Science Friday: What is a Flame? (video)

Wisdom Quarterly, NPR, Science Friday

Flame footage: Dale R. Tree, Tadd T. Truscott, Preston Murray, Jonathon Pendlebury.

Humans are thought to have mastered controlled fire in the middle of the Paleolithic era. Half a million years later, engineers Tadd Truscott and Dale Tree, of Brigham Young University, are trying to quantify it. Using high speed cameras and computer algorithms, they are reconstructing fire, digitally. Understanding flames better can help us use fire better, they say.

Candle Gazing Meditation
Candle gazing meditation is called trakata in Sanskrit (yogawithmarnie.com).

There is a simple but very effective form of meditation -- staring into the center of a candle flame until the countersign is developed and the light becomes visible even when not staring at the fire. It does not involve thinking. Quite to the contrary, it involves arresting and settling the mind. Consciousness continues and in fact becomes a fuller awareness; lucidity actually increases with the cessation of discursive thought, ratiocination, and contemplation. Our natural assumption is that "our" thoughts and ideas are us. What a relief that they think themselves, follow their own course, come and go. The real relief is even temporary release from neurotic revolving in mind. Steady focusing on a flame has the power to bring this about. Of course, this is only the first step. The goal is not simply to stop the mental chatter and be serene. This meditation can be developed to absorption (first jhana). And that sets the foundation for successful insight meditation or vipassana.

(BodyMindPower) Video, music, text: Anke Moehlmann (BMP Music), Mystic Journey Vol. 1 & 2, Yoga Sunset Chill I-III, bodymindpower.de.

A short Candle Meditation may inspire some to meditate with a candle. Use a non-paraffin candle free of toxic petroleum products and synthetic fragrances for best results, such as a simple oil lamp, soy candle, or this video:

It is a simple form of meditation that brings deep relaxation. And it is a fantastic way to improve concentration skills. The flame is an aid to go into a deep state of meditation. If thoughts come just let them be there watching them drifting by. Eyes may water a little, which is normal and helps clear them removing tiredness and improving eyesight.

When the eyes starts to burn, close them and visualize the flame with the third eye, the point between the eyebrows.

As a result of focusing on the flame, it feels as though that there is no distance between the eyes and flame. One might become one with the flame and enter a deep state of peace and tranquility.

Take a comfortable seat that promotes alertness, which usually means an erect but relaxed back that is not leaning on anything. Allow the eyes to relax while gazing at the flame. Breathe in and out at the center of the solar plexus. With each in and outflow of the breath, allow the entire body and mind to become more and more relaxed.

Complete the meditation by allowing a few minutes to come back to Earth. Close the eyes for a few minutes. Then slowly move head, hands, and feet before slowly standing.

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"How the Hippies Saved Physics" [Excerpt]

David Kaiser (Scientific American)
(W.W. Norton & Company)

Loose hippies save stiff science? A new book documents the overlooked contributions of a loose-knit, unconventional bunch of 1970s physicists called the Fundamental Fysiks Group.

Rarely can we date with any precision the ebbs and flows of scientists’ research styles or intellectual approaches. Yet these transitions -- the how’s and why’s behind major shifts in a scientific field’s reigning questions and methods -- have long held a special fascination for me. We see laid bare in these moments a messy alchemy, intermixing the world of institutions with the world of ideas. Brilliant insights and dazzling discoveries take their place alongside political decisions, funding battles, personal rivalries, and cultural cues. These many ingredients combine to make one agenda seem worth pursuing in a particular time and place -- and worth teaching to students -- while quietly eclipsing other questions or approaches that had beckoned with equal urgency only a few years earlier. More

• Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the new book HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser. Copyright (c) 2011 by David Kaiser.

Scientology vs. Reitman (Daily Show video)

Scientology on "This Week in God" (Daily Show)

Center for Inquiry West
Janet Reitman in conversation
Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011
11:00 am in Hollywood

Scientology, which created in 1954 by prolific sci-fi writer L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world’s fastest growing religion. The organization claims it has millions of members around the world and huge financial holdings. But Scientology is also a notably closed "faith," harassing journalists and others through litigation and intimidation, even infiltrating the highest levels of the government to further its goals. Its attacks on psychiatry and its requirement that believers pay thousands of dollars for salvation have drawn scrutiny and skepticism. And ex-members use the Internet to share stories of harassment and abuse.

