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Science news: Mayan excavation uncovers new calendar that debunks 2012 myth

Published on 2012-05-11 08:14:02

Recent findings at a Mayan excavation in Xultun, Guatemala reveal new evidence of astronomical calendars that refute the popular idea that the Mayans predicted the end of the world in 2012.The report, Ancient Maya Astronomical Tables from Xultun,... > read more

Scientific study: Key to happiness is a balanced perspective of time

Published on 2012-04-27 03:39:33

Do you spend a lot of time worrying about the future, living in the “good old days” or just “live the moment? How we subjectively perceive the past, present and future may play a role in how... > read more

Scientific study: Taking your dog to work reduces anxiety

Published on 2012-03-30 07:30:43

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... > read more

Scientific study: Taking your dog to work reduces anxiety

Published on 2012-03-30 07:30:43

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... > read more

The Greek crisis 2012: EU victims or addicts, enablers and co-dependents?

Published on 2012-02-13 21:25:31

Greece is not the “democracy’ we learned about in our history books. The famous Greek general, Pericles, who 2,400 years ago said, "It is true that we (Athenians) are called a democracy, for the administration is... > read more

The Greek crisis 2012: EU victims or addicts, enablers and co-dependents?

Published on 2012-02-13 21:25:31

Greece is not the “democracy’ we learned about in our history books. The famous Greek general, Pericles, who 2,400 years ago said, "It is true that we (Athenians) are called a democracy, for the administration is... > read more

Discovery: 'Kindness' gene so powerful it can be detected by strangers in 20 sec

Published on 2011-11-16 07:04:52

Is that man or woman across the bar someone you can trust or empathetic enough to spill out your story of pain and suffering to? Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found compelling evidence that healthy humans are... > read more

Discovery: 'Kindness' gene so powerful it can be detected by strangers in 20 sec

Published on 2011-11-16 07:04:52

Is that man or woman across the bar someone you can trust or empathetic enough to spill out your story of pain and suffering to? Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found compelling evidence that healthy humans are... > read more

Apple's Steve Jobs has died: An interesting look at his spiritual life

Published on 2011-10-05 22:17:27

- Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.Apple co-founder and long-time... > read more

Apple's Steve Jobs has died: An interesting look at his spiritual life

Published on 2011-10-05 22:17:27

- Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.Apple co-founder and long-time... > read more

Scientific study proves antibiotic resistance is an ancient phenomenon

Published on 2011-08-31 19:28:55

After studying 30,000 year old sedimentary DNA from permafrost deposits in the Yukon a Canadian research team from the University of Alberta and McMaster University have found that microbes “have been building their defenses to antibiotics... > read more

Scientific study proves antibiotic resistance is an ancient phenomenon

Published on 2011-08-31 19:28:55

After studying 30,000 year old sedimentary DNA from permafrost deposits in the Yukon a Canadian research team from the University of Alberta and McMaster University have found that microbes “have been building their defenses to antibiotics... > read more

Can new algorithm decipher who wrote the Bible?

Published on 2011-07-31 23:37:53

A new software program developed by Bar-Ilan University computer scientist Moshe Koppel, his student Navot Akiva, Tel Aviv University computer scientist Nachum Dershowitz, and Hebrew University graduate student Idan Dershowitz has a novel... > read more

Can new algorithm decipher who wrote the Bible?

Published on 2011-07-31 23:37:53

A new software program developed by Bar-Ilan University computer scientist Moshe Koppel, his student Navot Akiva, Tel Aviv University computer scientist Nachum Dershowitz, and Hebrew University graduate student Idan Dershowitz has a novel... > read more

The new thing in digital love: Lovers' Boxes

Published on 2011-04-30 21:05:44

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; that peculiar but very tactile... > read more

The new thing in digital love: Lovers' Boxes

Published on 2011-04-30 21:05:44

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; that peculiar but very tactile... > read more

The 100 most spiritually influential living people alive

Published on 2011-03-31 23:15:42

Tima VlastoWatkins Books, established in 1893 in London is one of oldest and largest independent esoteric bookshops. In the Spring 2011 issue #26 of the Watkins Review they recently published a list of the 100 most spiritually influential living peop > read more

The 100 most spiritually influential living people alive

Published on 2011-03-31 23:15:42

Watkins Books, established in 1893 in London is one of oldest and largest independent esoteric bookshops. In the Spring 2011 issue #26 of the Watkins Review they recently published a list of the 100 most spiritually influential living people... > read more

Must-see: Charlie Chaplin’s most timeless and mesmerizing speech!

