Grammy-winning pop star Phil Collins donates the world's biggest private Alamo collection to Texas museum. Collins donated 200-plus pieces related to the 1836 battle to Alamo MuseumIt includes 4 rifles belonging to Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's famous knifeIn 2012, Collins wrote book, The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's JourneyCollins says: 'Some people buy Ferraris, others buy houses, I bought old bits of metal and old bits of paper'
Using taste-related words in speech makes you sound more influential. Scientists asked people to read sentences that had taste-based wordsWhile the participants were reading, their brain activity was recordedEach taste-related word was then swapped with a literal counterpartThe researchers found that the sentences containing words that invoked taste activated areas connected with emotion, such as the amygdalaUsing these words could amplify the impact of a sentence, study claims By Ellie Zolfagharifard Published: 15:31 GMT, 26 June 2014 | Updated: 17:13 GMT, 26 June 2014 A kind gesture may be ‘sweet’, and a bad break up ‘bitter’, but the reason we use these words goes far beyond what they mean.
Taste-related words, such as 'sour', engage the emotional areas of the brain more so than literal words with the same meaning, such as 'awful', according to a new study. London vs New York infographic compares the two cities. By Travelmail Reporter Published: 12:14 GMT, 24 June 2014 | Updated: 14:56 GMT, 24 June 2014 They are two of the most famous cities in the world and beloved by travellers looking for a weekend break - but which one has the best attractions to lure travellers, London or New York?
A new infographic has the answer - London counts the highest number of 'top 50' bars but when it comes to dining New York is king with 62 Michelin star restaurants against London's 55. And tourists wondering where Meg Ryan filmed the iconic scene in When Harry Met Sally or which bars Sex and the City characters used to go to, can find their answers here as the graphic compares the cities from a fictional point of view too.
Spectacular photos show Europe's abandoned buildings. By Travelmail Reporter Published: 11:02 GMT, 25 June 2014 | Updated: 10:29 GMT, 26 June 2014 With intricate ceilings that are These spectacular shots depict some of Europe's most beautiful ruins the stunning works of a history teacher who spends her spare time tracking down and photographing some of Europe's most beautiful ruins.
Pati Makowska captures the beauty of what were once some of the continent's most vibrant locations. 'Exceptional' 122.52 carat blue diamond found in South African mine. It was found by Petra Diamonds Ltd at its Cullinan mine in South AfricaComes months after it sold 29.6-carat blue diamond from mine for £14mIt is expected to eclipse world's most expensive, a 507-carat white diamond By Matthew Blake Published: 08:55 GMT, 13 June 2014 | Updated: 00:45 GMT, 14 June 2014 It is the size of a strawberry and weighs a bit less than three pound coins.
Schoolgirl films dancing fireball outside her Northampton bedroom window. Katie Real, 11, saw a blazing light outside bedroom window in NorthamptonUsed laptop to film it dance in the sky for 39 seconds before it disappearedHer mother, Fiona Fearon, 30, said: 'It looked like a ball of fire - it was weird'She called local airfield the next day but they said they knew nothing about it By Harriet Arkell Published: 14:34 GMT, 4 June 2014 | Updated: 17:26 GMT, 4 June 2014 These astonishing pictures of what appears to be a ball of flames dancing in the sky were taken by a schoolgirl after she spotted it out of her bedroom window.
Katie Real, 11, saw the bizarre fireball in the sky above her home in Northampton after going to draw the curtains on Saturday night. She rushed to get her laptop computer and filmed a 39-second clip showing the bright object apparently performing loop-the-loop in the evening sky. Scroll down for video Schoolgirl Katie Real, 11, spotted the bizarre ball of flame outside her bedroom window in Northampton. Hipster beards go feral as men sport ANIMAL shaped facial hair. New Zealand razor brand Schick hope to convince hipsters to shaveCampaign highlights 'feral' facial hair and encourages men to #freeyourskin By Katy Winter and Deni Kirkova.
20,000 gather in Liverpool to see Cunard's Queen Victoria sail out of 'spiritual home' Watch the world's ships sail Earth's oceans in REAL TIME: Interactive map reveals crowded routes taken by planet's vessels. Marine Traffic map lets anyone trace a vessel that has a position ‘transponder’ similar to those used by aircraftTransponder broadcasts the ships’ position, name, course and speed allowing other vessels to avoid collisionsVessel tracks are coloured according to type and users can zoom in to see which ships are moving in that areaClicking on a placemark allows users to find picture of the ship as well as its speed, vessel type and destination By Ellie Zolfagharifard Published: 11:16 GMT, 22 May 2014 | Updated: 14:29 GMT, 22 May 2014 All over the world, majestic shipping vessels are navigating through vast oceans as they bring their valuable cargoes to port.
