Science magic
July 1st, 2008
Science magic
Science fun with Narnia, Thanksgiving and frogs - Allentown Morning Call
As fans of both the books and movies of C.S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia,'' my son and I were excited to check out a preview of the new exhibit at the Franklin Insitute in Philadelphia . ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition,'' opening Friday ...
Don't believe the myth of magic food - Lincoln Journal Star
Superfoods won?t perform miracles, nutritionists say. Drinking acai berry juice, the latest trendy superfood, won?t magically help you shed pounds or cleanse your body of toxins. It won?t strip years from your appearance. The South American ...
Best Female Figure Not an Hourglass - Yahoo News
An imperfect body might be just what the doctor ordered for women and key to their economic success, an anthropologist now says. While pop culture seems to worship the hourglass figure for females, with a tiny waist, big boobs and curvy hips à la ...
Body-swap illusion tricks mind in new study - Twin Falls Times-News
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a kitchen knife, not so much. Both sensations, however, felt real to most participants in a Swedish science project ...
Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal
Worried about holiday weight gain? Apart from the obvious ? eat a little less, exercise a little more ? the Health Blog can?t help you. But, thanks to the magic of science, we can tell you just how much weight you?re likely to gain. First ...
Dancer will help bring magic to stage - Woodbury Bulletin
She?ll be dancing 30 hours a week in the last weeks of rehearsals before ?The Nutcracker? opens to the public. But 13-year-old Sara Ezzell, who lives on Queens Drive in Woodbury and will be dancing the lead role of Clara in the Ballet Minnesota ...
Study a step toward disease-resistant crops, sustainability - Rushville Republican
WEST LAFAYETTE ? A five-year study that could help increase disease resistance, stress tolerance and plant yields is under way at Purdue University. The $4 million project uses a new technique called "mutant-assisted gene identification and ...
Don?t Count On Magic - Newsweek
GORE: Whatever assistance might be forthcoming should be focused on speeding the changes that are absolutely essential to ensure that our companies are competitive in the global marketplace. When I was vice president, I initiated a program called the ...
'Shrooms to become illegal in Holland - RTE Online
The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic 'magic' mushrooms starting Monday, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its 'anything goes' image. The Dutch government proposed the ban in April, citing the dangerous ...
Ketchum avalanche gurus do their magic - Idaho Mountain Express
The head of Ketchum's Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center, Kellam and two other avalanche forecasters combine extensive field observations with detailed weather forecasting to come up with the daily avalanche advisories that local skiers ...