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New research from the Aerospace Institute of the University of Stuttgart in Germany supports the theory that water has a memory—a claim that could change our whole way of looking at the world. Does water have memory? Can it retain an “imprint” of energies to which it has been exposed? This theory was first proposed by the late French immunologist Dr. Jacques Benveniste in a controversial article published in 1988 in Nature as a way of explaining how homeopathy works. Benveniste’s theory has continued to be championed by some and disputed by others. The video clip below, from the Oasis HD Channel, shows some fascinating recent experiments with water “memory” from the Aerospace Institute of the University of Stuttgart in Germany. The results with the different types of flowers immersed in water are particularly evocative.

If Benveniste is right, just think what that might mean. More than 70 percent of our planet is covered in water. The human body is made of 60 percent water; the brain, 70 percent; the lungs, nearly 90 percent. Our energies might be traveling out of our brains and bodies and into those of other living beings of all kinds through imprints on this magical substance. The oceans and rivers and rains might be transporting all manner of information throughout the world.

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The sun The Sun is made up of 70% hydrogen (H) and 28% helium (He) atoms.1 Other substances make up less than 2%. Six hundred million tons of hydrogen are converted into 596 million tons of helium in the Sun every second. The remaining 4 million tons is given off as heat and light energy.2 In that sense, the first thing that comes to mind when the Sun is mentioned is the letters H (hydrogen) and He (helium) that stand for the Sun. All the 15 verses in Surat ash-Shams of the Qur’an (Shams meaning ‘Sun’), end in the letters H and E. The Arabic equivalent of these letters are:

The Arabic letter "He"

The Arabic letter “He”

 

 

 

The Arabic letter "Elif"

The Arabic letter “Elif”

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Arabic form of the verses in Surat ash-Shams and the final letters thereof can be seen belowSURAH SHAMS

As can be seen, all the verses in Surat ash-Shams end in the letters He and Elif. The letter H stands for hydrogen and He for helium. No other Surah in the Qur’an ends in the letters HE in every verse from beginning to end. It is therefore extremely striking how only this Surah in the Qur’an ends in such a sequence of letters. Surat ash-Shams’s number, 91, is also highly significant. Apart from hydrogen, there are 91 other elements in the Periodic Table, and these are made up of hydrogen elements.  To put it another way, all atoms. From hydrogen, the lightest element, to the heaviest are intra-atomic combinations of hydrogen atoms. For that reason, the H (hydrogen) atom in the Sun makes up the other 91 elements in nature.3
Almighty Allah has created all the details in nature, and is still creating them. All our knowledge about such details is permitted to us in order for us to comprehend the omniscience of our Lord. In one verse, we are told:

Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqara, 255)

 

REFERENCES:

 

1 http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/sun/sun_2.html; http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html

2 http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/sun/sun_5.html

3 http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/1.html; William D. Harkins, “The Abundance of the Elements in Relation to the Hydrogen-Helium Structure of the Atoms”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, April 1916, Vol. 4, pp. 216–224.


You don’t need to watch Breaking Bad to know that chemistry is pretty awesome. CAUTION! WARNING! DANGER! Do not try these at home. Your local religious population my find you guilty of practicing the dark arts and slaughter you in your sleep.  Below, I am sharing my favorite chemistry GIFs and the science behind them (when I could figure it out):

Blood meets hydrogen peroxide

 

Blood And Hydrogen Dioxide

Source: Iitmne

Sodium acetate crystallization

Sodium Acetate

Source: Imgur

Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction

Chemical Reaction GIFs Belousov Zhabotinsky

Source: GIF Trunk

Water bridge formed by electric current

Chemical GIFs Water Bridge

Source: Imgur

Alpha particle trails from radioactive decay of Radon 220

Chemical GIFs Radon Alpha Particles

Source: Imgur

Snake venom meets blood

Chemical GIFs Venom Blood

Source: College Humor

A lightbulb burning out

Chemical GIFs Lightbulb

Source: Wiffle GIF

Aluminum and iodine

Chemical GIFs Aluminum Iodine

Source: Imgur

Dehydration of sugar in sulfuric acid

Chemical GIFs Sugar Sulfuric Acid

Source: College Humor

Melting Metal With Magnets

Chemistry GIFs Melting Metal With Magnets

The Science: The copper wire has a significant amount of AC electricity running through it, causing it to act like a really strong electromagnet. In the metal slug, eddy currents form due to the magnetic field the copper wire is causing while the copper wire has high frequency AC flowing through it. The metal slug’s electric resistance causes a portion of the electric energy to turn into heat, but the heat builds up until the metal slug becomes white hot and melts.

Orange LED Light In Liquid Nitrogen

Orange LED Light In Liquid Nitrogen GIF

The Science: When an LED is immersed in liquid nitrogen, the electrons lose a lot of thermal energy, even when the light isn’t turned on. When this happens, the bandgap in the semiconductors increases. Since this gap is increased, when electrons in the conduction band fall to the valence band, they emit a higher energy light, meaning the light emitted has a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency. This is why we see the orange light turn into colours that are higher on the electromagnetic spectrum when it is frozen in the liquid nitrogen.

 

Heating Mercury Thiocyanate

Heating Mercury Thiocyanate

Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed By Potassium Iodide

Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Potassium Iodide GIF

Liquid Nitrogen Mixed With 1500 Ping Pong Balls

Liquid Nitrogen Mixed With 1500 Ping Pong Balls

Burning Magnesium In Dry Ice

Burning Magnesium In Dry Ice Chemistry GIF

Hydrophobic Sand Placed Underwater

Awesome Chemistry GIFs Hydrophobic Sand Underwater GIF

Putting Out Candles With Carbon Dioxide

Putting Out Candles With Carbon Dioxide

Deflecting A Water Stream With A Charged Rod

Deflecting A Water Stream With A Charged Rod

Hydrogen Peroxide Mixed With Potassium Iodide

Hydrogen Peroxide Mixed With Potassium Iodide GIF

Explosive Polymerization Of p Nitro Aniline

Explosive Polymerization of p Nitro Aniline GIF

Flammable Gas Lit In A Glass Jar

Flammable Gas Lit In A Glass Jar GIF

Sodium Polyacrylate Mixed With Water

Awesome Chemistry GIFs Sodium Polyacrylate Mixed With Water

 Electrical Discharge

Awesome Chemistry GIFs Electrical Discharge

The Science: Called Electric Treeing, the GIF above shows an electrical pre-breakdown phenomenon where due to partial discharges and progresses through the stressed dielectric insulation, electricity takes a path resembling the branches of a tree.

 Lithium On Fire

Lithium Fire Chemistry GIF

Reaction Of Copper And Nitric Acid

Reaction Of Copper And Nitric Acid GIF

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