Jun 25 2008
Workers may be allowed to sleep on the job today as part of a campaign to import Spanish siestas to offices in the UK.Company bosses are being encouraged to let their staff have a nap in their lunch break as part of National Siesta Day.They say siestas...
Jun 25 2008
Immortal Invaders Infect World’s OceansThe Hydrozoan, a small predatory sea creature like a jellyfish but without all their well known exciting higher functions, can achieve the dream of millions and become a child again. When adverse...
Jun 25 2008
The Dubai skyline will be constantly changing after plans for the world’s first rotating tower were unveiled.The 80-storey
Jun 25 2008
Men And Women Respond Differently To StressThe University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is reporting research that shows that different parts of the brain are activated in males and females when confronted with a stressful situation. The...
Jun 24 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - People who are bicultural and speak two languages may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a U.S. study.Researchers David Luna from Baruch College and Torsten Ringberg and Laura A....
Jun 24 2008
Baby crocodiles “talk” to their mothers and their unborn siblings even before they hatch, perhaps indicating that they are ready to leave the egg, according to new research. French scientists Amelie Vergne and Nicolas Mathevon of Universite...
Jun 23 2008
Metamaterials might be used to create a real-life invisibility cloak, or even a cloak of silence — some day. The Pentagon is seeking short-term gains by using metamaterials for revolutionary new antennas with obvious commercial...
Jun 22 2008
Engineers have designed a material that redirects sounds and could be used to shield objects from noises. The sound-shielding material would be the first acoustic cloaking device.
Jun 21 2008
You may have known this all along, but now it has been demonstrated scientifically: bikinis make men stupid.This month’s issue of the Journal of Consumer Research features a paper titled “Bikinis Instigate Generalized Impatience in Intertemporal...
Jun 20 2008
After a decade of shouting, “Follow the water!” in its exploration of Mars, NASA can finally say that one of its spacecraft has reached out, touched water ice and scooped it up.Now, scientists will be able to tackle the main question they hope to...