August 2012
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Chemistry Olympiad Student Contestants Talk... →
cwl: Why does music influence how we feel? →
arpeggia:
thisisnotpsychology:
Sometimes we need the right music to get ouf of bed in the morning, to get on with cleaning the house, to hype ourselves up. Soundtracks make movies more dramatic, funny, or scary. And some bittersweet songs about lost love even manage to make us cry.
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Stressed Men Prefer Heftier Women →
In a stressful environment, a heftier body type is a sign of physical well-being.
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Talk Nerdy To Me: GMOs Are Good?
When you hear the words genetically modified organism, GMO, or gen-mod food, what is your initial reaction? Does the thought of a scientifically manipulated fruit or vegetable make your mouth water? Or does it turn your stomach?
As a science writer, the topics I choose to cover vary from the mundane to the controversial, but I rarely see feather ruffling like I do when GMOs enter the...
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Wanna win one of these?
We’ll be giving these neat Curiosity replicas away to a few lucky #MarsTrivia winners. You can follow the games and play along on Twitter at @HuffPostScience. In honor of the recent Mars Curiosity Rover landing, Mat
tel’s Hot Wheels brand has created a 1:64 scale miniature of the Rover. The die-cast replica, which was created to spark imagination as well as bring further awareness to...
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fangirl hardcore.
And apparently, the mohawked cutie from mission control has become an internet sensation in an hour and a half. I dig it.
fuckyeahbobakferdowsi:
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The Countdown Begins: T-13 Hours!
Are you getting pumped for the Curiosity landing tonight? If you plan to celebrate, send us your photos! We’ll be collecting them from viewers all over. You can tweet them to @HuffPostScience (#MarsParty) or upload them to our Facebook page.
We’ll also be playing Mars rover trivia on Twitter (#MarsTrivia), so tune in during the event to play and win prizes. We’ll be...
