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Future Tech: Rats Save Lives
Could those animals we fear entering our house be saving lives? The answer is yes. Gambian rats have been saving the lives of many people. They are being trained to find landmines in Cambodia, Thailand, Angola and Mozambique, thus saving many lives. In 2013 alone,...
Life Hack: Nice Refreshing Cold Beverage
Don’t you hate when you come home and you want a cold beverage but there are none in the refrigerator? Here’s a quick way to go from tepid disappointment to icy-cold happiness. Wet down a paper towel and wrap it around your beverage. Stick the can or bottle in the...
Brain Quirk: Pardeidolia or Seeing Faces
Do you see an image of Jesus in this potato chip? If you do see an image, you are experiencing pareidolia:a psychological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus (an image or a sound) by perceiving a familiar pattern where none exists. (Wikipedia) But...
Monday Morning Motivation
Everyone hates Monday. They are the start of another work week. You start thinking about deadlines, E-mails, calls to return, and projects to finish. You are already defeated before you begin! There is a way to embrace the week with excitement. It is a...
Fish Skin for Burn Victims
Scientists in Brazil have found a useful way to help treat 2nd or 3rd degree burn patients using fish skin. They have started using sterilized skin from the tilapia fish. The tilapia fish is a fresh water fish that happens to be quite abundant in Brazil. (Business...
Brain Quirk: IKEA Effect
Many of us love to put together shelves, dressers, bookcases, and cribs. It gives us a feeling of accomplishment; we have contributed our sweat and hard work to making our lives better. So where do we go if we want to do this? There are many places of course, but the...
Magical Number 7
Say a number between 1 and 10. Most people will say 7. Why is that? Why is 7 a lucky number for a lot of people? "There are seven days of the week, seven colours of the rainbow, seven notes on a musical scale, seven seas and seven continents. Snow White ran off to...
Life Hack: Revive Stale Potato Chips
Can we save stale potato chips? Yes we can! Place a paper towel on a plate and then pour the lifeless chips on top of the paper towel. Place them in the microwave for 30 seconds. Take them out and let them cool. I know you want to eat them right away...but think...
Shark Skin: Inspiring Med Tech of the Future
Mind Trip: Med tech of the future inspired by shark skin. Shark's skin in amazing: it does not collect algae, slime, and barnacles as well as germs and bacteria such as E Coli and Staphylococcus aureus. "Engineer Tony Brennan, who was trying to design a better...
Brain Quirk: Spotlight Effect
The Bottom Line: People are Not Paying As Much Attention to You as You Think! We have all done something embarrassing: tripped on our own feet, spilled a drink on our clothes, dropped something; we were so embarrassed and agonized over it for hours or days. Well good...
Impress your friends with your cleverness
Mind Tripping fun to try at home! What you will need: 6 shot glasses total. 3 will be empty and 3 will be filled with your favorite beverage. Instructions: To start, lay out 6 shot glasses in a row. The first three in line will be full and the second three will be...
Brain Quirk: Simulator Sickness
Have you ever been on a ride where you were not actually moving, but the image in front of you was moving yet you physically felt nauseous? Is it possible to get motion sickness without being in motion? The answer is yes; if you are an avid video game player, you may...