Published on 2011-02-09 14:05:08

With all the present unrest in Egypt and in all other “not-free” nations living under authoritarian regimes with their real and/or pseudo-dictatorships, there obviously is still the need within the Human psyche, to hear this 70 year... > read more

Must-see: Charlie Chaplin’s most timeless and mesmerizing speech!

Published on 2011-02-09 14:05:08

With all the present unrest in Egypt and in all other “not-free” nations living under authoritarian regimes with their real and/or pseudo-dictatorships, there obviously is still the need within the Human psyche, to hear this... > read more

Astrology is a time-tested science: High Court rules

Published on 2011-02-05 14:29:21

Though astrology hasn’t been considered a science for thousands of years, on Thursday, February 4th, 2011, the Bombay High Court in India reaffirmed that it is indeed a “science” when it dismissed a Public Interest Litigation ... > read more

Astrology is a time-tested science: High Court rules

Published on 2011-02-05 14:29:21

Though astrology hasn’t been considered a science for thousands of years, on Thursday, February 4th, 2011, the Bombay High Court in India reaffirmed that it is indeed a “science” when it dismissed a Public Interest Litigation... > read more

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) serious dangers and alternatives

Published on 2011-01-31 11:14:14

Do you like this story?Did you know that our new energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs (CLFs) contain small amounts of mercury?From the Energy Star website:“CFLs produce light differently than incandescent bulbs. In an incandescent, ele > read more

Psychology news: Free online app predicts relationship compatibility

Published on 2011-01-28 05:20:05

Do you like this story?“Are you and your Special Friend on the same page? Are you clicking? In synch? Seeing eye to eye? Communicating effectively?”Dr. James Pennebaker and doctoral student Molly Ireland and their colleagues at the Univer > read more

Scientific study: Improve your memory with the god of sleep Hypnos

Published on 2011-01-25 07:19:16

Do you like this story?The mechanics of sleep and the process by which we store and retrieve memories has from ancient times been approached through many myths and theories, but it is only recently that hard science is seriously uncovering these myst > read more

A Twitter scandal: Why your zodiac sign has NOT changed

Published on 2011-01-15 06:36:36

Do you like this story?The constellation Ophiuchus (prior Serpentarius) is old news, so old that even the astronomer, astrologer and mathematician Ptolemy (90 AD) knew about it and so did most of the ancient world.That the earth wobbles on its axis a > read more

Magnetic north pole shift: NASA and Egyptians say this has happened before.

Published on 2011-01-07 11:23:54

Do you like this story?Have magnetic pole shifts ever happened in the past? According to NASA and an ancient passage from Herodotus' historical documentation of ancient Egypt...it has.Today’s news about the magnetic north pole shift being t > read more

Birds fall, dead fish: How the ancients found meaning in bird signs and omens

Published on 2011-01-06 06:23:51

Do you like this story?In a Time.com article, Why the Aflockalypse Is Business As Usual For Biodiversity—And Why That's Not Good, Bryan Walsh reasons that the mass animals deaths reported in the media this past week: The dead birds in Louis > read more

New Year's Eve 2011: Are you feeling rejected and hurt?

Published on 2010-12-31 09:04:23

Do you like this story?Are your “hurt feelings”, “broken hearts” or the pain of social rejection triggered by the festivities of this holiday season, making you feel actual physical pain?According to a study in TRENDS in Cogni > read more

Total Lunar Eclipse: 2011 Predictions for all 12 zodiac signs

Published on 2010-12-22 08:12:53

Do you like this story?A lunar eclipse and a long winter solstice night make for one very long dark night…of the soul. An event that hasn’t taken place since 1648 and won’t again until 2094.These predictions are for the effect of t > read more

Science news: Why a smile is contagious

Published on 2010-12-14 13:26:51

Do you like this story?In the award winning and very inspiring, short film by Kurt Kuenne, Validation (see YouTube video below), not only is the value of validation and acknowledgment explored but also how highly contagious smiles are and how some sm > read more

Scientific study: Being too clean may be making you depressed

Published on 2010-12-09 03:29:02

Do you like this story?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 s > read more



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