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OK, so why the zen bones thing?

About 20 years ago I stumbled upon a book called "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones". Being vegetarian - the "flesh" bit didn't grab me, but the short pithy Zen stories inside it, did.

Ever since then my web nick has been zenbones, my Hotmail, my Gmail address, you name it. It's kinda stuck.

Is the blog about Zen? Nope.

Tags: news medical weird science

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May 13

Girl frozen in time may hold key to ageing

Read the amazing full story on Times Online

Tags: ageing medicine science DNA

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February 24

Listening to Mozart WON’T make you smarter

Yep, folks, you were “had”. It’s all a rather lucrative money-making idea. Nice idea though, I’m sure the trademark has earned them a few bob. Pity it wasn’t science though.

Just because some guy (called a researcher) did some “flimsy” tests and then wrote a book, we’re all meant to believe it.

HowStuffWorks “Mozart Makes You Smarter”

More about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_effect

Tags: Mozart science

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January 26

Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of Bubble Wrap

How did I miss this birthday? What was I thinking? A man so dedicated to popping bubblewrap, who even has a bubble-wrap-popping-app on his iPhone!!

Many happy returns!

via

Celebrating 50th Anniversary, Bubble Wrap Joyfully Bursts Own Bubble | Popular Science

Tags: fun science design

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January 2

We Are All Connected!

Carol Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye all singing about the universe. Yes, that Carl Sagan.

It’s good fun and there’s more like that on YouTube and http://www.symphonyofscience.com

Symphony of Science - ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)

(thanks Richard, for finding these)

Tags: science philosophy cosmos YouTube fun

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