The oldest words in the English language include "I" and "who", while words like "dirty" could die out relatively quickly, British researchers said Thursday.
Scientists discover oldest words in the English language, predict which ones are likely to disappear
Scientists at the University of Reading have discovered that 'I', 'we', 'who' and the numbers '1', '2' and '3' are amongst the oldest words, not only in English, but across all Indo-European languages. What's more, words like 'squeeze', 'guts', 'stick', 'throw' and 'dirty' look like they are heading for history's dustbin - along with a host of others
Evolutionary language scientistsfrom the University of Reading
have been investigating how languages evolve, and whether that evolution followed any rules. Until recently they believed they would not be able to track words back in time for more than 5,000 years, however their new IBM supercomputerhas enabled them to go back almost 30,000 years, and finally provide the answers
Supercomputers are enabling the world to become increasingly interconnected, instrumented and intelligent
A 24 year old Italian tourist attempted suicide while having his holiday in Australia. He was rushed to the Mackay Base Hospital while in a coma. The doctors found that he swallowed a large amount of the poisonous substance ethylene glycol, found in antifreeze, which can cause death. He was then treated immediately with pharmaceutical-grade pure alcohol, which works as an antidote to the poison. Unfortunately the antidote supply in the hospital is not enough to cure the man.
Pure alcohol is often given in treating such cases because it can inhibit the toxic effects of ethylene glycol. While new supplies won't be coming anytime soon, doctors have to think of a way to find replacement. Luckily for the Italian man, supplies is not too far away. The doctors starts feeding him with Vodka through a drip for 3 days!
the area of the brain which controls jealousy has been found, scientists have announced. If you’re an envious person, you have a hard time appreciating a lot of the good things that are out there, because you’re too busy worrying about how they reflect on the self
The green-eyed monster that lives in your brain: Scientists discover the jealousy lobe
the area of the brain which controls jealousy has been found, scientists have announced
It is the same part which detects real physical pain – perhaps explaining why feeling envious of your lover's philandering ways hurts so much
If you’re an envious person, you have a hard time appreciating a lot of the good things that are out there, because you’re too busy worrying about how they reflect on the self
'We have a saying in Japanese, ‘The misfortunes of others are the taste of honey,’' said Mr Takahashi. 'The ventral striatum is processing that ‘honey.’'
'We now have a better understanding of the mechanism at work when people take pleasure in another's misfortune,' said Mr Takahashi.
And there appears to be a relationship between jealousy and schadenfreude
Schadenfreude: This is the region of the brain that controls taking delight in other people's misfortune
Can you even imagine forking out nearly 20,000 dollars for a computer with 64K RAM? I can’t imagine what the people during that era of computer buying must have gone through. Jesus Christ! The price tags on these computers that you are about to see were beyond outrageous. In the 80s computers that weighed 55 pounds were called portable computers and now we whine if they are over 5 pounds. We sure as hell are spoiled cause personally I wouldn’t fork out more than 1000 dollars for a nice rig. Check out these images, although they were the roots for modern day computers, they were ugly as hell and the price no matter what anybody says didn’t justify whatsoever.
Radio Shack TRS - 80 Model II (1979) Price : $3,450 (32K RAM) $3,899 (64 K Ram)
Osborne 1 - Considered to be the first portable computer (1981) Price : $1,795 (32K RAM)
Accelerated thoughts may trigger the brain's novelty-loving reward system
A new study shows that accelerated thinking can improve your mood
In six experiments, researchers at Princeton and Harvard
made research
Results suggested that thinking fast made participants feel more elated, creative and, to a lesser degree, energetic and powerful
Activities that promote fast thinking, then, such as whipping through an easy crossword puzzle or brain-storming quickly about an idea, can boost energy and mood, says psychologist Emily Pronin, the study’s lead author.
In earlier research, they found that people generally believe fast thinking is a sign of a good mood
thinking quickly may unleash the brain’s novelty-loving dopamine system, which is involved in sensations of pleasure and reward
The kind of rush that a person gets from rapid-fire thinking may be transient, but “these little bursts of positive emotion add up
The adult human brain is surprisingly malleable: it can rewire itself and even grow new cells. Here are some habits that can fine-tune your mind # Scientists are finding that the adult human brain is far more malleable than they once thought. Your behavior and environment can cause substantial rewiring of your brain or a reorganization of its functions.
The adult human brain is surprisingly malleable: it can rewire itself and even grow new cells. Here are some habits that can fine-tune your mind
Scientists are finding that the adult human brain is far more malleable than they once thought. Your behavior and environment can cause substantial rewiring of your brain or a reorganization of its functions.
Studies have shown that exercise can improve the brain’s executive skills, which include planning, organizing and multitasking. What you eat can also influence how effectively your brain operates.
Activities such as listening to music, playing video games and meditating may boost cognitive performance as well.
"Chromium extensions will follow a multi-process architecture to share the same kind of stability and security that regular web pages have in Chromium. All of an extension's code runs in a single process, separate from the browser (with the exception of user scripts which run in whichever renderers they apply to). Extension code can communicate with user scripts, and vice versa, through a message passing API."
There's also a list of APIs that includes support for changing the theme, customizing toolstrips and buttons, manipulating the download system, interacting with the history and bookmark system