Based on her five years of research, unprecedented access to Church officials, confidential documents, and extensive interviews with current and former Scientologists, Janet Reitman now offers the first full journalistic history of the Church of Scientology. She provides an evenhanded account that at last establishes the truth about the controversial religion. More

• VIDEO: New book exposes Scientology
  
• Scientology slave "monastery" discovered
• Scientology convicted of fraud
• L. Ron Hubbard like the Buddha?
• More Americans say they have no religion

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Longevity Secrets Revealed (alchemy)

Author Jay Weidner edited by Wisdom Quarterly
(thekundaliniprocess)

"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."
- Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain)

The purpose of The Book of Aquarius is to release a secret. It has been kept hidden for the last 12,000 years. What is that secret? The Elixir of Life, Fountain of Youth, Amrita, Soma, Ambrosia, Nectar of Immortality, or "Philosophers' Stone" [rarefied salts distilled from dew that are not grounded] are real! These are simply different names for the same thing.

Throughout history this secret has been used by a very few to extend their lives hundreds of years in perfect health. With access to unlimited wealth, they also enjoy many other miraculous benefits. Some kept the secret because they understood that the time was not right for the secret to be free for all people. But most jealously kept the secret out of ignorance, egotism, and corruption.

The secret of youth and vitality, its history and the history of the human race up to this day, is a strange story. The story is full of secret societies, hooded cloaks, and mystical symbols. Such theatrics are childish and shallow. It is pointless to look for the light in the shadows.

The Philosophers' Stone operates and is made by entirely natural and scientific means. Truth is always simple, beautiful, and easy to understand.

Part II (Jay Weidner interview revealing secret)

The Philosophers' Stone is real. It can be made at home! The Stone makes the old young, heals all forms of aging and disease, extends life, turns any metal into gold, and more as one soon learns. This is not a "myth" or a metaphor; it is a fact.

Why judge this book or this forbidden information before reading it? Thought of as airy fairy material written in leather bound tomes using confusing mystical language, the alchemy in this book is real. Its pages are filled with words that make sentences and sense. This book makes more sense than anything one has ever read.

Why? The age of secrets is over. Weidner is writing this periodically updated book in common English. So there is no need for mystical language or metaphor. This book contains no hidden meaning or codes. Instead, everything is stated plainly and directly, in the shortest and simplest language necessary to convey the meaning. READ

Chp 1: Introduction

Chp 2: Foreword

Chps 3-18 cover the theory of alchemy.

Chps 19-30 cover the practical instructions for making the Stone.

Chps 31-33 cover further information on the Stone.

Chps 34-49 cover the history of the Stone.

Chps 50-51 cover some more philosophical topics.

Chp 52: Alchemists' Prophecy

Chp 53: Afterword

Chp 54: Request for help with distribution

Chp 55: List of answers to FAQ

Chp 56: Bibliography

Contents

1. The Book of Aquarius - 2. Foreword - 3. What is Alchemy? - 4. How Does It Work? - 5. The Powers of the Stone - 6. Disbelief - 7. Interpretations - 8. Obscurity - 9. The Secret - 10. Yin-Yang - 11. Cycles of Nature - 12. Metallic Generation - 13. The Emerald Tablet - 14. What Is It Made From? - 15. The Time - 16. The Heat - 17. Different Methods - 18. Understanding the Writings - 19. Overview - 20. Apparatus - 21. First Part - 22. Second Part - 23. Black Stage - 24. White Stage - 25. Fermentation - 26. Contradictions - 27. Red Stage - 28. Multiplication - 29. Projection - 30. Appearance - 31. Everburning Lamps - 32. Takwin - 33. Religious References - 34. Prehistory - 35. History of the Stone - 36. Quotes on History - 37. Timeline - 38. Nicolas Flamel - 39. Paracelsus - 40. Rosicrucians - 41. Francis Bacon - 42. Robert Boyle - 43. James Price - 44. Fulcanelli - 45. Where Did They Go? - 46. Shambhala - 47. UFOs - 48. New World Order - 49. Mythology - 50. Frequency and Planes - 51. Universes in Universes - 52. The Alchemists' Prophecy - 53. Afterword - 54. Help - 55. Questions and Answers - 56. Bibliography

