Piezoelectric crystals bending in millionths of a second when exposed to light (they can also generate electricity ( Read more... )

Thomas Says: “has a true vacuum ever been created in a laboratory ( Read more... )

Putting hand over one eye, both eyes open, both irises dilate. Take hand away and both irises contract ( Read more... )

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, T.M.S., New York Times Magazine March 11th 2007, Neurolaw, page 82

"My speculations over the past five years have led me to believe that morals/beliefs/concepts will remain unchanged as long as a person's environment is stable. (Like how an animal will guard its territory. In humans, the property of territory has moved from a physical space to a conceptual space.) This rarely happens in real life over a period of ( Read more... )

A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects ( Read more... )

http://community.livejournal.com/psychology/794361.html

"Weightlessness" in space is not a good word to use to describe the physics of what is happening ( Read more... )

pedomorphism = neoteny ( Read more... )

For dogs, wagging the tail may have developed over time as a way to spread the scent from the anal glands over a wide area during play, broadcasting the dog's identity to all other dogs in the areas. This is in contrast to the proven meaning of the submissive ducking the tail between the legs, which has the purpose of sealing off this important ( Read more... )