Beijing: the chaos of the world's busiest metro

Citizens of Beijing are already accustomed to public transport overcrowded, to the immense traffic jams and the intense smog and the option of cycling is not feasible for the most part. This week, public transport users are faced with yet another obstacle: a system of airport-style security in some metro stations. The result was massive queues and long waits to take the subway.

The Beijing subway network is the busiest in the world, with about 10 million trips per day between about 200 stations. This means that a temporary malfunction can form numerous groups on platforms.

Now, in addition to the usual safety inspection where users spend the trunk for similar machines at airports, people also have to be inspected, such as at airports. About nine metro stations in Beijing have already installed the system and, according to Beijing police, verification "should take no more than 30 minutes".

The authorities have installed a security system tighter after terrorists shooting explosives for a market full of people in Urumqi, in Western China, causing the death of more than 30 people earlier this month, the City Lab.

Besides more stringent control in subway stations, Beijing also introduced a fleet of helicopters that watch and photograph various real-time transport centres. Additionally, police officers patrolling subway stations began to be fitted with guns.

However, Beijing citizens say they don't feel safe, despite the strengthening of security. As Avid users of social networks that are users of the Beijing metro rushed to post photos of the queues in social networks, questioning purpose of such measures.

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House with energy balance that transcends the barriers of the interior and the exterior

The architect Buzz Yudell and his wife Tina Beebe built a House that is a lab green housing. This House, called Georgina Residence, was designed to have an energy balance, use the least amount of energy and water and have a great connection to the outside.

The glazed housing merges with the outside but provides at the same time, the privacy required, since it is located in an urban area of Santa Monica, California.

The couple had previously a home on Malibu Beach area, but got tired of housing and decided to move to Santa Monica. In order to be close to work, friends and services, Buzz and Tina have acquired a plot of land in the city and built a sustainable housing, referred to the Inhabitat. The House consumes as much energy as one that generates annually and allows the exploration of new sustainable strategies.

In the old housing, the couple had a great connection with the surrounding environment, this connection who wanted to keep in the new housing. Thus, the barriers between the inside and the outside of the new House have become flexible with the help of transparent materials, operational Windows and sliding doors. Sunlight and passive design strategies play a key role in the overall design of the dwelling. The House is equipped with air conditioning once the ventilation system and shadow let you regulate the temperature in a natural way.

The materials used in the construction of the House include recycled products and reusable bamboo. As for energy systems, the couple opted for the incorporation of LED bulbs and a high-efficiency gas boiler. Additionally, the housing features a green roof, with grass and a permeable insulation and a run-off system and exploitation of waters. The room is also equipped with a solar collector and photovoltaic panels that provide the 100% of the energy necessary for its operation.

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Global warming can change the color of the butterflies

A study recently published-and it took 18 years to develop â€" concluded that the butterflies and dragonflies of light colors thrive in warmer environmental conditions â€" and that the butterflies and dragonflies darker prefer the colder climates. The investigation examined the natural habitats of these insects in Europe during the many years in which it took place.

According to the investigation, the body of these insects plays an important role in the absorption of energy by the Sun, which serves as fuel for the flights and to regulate body temperature.  The insects of darker colors absorb more solar energy than lighter colors and therefore can survive in colder climates. By contrast, the lightest insects survive better in warmer climates, since they can reflect sunlight and not sobreaquecem.

According to these new findings, climate change means changes in habits of various insects. "We know that the butterflies and dragonflies clearer better adapt to warmer climates and also we have shown that the effects of climate change in the places inhabited by species are not future consequences but rather gifts, with nature and ecosystems to change in real time," says Carsten Rahbek, of Imperial College London and author of the study.

"We demonstrated for two major groups of insects a direct connection between the climate and its color, which has impact on geographical distribution," explains the researcher. This means that in the future, with the rising temperatures of the planet, butterflies and dragonflies darker can evolve and become gradually lighter to support better the warmer temperatures.

The team of researchers analysed data on the location of Pan-366 species of butterflies and dragonflies species 107 between 1988 and 2006. The colors were analyzed from the wings and bodies and created maps with the locations where the insects can be found.

Foto: tdlucas5000 / Creative Commons

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Fukushima factory turned into radiation-free lettuce greenhouse

The technology giant Fujitsu has expanded to a new area of business and opened an organic lettuce greenhouse in Fukushima, Japan. In a project that mixes the agriculture, industry and medicine, Aizu-Wakamatsu Akisai Vegetable Plant grows lettuce, biological radiation free, with low levels of potassium and nitrates.

