Last night I spent my time browsing through the science pages of  BBC’s web site.

There are so many interesting things to read about and I thought I should share some of those with you.

The Science of Love is one of the Hot Topics on BBC.CO.UK science section.
It basically breaks down love to chemicals and gives such a nice explanation about the 3 phases of falling in love: Lust, Attraction and Attachment.

There are 6 pages about this containing great information and it’s a must read.

The teaser:

• There are three phases to falling in love and different hormones are involved at each stage
• Events occurring in the brain when we are in love have similarities with mental illness
• When we are attracted to somebody, it could be because subconsciously we like their genes
• Smell could be as important as looks when it comes to the fanciability factor. We like the look and smell of people who are most like our parents
• Science can help determine whether a relationship will last

Source: BBC.CO.UK/Science

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I’ve just finished reading a great article on The New York Times about developing new habits.

It’s a beautiful article, very insightful and well written. In fact, is been a while since I’ve read something so good as this post: Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?

From the article:
HABITS are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd,” William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word “habit” carries a negative connotation.

Please, do take few minutes of your time and read it. It’s all worth it.

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Though on my To Do list today was to do a bitchy and trashy post, i completely changed my mind after seeing this video.

Stars, planets and galaxies are things that have always amazed me and Microsoft has done yet another good deed with this telescope.

Whatever you’ve got to say against MS today, please hold it this time and just enjoy the video.

Microsoft Wolrdwide Telescope

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Ok, so you’ve put two more carriages to our train, but did you perhaps check the train toilets first?

You didn’t, because if you did, you would have seen the filth in there, you would have seen that when you open that door you’ll find a very nasty infectious place where you can flush the water, where can’t wash your hands, because there’s no water running, and where the smell hits you that bad that either you’ll puke or you’ll faint.

I do hope you are aware of the fact that people need the toilets in the morning, and that if they "hold it" till they get to their work, chances are they they will either have an infection or worse.
So please, do something about this, because is disgusting and unacceptable.

Friday morning, a fellow traveler told me that you, NMBS, will raise the costs of the tickets.
Now i wouldn’t mind that the way i do now, if you’d take that damn train and just crash it down and then give us a decent one.

Although we need your service to get to our jobs and back, do not take for granted the patience and silence of the people at the moment.
If you’s see their faces the way i do every morning, you would probably change something and most probably you’ll do it quick.

Thanks,

A more pissed off traveler

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