Zebra finches. (Credit: Natia Tsuleiskiri/Shutterstock)
Is the blue I see the same as the blue you see?
It’s an age-old stoner question, and while it might not ever be possible to find a conclusive answer, it does touch on a fundamental mystery for linguists and neuroscientists alike. Where do colors come from?
Not the physical colors themselves, of course – that’s just different wavelengths of light. But where do the categories that we ...read more
A team of scientists made artificial lungs and then transplanted them into pigs (not this one). The pigs all survived. (Credit: HQuality/shutterstock)
Ah, to live in a world where we can crank out custom-made organs to meet supply. No need for donors or years-long waiting lists.
We’re still a ways off from that organ utopia, but we’re at least a little closer to bioengineered lungs becoming a reality. On Wednesday, researchers from the University of Texas ...read more
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In Finland, sauna bathing traditionally involves bathers not only immersing themselves in steam, but also slapping themselves with branches until their skin is red and tingling, then diving into cold water or rolling in the snow. Now researchers find that sauna bathing — even of the conventional kind, sans cold and slapping — may have a wide range of health benefits.
Saunas bathe people in steam from water thrown on h ...read more
A new statistical method could help solve which Beatles wrote which songs. (Credit: Nationaal Archief/Wikipedia Commons)
In interviews, John Lennon and Paul McCartney have explained that, though they were listed as co-writers for Beatles tunes, one or the other usually wrote most of a song.
McCartney wrote most or all of “Yesterday,� “Martha My Dear� and “Lady Madonna,� for exam ...read more
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