Posts Categorized: Random Science

Old Brains Hold on to Pain

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Old Brains Hold on To Pain…A look at the article Freeing The Mind To Forget – “They found that in adult brains, a physical net forms around certain cells in the amygdala, a structure associated with emotional memories.”

Murder 9 to 5 : Violence in the Workplace

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As per usual, Sunday’s are my wife and I’s night to watch documentaries. So for our selection we watched Murder 9 to 5 : Violence in the Workplace, which is a documentary about people who obviously inflict harm on their old/current coworkers. Here’s a small blurb about what it entails. Each year almost one million [...]

Eric Yam’s Space Settlement

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A while ago I mentioned in one of my posts a space settlement designed by Eric Yam. googletechtalks on YouTube included the post in the details portion of the page the video was on, so I thought I’d return the courtesy and mention them right back. Have a look at the video. The YouTube page [...]

Serial Killers – The Great White

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How random, I was just reading an article in which they describe the Great White Shark as sharing similar strategies with Human serial killers! They tend to lurk around out of sight, stalking their victims; they’ll use common routes of transport (reefs, channels, trenches etc), yet remain at a distance to be able to observe [...]

That Faker…

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The plants feigns sickness to stop it being attacked by insect pests known as mining moths, which would otherwise eat its healthy leaves. Read more : The plant that pretends to be ill – BBC News

Essence of Maggot

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Okay, so I stumbled on this random bit of news this morning… So ages and ages ago, soldiers in the field healed faster if they had maggots in their wounds. Not a surprise really… I mean we use leeches even up to this day. Why not a maggot? So now they want to add the [...]

A ‘witch bottle’ found intact!

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In the 17th century (close to the time of the Salem Witch Trials), a bottle was placed in the ground filled with urine, fingernail clippings, and some hair in order to draw negative energy to it. In 17th century England, witchcraft was recognized as having existed and they felt it was a bad thing to [...]

Interest Flow

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A really old brew discovered while examining jars dating back 9,000 years. Dogfish company brings out many ancient types of brews for modern consumption. 9,000 year old brew hitting the shelves this summer – Scientific American Random ‘new’ cloud types from 4 different places in the world…how odd are these ? New Cloud Type Discovered? [...]

Faster Pace for Solar Power in Germany

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“Culture, and culture that extends all the way to the government. They recognize at a federal level climate change is a problem. They recognize that renewable energy to replace fossil fired energy is critical. They also recognize that it’s very important for energy security. They get a lot of their energy from Russia, who they’re [...]