You may be in the supermarket, your friend’s wedding, in an airplane or at an interview. Out of the blue, you’re suddenly having palpitations, sweating and having difficulty breathing, ...
Is the 11:11 phenomenon just another internet Meme, a Jungian synchronicity or really a “wake-up” call from Earth angels?...
Are broken fingernails telling us something? Modern science has recently observed how the lines on our hands connect to the nervous structure of our brains. ...
According to a Virginia Commonwealth University study, having a dog at work not only reduces the owners stress level but also increased the level of job satisfaction for other employees as well.In the past 20 years, many studies have looked at the relationship between job...
A new bill was introduced on March 5th, 2010 (see below: March 12th, 1930 Gandhi's march to banish the Salt tax in India exactly 80 years ago) by State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz that will ban the use of salt in New York restaurants. The bill A10129...
In an April 18, 2014, UC Berkeley press release, "Neuroengineers bring science cred, Berkeley feel to 'Transcendence' film" Sally Yang tells how and why Berkeley's top research scientists became technical consultants for the new film, "Transcendence" which stars Johnny Depp in the role of the...
New research by computer scientists shines a new light on the theory of evolution. In contrast to the accepted theory of "survival of the fittest", the ability to evolve (called evolvability) could possibly be hereditary and inherent in nature itself. The philosopher Diderot wrote, "It seems...
Our digital technology that with such ease brings us together, with instantaneous messages and almost "as if you were in the room" video, has also introduced us to a new type of emptiness in love relationships; that peculiar but very tactile hollow feeling you get...
According to Emory University neuroscientist Charles Raison, MD, in a review article in the December 2010 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry; there is mounting evidence that our lack of contact with microorganisms in the soil, food and gut, due to our excessive cleanliness, may...
When Jane Smiley, a Pulitzer prize-winning novelist was asked in her recent interview in Wired magazine, why she took on writing her new biography titled: The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff, Digital Pioneer, she said: "I was asked by an editor...
Oreo cookies were born in New York City in 1912 when a few bakeries combined to form the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) and opened a factory in the Chelsea Market building on 9th Avenue between 15th and 16th St -now called "Oreo Way." The first prototype...
Subject displaying the four levels of beard Barnaby J. Dixson University of New South Wales Men are sprouting beards everywhere. Did the economic crisis have something to do with it? Are razor blades and shaving foam too expensive? Is this just another hot indie rocker hipster trend? Scientists...
From the ancient Greek Icarus to the Wright brothers our desire to fly has inspired some of our greatest scientific, cultural and political achievements....
In a paper, "On Universality in Human Correspondence Activity," published in the journal "Science" by Northwestern University researchers, examined the letter correspondence of 16 famous writers, performers, politicians and scientists, including Einstein, Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Ernest Hemingway, and found that the 16...
A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience by authors Peggy Mason, PhD, professor of neurobiology, and Hayley Foo, PhD, research associate professor of neurobiology at the University of Chicago, is the first to show that while ingesting food or drink, a powerful painkilling...
Want more followers on Twitter? Followers are Twitter "gold" but unless you are a celebrity or part of the "Twitterati" they are pretty hard to get. Georgia Tech with 522,368 tweets in hand found a few Twitter secrets. A research team led by Eric Gilbert, assistant...
New groundbreaking research shows that the insertion of an acupuncture needle into the skin disrupts the branching point of nerves called C fibres. These C fibres transmit low-grade sensory information over very long distances by using Merkel cells as intermediaries. Dr. Morry Silberstein of the...
What happens when machines become smarter than humans? Will they take over the world? Is the survival of the human species at risk? These may seem like questions for science fiction enthusiasts, but with the release of recent movies like "Her" with Joaquin Phoenix and...
In a study from Loma Linda University Health, presented at the Experimental Biology conference meetings in San Diego, joyful or mirthful laughter was shown to produce brain wave frequencies similar to those seen among people who reach what is considered the desired "true state of...
You are driving down the street and suddenly someone walks out in front of you. You slam on the breaks in a split-second. A few seconds later, you probably wonder what part of you knew how to react so fast. Was it a miracle, divine...