October 15th, 2008 by Brainy

I have just uploaded a simple hangman game if you want to give your brain a bit of a workout. Here is the link for hangman.

October 15th, 2008 by Brainy

This is good news

SEARCHING the internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles studied people doing web searches while their brain activity was recorded with functional magnetic resonance imaging scans.

“What we saw was people who had internet experience used more of their brain during the search,” said Dr. Gary Small, a UCLA expert on aging.

“This suggests that just searching on the internet may train the brain — that it may keep it active and healthy,” said Dr Small, whose research appears in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Many studies have found that challenging mental activities such as puzzles can help preserve brain function, but few have looked at what role the internet might play.

More information here.

October 5th, 2008 by Brainy

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September 16th, 2008 by Brainy

September 15th, 2008 by Brainy

Here is an interesting photograph. This photo was not (apparently) manipulated with any photo manipulation software.

September 2nd, 2008 by Brainy

I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole,
What am I?

Answer in comments.

August 20th, 2008 by Brainy

When you look at this pic closely you see Albert Einstein. But if you stand at a 5 meter distance, it will become Marilyn Monroe. Give it a try . Amazing!!

July 30th, 2008 by Brainy

Einstein wrote the following riddle. He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it’s not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try:

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
5. The green house’s owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

Answer will be posted in a comment below.

July 30th, 2008 by Brainy

This optical illusion was first created in 1861. Look at the two thick vertical lines. Do they look straight or curved to you? Hold a ruler up to the screen and you will see that they are indeed straight.