Today I shall go through happenings and experiences that have baffled me or more aptly, excited me in the course of the day and here I go:-
(a) Near-death experiences!
Researchers have analysed the recordings of brain activity called the 'electroencephalograms'(EEGs) of
nine anaesthetised rats undergoing an experimentally induced cardiac arrest. Within the first half a minute
of the cardiac arrest, all the rats displayed a widespread, transient surge of highly synchronised brain
activity usually associated with aroused brains.
In other words, the scientists of the University of Michigan are giving credence to the 'light at the end of
the tunnel' experiences of people who'd almost died but returned. The brain had been assumed to be
inactive during a cardiac arrest because the blood stops flowing into the brain when the heart stops beating.
But what's now becoming increasingly clear is that there's brain activity characteristic of conscious
perception! These visions and perceptions have been named as 'realer than the real'.
Yet another significant step into unlocking the mystery of life after death!
(b) Mona Lisa's identity about to be established?
The enigmatic lady of Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting continues to capture the imagination of people
the world over. Scientists have inched closer in establishing the identity of the muse for the painter's creative
masterpiece of all times!
A tomb, in Italy's Florence, containing the family crypt of the silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo has
been zeroed in for the purpose, for, it's believed that the merchant's wife - Lisa Gerardini - was the one
who'd posed for the great artist. She'd become a nun after her husband's death and had ultimately passed
into the mist of time in 1542!
The exact identity may be just a few DNA tests away as it would help the researchers to reconstruct the
face from the skull once the tests prove successful!
(c) Dogs can sniff out cancer with 100% accuracy.
It's almost sure that dogs can sniff out the signature chemical compound that indicates the presence of
ovarian cancer among women. Researchers of the University of Pennsylvania have come to this conclusion
based on their research on the subject. It would be a tremendous boost to the morale of women, the
world over, because of the fact that ovarian cancer is a silent killer often diagnosed too late!
Tailpiece.
Science, tusi great ho! We're passing through exciting times indeed!!
(a) Near-death experiences!
Researchers have analysed the recordings of brain activity called the 'electroencephalograms'(EEGs) of
nine anaesthetised rats undergoing an experimentally induced cardiac arrest. Within the first half a minute
of the cardiac arrest, all the rats displayed a widespread, transient surge of highly synchronised brain
activity usually associated with aroused brains.
In other words, the scientists of the University of Michigan are giving credence to the 'light at the end of
the tunnel' experiences of people who'd almost died but returned. The brain had been assumed to be
inactive during a cardiac arrest because the blood stops flowing into the brain when the heart stops beating.
But what's now becoming increasingly clear is that there's brain activity characteristic of conscious
perception! These visions and perceptions have been named as 'realer than the real'.
Yet another significant step into unlocking the mystery of life after death!
(b) Mona Lisa's identity about to be established?
The enigmatic lady of Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting continues to capture the imagination of people
the world over. Scientists have inched closer in establishing the identity of the muse for the painter's creative
masterpiece of all times!
A tomb, in Italy's Florence, containing the family crypt of the silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo has
been zeroed in for the purpose, for, it's believed that the merchant's wife - Lisa Gerardini - was the one
who'd posed for the great artist. She'd become a nun after her husband's death and had ultimately passed
into the mist of time in 1542!
The exact identity may be just a few DNA tests away as it would help the researchers to reconstruct the
face from the skull once the tests prove successful!
(c) Dogs can sniff out cancer with 100% accuracy.
It's almost sure that dogs can sniff out the signature chemical compound that indicates the presence of
ovarian cancer among women. Researchers of the University of Pennsylvania have come to this conclusion
based on their research on the subject. It would be a tremendous boost to the morale of women, the
world over, because of the fact that ovarian cancer is a silent killer often diagnosed too late!
Tailpiece.
Science, tusi great ho! We're passing through exciting times indeed!!
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