https://blog.frontiersin.org/2017/08/29/dancing-can-reverse-the-signs-of-aging-in-the-brain/

► The study "Dancing or Fitness Sport? The Effects of Two Training Programs on Hippocampal Plasticity and Balance Abilities in Healthy Seniors", published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience>> http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00305/full

► Image source>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/well/walk-stretch-or-dance-dancing-may-be-best-for-the-brain.html

#Neuroscience, #Research, #HippocampalPlasticity, #BalanceAbilities, #AgingSigns, #Brain, #DancingAntiAgingEffect

Brienne of Tarth and Jon Snow? Tormund must be jealous.

A brand new update for Minecraft is now available for Switch and Wii U players with new maps and skins. The latest patch features the Glide Myths Track Pack, where players can travel through the clouds of Icarus, adventure into Excalibur, and ride into…

Acer's Switch 7 hybrid tablet has dedicated graphics without a fan http://engt.co/2iHcEXb

It's rookie makeover day on Thursday's new episode of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team! The training camp candidates will also be learning the iconic kick line. Tune into CMT at 10/9c to catch all the fun!

Watch video: bit.ly/2go6XNo

#Sports #NFL #Cheerleaders

(Credit: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders)

Tugs guide USS Missouri (BB-63) toward the dock at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, to be re activated after being mothballed.
DA 1 posted.

Katy Perry Really Did Avoid Watching Taylor Swift’s "Look What You Made Me Do" at the VMAs http://trib.al/MeeCjjm

The Patriots Cheerleaders and Pat Patriot are looking forward to the 2017 Patriots Premiere this evening!❤💙 🏈💙❤
Photo credit: Dwight Darian

Read more on: bit.ly/2gnJz2w

#Sports #NFL #Cheerleaders

(Credit: New England Patriots Cheerleaders)

Conor McGregor Gets Strip Club Invite from Floyd Mayweather's Team 
https://goo.gl/vyomsW

Hurricane Harvey helps test new weather forecasting model.
American forecasting models had lagged behind Europeans in accurate weather forecasting famously with Hurricane Sandy. The new model being evaluated managed to predict the course of Harvey. It is still early days yet for the new model.

Waterfall on the Clear Fork

The Great Falls of the Clear Fork. I spent a morning walking along the ledges of the Clear Fork and this tighter shot of the details of the edge of the Great Falls.

Sony A7R with adapted Nikon 100mm f/2.8 e Series lens

#wildernessphotographer #texas #fortworth #trinityriver #clearfork #waterfall #landscape #sonya7r

Reflections of Copenhagen
© teresa pilcher teresapilcherphotography.com

#Copenhagen #street #travel #photography #explore #candid #sony
#breakfastartclub #hqspmonochrome ​
#BTPStreetPro #BTPMonochromePro #weeklyphoto

Missingham Steps Falls, Kangaroo Valley, Budderoo National Park

After rain, the short hike to the precipitous Missingham Steps will take you past a number of falls into the Kangaroo Valley. While the Carrington Falls Gorge remains closed after a bushfire there a couple of years ago, the western walks are open.

A single shot toned for depth (helping to separate vegetation and cliff details) and output sharpened for screens.

The mirror cracked from side to side
(Title taken from a novel of Agatha Christie)
#pakistan #punjab #street
#streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #monochromephotography 

Half beauty

My portraits page https://www.paolodalprato.com/ritratti

#macrophotography #hqspmacro #hqspflowers #fotomaniaitalia #daisy #macroaddict #ilovephotography 

An article published in the journal "Nature Astronomy" describes the measurement of the magnetic field of a galaxy that is nearly 5 billion light-years away from Earth, the farthest of which such a detection has been made. A team of researchers used the Very Large Array (VLA) to detect it not directly but thanks to a kind of magnetic footprint called Faraday effect that reached the Earth thanks to the light coming from a quasar that appears to us behind the galaxy studied.

Long after the fall of capitalism, Earth’s barren terrain will be littered with ominous, defunct icons such as these.

Finally 🙌

Tinder Gold allows you to see who liked you, now available in the US

#Beijing failed to deter #India's provocations: #Chinese media on #Doklam
http://www.oneindia.com/international/beijing-failed-to-deter-indias-provocations-chinese-media-on-doklam-2532683.html
#DoklamStandoffEnds

#RPGaDAY2017
30) What is an RPG genre-mashup you would most like to see?
I'm sure it's all been done, including my answer. If so, would you be so kind as to point me in that direction?
D&D + cartoon comedy
Informally, we all inject comedy into our games. So why does all the clones coming out have to take themselves so seriously? It seems we're all chasing this total immersion but when things get intense and dramatic, we release the tension by cracking a joke. Just like when we watch a scary or sad movie. We believe a system or mechanics will make it easier to achieve immersion. I think it's bullshit.
What was I talking about again?
Oh, yes. Embrace the comedy in your games. It's fun.

Former @K1Global Grand Prix champ @gokhantherebel makes his @ufc
debut next month. #UFCJapan http://bit.ly/2gnrSjn

What was happening in the sky during last week's total solar eclipse? This featured little-planet, all-sky, double time-lapse, digitally-fused composite captured celestial action during both night and day from a single location. In this 360x180 panorama, north and south are at the image bottom and top, while east and west are at the left and right edges, respectively. During four hours the night before the eclipse, star trails were captured circling the north celestial pole (bottom) as the Earth spun. During the day of the total eclipse, the Sun was captured every fifteen minutes from sunrise to sunset (top), sometimes in partial eclipse. All of these images were then digitally merged onto a single image taken exactly during the total solar eclipse. Then, the Sun's bright corona could be seen flaring around the dark new Moon (upper left), while Venus simultaneously became easily visible (top). The tree in the middle, below the camera, is a Douglas fir. The images were taken with care and planning at Magone Lake in Oregon, USA.

Panoramic Eclipse Composite with Star Trails
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter (Nuits sacrees, TWAN)

Foods That Naturally Unclog Arteries

These 21 foods contain healthy fats, antioxidants, and soluble fiber which are great not only for your heart, but also to promote healthy skin, hair, hormone production, and nutrient absorption. You can feel better, have more energy, and improve your heart health without the use of toxic chemicals.
http://www.hownutrition.info/21-foods-naturally-unclog-arteries/