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Mind Trip: Memory Quirks

Mind Trip: Memory Quirks

We talk about our memories in The Mind Tripping Show, so we thought you would enjoy these 2 bizarre quirks of our memories: Have you ever found yourself in a room and could not remember why you were there? You are not alone. It has happened to most of us and no you...

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Future Tech: Rats Save Lives

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,...

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Life Hack: Nice Refreshing Cold Beverage

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...

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Brain Quirk: Pardeidolia or Seeing Faces

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...

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Monday Morning Motivation

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...

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Fish Skin for Burn Victims

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...

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Brain Quirk: IKEA Effect

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...

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Magical Number 7

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...

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Life Hack: Revive Stale Potato Chips

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...

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Shark Skin: Inspiring Med Tech of the Future

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...

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