Posts Tagged ‘heart’
Neuroscience Explains Why Dinosaurs Couldn’t Get Any Bigger
Long-necked Sauropods, like Brontosaurus, were the largest animals on earth, but their brain, not their leg strength, is what kept them from getting any bigger. With their heads soaring 60 feet above the ground, Sauropods were gigantic animals, about the same height and length of The White House. Imagine the tremendous bone strength and muscle…
Read MoreMirror Image People—Why it Matters Which Side of Your Brain Does What
Most people salute the flag by respectfully placing their right hand over their heart, but not everyone does this. That’s because some people (1 in 10,000) are born with their heart on the wrong side. Not only their heart, but all their internal organs are swapped left for right: liver, stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, spleen,…
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