Can dancing to PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ in sync with other dancers act as a kind of ‘analgesic ’ – by raising your threshold to pain? A 2016 research project from the Department of Experimental Psychology, at the University of Oxford, UK, suggested that the answer might be ‘Yes’. A suite of somewhat painful [*see notes] […]
Tag: dance
The BioBlitz Dance Tutorial
The Official BioBlitz Dance Tutorial is a tutorial on how to do the official BioBlitz dance. Watch, if you are of a mind to: One of the video’s chief merits is its first two thirds, which shows a man standing in a forest. One of its other chief merits is its final third, which does not. (Thanks […]
Can a bird use a human as an artistic tool?
Can a bird use a human as a tool to express its artistic ideas? Discuss. This performance is by Compagnie Le Guetteur – Luc Petton. Thanks to Laura Bassett for bringing it to our attention.
Multifunction baby carrier exercise device (new patent)
“The care of a newborn baby is virtually a 24 hour a day job, leaving very little time for new parents to engage in traditional exercise. The lack of exercise runs contrary to traditional and prevailing medical opinions.” Fortunately, inventor Scott Krass of San Diego, California, has invented (and just received a US patent for) […]