Scientific
Aug 4 2008, HemRaj Singh

Finally, they might have found why we feel so relaxed during religious ceremonies with incense smoke wafting around. Researchers have found that certain components commonly found in incense have never-soothing properties and can, therefore reduce...

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This undated photo released by Christie’s auction house in New York shows a first edition of “De revolutionibus orbium coelestium” by astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The 1543 copy of the book in which Copernicus broached his earthshaking theory of the...