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Free Liquid Meditation ("Zazen Formula")

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Imagine if there were a way to instantly relax, let go, and meditate. Melatonin might help. Lots of sleep beforehand, not eating, and a healthy amount of exercise is also a good combination. But sometimes renewing herbs can act as an instant tonic for stressed out meditators. There is no need to buy a product. Concoct your own. (We recommend an unrelated US company, Ron Teaguarden's Dragon Herbs). It's easy (with a free consultation). But for the less adventurous, Zazen Formula* unites age-old tradition with modern science. Zazen has created a proprietary formula that includes herbal sleep enhancers, Reishi mushroom extract, jujube extract, valerian extract, GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid), ginkgo biloba, ashwagandha, hops extract, passion flower extract, L-theanine, B-complex vitamins, calcium, magnesium citrate, and a combination of cell-protecting anti-oxidants and anti-aging compounds that have been recognized for their natural health optimizing, stress resistance, and rest-promoting properties. More


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UCLA Woodstock: Ancestral Health Symposium

“The Woodstock of Evolutionary Medicine” - Loren Cordain

For her road trip to L.A. to attend the "Ancestral Health Symposium," Nom Nom Paleo packs a cooler filled with Paleo proteins, veggies, good fats, and other snacks (Paleo Road Eats!)

About the Symposium
AncestryFoundation.org

The Ancestral Health Symposium fosters collaboration among scientists, healthcare professionals, and laypersons who study and communicate about health from an evolutionary perspective to develop solutions to our modern health challenges.

The symposium is presented by the Ancestral Health Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating healthcare professionals and laypersons on ancestral lifestyle dynamics.

This year’s inaugural event has been produced by a hobbyist volunteer model, utilizing the strengths of various individuals who proudly live an ancestral lifestyle. This model has helped keep the cost of attending the symposium low.

• Check-in will begin at 7:00 AM on Friday, August 5th in front of the Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Slideshare. Live Stream on Vimeo. AHS Program (PDF). Twitter: #AHS11
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New Marshmallows, Jello made of human tissue

Wisdom Quarterly

There was once a movie that said "Soilent Green" is people. In the dystopic future, people were being tricked and treated like cows being fattened through cannibalism. Now it has become a reality as Chinese scientists develop a gelatin (the stuff in marshmallows and jello, which is normally made out of boil feet of cloven hoofed animals).

A press release from the American Chemical Society for a study just off the press in which a quartet of Beijing researchers produce human-derived gelatin. Will it be put on the market secretly the way cloned meat, pesticide-laden vegetables and frankenfruit, and irradiated (enzyme destroyed foods exposed to radiation)?

Most gelatin -- hidden in many items as a stiffener or binder including cheap vitamins, cheeses, candies, soaps, desserts, cosmetics -- comes from the waste products of slaughtered animals: nails, bones, skin (collagen) broken down into protein strands that form a gel. There is, of course, a small risk of bovine encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease).

Wouldn't human cells be so much easier and cheaper, with the added benefit of, well, cannibalism?

• Stay Puft Marshmallows made of Human (Boston.com)
• New method for making human-based gelatin
• Chinese scientists "reprogram" cells to create mice (WSJ)
• British scientists admit to creating human-animal creatures
• Hybrid human-animal DNA experiments raise concerns
• Medical vivisection: torturing pigs to cure humans?
• First lady teams with grocers to provide healthy food access

The Jell-O Is Made From People! Human-Derived Gelatin Coming Soon

Ariel Schwartz (July 18, 2011)

We may not have to rely on boiled pig bones for our gelatin forever. The solution may not be any more appetizing... Gelatin is found in everything from Jell-O and marshmallows to cosmetics and candles. But the current method of taking gelatin from the skin and bones of cows and pigs has... the potential for transmitting infectious diseases like Mad Cow and the possibility of triggering immune system responses in humans.... though the newest option -- human derived gelatin -- isn't too appetizing.

