Heterogeneous and distributed nature of the Internet makes it very diicult to customize security protocols and policies in order to satisfy the security needs of applications. Celestial network security management project addresses this issue through building an infrastructure that can dynamically set up inter-domain secure communication channels upon the requests of applications. Celestial Sys...

The present article examines how people's belief in an afterlife, as well as closely related supernatural beliefs, may open an empirical backdoor to our understanding of the evolution of human social cognition. Recent findings and logic from the cognitive sciences contribute to a novel theory of existential psychology, one that is grounded in the tenets of Darwinian natural selection. Many of t...

The calculations in Thomas-Fermi approximation show that in a gravitational field each cell of ultra dense matter inside celestial bodies obtains a very small positive electric charge. A celestial body is electrically neutral as a whole, because the negative electric charge exists on its surface. On the order of magnitude the positive volume charge is very small (10 −18 e only). But it is suffi...

Insects typically use celestial sources of directional information for path integration, and terrestrial panoramic information for view-based navigation. Here we set celestial and terrestrial sources of directional information in conflict for homing desert ants (Melophorus bagoti). In the first experiment, ants learned to navigate out of a round experimental arena with a distinctive artificial ...

Diurnal and nocturnal African dung beetles use celestial cues, such as the sun, the moon, and the polarization pattern, to roll dung balls along straight paths across the savanna. Although nocturnal beetles move in the same manner through the same environment as their diurnal relatives, they do so when light conditions are at least 1 million-fold dimmer. Here, we show, for the first time to our...

The calculations in Thomas-Fermi approximation show that in a gravitational field each cell of ultra dense matter inside celestial bodies obtains a very small positive electric charge. A celestial body is electrically neutral as a whole, because the negative electric charge exists at its surface. The positive volume charge is very small, on the order of magnitude it equals to 10 −18 e per atom ...

Contemporary angelology is primarily an apologetic response to the negation of existence angelic reality by liberal Protestantism. Bulgakov’s teaching about angels, on other hand, arose as indispensable part theological system. The orthodox author defines angels created ideas reality. As with Plato, every thing has its own idea, so Bulgakov it angel. are therefore closely related earthly world ...