Science and the Bible don’t always get along. In fact many biblical stories are difficult to believe because there is almost no scientific evidence for them. But the story of David and Goliath is a little different, because it actually has a scientific explanation. This explanation not only makes the story easier to believe, but [...]
Archive for May, 2010
May
14
The ultimate illusion: turning men into girls
New Scientist reports: Last time you checked you were a conservatively dressed, 28-year-old man. But you look down and notice that you now have the legs of a 10-year-old girl and appear to be wearing a skirt. It turns out that this experience – facilitated by a virtual-reality headset and some brief arm-stroking – is [...]
May
7
Paying lip service: do our lips get addicted to lip balm?
According to chapping lip legend if you put lip balm, lip gloss, or other popular lip moistening phenomena on your lips all the time then your lips will eventually forget how to stay moist and you will become reliant on external balms to keep your lips moist. This never made much sense to me. My [...]
May
7
Feeling bad about a decision? Wash your hands and forget about it!
New Scientist reports: Long a metaphor for the desire to distance oneself from immoral acts, hand washing doesn’t just wipe the conscience clean – it also changes how an individual regards a decision they have just made. Lady Macbeth notwithstanding, the physical act of washing one’s hands is known to ease the guilt we feel [...]