Eva Amsen

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Articles

Drug Use Affects How People Feel The Groove In Music

1 week ago | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

A new study found that people who regularly used cocaine or heroin in the past experience music in a different way. This might seem strange, but it all has to do with dopamine. Part of what makes music enjoyable is the “groove” – the urge to move to the music. People experience this feeling with rhythms that are somewhat predictable, but not too predictable. When we listen to music with a somewhat predictable rhythm, we can anticipate what’s coming.
Chemistry Reveals The Hidden Materials In Traditional Indian Paints

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Eva Amsen

4 hours agoDeepika Padukone Demanded ₹20 Crore For Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Spirit; Here's How Much Triptii Dimri Is ChargingFollowing weeks of rumors, director Sandeep Reddy Vanga has officially announced that Triptii Dimri will star alongside Prabhas as the female lead in his upcoming film, Spirit.
Chemistry Reveals The Hidden Materials In Traditional Indian Paints

1 week ago | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

People have been using pigments to create art for centuries. But not all pigments are the same. Some change color over time, some are made of rare materials that are difficult to find, and some might be poisonous. Understanding these pigments is important for art historians and conservators who handle and repair old art, and now researchers are turning their attention to South Asian pigments. Over the years, chemists have learned a lot about the types of pigments used in Western art.
Music Triggers Rhythm And Reward Signals In The Brain

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

In two separate studies, researchers learned more about the way that our brains respond to music. One study found that brain neurons synchronize with musical rhythms, while the other showed how favorite music triggers a chemical pleasure signal in the brain. Favorite music triggers a pleasure responseIn the first study, researchers in Finland studied what happens in the brain when people hear their favorite music.
Snail Called Picasso Joins List Of Species Named After Artists

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

A tiny snail was recently named after painter Pablo Picasso. It’s one of many species named after celebrities or artists, but some researchers question whether species should be named after people at all. How do you name a snail? That’s a question that several mollusk researchers tried to answer when they re-evaluated the names of hundreds of snail species from Southeast Asia.
Ronan The Sea Lion Can Keep A Beat As Well As Humans Can

1 month ago | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

Sea lion Ronan first made the news in 2013, when researchers revealed that Ronan had the unusual ability to bob her head to the beat. Twelve years later, Ronan still loves a good beat. A new study about her unusual musical ability describes how she has no trouble keeping up with humans in a rhythm exercise. The human volunteers in the study were ten undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Fractal Math Describes How Realistic Trees Look In Art

Feb 28, 2025 | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

What makes a tree a tree? Or rather, why can we recognize trees in even quite abstract depictions when they are so varied in nature? Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to describe how the way we see branches in nature and art contributes to our recognition of trees. "We've come up with something universal here that kind of applies to all trees in art and in nature," Mitchell Newberry told the University of Michigan.
Atraigamos el talento de los científicos ‘antisistema’

Feb 25, 2025 | forbes.es | Eugenio Mallol |Eva Amsen |Jose Gonzalez |José González

La investigación científica vive uno de sus momentos más convulsos. Cuando en otoño pasado senté a dialogar en la sede de la Fundación Rafael del Pino al científico y emprendedor Javier García con el filósofo Daniel Inneratity, ambos Premios Nacionales de Investigación, ni siquiera sospechábamos el grado de desnorte en el que acabaría sumida la ciencia global en este arranque de 2025. No había público, sólo nosotros tres.
What Da Vinci Knew About The Heart Is Still Relevant Today

Feb 14, 2025 | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the first people to draw detailed sketches of human anatomy. His drawings showed that he noticed networks of muscle fibers on the inside of the heart. Da Vinci thought that these fibers could perhaps help to warm the blood, but their real use is now slowly coming to light, thanks to modern research databases and artificial intelligence. The muscle fibers that Da Vinci included in his detailed anatomical drawings of the heart are called cardiac trabeculae.
Explore The Inside Of A Biological Cell In Minecraft

Feb 10, 2025 | forbes.com | Eva Amsen

Ever wanted to ride a rollercoaster through the inside of a bacterial cell? Now you can, at least in Minecraft. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created CraftCells – Minecraft replicas of 3D cell images – and have made them available for anyone to import into their own Minecraft installation.