News tagged with monks
Researcher uncovers secrets of Kells 'angels'
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Book of Kells and similarly illustrated manuscripts of seventh- and eighth-century England and Ireland are known for their entrancingly intricate artwork -- geometric designs so precise ...
Study suggests Buddhist deity meditation temporarily augments visuospatial abilities
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Meditation has been practiced for centuries, as a way to calm the soul and bring about inner peace. According to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, there is now ev ...
Researchers discover ways of integrating treatment of traumatized Tibetan refugee monks
Mar 13, 2009 |
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The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center recently treated many of the large number of Tibetan refugee monks who fled violent religious persecution. These individuals arrived ...
Stanford researcher taps power of cell phones to make music (Video)
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The sound is unearthly—the sort of hypnotic drone you might hear from the chanting of state-of-the-art Tibetan monks. Or a vibration picked up via radio signals from another galaxy.
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Global warming may require higher dams, stilts
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
Scientists Make Ink Disappear, Make Paper Reusable
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite ongoing efforts to save the trees, many offices print high volumes of paper documents on a daily basis. Although many companies encourage paper recycling, both disposing of and recycling ...
Spare gene is fodder for fishes' evolution
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Scientists have suspected that spare parts in the genome—extra copies of functional genes that arise when genes or whole genomes get duplicated -- might sometimes provide the raw materials for the evolution ...
Full solar eclipse turns day to night in Asia
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- From the Ganges River in India to remote islands of the Pacific, the sun rose Wednesday only to vanish again, allowing the stars to twinkle into view in the longest total solar eclipse this century ...
Black-and-white printing goes green with soy toner
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Every time you print out a page on a laser printer you're using toner made from petroleum-based products. Now there's a greener choice that shows promise: a toner product derived from soybean oil.
Cyber spying a threat, and everyone is in on it
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ghost hackers infiltrating the computers of Tibetan exiles and the U.S. electric grid have pulled the curtain back on 21st-century espionage as nefarious as anything from the Cold War - and far more difficult to stop.
New 'pollution radar' developed to provide unprecedented picture of urban smog
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and industrialists have invented a sophisticated new air quality measuring device that can act as a pollution radar over cities.
Can love change your mind? New project explores neuroscience of 'positive qualities'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2008 |
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What is happening in the minds of people who have developed a greater capacity for forgiveness and compassion? Can a quality like love — whether it’s shown toward a family member or a friend — be neurologically ...
World's only captive hairy-nosed otter gets new home
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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The world's only known hairy-nosed otter in captivity, one of the rarest and little known of otter species, got a new home and a Buddhist blessing today.
MIT: In America, even the smallest carbon footprints are large
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Whether you live in a cardboard box or a luxurious mansion, whether you subsist on homegrown vegetables or wolf down imported steaks, whether you're a jet-setter or a sedentary retiree, anyone who lives in the U.S. contributes ...
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