Posted in Religion on 02/29/2008 05:07 pm by pratanu banerjee
The exterminators looking for termites in a monastery in Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo found a mummy and a skeleton believed to be at least 200 years old. A mound of termite dust was there. Armenio Rodriguez Noguiera was in charge of monastery thinks that it is a huge surprise!
The bodies are thought to be of 2 nuns. The bodies were found weeks ago but the monastery members decided to keep it as a secret. Institute and National Artistic and Historical Heritage did further research. The Catholic monastery was found in 1774 by Brazil's first saint, Antonio Galvao. This was built about 50 years before the nation's independence. The country was colonized by Portugal.
Posted in Science on 02/29/2008 05:06 pm by pratanu banerjee
The Eiffel tower in Paris weighs over 1000 elephants.
The greatest record number of children born by one mother is 69! She gave birth to the following:
16 pair of twins.
Seven sets of triplets.
Measly 4 sets of quadruplets.
Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virus.
Think of Americans brain!…13% of Americans think that some part of moon is made of cheese.
The world's youngest parents are 8 and 9 and they lived in China in 1910.
Oranges sooth the aggressive minds ..It has been found that tough criminals in Hollywood become less aggressive when exposed to the scent of oranges. Criminals are calmer when the perfumes are circulated through air cell vents.
Alien smile ..this is something nice to share. When you will go to Hamshire Aquarium you will be greeted with an "alien-like smile." The semi-transparent thorn back ray is only a month old. It is just 12 cm in length. It is one of a dozen hatched from egg-cases known as mermaid's purses. He is currently being looked after a spec
Posted in Blogs on 02/29/2008 05:06 pm by pratanu banerjee
Scientists have found that the parental bond is all in the mind. Research shows a region of the brain key to an instinctive desire to care for and nurture infants. The research tells us why we view babies as special. This could help doctors diagnose postnatal depression. The research is being done at University of Oxford. It has been published in the journal PLoS One.
The scientists are trying to find out the reason why we look after our kids in general to make sure our survival of the species. So this goes back to Darwin. A region of the brain called the medial orbitofrontal cortex responds to faces of infants and not to adults. So whenever we are excited about seeing a child, it is the medial orbitofrontal cortex that is responding! This area is located just above the eyeballs and it is responsible for identifying faces. It controls emotions. They used imaging scans to measure brain activity. They did an experiment with volunteers. They asked them to hit the button when a cross in the screen changed its color. In between the faces of unfamiliar infant and adult faces flashed on the screen.
Observation: No reaction was seen to adult faces but the infant faces spurred a high level of activity within a second. This instinctive signal tells us that babies are special.
