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Science: Halloween masks scare animals as much as humans
Published on 2012-09-25 17:13:28
Is a Halloween mask scary because of a belief in the supernatural, ghosts or the afterlife?According to a study by researchers at the University of South Alabama, this may not be absolutely true.Halloween is something only humans can...
Science: Halloween masks scare animals as much as humans
Published on 2012-09-25 17:13:28
Is a Halloween mask scary because of a belief in the supernatural, ghosts or the afterlife?According to a study by researchers at the University of South Alabama, this may not be absolutely true.Halloween is something only humans can...
Science: Crystal time-space clock that may survive heat death of universe
Published on 2012-09-25 09:25:12
Crystals in our quartz watches steadily and accurately keep time in our 3D world but how about extending crystalline attributes to movement in time and space and add a fourth dimension?An international team of scientists led by researchers with...
Science: Crystal time-space clock that may survive heat death of universe
Published on 2012-09-25 09:25:12
Crystals in our quartz watches steadily and accurately keep time in our 3D world but how about extending crystalline attributes to movement in time and space and add a fourth dimension?An international team of scientists led by researchers with...
Scientific study proves frankincense fights inflammatory disease
Published on 2012-07-10 17:02:27
Frankincense resin which begins as a milky-white sticky liquid that flows from the trunk of the Boswellia tree when it's injured, healing the tree’s wound, treasured by and named by the Frankish (French) Knights of...
Scientific study proves frankincense fights inflammatory disease
Published on 2012-07-10 17:02:27
Frankincense resin which begins as a milky-white sticky liquid that flows from the trunk of the Boswellia tree when it's injured, healing the tree’s wound, treasured by and named by the Frankish (French) Knights of...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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