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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Nov 9, 2007
Hiroshi Kobayashi's canvases depict plush animals and dolls come to life -- or is it death? In some works the animals inhabit a nowhere land described by a monochromatic background; the space appears so lifeless that …
dlisted.com » Freakonomics - Nov 7, 2007
As much as I liked Penn & Teller, there was no levitation involved when I recently saw their show. This guy, however, more than makes up for it. His name is Wouter Bijdendijk and yes, that is the White House in the …
Also tagged: general, penn and teller
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Oct 24, 2007
George Dillman may be the most famous among a handful of martial artists that travel around the globe to teach people the art of pressure point fighting for a hefty fee. In this video, which appeared on National …
Also tagged: religion, psychiatry, physics, neuroscience, pretty dumb, chem lab
bloggingbaby.com » ParentDish - Oct 17, 2007
Filed under: Health and Safety, Lifestyle, Preschooler, Celebrity kids, Vacations According to her mother, they do. Kate McCann's mother, Susan Healy spoke out against the media's portrayal of her daughter as being …
Also tagged: media, mother, guilt, guilty, madeleine mccann, madeleinemccann, kate mccann, katemccann
dlisted.com » Freakonomics - Oct 15, 2007
Courtesy of Marginal Revolution, take a look at this dancer. Is she spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise? For me there is no question: the answer is clockwise. For my wife, the image is without question spinning …
Also tagged: general, innovation, reality, data analysis
scienceblogs.com » ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Oct 8, 2007
Functional MRI (fMRI) is a very useful technique, but it lacks in resolution making some systems difficult to study. Adams et al. show in a study of ocular dominance columns in humans why good old staining is still …
scienceblogs.com » Pure Pedantry - Oct 8, 2007
Functional MRI (fMRI) is a very useful technique, but it lacks in resolution making some systems difficult to study. Adams et al. show in a study of ocular dominance columns in humans why good old staining is still …
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Sep 28, 2007
Because most of human evolution took place while we were intimately involved with animals -- as food, or as potential food for them -- we developed parts of brain specifically devoted to paying attention to them. So …
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Sep 20, 2007
When you're listening for a particular sound, your sense of hearing actually gets stronger, researchers reported today. The findings, published in PLoS One, add an new dimension to traditional perception theory, which …
lifeinthefastlane.ca » Life in the Fast Lane - Sep 17, 2007
Smell is in the nose of the beholder. New research by scientists at Rockefeller University reveals that perception of smell is largely in part to a single gene. To some, a man can smell sweaty or of stale urine, while …
Also tagged: research, science, study, unusual, sense, smell, testosterone, odd, weird science, smelly