syrinx

Researchers at Brunel University say that symmetry in body shape, not just facial symmetry, determines attractiveness.

Using similar 3-D models with the heads removed, researchers found that symmetrical bodies are more appealing to the opposite sex and that traditionally masculine and feminine traits are tied to symmetry.

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Something else to think about while you're watching those athletes at the Olympics games.

tags: beauty science research

synchronicity or coincidence? These articles and this short film recently came to my attention:
It's All In The Details (skin deep is pretty shallow...)
Why I Hate Beauty (research that hits a hot button...)
Not Pretty, Really (not just a pretty face...)
hmmm...

tags: art beauty research film

My wife won't let me have one?
Saudi Arabia bans sale of dogs, cats in capital

By DONNA ABU-NASR – Jul 31, 2008 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Every single man knows: Walking a dog in the park is a sure babe magnet. Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious police, in their zeal to keep the sexes apart, want to make sure the technique doesn't catch on here.

tags: pets ban saudi arabia

The Perseid Meteor Shower is predicted to peak this week late Monday and early Tuesday. Could be as many as 90 to 100 meteors an hour during the peak. Don't know how badly light pollution from proximity to urban areas will affect viewing. National Geographic has the story.

tags: celestial events perseid meteor shower

Keep it simple; as simple as possible, but no simpler. - Albert Einstein.
In order to see birds its is necessary to become a part of the silence. - Robert Lynd.
Whenever we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. - John Muir.
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. - T.H. Huxley.
It is important to recognize the power of our emotions--and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This attitude of joy that we create helps alleviate states of hopelessness, loneliness, and despair. Our relationships with others thus naturally improve, and little by little the whole of society becomes more positive and balanced. - Tarthang Tulku.
Turn your mind away from things which are not permanent. - Buddha.
Reality alone exists - and that we are. All the rest is only a dream, a dream of the One Mind, which is our mind without the 'our'. Is it so hard to accept? Is it so difficult to assimilate and to live? - Why Lazurus Laughed by Wei Wu Wei.
In this world the wise one holds onto confidence and wisdom. Those are the greatest treasures; all other riches are pushed aside. - Buddha.

tags: life