Amazonian tribes did things a lot of their counterparts in Europe did but some things they did in more interesting fashion. Rather than putting heads on spikes, which is so medieval Romania, old time Ecuadorians peeled the skin from the skull. turned the face inside out and removed all the fatty tissue. then simmered it a pot of hot water and Chinchipi plant juice, and they shrank into tiny preserved heads.

It's May 4th, which in 2011 became a Star Wars celebration Day - a play on the first-religious-then-biological "may the force be with you" from the films. "May the fourth be with you" had nothing to do with "Star Wars" initially, though obviously the hit phenomenon inspired it. It was used as congratulations to new UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who took office on that day in 1979. Then it showed up in a 1988 episode of "Count Duckula" (The Vampire Strikes Back) spoofing the movies. Toronto had the first real celebration of it in 2011 and it took off from there.

A man who was a test pilot, a major general in the Air Force, and who was an astronaut in both the Gemini and Apollo programs achieved a lot. Yet if you ask most people to name Apollo 11 astronauts, many will get Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, only a few can name Michael Collins.That's because he walked in space but he never walked on the moon. He was instead the command module pilot for Apollo 11, which went to the astronaut NASA regarded as the most experienced.

A recent Deloitte survey found that the already moribund film industry has even more reason to worry; young people don't care.You may not realize it, but video games are already 10X the revenue of films and 3X music.And among Generation Z, only 10 percent want to watch a TV show or a film. Compare that to 26 percent who want to play a video game. In between are 14 percent who listen to music, 12 percent wander around the internet and 11 percent spend their time on social media. Among those born between 1983-1996 (nee millennials) Movies and TV still rule.

This morning, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter lifted off on Mars, marking the first-ever powered flight on another planet. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover confirmed success.It was all completely autonomous because the time between signals from orbiting satellites and NASA’s Deep Space Network is too long, so no joystick control from JPL. Total flight time was over 39 seconds, most of it hovering at 10 feet above the surface. This also was not monitored in 'real time' because of the distance but Perseverance was parked nearby and got pictures. 

The instructional website OMGYES asked over 3,000 US women ages 18 to 93 how they increase their pleasure during sex. This meant vaginal penetration.Four techniques emerged:Angling - 90% said they rotate, raise or lower their pelvis and hips during to adjust how penetration occurs.Shallowing - 84% of women said they increase using “shallowing,” a penetrative touch.Rocking - 76% of said they increase their own pleasure through “rocking”, which rubs against the clitoris during penetration.Pairing - 70% use “pairing”, manual stimulation during penetration.

A giant concern about the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been economic. With government still spending like it's the 2017-2019 boom but tens of millions of Americans no longer working, there is a bill that will come due soon. A less urgent concern than the disease itself was mental health. A number of high-profile suicides occurred, which has led to worry that the mental health toll was being swept into a corner.According to new National Vital Statistics System (CDC) data, mental health impacts such as suicide have not increased. Instead, suicides dropped last year, to the lowest gross total since 2015.

Alkaline water is just nonsense but anyone still buying it knows all of the science debunking and buys it anyway, so let's not berate rich dumb people any more than needed. While they are getting no benefit, what “Real Water” brand alkaline water customers do obtain is acute non-viral hepatitis, according to the the FDA, CDC and the Southern Nevada Health District.

Dogs have keen olfactory sensory neurons, receptor proteins great for differentiating smells humans never notice. One reason is basic biology; they breathe and smell separately. Electronic sniffers mimic many of the same processes dogs have - and require far less specialized training.So which is better? The Reactions team at the American Chemical Society wanted to get the latest.

Dogs have keen olfactory sensory neurons, receptor proteins great for differentiating smells humans never notice. One reason is basic biology; they breathe and smell separately. Electronic sniffers mimic many of the same processes dogs have - and require far less specialized training.So which is better? The Reactions team at the American Chemical Society wanted to get the latest.