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What is the first thing you do after getting up in the morning?  Grab a cup of tea and the nicely folded good news plateform.  Well this is what most of the people (especially middle class) do all over the country; perhaps all over the world.  Once you have unfolded the newspaper, what grabs your attention first – the headline?  The real question is; how many times have you seen newspaper headlines talking about something positive?  Rarely - isn’t it? Have you ever seen a newspaper headline saying, “10 ways to make your life positive?”  You don’t see such headlines because they don’t exist. 

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Friendly lip-smacks made by a large African monkey show striking similarities with human speech, say scientists.

Geladas, close cousins of the baboon that only live in the remote mountains of Ethiopia, produce “unnerving” sounds that can easily be mistaken for human voices.

Researchers who analyzed recordings of the vocalisations uncovered a structural rhythm that closes matched that of people speaking.

They believe the evidence points to lip-smacking – a friendly behavior displayed by many primates – being an evolutionary step towards speech.

“Our finding provides support for the lip-smacking origins of speech because it shows that this evolutionary pathway is plausible,” said lead scientist Prof Thore Bergman, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, US. “It demonstrates that non-human primates can vocalise while lip-smacking to produce speech-like sounds.”

Prof Bergman became fascinated by the geladas’ sounds while observing the monkeys in 2006.

“I would find myself frequently looking over my shoulder to see who was talking to me, but it was just the geladas,” he said. “It was unnerving to have primate vocalisations sound so much like human voices.”

Source : http://www.thefridaypost.com/index.php/monkeys-show-signs-of-speech/

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Have you ever wondered what lifestyle-oriented risks to your heart are or what are the attributes of a healthy and Good Heart ? A good way to find that out is by checking out thefridaypost.com. The website has a number of news and articles on how modern-day lifestyle affects the human heart and what can be done to reduce or avoid that conditions. It’s one place where people can find articles on how science is making progress in solving health related issues apart from tips on how one should take care of one’s health. It is also a good news platform for the latest researches for health enthusiasts like how walking or jogging are better than going to gym and what one should do to have a strong and good heart. It is also a Good News Platform for stories that have an uplifting effect on one’s mind For example the inspirational story on how a teenage boy designs a successful educational website. Another story on how women have come up with a thriving taxi business in New Delhi is equally inspirational. A lot of good people network on the fridaypost.com since it is has an engaging style ie, it lets people leave a comment on the stories that are uploaded. It lets people express their views and outlook on the articles.

TheFriday Post is also a place where a whole lot of Good People Network for articles on nature. Nature has long attracted man’s attention who has tried to unravel it and understand it. Life may be queer for some people, sometimes because of their own doings, sometimes because of circumstances. This website has articles which help one to understand the myriad aspects of life and how to simplify it. It also has viewpoints shared by some great thought leaders of our time like Dalai Lama on subjects like life, peace and harmonious living.This site is a great resource for people who have a great health or spiritual quotient and the helps understand the connection between the body and the mind. No wonder it has readers from across the world that come and share their thoughts.

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A bionic hand which allows the recipient to feel ‘lifelike’ sensations is to be transplanted on to a patient’s arm for the first time.Until now, artificial limbs have been able to pick up brain signals destined for the absent hand and translate them into movements, but they could not give sensory feedback.The new hand, which is attached directly to the nervous system via electrodes clipped on to two of the arm’s main nerves, aims to restore a sense of touch in amputees.The electrodes will allow the recipient to control the hand using just their thoughts – and will also send signals back to the brain. Scientists hope the breakthrough will pave the way  for a new generation of artificial limbs that more closely imitate real body parts by providing feeling and increased dexterity.

Studies have shown that up to half of hand amputees do not use their artificial limb because they are not comfortable with how it appears or functions.Dr Silvestro Micera, of the Swiss-based Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, who helped develop the limb’s interface, said: ‘This is real hope for amputees. It will be the first prosthetic that will provide real-time sensory feedback for grasping.‘It is clear that the more sensory feeling an amputee has, the more likely they will get full acceptance of that limb. We hope that one day it will be embedded in the arm and the user will just forget it is there.’

Source: http://www.thefridaypost.com/index.php/the-worlds-first-bionic-hand-with-feelings/