While their routes may seem far-flung, anyone can track their progress in real-time from the comfort of their desk using this addictive interactive map. Developed by a group of global academics, the Marine Traffic map lets users trace a shipping vessel with a position ‘transponder’ similar to those used by aircraft. CheapFlights infographic reveals 12 of the weirdest attractions in the world. By Travelmail Reporter Published: 09:36 GMT, 30 May 2014 | Updated: 09:38 GMT, 30 May 2014 For travellers who like to get off the beaten track to experience the weird and the wonderful while on holiday, this infographic might provide the answer.
Showcasing 12 of the most unusual attractions in the world, the graphic is an ideal road map to strange attractions on the planet. From Carhenge in Nebraska, US - using cars to recreate Stonehenge - to the Avanos Hair Museum in Turkey, the CheapFlights.com.au list is a bizarre collection of the more unusual places to visit. Also making the top 12 is The Island of The Dolls in Mexico, where hundreds of dolls and doll limbs hang from trees, the Museum of Bad Art in Boston, US, and the Chernobyl Power Plant in the Ukraine.
First contact made with 'zombie' ISEE-3 spacecraft. A Virginia-based amateur group has succeeded in reviving a 'dead' probeThe crowd-funded ISEE-3 Reboot Project has 'talked' with the spacecraftThe team will now assess the health of ISEE-3 over the coming weeksThis is the first time Nasa has given control of one of its craft to the publicISEE-3 first launched in 1978 but has not been heard from since 1999Reviving the mission could help scientists better understand solar winds which can affect satellites and the climate on Earth By Jonathan O'Callaghan and Ellie Zolfagharifard.
Viewing porn shrinks the brain: Researchers find first possible link between viewing pornography and physical harm. Study showed striatum was smaller the more porn someone had viewedThe striatum is a brain region linked with motivation and reward responseThis is the first direct link between pornography and a lack of motivationResearchers said it is not clear whether watching porn leads to brain changes or whether people born with certain brain types watch more porn By Ellie Zolfagharifard and Jenny Hope Published: 11:22 GMT, 29 May 2014 | Updated: 23:31 GMT, 29 May 2014 Men who watch pornography may be shrinking their brains and dulling their responses to sexual stimulation, a study has found.
It is the first time researchers have found a possible link between regular viewing of pornography and physical harm. However, an alternative explanation is that people who spend more time looking at pornography are born with a certain type of brain. Netflix reveals its vision for television by 2025. Neil Hunt made the claims at the Internet Week event in New YorkHe predicts that ‘by 2025 or sooner’ the online video market will look drastically different Grid-style menus of titles will be replaced by highly personalised choicesThis includes guessing what viewers want and presenting minimal optionsHunt claims standard channels will be replaced by 'channels for everyone’Social networks will also play a role in improving personalisationBut, speaking earlier today, CEO Reed Hastings said 'auto-sharing on Facebook hasn't yet panned out' By Victoria Woollaston Published: 16:57 GMT, 29 May 2014 | Updated: 17:17 GMT, 29 May 2014 Within the next decade, the online video market as we know it could be turned on its head with no more adverts, no more channels, and no more menus.
That’s according to Netflix’s chief product officer Neil Hunt who made the statements at the Internet Week event in New York. Brain over brawn: Humans evolved to be weedy to free up energy to power the mind. Over the course of evolution, essential molecules have changed more rapidly in human muscle than in the brain, scientists in Shanghai claimedMolecules in the human brain evolved four times faster than in chimps, experts from CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology saidThe results suggest special energy management in humans that allow us to spare energy for our cognitive powers at a cost of weak muscleResearchers carried out tests on macaque monkeys to show that the muscle changes seen were not merely the result of human lifestyle By Sarah Griffiths Published: 21:01 GMT, 27 May 2014 | Updated: 21:01 GMT, 27 May 2014 It might seem strange that in an ancient world full of danger that humans did not evolve to be stronger and more muscular.
