The U.S. probe Lunar Prospector orbited the moon from January 1998 to July 1999. The craft mapped the concentrations of chemical elements in the moon, surveyed the moon's magnetic fields, and found strong evidence of ice at both poles. Small particles of ice are apparently part of the regolith at the poles.

Elephanta anciently known as Gharapuri, the island capital of Konkan Mauryas, is celebrated for its colossal image of Mahesamurti with three heads each representing a different form. The Elephanta Caves serve as a great tourist attraction in the vicinity of the large Mumbai metropolis. The Elephanta island is located 10 km away from the Gateway of India at Mumbai in Maharashtra. The cave temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, was excavated sometime in the 8^th century by the Rashtrakuta kings, who ruled the area between A.D. 757-973.

The Elephanta caves is a conglomeration of seven caves, out of which the most important is the Mahesa-murti cave. The main body of the cave, excluding the porticos on the three open sides and the back isle, is 27 metres square and is supported by rows of six columns each. The gigantic figures of 'dvarapalas' or doorkeepers are very impressive.

There are sculptured compartments in this cave with remarkable images of Ardhanarisvara, Kalyana-sundara Shiva, Ravana lifting Kailasa, Andhakari-Murti (slaying of Andhaka demon) and Nataraja Shiva.

The cave complex has been given the status of world heritage by UNESCO.

The first known publication of the term "mouse" as a pointing device is in Bill English's 1965 publication "Computer-Aided Display Control".

The Compact Oxford English Dictionary(third edition) and the fourth edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language endorse both computer mice and computer mouses as correct plural forms for computer mouse. Some authors of technical documents may prefer either mouse devices or the more generic pointing devices. The plural mouses treats mouse as a "headless noun."

Two manuals of style in the computer industry – Sun Technical Publication's Read Me First: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry and Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications from Microsoft Press – recommend that technical writers use the term mouse devices instead of the alternatives.

Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute invented the first mouse prototype in 1963. He initially received inspiration for the design after reviewing a series of experiments conducted in the early 1960s by American geneticist Clarence Cook Little. Intrigued by Little's examination of laboratory mice at the National Cancer Institute, Engelbart endeavored to design a more efficient method for controlling computers, based on small movements of the hand corresponding to a point on a screen. The term "mouse" is a play on this connection, originally coined by Bill English, Engelbart's friend and colleague at the institute. He never received any royalties for it, as his patent ran out before it became widely used in personal computers.

The invention of the mouse was just a tiny piece of Engelbart's much larger project, aimed at augmenting human intellect.

Eleven years earlier, the Royal Canadian Navy had invented the trackball using a Canadian five-pin bowling ball as a user interface for their DATAR system.

Several other experimental pointing-devices developed for Engelbart's oN-Line System exploited different body movements – for example, head-mounted devices attached to the chin or nose – but ultimately the mouse won out because of its simplicity and convenience. The first mouse, a bulky device used two gear-wheels perpendicular to each other: the rotation of each wheel translated into motion along one axis. Engelbart received patent US3541541 on November 17, 1970 for an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System".At the time, Engelbart envisaged that users would hold the mouse continuously in one hand and type on a five-key chord keyset with the other. The concept was preceded in the 19th century by the telautograph, which also anticipated the fax machine.

Blue whales are the largest baleen whale  species--in fact they are the largest animal in the world.  Blue whales  can grow to be about 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length and may weigh  around 160 tons. They are mottled bluish gray, with broad flat heads  and a small dorsal fin located in the last forth of the body.  Newborn  blue whales are about 23 feet (7 meters) long and roughly 30 tons and  can add 200 pounds a day! 

Interesting Facts:

 
• Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth with  some individuals reaching lengths of nearly 100 feet (30.5 meters).     Yes, they are even larger than dinosaurs!

 
• A blue whale heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and pumps 10 tons  of blood through the massive blue whale body. A blue whale aorta (the  main blood vessel) alone is large enough for a human to crawl through.

 
• Blue whale blows, also called spouts, consist of air and water   and rise about 30 feet (9.1 meters) high.

"The basic premise of most ecologists," Huston says, "is that the coexistence of species is based on the balance of nature. The idea is that no two species can live on the same resource, so if species coexist, they must be using different resources. For example, if you had two kinds of woodpecker eating the same type of insect inhabiting the same type of tree, one species would outcompete the other species, which would vanish from this forest. But you can have two different species of woodpeckers in a forest if the two species use different trees or eat different insect species."

The composition of a forest is largely determined by competition. Trees compete with each other for energy from sunlight, soil nutrients, and water. The leaves take in light and the roots take in water and soil nutrients. The tallest trees soak up most of the sunlight. Only the smaller trees that can tolerate shade, such as sugar maples, will survive in such a forest. Eventually, the forest will reach a state of equilibrium in which only a particular combination of species of trees, ferns, other plants, insects, birds, and mammals coexists. This picture of nature is called the competition equilibrium model.

The Indian subcontinent had witnessed the cohesive concentration of many Empires in the quest for control of military power, and governance of the State. As time rolled by, societal norms found an ethos in the workplace, the system of rights and privileges, and service under the flag.

The Indian Army, as we know it today became operational after the Country gained independence from British colonialism. The Indian Army's HQ is located in New Delhi and functions under the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is responsible for the command, control, and administration as a whole. The Army is divided into six operational commands (field armies) and one training command, each under the command of a Lieutenant General, who has an equal status to the Vice-Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS), working under the control of Army HQ in New Delhi.

Altair is big. One current thought is that it will stand more than 30 feet high and will be almost 45 feet wide at the footpads. There are mock-ups previously built at the Johnson Space Center in Houston where habitability teams are working inside, trying out different configurations. These teams are taking a look at how astronauts will live and work inside, so that Altair can be built in the best way possible for the mission.