Video: What Time Is It? 1 of 5

From Denny: Just finished watching this incredible hour long program on the Science channel! Loved it! (gush gush...) Went to Science channel, and, of course, all they offer is a lame link, not the ability to embed this into the blog. So... found it on YouTube, yay!

Since it is a long program - and who has the time to watch this much at once? - I'm posting a portion of the series each day this week, enjoy!

Video: Discovering a Supernova at Age 14

From Denny: Caroline Moore is the youngest person ever to discover a supernova! Now what do you have to look forward to the rest of your life after such a momentous experience? Discover a new dimension in Time?

The newly discovered rare supernova is 70 million light years away and might even be a new class of supernova.

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Brain: Can Science Rekindle Romantic Flames?

From Denny: This video is a bit amusingly light-hearted but also serious about the science. Forget about those relationship counselors; go pay a visit to your local scientist as they feel they have the best answer. New research about the brain discovers how to rekindle a stale relationship!

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Brain Video: How Your Brain Looks in Love

From Denny: Now this is really cutting edge. Scientists do a scan of 3 areas of the brain to see if you are in love with your spouse. They check for lust, attachment and romance areas of the brain. Very interesting explanations of what the scan depicts.

Watch this video as a writer from Esquire decided to find out how his brain looked in love with his wife vs. how he thought about a sexy actress. Brave or very stupid guy; you decide.

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Astronomy Video: Amazing Moon Images From Space

From Denny: These moon photos were released last November and maybe you missed them or would enjoy seeing them again. On the video is pictured the very rare event that only happens a couple of times a year - as if you are on the moon and looking at the Earth rise on the horizon! Instead of viewing the sun rise you see the Earth rise, quite disconcerting. That was cool enough for me!

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Astronomy: Google Maps Space Junk

From Denny: Have you seen this new Google map? What will they map next? It's as alarming as it is a bit amusing how our Earth's culture is lousy at good cosmic housekeeping!

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Video: Update on Swine Flu Stats

From Denny: The health folks are claiming this swine flu is milder than expected - that's the good news. The bad news? It is spreading rapidly. One day it's 400 cases and the next day it's up to 700, almost doubling here in America.

What's a bit disconcerting is to look at the USA map showing the flu has spread all across the country. Then view the world map and all of North America is engulfed in this outbreak.

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Video: Test of Lincoln DNA Sought to Prove Latest Health Theory

From Denny: People have speculated for over a century now about President Lincoln's health. Photos only a few years apart show a rapid visual change that has prompted those wonderings.

Marfan Syndrome?

Ataxia Type 5?

MEN2B Cancer?

More importantly, will we ever know?

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Brain: Some insight into why it's harder to recognize different-age faces

From Denny: Yesterday on Cognitive Daily I left this comment on their post "Super-recognizers: people with an amazing ability to recognize faces."

"Looks like I got all the faces: X is recognizable by his eyes and that half-sour "I'm uncomfortable" half-smile, Bill Clinton by his cheekbones in relation to his smile, Scarlett recognized by her serious pout and Wayne by his eyes like half-closed (what some people call bedroom eyes) and how he tilts his head.

Actors Jeff and Beau Bridges have that head-tilting characteristic in their body language too. When I saw an actor recently (passing by the TV on my way out) who displayed their same facial expressions and body language but looked very different. I asked my husband if he was related to the Bridges family and he replied, Yeah, that's Jordon Bridges. Some people, especially leaders in any field, develop a distinctive combination of expressions that are unique to them and easy to remember.

Posted by: Denny Lyon | April 27, 2009 5:38 PM"

Some insight into why it's harder to recognize different-age faces

Today's post and link is the follow-up to yesterdays' post about the "super recognizers." The current studies are examining as to why this happens. Mainly, there is still a lot of speculation and even more questions than answers.

Questions on deck:

Are people better at recognizing others of the same race?

Are people better at recognizing others of the same age?

Speculative answers:

Several studies have now revealed that others are better at recognizing those who look like themselves compared to those who are different, meaning same-race and same-age are the strongest factors for recognition. Same-race has been studied the most.

Questions as to what causes this type of recognition:
Are we better at recognizing people we see more often?

Do we have a separate process for recognizing those inside our group as opposed to those outside it?

Are we more adept at recognizing the faces of our loved ones and friends?

Answers from a study of non-teachers and teacher trainees:

In a recent study of non-teachers and teacher trainees they found the trainees were more adept at recognizing the kids' faces. Researchers realized that age-related differences in facial recognition are not due to any inside or outside group preference. Actually, teachers still recognize childrens' faces better than adults of their own age.

Researchers' Speculations

Researchers are postulating that the teachers are more motivated to recognize the kids so that may account for their success as well as constant exposure to that age group makes recognition easier than for others. Researchers are going to study both suggestions to see if one or the other is true - or if both suggestions are contributing factors.

Read that as they think they know why this facial recognition happens but they "will get back to you after it's official" - an official study, that is! :)

Video: Planets beyond our sun

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Video: Baby born with foot in brain

From NBC News Videos, comes this miracle baby's story of such a rare birth condition it has never been recorded in medical history. Happy ending! He is doing well now after his surgery. Great story from The Today Show.

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Video: Man survives pin lodged in brain from accident

From NBC News Videos, story of a volunteer fire fighter's weird ordeal:

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