What happens to your body after you die?
Whatever your beliefs, most people would agree that the body left behind when we depart this mortal coil is just a heap of bones and flesh. But what happens to those leftovers? Assuming that...
Monthly Archive: October 2016
Bastiaan from DrugsLab tries LSD
Bastiaan from DrugsLab tries the psychedelic drug LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). Are you about to try LSD? Keep the following things in mind: The trip from LSD takes a long time. The effects can last...
Wabi-Sabi
Enjoy Spanish filmmaker Cristóbal Vila‘s latest short film “Wabi-Sabi: A Handful of Memories from Traditional Japan.” As he notes on his site, the animation captures the “aspects that interest me the most about traditional Japan,” featuring “scenes inspired...
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The samples are supplied as WAV files so can be imported directly into your digital audio workstation of choice. Because they’re royalty-free, you’re welcome to use them in your music in any way you like (please don’t re-distribute...
Coast of Antarctica will host world’s largest marine reserve
The world’s biggest marine reserve, almost as large as Alaska, will be established in the Ross Sea in Antarctica under an agreement reached by representatives of 24 nations and the European Union in Australia...
Lighter weights just as effective as heavier weights to gain muscle
It is the latest in a series of studies that started in 2010, contradicting the decades-old message that the best way to build muscle is to lift heavy weights. “Fatigue is the great equalizer...
Uzi
The UZI was developed (and hence its name) by Uziel Gal (1924-2002) a captain in the Israeli army who won an internal competition for the design of a new sub machine gun. The first...
Can food cause body odor?
All of us have our own “odor signature,” largely determined by genetics, overall health and, of course, personal hygiene. But what we eat can also play a role—which is why researchers who do studies...
Movies that kill
Here’s a list of 45 films that had on-set deaths. The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time – Mark Twain Across the...