Brazilian scientists investigate Beethoven’s cancer-fighting properties
Research underway at the Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is investigating whether music might be able to fight cancer. Dr. Márcia Alves Marques Capella and colleagues performed a series of tests in 2010, exposing dish-cultures of both healthy and cancerous cells to audio playbacks of…
Win This Portable Grill, Cook Delicious Meat Products Anywhere
Spring is the perfect season to break out the lawn chairs, unfurl the Slip ‘N Slide, and fire up the ol’ barbie. Uh, except that you live in a walk-up studio with bars on all of the windows. Well, if you take this short survey then email the last question to [email protected] with “Portable Grill…
Hydrocarbons could form deep in the Earth from methane, not animal remains
A new study demonstrates how high hydrocarbons could be formed from methane deep within the Earth, aside from the compression and heating of ancient animal remains over the eons. Fused-methane oil would be far less common than your typical petroleum, of course, but the study shows abiogenic hydrocarbons could conceivably occur in some of the…
This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: How to Get a Guy to Notice You While You’re Having Sex with Him
How do you tell a guy is into you when he’s, uh, into you? No less authority than The Onion shows us in this decidedly NSFW faux-morning show segment. Full video, with lots of sexy sex sex words, lies directly ahead: The rest of the best top comedy videos from the week can be found…
