Scientists discover cause of brightest-ever burst of light | BBC News - YouTube - cosmology

According to US scientists,it was caused by a small star supernova 2.4 billion light years away,with gamma ray emissions 100 times brighter than anything ever seen before.The blast lasted seven minutes.It doesn't make sense based on our current model.It's estimated that such an event occurs only once every 10,000 years. Cosmology is the study of the origin and structures of the universe.What would Einstein have thought about this strange event?If there's a black hole involved,the answer could be there.

The Syria Crisis:Insights and Policy

Senator John McCain,R-Arizona,said on Thursday that the President of the United States shared with him and Senator Lindsey Graham,R-South Carolina,his goals for military action against Syria:
1.To degrade Assad's chemical weapons capabilities.
2.To lend greater support to the Free Syria Army and those who seek to prevail.
3.To achieve a change in the battlefield to switch the momentum,which is thanks to Russian and Iranian equipment being flown in and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Unless Bashar al-Assad believes he is going to lose,it will be impossible to get him to negotiate.*
The classified briefing we got on Wednesday was excellent and answered many questions.*
The reason the American people are so opposed to miltary action against Syria is:
1.Americans are very sceptical because of Iraq.
2.The President mishandled it.
Americans don't understand this is a regional war.It's not confined to Syria.*
It's understandable there is oppositon to military action in Congress.There's no more important vote a Member of Congress will cast,Senator McCain pointed out.*
The Pentagon is developing a more intense option for an attack on Syria.This would involve strategic bombers such as the B-52 and B-2 stealth bomber,as well as cruise missiles launched from warships.Strategic bombers can fly from bases in the US and fire missiles at a distance from the target,so they would not have to fly over Syria itself.No final decision has been made.*
According to the BBC,the G20 summit in St.Petersburg,Russia has revealed a split among the nations attending over military action against Syria,which Russia itself strongly opposes.Taking Obama's side,British Prime Minister David Cameron said it would send an appalling message to Assad and others if the US failed to act.German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to wait until the UN weapons inspectors deliver their report,which could take weeks.

Health Uncle:Work and Stress

New cases of depression are often brought on by high stress jobs,a BBC News study suggested.Those subjected to the lack of control,long hours,deadlines and high volume of work that characterizes high stress jobs are twice as likely to develop depression or anxiety.During a one year study of 1,000 32-year old New Zealanders,45% of new cases of depression and anxiety were attributed to high pressure work environments.The surgeons,police, journalists and others were previously healthy.Ten percent of the men and 14% of the women study participants reported new cases of depression or anxiety.It is believed that fatigue,lack of sleep and stress hormones resulting from work may have contributed to the cases.The more control workers feel they have,the less likely they are to feel severe stress.
Pause for a moment.Make that moment yours.Have a peppermint or remember something funny.The smallest things can relieve stress and safeguard your mental and physical health.