September 26, 2010

NIST scientists compared a pair of the finest atomic clocks available to prove that indeed, as relativity predicts, going up a flight of stairs accelerates your aging. Figure courtesy of NIST

A pair of aluminum atomic clocks verify Einstein's twin paradox and time dilation

Homer Simpson's brain lobes

A brain scan determines the human ability to ``wonder about your essence''

From the right (standing): Maria Marianovitch, Dr. Nathalie Yevgi-Ohana. (Sitting): Dr. Yehudit Salzman-Amir, Prof. Eitan Gross and Liat Shekhnai.

Another component in the process of cell suicide has been identified