is laughing human?
by Greg on Jun.09, 2009, under Science Life
I saw this video via the daily dish:
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and it reminded me of an old 2008 episode of Radio Lab which goes much further in understanding if laughing is a universal animal kingdom reaction, and if so, what’s so funny? Listen to the RadioLab episode here and a Radio Lab Extra video of more animal laughing after the break.
:laughter, Radiolab
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Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA
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