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7 HIGHLY TOXIC HABITS THAT STOPS YOU FROM TRUE HAPPINESS Sometimes, you are your worst enemy. Agree me ? Yes, it happens for some dumb reasons every other time. Believe it or not, that's totally normal when we get hurt or rejected enough times. We learn how to cope up with this pain, but often times, these coping mechanisms breed toxic habits that holds us back instead of helping us heal.                 You might think that certain behaviours are totally harmless at some times, but if left unchecked, you develop the toxic habits that can lead to self-sabotage, and that's not a good thing. If you want to achieve genuine happiness in life you need to reflect on those toxic habits and slowly let them go. Here are the 7 toxic habits that stops you from true happiness. 1. Avoidance No one likes facing negativity in life. Who the hell would deliberately put themselves in difficult situations ? But the reality is, life will alw...

Bruce Lee lived a short but very impactful life. He is remembered today as a figure who popularized kung fu around the world. He would share life - changing wisdom every chance he would get. Here are the top 20 inspiring quotes by Bruce Lee which would help you fight self doubt: If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you're not in this world to live up to mine. Don't pray for an easy life, instead pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. A wise man can learn more from a foolish question, than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks a time, but I fear a man who has practiced a k...

Alternative medicine practice does not originate from evidence gathered using scientific methods. As its name suggests, it is an alternative medicine used to give healing effects to the patients but is not a part of biomedicine, which is practiced by majority of doctors the world over. Aroma Therapy Aromatherapy uses natural oils extracted from plants to promote healing. The oils can be inhaled, massaged into the skin or (in rare cases) taken by mouth, and each has a specific purpose. Aromatic Medicines/ Plants Acupressure Similar to the practice of acupuncture, but by using finger pressure rather than fine needles on specific points along the body. Practitioners use their hands, elbows, or feet to apply pressure to specific points along the body's "meridians". Sometimes acupressure also involves stretching or acupressure massage as well as other methods. Acupressure Therapy Acupuncture Acupuncture is a method of encouraging in the bo...

The industrial revolution began in the Great Britain, which had large deposits of iron ore and coal - the fuel on which modern industry first depended - and a political system that encouraged private enterprises and investment. Britain also had a thriving cottage industry from which a new business economy could evolve. For instance, workers spun and wove wool and cotton by hand at home. The First Industrial Revolution                After James Watt perfected the steam engine in the 1760s and steam power was applied to spinning and weaving, the textile industry bloomed. Cottages gave ways to factories and the productivity of workers soared, producing profits and attracting investors, which allowed companies to purchase equipment and build more factories. Steam powered locomotives, introduced in the early 2800s, linked factories to cities, ports and coal mines. During the 19th century, the industrial revolution spread across Europe and reach...

Birds migrating South Why does migration happens when it does, and how does the various species know the routes ? Animals can easily sense the changing seasons. They note shorter day length in fall at many latitudes, for example, and they become immediately aware when the food supplies dwindle. Sometimes too many animals congregating in the same area triggers the need to move on.                But how do they know the routes to follow ? There are several possible answers. Many species inherit the knowledge of the routes from their parents genetically. Some bird species use the sun and the stars to orient themselves as they fly. And a wide range of species make use of the Earth's magnetic field for navigation.                Sea turtle hatchlings emerge on the moonlight beaches, head for the sea, and join the regular migration route. They appear to be using the geomagnetic field for orientation. ...

Birdsong is an exceedingly complex and sophisticated communication system. It is produced from the bird's syrinx, a soundbox at the junction of the two bronchi, which lead to the lungs. Air from the lungs is passed over membrane in the syrinx, which then vibrate, producing sound waves. Scottish Starling The Anatomy of a Bird                Because there are 2 bronchi with membranes, sound can emanate from each and combine higher in the vocal tract, producing a large variety of sounds. Complexity in the vocal muscles translates into more complex songs. Birds sing to defend their territory and to attract mates. Some species even sing when persuaded by the predators to convey how robust they are.                On the whole, males sing more than females. The male brown thrasher has command of some 2000 - different songs. Male and female birds sometimes sing duets, and group of birds may sing tog...

For the ancient culture of the Americas, chocolate, or cacao, was a sacred plant. Its use began with the Olmecs around 1200 B.C. and continued with the Maya and Aztec. The Aztec restricted drinks made from cacao seeds to ceremonial use and consumption by high-ranking adults males - priests, government officials and warriors.                Mesoamericans recognized the general properties of cacao, later called cocoa, and used it to treat intestinal complaints, to calm the nerves and as a stimulant. Mixed with maize and other herbs, cacao treated fever, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations. Cacao flowers were ingested to treat fatigue; cocoa butter, the creamy fat in the beans, soothed burns, irritated skin, and chapped lips. Cocoa plant                European explorers brought cocoa to western culture, where it became very popular as a delicacy and as a medicinal plant. Its assigned scien...

As days grow shorter and temperature cooler, decidious trees prepare for winter dormancy. Lacking sufficient light and water, photosynthesis shuts down and trees must live off food stored during the growing season. Leaves in Autumn Trees in Autumn                In spring, leaves lay the ground work for their demise. A special layer of cells form at the base of each leaf called the abscission or the separation layer. Its work is to transport water to the leaf and take food created from photosynthesis, back to the tree. In autumn, the cells of this layer begin to swell and the bottom of this layer forms a corklike substance that eventually cuts off all transfer between the leaf and the tree. Meanwhile, the top of the layer begins to disintegrate, making it easy for the leaf to detach. As photosynthesis ceases, the leaves lose their chlorophyll, which gives them their green color. Without chlorophyll, other colors emerge.     ...

