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Brain’s GPS system influenced by shape of environment

Brain’s GPS system influenced by shape of environment

Brain’s GPS system influenced by shape of environment 12 February 2015 Patterns created by the brain’s grid cells, which are believed to guide navigation, are modified by the shape of…

Scientists discover organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years

Scientists discover organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years

Feb 03, 2015 by Stuart Wolpert   A section of 1.8 billion-year-old fossil-bearing rock. The fossils (dark areas) are essentially identical to fossils 500 million years older and to modern…

Research from Hill Holliday’s 4th Annual TVnext(SM) Summit Reveals TV Viewers’ Changing Habits, Conflicted Feelings

Research from Hill Holliday’s 4th Annual TVnext(SM) Summit Reveals TV Viewers’ Changing Habits, Conflicted Feelings

Survey Indicates Despite Rapid Change, TV Set Still Sits at Center of the Digital Home BOSTON, Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Hill Holliday, one of the nation’s largest marketing agencies,…

Power to the Quads: Keirin Cut Jeans Offers Tailored Shape for Athletic Bodies Keirin Cut Jeans makes debut splash on Kickstarter

Power to the Quads: Keirin Cut Jeans Offers Tailored Shape for Athletic Bodies  Keirin Cut Jeans makes debut splash on Kickstarter

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Champion cyclist and aspiring Olympian Beth Newell has thunder thighs, and is proud of it. While Newell’s impressive leg strength propels her to…

BetterInvesting Magazine Releases December Stock to Study and Undervalued Stock Choices for Investors’ Informational and Educational Use

BetterInvesting Magazine Releases December Stock to Study and Undervalued Stock Choices for Investors’ Informational and Educational Use

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee of BetterInvesting Magazine today announced Synaptics Incorporated (NDQ: SYNA) as its December 2014 “Stock to…

Very Interesting Statistics

Very Interesting Statistics

The world’s hottest place: Death Valley National Park The highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit, at Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913. The…

Abstract Art Lovers Uncover Veritable Gold Mine of Original Works Unique and affordable home decor by 87-year-old artist Mort Barish brings vibrant color and energy into any living space.

Abstract Art Lovers Uncover Veritable Gold Mine of Original Works  Unique and affordable home decor by 87-year-old artist Mort Barish brings vibrant color and energy into any living space.

GIG HARBOR, Wash., Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — New York City, in the 1940’s and 1950’s was a hotbed of music, art and theatre. Everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Duke Ellington…

NASA Scientist to Discuss “The Case of the Missing Martian Atmosphere” at Library of Congress Lecture

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The public is invited to a free talk called “The Case of the Missing Martian Atmosphere” with Dr. Jared Espley in the Pickford Theater,…

Good news: The hole in the ozone layer is finally starting to heal

Good news: The hole in the ozone layer is finally starting to heal

Sometimes the world really can get together and avert a major environmental catastrophe before it’s too late. A new UN report finds that the Earth’s protective ozone layer is finally starting to recover —…

Would you eat lab grown meat to save the environment?

Would you eat lab grown meat to save the environment?

Burger made from Cultured Beef, which has been developed by Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Photograph: David Parry/PA Wire A recent study from Cambridge and Aberdeen…

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