Science: Space-Time Cloaking (Nat Geo)

Richard A. Lovett (National Geographic News, July 11, 2011)

Fiber optics can easily bend light around objects, but an event cloak bends time, too

It's no illusion: Science has found a way to make not just objects but entire events disappear, experts say.

Magic? Material would adjust speed of light [once imagined to be constant] to hide actions, physicists say. According to new research by British physicists, it's theoretically possible to create a material that can hide an entire bank heist from human eyes and surveillance cameras. "The concepts are basically quite simple," said Paul Kinsler, a physicist at Imperial College London, who created the idea with colleagues Martin McCall and Alberto Favaro. Unlike invisibility cloaks -- some of which have been made to work at very small scales -- the event cloak would do more than bend light around an object. More

• "Acoustic 'Invisibility' cloaks possible, study says"
• Russian gets Nobel for discovery of graphene
  
• Science of the Impossible (Dr. Kaku)
  

Why do we exist? (Physics and Buddhism)

Matter and antimatter phenomenology (xenomorphic.co.uk)

A Step Closer to Explaining our Existence

John Roach (Cosmic Log, MSNBC)

Why are we here? It remains one of the most perplexing unexplained mysteries of the universe. But particle physicists are gaining more confidence in a result from an atom smashing experiment that could be a step toward providing an answer: We exist because the universe is full of matter and not the opposite, so-called antimatter. When the Big Bang occurred, equal parts of both should have been created and immediately annihilated each other, leaving nothing leftover to build the stars, planets, and us. More

During insight meditation the body becomes transparent and particles become visible in the mind door (Buddhist-images.co.uk)

Why do "we" exist? (Buddhism answers)
Dharmachari Seven (Wisdom Quarterly)
Of course, ultimately speaking, we do not. That is what it means to say all conditioned things are impersonal (not self, anatta). What are "conditioned things"? They are the constituents of being, of clinging, of the delusion that things are self, permanent, or able to bring lasting satisfaction. It should be more obvious that there is a self. But what is the nature of that self?

Self, soul, ego, personality, "I" all refer to five functionally integrated components -- the physical and the psychological. The physical or material components of the self are the four characteristics of matter (called the Great Elements, mahabhuta). They further break down to what is called derived materiality* that make the sense organs, which are just configurations of the Four Great Elements. All of this is referred to as one group labelled "form."

The other Five Aggregates feel closer -- sensations, perceptions, mental formations (such as volition), and consciousness. They cling to the illusion of a "self" independent of them, in possession of them, controlling them. The self originates dependent on them. The illusion of our actual existence arises dependently originated on the aggregation of these five groups of factors. That is the self (soul, atta, atman, I, me, mine)! But what is the nature of the self? Looked at closely -- in a particle physics lab (in the case of form and kalapas) or in a meditation hall after emerging from the four absorptions (in the case of consciousness and cittas) -- it becomes perfectly clear that they are:

• radically impermanent (arising, turning, passing)
• unsatisfactory (disappointing, distressing, unpleasant)
• impersonal (not subject to control, following their own nature, not able to be clung to, dependent on karma, not self, not me, not mine, devoid of an owner and in that sense "empty").
  

It is completely incorrect to say we are "nothing." What we call a "self" is composed of many things. However, as with all "things," the composite is not what it seems.

Buddhist phenomenology, the "Five Aggregates of Clinging" (khandha)

Under the penetrating analysis of meditation (for purifying concentration and analytical insight, jhana and vipassana), even form is revealed. In Buddhist physics, form is seen as kalapas ("particles of perception") as explained in the Abhidharma. In Buddhist psychology, the aggregates of self-awareness are called cittas (mind moments, processes, consciousnesses, which make the most sense to me as being comparable to neuronal impulses, bearing in mind that there are neurons in the heart and throughout the gut as well as the spine, nerves innervating the body, and concentrating in the brainstem and cavity of the skull but in no way limited to the skull).