Named for the roman goddess of dawn, an aurora is a colorful nightly light display in or near Arctic and Antarctic circles. In the north, the display is called the Aurora Borealis - northern lights. In the south, it is Aurora Australis - the southern lights.                 Gaseous elements in the sun split into electrically charged particles. The sun's surface continuously sheds these particles, some of which flow towards Earth as solar wind. These particles that penetrate the Earth's magnetic field enter the upper atmosphere and bombards its gases. The resulting collisions produce energy visible as arcs, streaks or curtains of the colored lights, with particularly intense solar wind, activity increases and the lights are seen from away. Northern lights Northern light view in Norway

Something drastic happened on Earth about 65 million years ago. According to one theory, an asteroid more than 6 miles across struck just off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The impact created a chicxulub crater, more than 110 miles wide, and caused a gigantic dust cloud. The dust settled forming a layer of iridium - rich clay now found in sedimentary rock under the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and in most northern land masses. The cloud likely caused the world temperature to drop. The Chicxulub Crater on Earth                      Scientists link this global cooling to the extinction of dinosaurs and numerous other plants and animal species. The fossil record shows this disappearance in the significant differences between the remains from the cretaceous period of the mesozoic era and those from the tertiory period of the cenozoic era - a transition point called the K-T boundary. Other geological events caused atm...

Dinosaurs dominated life on Earth for some 180 million years from their beginning in the Triassic period 200 million years ago until their abrupt exit during the cretaceous period, more than 65 million years ago. They flourished during the Jurassic period when there were only two basic continents, but by the beginning of the cretaceous period 145 million years ago, they habitated the seven continent planet - albeit a warmer and better one with many species, both plants and animals, were gigantic.                Based on the evidence studied by the paleontologists, dinosaurs fell into two basic physiological categories: those with bird hips and those with lizard hips, determined by the angle at which the pelvis was titled. Most had long tails; most laid eggs. Dinosaurs could be either carnivorous or herbivorous. Little is known about their temperature regulating mechanism.   A Velociraptor  Plateoraptors     ...

While scientists found evidence of simple living cells in rocks they have determined to be 3.5 billion years old, it gave them a reason to wonder: How could have life began on an irradiated, oxygen-starving Earth ? In their laboratories, they duplicated Earth's primitive atmosphere.                 To simulate lightning and harsh sunlight, they seared gas mixtures with high voltage sparks and ultraviolet lights - forces that make and break chemical bonds. In the resulting brew, they found amino acids, the building blocks of life. Now researchers believe that the same thing happened before 3 to 4 billions years ago.                 Another experiment showed that amino acids on a hot, dry surface-like that of a cooling rock - form cell like spheres when splashed with water. If rain washed the spheres into a tidal pool, a place safe from UV radiations, more complex molecule could form. At last...

Scientists have given the name dark energy to the expansion-generating force or substance of the universe. Dark energy is the reverse of gravity; it pushes things apart rather than pulling them together. It is unknown whether the laws of physics or the general theory of relativity can account for the dark energy.                 In 1998, astronomers studying supernovae found them rather than anticipated. This meant both they were farther away and the universe was expanding faster than expected.                The U.S. Government's Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) examined Type 1a supernovae, dying white dwarfs,because of their high and consistent luminosity. The program ended in 2010 and was replaced by the Wide- Field Infrared Survey Telescope (W-FIRST) which was launched on 17 Feb 2016. W-FIRST Telescope

Accepted astrophysical theories posit that at one point there was nothing: no stars, planets or galaxies - not even the space itself. The matter that makes up everything that now exists was concentrated in a single, extremely dense point known as a singularity. The force of gravity in a singularity is so great that the fabric of space time curves in on itself. In an instant known as the big bang, however, the contents of the primordial singularity escaped - and formed the universe.                The big bang is a catchy shorthand for a complex astrophysical theory, backed up with sophisticated calculations. The term was coined in the 1950s by British astronomer Fred Boyle, a proponent of a theory of the universe as a steady state. In fact, Boyle used the term derisively. Though the name stuck, it gives a false impression, making it seem as though the event that unleashed all the energy of the universe almost 14 billion years ago was an e...

Today, the matter of the topic is a bit different. Today, I am going to share with you all a beautiful example of how our youth is changing the world with the knowledge and power we have and how they are revolutionizing the world.  Actually, it's nothing but I travelled to a hotel named Alka - The Lakeside Hotel in Nainital in the month of February this year and I found the place a bit interesting. Although it was only my second time to Nainital, I was totally fascinated by the glory of the landscape the hotel was located in. Well, things apart, the hotel I stayed in felt like a bit ahead of the time, it was some kind of automated one. So, what happened next was when I got time to interact with the manager of the hotel about if there was some kind of modification work done in the hotel. He answered with a warm node, telling with pride that the hotel was modified by a company named Parallel Connect Pvt. Ltd. and was the first in the area to be modified in such a way. So, with a h...