Singing from the same hymn sheet, but how?
Songbirds learn to sing from a hymn sheet in their head, according to a new study. Swiss researchers writing in the journal Nature have pinpointed a region of the brain in Zebra Finches which they believe has an embedded recording of how the birds ought to be singing. A separate region apparently provides the birds with the know-how to identify mistakes in their songs. The research could also shed light on how humans learn to speak, according to scientists from Zurich University.
tags: accent, birds, brain, dialect, Fortean, language, life after death, matter, morphic resonance, out-of-the-body experiences, Rupert Sheldrake, science, songs, spirit, strange, strange, telepathyThe shit that should be and the shit that shouldn’t
“Ere luv, d’you smell sumfink funny?” A disgusting smell described as being akin to sulphur or manure, or a heady mix of both, has been detected in various parts of England and Wales. Although investigations having reached any conclusion yet, the stench is already being blamed on easterly winds bringing farming or industrial odours across the Channel. Does that mean whatever the smell is, Europe has it to deal with all the time?
The Met Office has had had hundreds of calls from the public looking for information about the odour. It’s been described as ‘one of those smells you can taste’ and has prompted nausea as well as panics over the possibility of gas attacks, or fears of dead rotting animals being under floorboards or behind walls.
tags: Fortean, manure, strange, strange smells, sulphur
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