The Unmistakable Sensation of Hearing Shapes |
Seeing may depend less on our eyes than we thought.
[Excerpt from "New Scientist", 26..5.2007, p.22]
When you identify an object´s shape, a particular part of you brain called the LOtv "...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:01:00 GMT |
The Prince and the Magician |
Once upon a time there was a young prince, who believed in all things but three. He did not believe in princesses, he did not believe in islands, he did not believe in God. His father, the King, told ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:34:00 GMT |
Todays thoughts on the past.... |
Today marks the 62nd anniversary for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Both bombs together claimed instantaneously 210,000 lives. This is not Hollywood or "designed to move our heart" in our detach...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:36:00 GMT |
30 years <Japan < now |
The Japan of now is not the Japan of then. Here are just a few of the ways it has changed. Perhaps the largest change is on people's faces. I think the Japanese of today show much more emotion than th...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:09:00 GMT |
The Shortest Unit of Time |
In physics, the Planck time is the unit of time in the system of natural units known as Planck units. It is the time it would take a Photon travelling at the speed of light in a vacuum to cross a dist...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:21:00 GMT |
