Five Things

#5 Nicotine Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants. Specifically, it's found in the leaves of Nicotiana rustica.  In concentrations of about 14%, in the tobacco plant. Nicotine constitutes approximately 3% of the dry weight of tobacco. And is highly addictive. And The nicotine content of popular American-brand cigarettes, has increased over time. One study found that there was an average increase of 1.8% per year, between the years of 1998 and 2005. In its liquid form, nicotine can be absorbed through the skin, enter the bloodstream, and cause death within hours. Only 60 mg of nicotine, can be a lethal dosage for adult humans. Although nicotine has a high toxicity in comparison to many other alkaloids, such as caffeine, it is regarded only  as a potentially lethal poison. Because serious or fatal overdoses are rare. Historically, most cases of nicotine poisoning, have been the result of use of nicotine as an insecticide. #4 VX VX, short for "

5. Securitas depot Heist Estimated amount stolen:  ~ $90 million The heist took place on February 2006 by seven masked men armed with handguns wearing balaclavas. They abducted the depot manager, threatened him with his family and tied up fourteen staff members which were held in cash cages until the raid came to an end. The robbery of $90 million lasted for about an hour and a half, while approximately $200 million was left behind since they could not fit it in the Renault Lorry which they escaped with.  In under a week, the British police tracked down then arrested the suspects and recovered $35 million. The seven of them got 20 year to a life sentence, however the remaining $55 million has never been found and the whereabouts remains a mystery. It is assumed they have been smuggled to Morocco, Cyprus and Albania. At the time when the gang raided, Securitas depot was holding cash for the Bank of England. 4. Knightsbridge Security deposit Heist  Estimated amount stol

#5 The Moon On July 20th 1969, Neil Armstrong, became the first man in history, to walk the surface of the moon.  Buzz Aldrin joined him 20 minutes later. In total, they spent about 21 hours on the lunar surface while the mission duration was 8 days and 3 hours long.  Their foot tracks are still intact today, and could possibly last for millions of years because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere to erode them.  Earth's gravity is about six times stronger than the moon's gravity. Which means your weight on the Moon is 16.5% of what you would experience on Earth. In other words, if you weighed 100 kg on Earth, you would weigh a mere 16.5 kg on the Moon. Imagine the muscle mass of a 100kg body who weighs only 16kg. You'd feel like a super hero on the moon. You'd be able to throw a baseball several kilometers away. But being a super hero on the moon has one very serious drawback. Because your body is experiencing microgravity and it's not working against the

Mosquito-Borne Virus The environmental change and moving climate patterns - warm winds and heavy rains in places that used to be mild and generally dry, can cause mosquitos to migrate in new areas. The danger lies that weather changes on these environments could lead mosquitoes to nourish off new hosts, human and animals alike. While different hosts carry different viruses, these can combine inside a mosquito and produce new contagious pathogens like Ebola. For the first time ever a mosquito-borne virus that can cause a severe rash and fever has been recently diagnosed in humans from the researchers of University of Florida. Though this is the first reported instance of Mosquito borne disease in a human, it's for some time been suspected that such contaminations can happen and we really should worry about. Luckily, we are on the safe zone for now, but there is a high likelihood that a new Mosquito-borne virus will emerge and the fallout will be horrific. Asian lo

 Nr.5  Automation One massive advantage of artificial intelligence is its potential to complete mundane tasks through automation that will increase productivity.  Theoretically this can even remove “boring” tasks from humans and free them to pursue more creative and rewarding tasks. Other benefits from A.I automation include faster decision making and avoiding errors. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average that's 3,287 deaths a day. In the near future, Self-driving cars, might bring down this horrible statistics closer to zero. And Being fearful when going to the hospital for surgery, might become a thing of the past. A surgical robot, doesn't need food, doesn't get stresses out and it doesn't even need a break. It can be operational 24/7.   Another benefit that comes from A.I automation is it's ability to take risks on behalf of humans.  Take for example, space exploration. As we already witnessed with the Curiosity rover on mars

5. Nuclear Terrorism As The words imply, nuclear terrorism refers to an act in which a person or people belonging to a terrorist organization detonate a nuclear device. With the pace of technological advances in recent years, it has become increasingly easier to acquire knowledge and the materials needed to build a nuclear bomb. And worse still, except from building a nuclear device from scratch, terrorists, have several other methods to disrupt civilization. For example: they could use a nuclear weapon that has been stolen or purchased on the black market, they could acquire fissile material from a nation-state or use a crude explosive device built by nuclear scientists who the terrorist organization has furtively recruited. Despite the estimated low probability of 0.03% for human extinction from nuclear terrorism, it's consequences are too dire to just sweep under the rug. Former U.S. President Barack Obama called nuclear terrorism "the single most important national

Number 5. Mount St. Helens This active volcano is located in Washington, in the pacific northwest region of the United States. The volcano is based in the cascade Range and is part of the famous volcanic arc. Which is a segment of the pacific ring of fire, that includes over 160 active volcanoes. Mount St. Helens is most notorious, for its major 1980 eruption. The deadliest and most ecnonomically destructive volcanic event in the history of the united states. The eruption claimed the lives of 57 people and totally destroyed more than 250 homes, 47 bridges 24 km of railways and 298 km of highway. A massive debris avalanche triggered by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale caused an eruption which in turn sunk the sea level elevation of the mountain itself by 401 meters. That left a 1.6km wide horseshoe-shaped crater. Nearly 40 years after this eruption, mt st helens is recharging and might erupt again, in any given day. Number 4. Mount Vesuvius The Volcano that terr