The talking body: poker face
Body language is the key that separates the great from the average in poker.
At least, according to Mark Hubbard, a fourth-year biology student at Dalhousie University and the winner of the online University Poker Championship.
Mark, who plays casino poker as well as online poker, said he is a believer in deciphering body language, or “tells,” in his opponents.
Tells are the physical signs that a poker player gives that hint at the strength of the hand he has.
Raising questions about science
It is easy to be duped by advertisements broadcasting the next big scientific remedy to all life’s problems — the pitch can sound so convincing.
The trouble comes when this convincing pitch has no factual evidence to back it up.
When science is proposed without legitimate facts as support, it can be referred to as pseudoscience, or alternative science.
Searching for the most mysterious creatures
Cryptozoologists, scientists who research undiscovered creatures like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, say their work is misunderstood by other researchers and is extremely important for understanding nature.
Cryptozoology is the study of, and search for, hidden creatures, called cryptids.
Some of the best-known cryptids are the yeti, sasquatch (more commonly known as Bigfoot) and mysterious sea creatures.
The science of freezing dead people
The Chance to Live Forever
Immortality is an idea a lot of people never seriously consider possible.
But Ralph Merkle said he is counting on it.
When he talks about being revived after dying, he talks about it not as a possibility, but as something that is going to happen eventually.
What makes Merkle’s position special is that he represents a number of scientists who are working on how to do exactly that.
A brief history of electronic music
Grab some magnetic tape and a splicing block and go make music, or wave your hands in front of two antennas, just like the pioneers of electronic music used to.
But the craft of making an electronic tune is vastly different today.
The history of electronic music has been constantly changing, according to Nathan Wolek, an associate professor of music at Stetson University in De Land, Fla., who teaches a course called The History of Electronic Music.
