Past studies have suggested the amygdala is important in emotional responses. Volunteers who are shown frightening pictures, for example, have a sudden increase of blood flow to their amygdalas. Another study has complicated this pictureby adding sme...
Youve probably heard it said that ones attitude affects ones health.Over three-hundred subjects were assessed in terms of their emotions for a two- week period. They were assessed for positive emotions they might be feeling, such as vigor, well-being...
For those of us lucky enough to always have enough food and water, it may be hard to imagine living through a drought. A drought occurs for a variety of reasons, usually including a lack of rainfall and warm temperatures.Soil moisture severely dwindl...
Dohn,Surgical masks arent designed to protect you. Theyre designed to protect those around you from the germs you might be spreading, by blocking those droplets you shoot out when you sneeze or cough. Surgical masks also divert airflow so that you do...
Its 60 feet long, made of lightweight, fuel-efficient material and can carry eight people out of this world and back. The first commercial spaceship was unveiled by Sir Richard Branson, who hopes to start passenger trips within two years. The price t...
Thermometers just tell you the temperature. Thermostats need to do more than that. In addition to reading the air temperature, thermostats also turn your furnace on if the air gets too cool, and turn it off again when the air heats up. How do they do...
Sewage stinks. But bacteria can make it smell better. Oh, yeah? That's true. Certain forms of bacteria feasting on sewage give off hydrogen sulfide, a really malodorous chemical, and one of several that give sewage its pleasing smell. In general this...
Dutch police said the pilot was arrested in the cockpit. He is suspected of flying with a forged licence for more than a decade. The police said he had once had a commercial pilot licence but it had expired and it never qualified him for passenger fl...
South Africa's police force has an image problem. Faced with one of the world's highest crime rates, its officers are seen by many as ineffective, sometimes corrupt and often lumberingly overweight. That's now all supposed to change under Bheki Cele...
It seems that the key trend in the entertainment industry these days is the adoption of 3D. Following the success of 3D films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, the video game business is keen to muscle in on the action with Nintendo announcing...
Swiss police are describing the raid as highly professional and worryingly violent. Ten masked men, armed with machine guns and pistols, stormed the casino, breaking down the entrance door with a sledge hammer. Witnesses among the 600 guests say they...
I slept last night with my wife but those crazy legs of hers are driving me crazy. Did she kick you in her sleep? Sometimes,but that's not the half of it.She's got this thing called Restless leg syndrome and it makes the legs sort of itch, and the on...
you shouldnt quit drinking milk. It is a good source of calcium after all.what you should do is stop consuming dairy on an empty stomach period. On an empty stomach, dairy moves faster through your intestines and is more likely to cause you intoleran...
Under normal circumstances, each of your brain cells allows various substances, such as sodium, calcium and potassium to permeate its outer cell membrane. Once inside the brain cell, these substances help give the cell stimulus it needs to function p...
(Typing sounds) W:Whats that gadget you are playing with Diarmuid? Diarmuid: Its my latest toy a netbook. W: A netbook? Diarmuid: Yes a netbook. N.E.T.B.O.O.K. Its like a laptop computer only even smaller. W: What a cute little computer!I like your n...
