Ecology

neuroscienze dell'ASRM

The Neuroscience of ASMR: The Technical Aspects and Effects of the Sensation of Sound Relaxation

L‘Autonomous Sensory Meridian Responseknown as ASMRis the feeling of Pleasureheat, sometimes tingling that starts at the top of the head and goes spreads throughout the bodyin relation to listening to particular sounds such as the to whisper, to scratch, whispergenerated by slow, low-volume movements. There are many videos online, especially on YouTube and TikTok, aimed at triggering these sensations, from ...

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Why is the Paris 2024 Olympics pool said to be “slow”: is it the depth’s fault?

It is one of the most “scientific” discussions of these Olympics. Paris 2024: the swimming pool hosted at There Defense Arena for swimming competitions it would be “slow”in the sense that the athletes would seem to have longer times than those that would be expected and that were recorded for example at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics or the 2023 World ...

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Why Do We Like Crunchy Foods So Much? The Role of Sound in Sensory Experience

Imagine biting into a fresh apple feeling the Crisp sound of the peel that breaks under yours teeth. This soundtypical of foods that provide a “crunch” such as crisps, is amplified by the bones of the skull through the conduction bone, travels towards the deeper areas of the ear, transforming into pulses electrochemical that the brain processes as pleasure. The ...

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How to read the mountain trail map and understand the difficulty of the excursions

When talking about mountain hiking, one of the key aspects is having a hiking map that shows us the path to follow. Reading it correctly is not something to be taken for granted but it is important for safe excursions, and without the appropriate preparation you could find yourself facing difficult paths without wanting to. Let’s see what the main ...

Ricostruzione 3D attentato a Trump

We reconstruct with 3D animations the dynamics and chronology of the attack on Donald Trump

We have reconstructed the dynamics of the technical and analytical wayattack on Donald Trump July 13, 2024, updated July 25, 2024. The former President of the United States of America was in Butler, Pennsylvania, for a campaign rally. Around the stage set up on the grounds of the local agricultural fair were three stepsbehind which they were stationed two pairs ...

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Is it true that plucking out one gray hair makes seven more grow? No, it’s a false myth

Is there a link between hair pulling and the growth of gray hair? There is no scientific evidence to support this popular rumor. In fact, there are no Education specific that correlate hair pulling with the greater or lesser growth of white hair, but by studying the structure of the hair follicles from which hair grows we know that each ...

manoscritto di Voynich

The Voynich Code, the most mysterious book in the world still undeciphered

The Voynich Manuscript is a parchment codex from the fifteenth centurycomposed of 116 richly illustrated sheets, which no one has ever deciphered. It owes its name to Winfried Voynich, an antique dealer and collector of Polish origins, who in 1912 purchased it from a Jesuit college in the province of Rome. Today the Voynich manuscript is located atYale Universityin the ...

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How was the first webcam born? It was used to monitor coffee levels

It is well known that necessity is the mother of all inventions, and this truth also applies to first webcam of history, the Trojan Room Coffee Potinvented in 1991 by Quentin Stafford Fraser And Paul Jardetzkytwo researchers from the Computer Science Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. As the name of the invention suggests, the world’s first webcam had to ...