The greenhouse vegetable was mounted on a semiconductor plant that has been renewed and is completely free of chemicals. Located in Fukushima, in greenhouse lettuce is the first of several biological tests that Fujitsu wants to implement in this area. Once the space where the stove is set up has been renovated and disinfected, the production is free of chemicals and fully controlled through the company's technologies to create the optimal conditions for growth, as well as weather conditions.

The variety of lettuces grown by Fujitsu kiln is indicated for people with chronic kidney disease once the vegetables have low levels of potassium. The vegetable is also more appealing to children because the low nitrate levels make less bitter lettuces, referred to Inhabitat.

Despite these greenhouses in Fukushima being more expensive than the conventional, the spaces have medical value, can produce all year cultivate organic products and, most importantly, free of radiation.

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The photo story of a life

Nowadays, most people take a lot of photographs. But there's always one that stands out from the others.

In his personal blog, Richard Branson, owner of Virgin, tells the story of the photo taken by a friend and its second meaning. Lincoln Gasking, a friend of Branson, was on an expedition in Antarctica when he spotted a group of penguins in Group at the top of a piece of floating ice, protecting each other from Leopard seals that could strike at any moment, when another predator appeared.

It was a giant petrel. This seabird, with a wingspan that can reach two metres, usually feed on small fish, seafood and animal carcasses. When none of these dishes is available in the menu, the bird used to attack other birds, chicks in particular penguin chicks.

"Having reached a rocky colony one morning, we spotted a giant petrel that was watching the penguins. Our guide not photographed a bird like this for over 12 years. As a lover of photography this seemed like a good challenge, "said Gasking.

"Almost two hours after we arrived, I couldn't believe what I was seeing the petrel through my lens, which in the meantime had perched on a rock. It was only then that I noticed in their cruel intentions. Opening the big wings, the bird was preparing to attack a colony of penguin chicks ".

"There are many stories of mothers who play heroic acts to save their young. This was one of those moments. When all seemed lost appeared one of the Moms in charge of day care to protect their young. Emitting cries, the mother Penguin faced petrel and saved all the Cubs ".

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The sawfish rare that seems to have gone out of the prehistoric times

After two hours of struggle, a fisherman in South Florida and their fishing companions captured an unusual fish: a rare species of sawfish. Known for his shaped snout serra, this species of fish is rarely sighted in the wild.

The seven known subspecies of this kind of fish are threatened or severely threatened, so your sighting is even rarer. However, a copy was caught by Dustin Richter and their friends during one of the last three nights. For whatever reason, the Group made a point of removing the animal out of the water to document capture, but the fish was once again thrown into the waters of Boynton Beach.

"Catch a fish like this happens only once in a lifetime," said Richter to ABC News, cites the Huffington Post. "Being able to see a fish so you're lucky, but to get one is to have even more lucky," considers the fisherman.

Richter estimates that the fish, about 3.4 meters, weighed more than 220 pounds. According to the description of the fisherman still fish will not have reached the adult State, since both types of sawfish found in the United States can grow more than 20 feet.

It is believed that the fish-serra will have evolved in a way, now extinct, primitive sharks. This species of fish uses the saw-shaped snout to defend himself and to dig up small fish and crustaceans from the bottom of the ocean.

For explaining was, however, why so many struggle with the fish â€" especially after the fishermen have the notion that it was a rare species. Here are some pictures of the sawfish.

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And if an anaconda crosses us ahead?

Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters (Photo 4), faced recently one of their greatest fears, when he came face to face with a dangerous anaconda nearly 100 pounds, on the set of his last show.

The meeting took place in Brazil, when the British Explorer was looking for an anaconda in particular that had caused the death of at least one person in the region of Porto de Moz, inside the Amazon jungle. Wade met the "Monster" when plunged into the Amazon River and gave literally stumbled upon a large anaconda, which later came to the conclusion being responsible for the death and disappearance of several people.

Anacondas, which are not poisonous, are the largest native species of snake native to the Americas, reaching the 6.7 meters long. However, there are reports of copies that exceed this length and there are rewards for those who manage to catch anacondas with unusual sizes. Although rare, the encounters between anacondas and humans can be fatal since this snake squashes his victims, which end up suffocating, with his upper body strength.

River Monsters is a program of the channel Animal Planet, where Jeremy Wade travels the world looking for dangerous creatures and sometimes legendary who dwell in rivers, swamps and other watercourses.

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