Scientists Discover True Love
women.timesonline.co.uk — Brain scans have proved that a small number of couples can respond with as much passion after 20 years as most people exhibit only in the first flush of love...researchers nicknamed the couples “swans” because they have similar mental “love maps” to animals that mate for life such as swans, voles and grey foxes. More… (General Sciences)
Did This Man Just Rewrite Science?
query.nytimes.com — There are 256 rules you can concoct to play this simple game. Most will create a boring or repetitive pattern. But at least one rule will cause the page to explode into complex, ever-shifting patterns. You will have created a so-called universal computer, equal in its computational sophistication to Apple's jazziest laptop.More… (General Sciences)
Obama Offers New Hope for Science in America
thestar.com — When President-elect Barack Obama showed off Steven Chu, the Nobel-prize winning physicist he picked to be his energy secretary, you could almost hear the American scientific community exhale, loudly & deeply – thousands of researchers, from Berkeley to MIT and everywhere in between, breathing a long, satisfying collective sigh of relief.More… (General Sciences)
Our Galaxy Is Bigger Than Once Thought
cbsnews.com — Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore. More… (General Sciences)
Seven new wonders of the world
newscientist.com — Amazing. More… (General Sciences)
Stonehenge was 'giant concert venue'
telegraph.co.uk — A university professor who is an expert in sound and a part-time DJ believes Stonehenge was created as a dance arena for listening to "trance-style" music.More… (General Sciences)
Where You Sit On A Bus Can Define Your Personality
telegraph.co.uk — Where you sit on a bus can define your personality, according to a psychologist. Forward-minded people tend to sit at the front of the top deck, according to Dr Tom Fawcett of Salford University, the independent-minded in the middle and those with a rebellious streak at the rear.More… (General Sciences)
New Clue to Ancient Extinction: Comet Strike 13,000 Yrs Ago
washingtonpost.com — Something dramatic happened 13,000 years ago; continent of North America was never the same. A thriving culture of Paleo-Americans, known as Clovis people, vanished overnight. New evidence supports theory of massive comet strike.More… (General Sciences)
Is It Possible For DNA To Have Telepathic Properties?
dailygalaxy.com — Scientists are reporting evidence that contrary to our current beliefs about what is possible, intact double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. Somehow they are able to identify one another, and the tiny bits of genetic material tend to congregate with similar DNA.More… (General Sciences)
Did Earth's Twin Cores Spark Plate Tectonics?
dsc.discovery.com — The driving mechanism for plate tectonics has long been a mystery to geologists. Now a new theory purports to have the answer: Our planet has two inner cores.More… (General Sciences)
Today (January 5th) Is The Most Stressful Day Of The Year
telegraph.co.uk — Today is the most stressful day of the year, according to researchers. A combination of the cold weather, economic gloom and end to Christmas festivities will leave workers battling the January blues.More… (General Sciences)
Car Key Jams Teen Drivers' Cell Phones
sciencedaily.com — University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.More… (General Sciences)
Strange,Weird And Mysterious Sounds That Come From The Earth
noiseaddicts.com — The earth is full of sounds ... Here is a list of weird “sonic mysteries” that come from our Earth.(includes some audio)More… (General Sciences)
Pink Iguana That Darwin Missed Holds Evolutionary Surprise
blog.wired.com — For iguanas, it turns out that it's not easy being pink, either.Biologists report that a rare type of pink iguana found on a single volcano in the Galapagos Islands is a genetically-distinct species from its green cousins — and that it's probably critically endangered. More… (General Sciences)
60 Minutes: Mind Reading No Longer Science Fiction
cbsnews.com — Neuroscience has learned much about the brain's activity and its link to certain thoughts. As Lesley Stahl reports, it may now be possible, on a basic level, to read a person's mind.More… (General Sciences)
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