Why?
What is impelling the process, what causes the "self" to re-arise after passing away? Karma. This is not a guess. It is revealed by the insight-meditation practice of Dependent Origination, tracing back this life through the chain of causation, which the mind discovers is not in this life. It is not the same self -- which is passing away all the time -- but a self dependent past causes and present conditions.

Meditation (virtue, concentration, insight) is the key to realization.

Moral of the Story
All of this is directly, personally verifiable. We don't own a large hadron collider; yet, it is possible for the mind to be collected and intensified (through optimal-concentration, samma-samadhi) to discern kalapas. None of this is to be taken on faith. None of this is dogma. It is all experiential. And this is sure: If one does not make the effort to realize the Truth (not "learn" it or "believe" but realize it for oneself), whatever the Truth is, one will not become enlightened or liberated from ignorance and illusion. Without liberation, disappointment is certain (not eventually but in every moment).

Particle Physics

• That wily Higgs boson is running out of places to hide
• New subatomic particle: real or anomaly?
• Aging U.S. particle accelerator gets more time
• Seven smashing atom smashers
• Night vision contact lenses?
  

Buddhist Physics

• The Nature of Materiality (Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw)
• Mindfulness and Four Elements Meditation
• *What is "derived materiality"?
• The "Ultimate Teaching" (Abhidharma) on materiality
• The "divine eye" knows and sees (direct knowing)
  

Remote Viewing: Military Wants it for Soldiers

Adam Piore (DiscoverMagazine.com)

(Illustration: Sam Kennedy)

ALBANY, New York - The cavernous hall of shops that 
connects the buildings in this 98-acre complex is a popular venue for autumnal events: Oktoberfest, the Maple Harvest Festival, and today’s “Mystic Fair.”

Amid all the bustle and transparent hustles, few of the dabblers at the Mystic Fair are aware that there is a genuine mind reader in the building, sitting in an office several floors below the concourse.

This mind reader is not able to pluck a childhood memory or the name of a loved one out of your head, at least not yet. But give him time. He is applying hard science to an aspiration that was once relegated to clairvoyants, and unlike his predecessors, he can point to some hard results.

The mind reader is Gerwin Schalk, a 39-year-old biomedical scientist and a leading expert on brain-computer interfaces at the New York State Department of Health’s Wads worth Center at Albany Medical College.

The 
Austrian-born Schalk, along with a handful of other researchers, is part of a $6.3 million U.S. Army project to establish the basic science required to build a thought helmet -- a device that can detect and transmit the unspoken speech of soldiers, allowing them to communicate with one another silently. More

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The World Will End Tomorrow!

Why failed predictions DON'T stop apocalypse forecasters
LiveScience.com (Bad Science by Benjamin Radford, Jan. 3, 2011)

If a group of fundamentalist Christians is right, you only have nine more months to live.

Harold Camping, leader of the ministry Family Radio Worldwide, has concluded after careful study of the Bible that the world will begin to end on May 21, 2011.

It will actually take several months for the process to be complete, but Camping is certain that by October it will all be over. And his group is doing their best to warn everyone.

The sect is spreading its doomsday message using billboards, travelling caravans of RVs holding volunteers who pass out relevant pamphlets, and bus-stop benches, according to the Associated Press:

"Cities from Bridgeport, Conn., to Little Rock, Ark., now have billboards with the ominous message, and mission groups are traveling through Latin America and Africa to spread the news outside the U.S," the AP reported.

Fundamentalist Christians have a long and colorful history of searching for -- and mistakenly believing they have found -- clues about when Jesus would return to Earth and bring about the final judgment.

In the early 1800s farmer William Miller concluded from a Bible study that the world would end April 23, 1843. It did not. [10 Failed Doomsday Predictions to make you feel better]

One of the great popularizers of Christian end-times is Hal Lindsey, author of the wildly popular best seller The Late Great Planet Earth (Zondervan, 1970). After his prophecies failed to materialize, he wrote a follow-up called Apocalypse Code (Western Front Ltd., 1997). More>>

Buddhist Prophecies?
Wisdom Quarterly (COMMENTARY)
One thing used to puzzle social psychologists about apocalyptic cults that predict a specific date for the "end of the world." What? They do not disband the day after. They get stronger!

