Posted in Cool Science, music on Jul 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Listening to music releases the same “feelgood” chemicals as eating and having sex, researchers have found.The neuroscientist and former rock music producer Prof Daniel Levitin said music activates the brain area responsible for feeling pleasure, excitement and satisfaction.
A woman listening to music, music vibes as good as sex and food
Research shows that music has [...]
Posted in Cool Science on Nov 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Over the next few years, some experiments hold out a chance of finally being able to show whether or not time can move backward as well as forward. Theoretically, at least, it might be possible for the future to influence the past, said John Cramer, a physicist at the University of Washington. He and his [...]
Posted in Cool Science on Nov 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Vocal communication involves caterwauls for mating, chattering upon spotting prey, hissing to ward off an intruder, or shrieking when hurt or terrified. Meowing is not part of this language. Meow-ese, it would seem, is a language developed exclusively for humans.
How fascinating! The article goes on to discuss research into this inter-species communication, and how [...]
Posted in Cool Science on Nov 20th, 2006 No Comments »
Cosmologists Paul Steinhardt and Neil Turok have a radical idea… They theorize that the cosmos was never compacted into a single point and did not spring forth in a violent instant. Instead, the universe as we know it is a small cross section of a much grander universe whose true magnitude is hidden in dimensions [...]
Posted in Cool Science on Nov 20th, 2006 No Comments »
Some years ago scientists at CALTECH California Institute of Technology in Pasadena discovered that humans possess a tiny, shiny crystal of magnetite in the ethmoid bone, located between your eyes, just behind the nose.
It seems that magnetite helps direction finding in animals and helps migratory species migrate successfully by allowing them to draw upon the [...]
Posted in Cool Science on Nov 12th, 2006 No Comments »
Every one of us carries about 100,000 virurses, embedded in our genes. Scary…
Every day, viruses traffic in and out of human bodies. They invade people’s cells, make new copies of themselves, and then, if they’re lucky, infect a new host. Some viruses do this by stapling themselves into our DNA, so that their own genes [...]
Posted in Cool Science, non sequitar on Dec 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Genome of extremophile sequenced: eats carbon monoxide and releases hydrogen gas
Posted in Cool Science on Nov 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Welcome to the future.
A random google search turned up this discussion. Is this news? Apparently, at least one person has been performing experiments, to genetically modifying marijuana.
I have started a new identity here on OG to give you guys a heads up to the research I am doing.
I am no newby to Overgrow or [...]
Posted in Cool Science on Oct 14th, 2004 No Comments »
Chemists at Emory University have made an important advance in harnessing the ability of bacteria to make new molecules, and their discovery could eventually lead to the creation of naturally decaffeinated coffee plants. The research, by Emory chemist Justin Gallivan and graduate student Shawn Desai, is scheduled to appear in the Oct. 27 edition of [...]
Posted in Cool Science, music on Oct 12th, 2004 No Comments »
News in Science – Speak to my right ear, sing to my left – 13/09/2004
Our left and right ears process sound differently, according to new research.
When scientists studied babies’ hearing they found the left ear was more attuned to music and the right better at picking up speech-like sounds.