Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Some of Life's Great Mysteries

1. "Contagious yawning is a real phenomenon"
   <http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/2/2003/07/29/story001.html>

2. "Why we hiccup"
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2730251.stm>

3. "Researchers unveil why we can't tickle ourselves"
   <http://in.news.yahoo.com/030711/139/25xxv.html>
   "Brains hardwired to underestimate own strength"
   <http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993929>

4. "Why do humans get 'goosebumps' when they are cold, or under other circumstances?"
   <http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=
       000A0A06-DD99-1F4C-8D6E80A84189EEDF&catID=3>

5. "Pain really is 'all in the mind'"
   <http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993861>

6. "If you drop it, should you eat it? Scientists weigh in on the 5-second Rule"
   <http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/news/list.cfm?NID=2467>

7. "Why do people gesture when they speak?"
   <http://www.nature.com/nsu/981126/981126-2.html>

8. "What a half-smile really means"
   <http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,60232,00.html>

9. "Sleep position gives personality clue"
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3112170.stm>

10. "Why some of us are early risers"
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2996364.stm>
    "'Sleepyhead gene' discovered"
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1112458.stm>