The prediction not coming true brings them together. Clever cult leaders can tell their followers that they averted the catastrophe. If it weren't for them, the world would surely have ended. This is a pattern as old as the Vedas.

Near Eastern pre-JudeoChristian religions were influenced by the empire to the east, which was called Bharat (India as an expansive empire). It gave rise to Buddhism, which influenced Christianity a great deal. Predictions the Buddha made were about the distant future. Often they were general, part of repeating cycles of human social decay and renewal.

The question is, What is the good of any prediction?

It seems it keeps people on the ball, on task, on top of their goals to insure that when they are reborn, and they will be, they are happy about how they lived.

Today seems to last forever, and we slack off. But tomorrow, we are overjoyed to have made merit that secured our future. The next buddha will not be coming any time soon. But the message of the historical Buddha still exists on Earth (with increasing distortions and misunderstandings).

Things will get worse. And everyone will die (except the enlightened, who do not "die"). Things will get better. And nearly everyone will be reborn right away (except the enlightened, who have overcome rebirth). Sound like a contradiction?

On the one hand, if an ordinary being passes away, then a name, personality, and opportunity ends.

But the accumulation of karma continues to bear results in a new form. It is not the same form or personality and does not go by the same name. On the other hand, if an enlightened person passes away, rebirth and suffering permanently end right there. So it cannot be called "death," which always rebirth. Overcoming samsara is final nirvana (parinirvana) -- the end of all suffering without remainder.

Given all this, it is easy to see how even ancient Westerners in Greco-Roman empires and all along the Silk Route began to reword these wisdom teachings. The "deathless" (nirvana) became "eternal life." Ultimate bliss became ordinary happiness -- that is, nirvana became nothing but a "heaven."

The end of the "world" came to mean the end of everything. In fact, all that ends in Buddhist, Christian, and Mayan prophecy is an age.

It's the end of an astronomical age. That's why people look at the stars (astronomy) and consult astrological charts, studying the meaning of celestial bodies moving -- looking for precession on small-seasonal and big-axial scales.

There's some tribulation. But there's tribulation even when it's not the end of an age. Whether the world is ending tomorrow or not, it's always good to do good and come into line with one's values.

It in an effort that these things be understood correctly that Wisdom Quarterly tackles Buddhist subjects no one else touches -- and points them out in connection to topics non-Buddhists do tackle: prophecy, karma, history, the heavens (literal worlds in space), "angelic" extraterrestrial involvement in human affairs, and more.

• End of the Earth Postponed
• Top 10 Unexplained Phenomena
• The Wildest Conspiracy Theories
• Jesus speaks to Earth directly
• NASA names yays/nays on scifi movies
• Bible possibly written centuries earlier
  Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing -- pottery shard with an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David's reign. The breakthrough could mean that portions of the Old Testament were written centuries earlier than previously thought. (The Bible's Old Testament is thought to have been first written down in an ancient form of Hebrew.) Until now, many scholars have held that parts of the Hebrew version of the Bible originated in the 6th century B.C. [at the time of the Buddha, although Dr. Ranajit Pal dates the Buddha as living centuries earlier], because Hebrew writing was thought to stretch back no further. But the newly deciphered Hebrew text is about four centuries older, scientists announced [in January, 2010].

Brain science: Smelling Light

Franken-mice are being altered to be able to sense light with their noses. Too hard to believe?

Anyone who has ever experienced synesthesia -- the curious experience of, for example, tasting sound or feeling flavor -- will know it's already possible with certain parts of the brain affecting other parts. Synesthetes are not all on acid (LSD). Although their pineal glands may be producing extra DMT. Many artists, musicians, and artistic/slightly autistic individuals experience it constantly, and it seems to help them.

Researchers known as octogenetics experts from Harvard University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conducted the vivisection (experimentation on living beings). They installed light sensitive proteins in the genome of mice, altering their olfactory systems: Hear all about it in under 90 seconds on the Loh Down on Science.