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Is sad music actually sad?

 
 

Be it Elliott Smith or Queen, classical or dub step, there’s usually a clear understanding that some songs are sad, and some songs are happy. But what is it about the music that makes us feel these feelings we’re feeling? You might think it has something to do with the notes or how our brain’s natural response to these sounds, but you’re wrong. Or at the very least incomplete in your thinking. We’ve just been culturally trained to respond to music in certain ways because if you ignore the lyrics, music itself doesn’t actually contain any emotion at all.

 

Brilliant photo manipulations by Erik Johansson (20 pictures)

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Erik Johannson is a self-taught photograher who learned how to retouch photos to make impossible and extraordinary images. Growing up with a grandmother who painted and a penchant for escaping into the other worlds of video games, he naturally blended the two into a technique using computers to generate images that couldn’t be captured by a camera.

 

 

10 strange unexplained events

 
 

Disappearances, UFOs, premonitions…some mysteries will never be answered, feed your curiosity by watching 10 strange unexplained events.

 

 

Seismic-resistant features of Machu Picchu

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Photographer: Thomas McGuire; Tom’s Web site

Photographer: Thomas McGuire; Tom’s Web site

Some of the most sacred Inca buildings in Peru were constructed with precisely fitting stones held together by gravity alone. Even a credit card can’t be inserted into these mortar-free cracks. Peru is highly seismic and majorearthquakes are part of its history. For example, a 1746 event completely destroyed the capital city of Lima. It was one of the strongest seismic events in modern times. But Inca construction has a remarkable number of design features that protect buildings against collapsing in an earthquake.