Tag Archives: Life

In wine, there’s health: Low levels of alcohol good for the brain – ScienceBlog.com

While a couple of glasses of wine can help clear the mind after a busy day, new research shows that it may actually help clean the mind as well. The new study, which appears in the journal Scientific Reports, shows … Continue reading

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A Floating Photographic Lab by Claudius Schulze and Maciej Markowicz

Last year collaborative artists Claudius Schulze and Maciej Markowicz launched the aptly named project [2BOATS] — a duo of water-bound vessels that the pair steered from Hamburg to Amsterdam’s Unseen Photo Fair and Paris Photo over the course of several months. Both boats serve as traveling studios for the artists, … Continue reading

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Your brain reveals who your friends are – ScienceBlog.com

You may perceive the world the way your friends do, according to a Dartmouth study finding that friends have similar neural responses to real-world stimuli and these similarities can be used to predict who your friends are. The researchers found … Continue reading

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MSS at Cosmo Restaurant Manchester

https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcosmomanchester%2Fvideos%2F378285839283109%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Manchester School of Samba are always looking for new members, especially in this the run up to the Summer season here in England! If you live within the NW of England and want to try it for yourself come … Continue reading

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New study reveals how brain waves control working memory – ScienceBlog.com

MIT neuroscientists have found evidence that the brain’s ability to control what it’s thinking about relies on low-frequency brain waves known as beta rhythms. In a memory task requiring information to be held in working memory for short periods of … Continue reading

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Photographer Jonathan Higbee Discovers a World of Coincidence on the Streets of New York

For over a decade, photographer Jonathan Higbee  has walked the streets of New York with a camera in-hand, spotting extraordinary juxtapositions and unusual moments when the world aligns for a split second in front of his lens. At times he manages … Continue reading

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The danger of a single story

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On the Island of the Colorblind, Genetic History Affects How Residents See Color

An island in the Pacific has a unique genetic history that affects how it understands color. Pingelap Atoll, the Micronesian island in the South Pacific, sometimes goes by its other name, The Island of the Colorblind. That’s the moniker Oliver Sacks … Continue reading

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Carved and Embroidered Leaves by Hillary Fayle

 Hillary Fayle (previously here and here)  slices and stitches patterns into found leaves, producing elegant designs that strike a delicate balance between natural specimens and the human hand.The works range from minimal tweaks to individual leaves to more involved patterns that link several in one … Continue reading

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still life

any good that has to do something whit your life has a story of you inside of it , maybe a short memory

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