M.J. Rose

The mystery of the disappearance of the dinosaurs. This is something we’ve all wondered about since grade school, and it’s something the scientists have been hotly debating for decades. Could it be that a recent discovery has settled the mystery once and for all?…

Case Closed for Dino Killer?

by Michael Balter

What happened to the dinosaurs? For more than 100 million years, they ruled the world. Then, suddenly—poof—about 65 million years ago, they were gone. At least that’s the way it looks to most scientists, who blame an asteroid hitting Earth for the ancient beasts’ dramatic demise. Some researchers are still skeptical about the asteroid hypothesis, but a new fossil discovery in Montana may lend it new impact.

Back in 1980, when the late Nobel laureate physicist Luis Alvarez and his son, geologist Walter Alvarez, first tried to pin dinosaur extinction on an errant asteroid, they faced a major credibility gap. At the time, there was little firm evidence for such a catastrophic event. But then they and other researchers found an overabundance of iridium in geological formations at the 65-million-year transition line between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods, known as the K-T boundary. Iridium is common in asteroids but rare in Earth’s crust…

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In this video montage, physicist Michio Kaku discusses the types of civilizations (we’re still type zero!), extraterrestrial life, the recent discovery of earth-like twins, worm holes, U.F.O.s, and other fascinating things related to science and astrology…

We all want it. We all have trouble achieving it. What is the great mystery about relaxation and why does it elude us so? Leave it to the Buddhist scholars to clue us in on the secret…

Two Ways of Learning Relaxation

by Shinzen Young

There are two ways of learning relaxation, because there are two distinct levels at which a person can relax. I speak of top-to-bottom relaxation versus bottom-to-top relaxation. “Top” refers to the surface conscious mind, “bottom” the deep unconscious.

Top-to-bottom relaxation is what most people think of when they think of relaxation. It’s voluntary relaxation, like a progressive relaxation where you make an effort to relax. When a person sits to meditate I think it is good to do whatever possible to relax the overall body. I usually try to get an overall sense of the body relaxing. I call it a “settled-in” sense. For example, I notice that during sitting sometimes my shoulders will come up, so I’ll relax them as an act of conscious intention…

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