What you say in a conversation — whether it’s on a first date, a job interview — may be less important than how you say it. But the cues that may decide the outcome can be so subtle that neither person in the conversation is consciously aware of them. Whether or not you get the job, or the other person’s phone number, is very strongly influenced by unconscious factors such as the way one person’s speech patterns match the other’s, the level of physical activity as people talk, and the degree to which one person sets the tone — literally — of the conversation.

These subtle cues provide “honest signals” about what’s really going on and strongly predict the outcome, according to research by the MIT Media Lab’s Alex Pentland and his colleagues. Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin. The scientists, from Europe and the USA, say that their research, published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, provides evidence that life’s raw materials came from sources beyond the Earth.
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Where is our main concern usually focussed?  Our life is mostly dedicated to events and matters in the outside of us; our society concentrates its effort in material achievements too; even our minds, our science and technology explores the most the unknown of the material world around us. But we are made of something else than materials and there is another world touching us deeper.
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A company is offering private DNA analysis trough Internet, claiming a web-based service that helps you read and understand your DNA. According to the company it can help you discover how your genes may affect your chances of developing various diseases and conditions, as well as traits such as athletic ability. And because genes are not the only things that influence your health, you also get abundant background information to put their significance in context when you consult.
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A University of Leicester (http://www2.le.ac.uk/) mathematician has been working with scientists in Japan and The Netherlands to develop a new technique that produces accurate mathematical models of the actual behaviour of nerve (neural) cells.
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