News tagged with tricks
Using magic to learn about maths
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An academic from Queen Mary, University of London has launched a series of videos featuring magic tricks that are conjured from a mathematical perspective.
Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Durham University in the U.K.
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'Keyboard Cat' phenomenon spreads on Web, TV
May 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new Internet phenomenon has drawn the interest of millions - including Stephen Colbert.
Yale researchers discover Legionnaire microbe's tricks
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Yale University researchers have shed new light how bacteria like the ones that cause Legionnaires' disease and Q-fever raise such havoc in human patients.
KDDI's First 3D Mobile Phone LCD Screen
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 09, 2008 |
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KDDI Corporation has released a prototype of the world's first 3D LCD display, designed for mobile phones.
Study: perception of hole size influenced by performance
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Golfers who play well are more likely to see the hole as larger than their poor-playing counterparts, according to a Purdue University researcher.
Personal information in E-mail marketing can backfire, study indicates
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Businesses risk chasing away prospective customers when they send chummy e-mails that bandy around people's names, hobbies and other personal information to pitch sales, according to a new study of the popular marketing tool.
Self-flying Stanford robocopter learn tricks though observation
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Brow clenched in focus, expert radio-control pilot Garett Oku, of Mountain View, Calif., guided a 4-foot-long model helicopter through a dizzying sequence of aerobatic tricks, punctuated by an upside-down tailspin called ...
Finding our own little worlds has never been easier
Mar 04, 2009 |
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What an author won't do for a book. In 2004, San Jose State University associate professor Andy Wood decided to embark upon an experiment: He would fly from San Jose to New York, rent a car and drive back the 3,000 miles ...
Now you see it, now you don't: Scientists unraveling the mystery of camouflage
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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At Hogwarts, Harry Potter uses an invisibility cloak to hide from his enemies. In nature, animals like cuttlefish and chameleons use the awe-inspiring tricks of camouflage to hide from theirs.
Circus performer's flight preview steals NASA show
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A former stiltwalker and fire-eater stole NASA's show Thursday, saying he'll be "like a kid in a candy store" experimenting with zero-gravity tricks on his upcoming tourist trip to the international ...
Drug fools immune system to fight allergy
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2006 |
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A Swiss company is testing a hay fever drug that tricks the human immune system into acting as if it has been exposed to an infectious agent found in dirt.
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