HuffPost Science: Fiery Solar Comeback; DNA Letter Up For Auction; Lyme Disease Discovery

March 24, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Scientists Forecast Solar Comeback The sun should roar back to life sometime in 2013, producing its second activity peak in the last two years, scientists say. Continue reading... Historic DNA Letter Expected To Bring Big Bucks At Auction WATCH: Furry Animals Shaking Dry In Super Slow-Mo Weird Way Lyme Disease Outfoxes Immune System Asteroid NOT To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction, Scientists Say Meteor Sighting Reported Across Northeast US Twin Study Confirms Surprising Cause Of Picky Eating Asteroid NOT To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction, Scientists Say Twin Study Confirms Surprising Cause Of Picky Eating LOOK: You'll Never Believe What This Tiny 'Lab' Does Twin Study Confirms Surprising Cause Of Picky Eating Asteroid NOT To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction, Scientists Say WRAY HERBERT Decorating a Barren Memory Palace The more vivid and concrete an image is the more likely it is to stick in the mind. Elaboration is the key to the memory palace. Some people's memory palaces are rather barren, however. Notably, people who suffer from serious depression. Continue reading... VICTOR STENGER Happy Birthday, Emmy Noether On March 23, 1882, a girl named Emmy Noether was born in Erlangen, Bavaria. The daughter of a mathematician, she would turn out to be a mathematical genius and make one of the most important contributions to physics in the twentieth century. Continue reading... DR. R. KEITH SAWYER The Creative Power of Memory You probably think that memory is the exact opposite of creativity. After all, the things you memorize already exist, they're not new. And creativity is all about a new idea that didn't exist before... right? Continue reading... PAUL RAEBURN Pew Takes Overly Pessimistic Shot at the News Industry Pew worries that newsmakers are more adept at putting their message out without reliance on "any filter by the traditional media." I'm not sure the "filter" of the traditional media is a good thing. Or if it is, the burden is on Pew to show how and why. Continue reading... LILA NORDSTROM Diverging Bases: The Case Against the Metric System In the same way that the foot was obviously invented by a potentially vain, math-hating medieval person, the meter was clearly invented by an anti-social mathematician. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.