Researchers shed new light on mysterious Cambodian burial rituals

Researchers from New Zealand working in remote Cambodian mountains are shedding new light on the lost history of an enigmatic unidentified tribe by studying their eerie burial rituals. The University of Otago scientists have been working since 2003 to geo-locate and survey 10 interment sites and to used radiocarbon dating on samples of coffin wood, [...]

NASA spacecraft detects change in Martian sand dunes

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed yet another surprising fact about our red neighbor: movement in sand dunes occurs on a large scale, about the same as in dune fields here on Earth. This is totally unexpected because Mars has a much thinner atmosphere than our planet, and high speed winds are much less common [...]

Babies brain benefit from music – even before they can walk or talk

The first study of this kind concluded that the very early musical training of children, even before they can walk, has some remarkable benefits. Researchers at the McMaster University found that one year babies who participate in interactive music classes are happier, communicate better and have earlier and more sophisticated brain responses to music. “Many [...]

Scientific evidence explains why some healers see the ‘aura’ of people

You may call them ‘healers’, you may call them ‘quacks’, but a scientific study conducted in Spain has shown many of these people display a neuropsychological phenomenon known as “synesthesia” (specifically, “emotional synesthesia”), giving a valuable explanation of their ‘abilities’. The name ‘synesthesia’ explains the condition pretty good: in Green, ‘syn‘ means ‘together‘ and ‘aisthesys‘ [...]

Plant study hints at dangers of global warming

Plants are flowering much, much faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, United States research shows, which could have absolutely devastating effects on food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a significant, indirect impact on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing breeding, migratory and feeding patterns. This is [...]

First private cargo to go into outer space set for May 19

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, announced Friday it was now aiming for a May 19 liftoff; it will be a historic landmark – the first private ship to go into outer space, carrying a cargo for the International Space Station (ISS). The Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule were scheduled to launch Monday, [...]

Drinking energy drinks is like bathing your teeth in acid

Energy and sports drink do give you a quick rush when you might feel like nothing else can do the trick for you – but at a huge cost. Aside from all the other downsides, which include heart and stomach issues, researchers have now shown that people who drink this kind of drinks are essentially [...]

Arizona woman faked cancer to raise money for breast implants [shorties]

When J.T. told family and friends she needed money for an important breast surgery, they though she needed a double mastectomy – because that’s what she told them. Instead, she just went ahead, cashed in, and bought the implants. Her lies began to unravel when a kindhearted doctor offered to perform the surgery for free, [...]

Preposterous ‘advertising’: likening climate scientists to terrorists

So much for reasoned debate and scientific discussions: a controversial group bent on discrediting climate science revealed several billboards that compared people interested in climate change with terrorists. The Heartland Institute, a Chicago based group posted these billboards which displayed Ted Kaczynski, a terrorist whose bombing campaign lasted almost 20 years, killing three people and [...]

Fly me to the… supermoon

As I was telling you in a post just a few days ago, there’s a supermoon on the rise, and it will reach us today, Saturday, on the 5th of May. It marks the period when the moon is closest to the Earth (perigee), and this period will coincide with a full moon, making it [...]

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