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Stumbled on a short article relating to that weird effect where stressful moments seem to happen in slow motion:
“To see if danger makes people experience time in slow motion, scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston tried scaring volunteers.”
“Scientists had volunteers dive backward with no ropes attached, into a special net that helped break their fall. They reached 70 mph during the roughly three-second, 150-foot drop.”
Interestingly the research done seems to suggest the unusual time dilation occurs based more on how memories are laid down, rather than as a result of reactions to body chemistry, such as adrenaline or dopamine.
An entirely fascinating read.
"..a study that appears in The Lancet suggests that it might be time to rethink the assumption that cannabis is mostly harmless." — this is statistical rational, rather than scientific exploration.. where is the solid scientific data that links the two?
"A very dark spot on Mars could be an entrance to a deep hole or cavern, according to scientists studying imagery taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter." — it’s either yet another reason to send a manned mission, or a spec of dust on the lens..
"Urey will be able to detect key molecules associated with life at a sensitivity roughly a million times greater than previous instrumentation." — should we find life’s building blocks elsewhere, it will be a defining moment in how we view the universe.
