Why do some people almost always drop $10 in the Salvation Army bucket and others routinely walk by? One answer may be found in an intricate and rhythmic neuronal dance between two specific brain regions, finds a new Yale University study published Feb. 24 in the journal Nature Neuroscience. (more…)
Computer models focused on current and potential policy decisions could help shed light on the future of migration caused by sea level rise, concluded a team of scholars that included Brown demographer Elizabeth Fussell. (more…)
Freiburger Forscher untersucht Ursprünge der Beschaffenheit von Oberflächen
Die meisten natürlichen und künstlichen Oberflächen sind rau: Metalle und selbst Gläser, die mit dem bloßen Auge glatt erscheinen, sehen unter dem Mikroskop aus wie Berglandschaften. Es gibt derzeit keine einheitliche Theorie über den Ursprung dieser Rauheit, die auf jeder Größenskala, von atomaren bis zu tektonischen Abständen, beobachtet wird. (more…)
Nearly 200 years ago, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow claimed that “Music is the universal language of mankind.” Over the past several years, an international team of researchers has explored music from around the world to determine whether that is true or merely cliché — and a Princetonian crunched the numbers. (more…)
Technology continues to advance all the time and affects all segments of human activity, including travel. Travel involves huge investments of time and logistics as people and cargo are moved from one destination to another. Due to these advancements, travel nowadays has become more a sophisticated and enjoyable experience, right from planning to the actual experience of flying. New experiences like helicopter skiing and cliff diving are available to the average traveler. This article explains some of the fun ways in which technology has made travelling seamless and interesting. (more…)
Rhinoplasty may make a woman appear to be three years younger, machine learning shows
From face-lifts to facials and fillers, there’s no shortage of ways to reduce the inevitable signs of aging. But there’s one cosmetic procedure that most people don’t think about as a tool that can make women look years younger. (more…)
Combining the ideas to create a piece of art might seem like the only tricky thing an artist has to go through, though the reality throws uncountable such concerns when it comes to art and its sale. After getting over the hard part that creating an art piece is, an equally hard phase awaits the artist, which is pricing their artwork. Any artist who wishes to share and make money out of their hard work has to face this problem, even more, when you are a beginner. Pricing your art is more than just putting any random price range over it. (more…)
Ein Gedankenexperiment legt alternative Interpretation nahe
Wissenschafter der ÖAW, der Universität Wien und der Universität Genf schlagen eine Neuinterpretation der klassischen Physik ohne reelle Zahlen vor. Die aktuelle Studie wird in der Fachzeitschrift Physical Review A veröffentlicht und stellt die traditionelle Auffassung der klassischen Physik als deterministisch in Frage.
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