Japan reported the successful extraction of natural gas from frozen methane hydrate.Methane hydrates - a crystalline compound of water and methane.Their deposits are located 50 km from the coast of Japan.

 After the collapse of the Soviet Union and open borders in Japan flooded Russian, both tourists and business ferrying older cars. In just a few years, the number of Russians living near the port cities of the east coast has increased a hundredfold. In this regard, and for the promotion of Russian life in 1993 near the city of Niigata was opened theme park, called the Russian village, which was built a church, hotel, museums, restaurants, a circus and much more. The village existed for 10 years, after which the bank financing the project went bankrupt, and with it the village. Currently available in the territory to inspect what remained, in particular the Suzdal cathedral, museum Trans stuffed mammoth, books, costumes, cards, photos ... In office buildings many different techniques - from old computers and color copiers, to studio audio reproducing apparatus ...

Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Castles generally aren’t something you’d call run-of-the-mill, but some of the world’s historic castles take things to extremes. Here’s a tour of some of the most notable castles you’ll find — no castle-storming needed.

No place symbolizes the extremes of the romantic, fantastical castle ideal like Neuschwanstein Castle, rising from the hills near Germany’s border with Austria. The brainchild of Ludwig II of Bavaria — who also built several other extravagant castles, and left behind plans for still more — the 19th-century castle is a turret-bedecked, theatrically ornate confection that seems made for a fairy tale. No wonder Neuschwanstein reportedly served as the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Zombie ants may sound like the title of an Ed Wood movie, but, according to National Geographic, they are quite real.
Oddly, there's nothing very zombie-like about the actual ants. It's only when a particular fungus takes over the ant's brain that things get weird.
Once the "stalk of the newfound fungus species Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani infects an ant, the ant gives up control over its own body. After the fungus is in control, it forces the ant to scamper toward "a location ideal for the fungi to grow and spread their spores." Then, it's lights out for the ant. Who knew a fungus could be so diabolical.

Lodged in a zombie ant's brain, the fungi species 'direct' the dying ants to anchor themselves to leaves or other stable places, as pictured above—providing a stable 'nursery' for the fungus. For instance, as the Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani fungus is about to kill the ant, the insect bites down hard into whatever substance it's standing on. This attachment is so strong that a dead zombie ant can remain stationary even when hanging upside down, the scientists say.

 From the land of the rising sun, exquisite, unique and quirky pieces of art can travel with ladies wherever they go—in the form of nail art, where great detail, colour and imagination goes into every nail. The Japanese are known for their creativity and precision, so that is exactly what goes into the following nail trends for 2010.