Roberts Musical Restorations restores instruments. They also post videos that may be instrumental in getting people to see instrumental possibilities. The two videos here will, if viewed in order, (1) frazzle your nervous system and then (2) calm what’s left of it. First this. “DEATH WALTZ CANT BE PLAYED ON A PIANO!! The problem is that […]
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Studies reveal: Water tastes like water
Can people perceive the difference between bottled water and tap water? Two studies suggest that – at least in France and in Northern Ireland – water tastes like water. A French research team ran a taste test of six different bottled mineral waters and six municipal tap waters. This was a collaboration between two scientific institutes (CNRS, […]
The WTF Test
The WTF test has been used, in variations, for many purposes. Paul Lamere gives the test its formal name (he is not the first to do so, but may be the one who makes the name stick) in applying it to a very particular question. In his blog, he writes: there is something that we […]
Students affected by hints of their demise
Yet another entry to our “Scientists Now Know” collection: When students take a test, if the test booklet (or whatever) already seems to indicate that the student will be given a bad grade the student tends to perform poorly. And if the test booklet hints that the student will be given a good grade, the […]