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Our other sites: Earth Hour began in 2006 in Sydney, Australia, as a way to get an entire city to do something about climate change. A symbolic act, it nevertheless did cut energy use by a fraction as people across the city shut off the lights. The event is now worldwide. France is turning off the Eiffel Tower, Las Vegas is turning off the Strip, Broadway is turning off its marquees. Even whole states like Pennsylvania, California and Arkansas are participating. Join us! This Week:
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You're Smarter
Your computer is making you smarter! A new study by UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small has clearly shown that using your computer changes your brain is some very beneficial ways. In his new book, iBRAIN: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind, Small tells us that the modern dramatic shift in how we gather information and communicate with one another has touched off an era of rapid evolution that may ultimately even change the human brain. Come to our new website to discover what he found just reading an article on your computer does to your brain. Wow! Click here _____________________________________________
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Why We Yawn
Yawning is not something I have ever suggested to our ezine readers, but DO have a big yawn right now. Does your brain feel cooler? Do you feel more attentive? According to psychologists Andrew Gallup and Gordon Gallup of the State University of New York at Albany, when we yawn we actually boost blood flow to the brain, and cool it off at the same time. This brain-cooling thing explains why you can "catch" a yawn, says Gordon Gallup. "We think contagious yawning is triggered by empathic mechanisms which function to maintain group vigilance." In other words, yawn-catching is a natural mechanism that evolved to help raise the attentiveness of a whole group. The researchers recruited 44 college students to individually watch films of people yawning, and recorded the number of contagious yawns each volunteer made. Students were told to inhale and exhale in one of four ways: Strictly orally, strictly nasally, orally while wearing a nose plug, or just breathe normally. Fifty percent of people told to breathe normally or through their mouths yawned while watching other people yawn, while none of those told to breathe through their noses yawned. The researchers also found that subjects who held a cold pack to their forehead did not catch yawns from the film, while those who held a warm or room-temperature pack yawned normally. “Subjects who held a cold pack to their forehead did not catch yawns, while those who held a warm pack yawned normally” Gallup says our brains operate more efficiently when cool, and that yawning enhances brain function. "According to our hypothesis, rather than promoting sleep, yawning antagonizes sleep," he says. "Paratroopers report yawning before they jump," says Robert Provine of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "Yawning signals a transition between the behavioral states of wakefulness and sleepiness, and boredom to alertness." So next time you catch yourself yawning, know that you are actually increasing your alertness. _____________________________________________
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