Monday, January 12, 2009

If Your Ring Finger Is Longer Than Your Index Finger, You're Supposed to Be Good with Money

What does the length of your fingers have to do with how good you are in business and making money? Well, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge in England led by John M. Coates, if your ring finger is longer than your index finger, then you are good in businesses like financial trading. Makes sense?

The finger researchers reported said that the ring-to-index finger relationship to success was first identified in sports like basketball. Now, they're saying the same goes for business, financial trading in particular. They claim that this type of biological manifestation equates to years of experience at the job.

The scientists say the cases when the ring finger is longer than the index finger involved a greater exposure to androgen hormones in the womb and old scientific studies have shown that exposure to this "male" hormone increases confidence, risk preferences, search persistence, heightened vigilance, and fast reaction.

The same team did testosterone-level samplings from financial traders in London and they found out that those who had a high level of the hormone had a greater chance of success on the trading floor with an "unusually high profit."

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

2,000-Year-Old Astronomy Computer's Secrets Revealed by X-Rays

Have you heard about the Antikythera Device? It was found encrusted with deposits with the remains of an ancient Roman merchant shipwreck discovered in the Mediterranean more than a hundred years ago in 1900. The discovery in it's original form showed what appeared to be clock gears. Further studies revealed it to be a complex computer that measured the movements of celestial objects.

In 2005, X-Tek systems x-rayed the object and found the words for months of the year etched on it. It was easy from then on to determine where it came from since every city in the ancient Greek world had different names for the months. They were identified by ancient astronomy scientist Alexander Jones to be Corinthian. Corinth was ransacked by the Romans in 146 B.C.

Researchers of the Antikythera Mechanism Research project are still amazed at how such an intricate mechanical device with fine gears, tiny screws, and other details could have been made at such an early time in the history of human beings.

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