But we evolved to be weedy so that there was more than enough energy for the brain, which is arguably man’s greatest weapon. Humans evolved to be weedy so that there was more than enough energy for the brain. Artist Caleb Charland creates amazing illuminated images by placing electrodes inside FRUIT. An artist in Bangor, Maine was inspired to create the fruit-powered lights by the popular potato battery classroom experimentCaleb Charland uses nails hidden inside the fruit which are connected with copper as well as a light bulb to make batteries and the fruit glowHe arranges the electrochemical cells before photographing themHis art aims to show people the potential of simple sustainable energy By Sarah Griffiths Published: 08:55 GMT, 26 May 2014 | Updated: 15:58 GMT, 26 May 2014 You may have created a battery using a potato or a lemon in a physics class at school.
But one artist has taken the humble experiment a step further by using an array of fruit from limes to apples in order to make self-powered lights that light up his photographs. Caleb Charland uses nails hidden inside the fruit which are connected with copper to make batteries, inspired by the classic potato classroom experiment. First-ever Camelopardalids meteor shower lights up skies across the U.S. Watch the 5,000 meteoroids that bombard Earth each day in REAL TIME. Maps produced using the space agency’s Asgard program which tracks an estimated 4,000-5,000 meteoroids a dayEvery day, more than 40 tonnes of meteoroids hit our planet, with larger chunks of comet debris becoming fireballsThe blue map tracks their position in the skies over our planet with the main showers highlighted in white circles A second radar map looks at meteoroid speed. The red regions indicate a speed of 7.5 miles/s (12km/s), the green from 26 miles/s (42km/s) and the blue from 41 miles/s (66km/s)
Music is an accurate indicator of a nation's prosperity, map reveals. Map highlights the number of heavy metal bands per 100,000 residentsIt shows how the genre holds less influence in post-industrial areasIt remains popular in wealthy, knowledge-based Scandinavian countriesPopularity is linked to a higher share of adults that hold degrees, as well as better well-being and satisfaction with life. Scientists discover peat bog the size of England discovered in Congo swamp. Scientists had to get past crocodiles, gorillas and elephants to find the bogThe uncharted territory is spreads across 80,000 square miles Could contain clues about how environment has changed over 10,000 years. Does the hand you write with influence your life choices? Psychologists from Chicago carried out a series of studies on handednessAdults were shown an image on a left-hand page, and another on the rightThey were asked to rate the images for attractiveness and trustworthinessRight-handed people awarded more positive traits to the right-hand image and vice versa for left-handed peopleA preference also seen when selecting items in a catalogue and menuWhen forced to use the opposite hand, this preference was switched.
The smart 3D glasses that let you choose between different movies on the SAME cinema screen. Canadian firm PipeDream Interactive has unveiled their Invisivision glassesThey say the product can provide new experiences for movie-goersFor example, two viewers could watch different scenes at the same timeThe tech works by using the two image streams employed in 3D moviesThe lenses in the glasses can be flipped up and down for different views.
Facebook feature recognises music and TV shows and adds them to your newsfeed. New feature must be activated by the user and is off by defaultIdentifies song or shows and automatically adds it to newsfeed. What does YOUR state search for on Google? Straight out of the Dark Knight! Bats use hair-thin muscles to shape their 'floppy' wings in flight. Bats appear to fine tune their flight a little like Batman in the Dark Knight, whose wings almost ‘solidify’ when he starts to flyThe tiny muscles, called plagiopatagiales, were discovered over 100 years ago but their function has never been demonstrated until nowMuscles tense on the downstroke and relax on the upstroke, according to the study by biologists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode IslandResearch could help to improve the design of mechanical flight surfaces.
The best disssssguise: Caterpillar looks and even acts like a snake to scare off predators. Green caterpillar expands certain parts of its body so it looks like a snakeHemeroplanes species behaves like the reptile in its larvae stage by striking harmlessly at predators so it does not get eatenA biologist at the University of Pennsylvania photographed the unusual insect while working in the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
US military reveals augmented reality system for soldiers. ARC4 system designed to fit onto a helmet and give live updatesCan overlay maps and other information onto soldier's vision. Science - Latest Technology News and Pictures. Antarctic's volatile past reveals an unstable future, claims study. Striking then-and-now photographs that capture how northern France was devastated 70 years ago. 2,300-year-old false tooth discovered inside an Iron Age skeleton in France. Tory rebels force Cameron to abandon promise to pass law on spending 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid. How whether we like spicy or bitter foods is determined by our genes.
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