The Feeling of Death is Similar to watching a Scary Movie

Oct 29, 2015, 06:07 PM

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REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MEET IN ECONOMIC-FOCUSED DEBATE: The Republican presidential candidates were in Colorado last night (October 28th) for their third debate, this one focused on economic issues. Donald Trump and Ben Carson, who are leading substantially in the polls, both seemed more in the background than some of the other candidates, with Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz putting in more forceful performances, getting big cheers from the crowd when they slammed the media and, in Cruz's case, the debate moderators. Rubio says media favor Democrats. Cruz attacks moderators' questions. Jeb Bush criticizes Rubio over missing a lot of Senate votes while running for president, and Rubio fires back.

THE FEELING OF DEATH IS SIMILAR TO WATCHING A SCARY MOVIE: Do you like scary movies? The American Chemical Society (ACS) explains that the feelings we get when watching a horror movie is similar to how we'd feel if we were about to die. when we experience fear, a signal is sent to a part of the brain which transmits a signal to another part of your brain, which sends your body into a state of hyper-alertness, making you feel startled. Then, the signal reaches the hypothalamus, which controls your fight or flight response. The body can create a similar response if you've died. Once your heart has stopped and you're no longer breathing your brain can enter into a hyper state of perceptual neurological activity. Researchers say that recent studies indicate this response could explain near-death experiences. So what scary movie will you watch tonight? (Elite Daily)

THE JUNIPER BUSHES THAT MAKE GIN ARE DYING: If you're a big fan of gin you may want to start hoarding the stuff. The BBC reports that a fungal disease called Phytophthora austrocedrae is attacking juniper plants in Scotland and Argentina. The plant is used to make the alcohol gin, and the infection is apparently targeting shrubs that grow in the mountains, wooded areas and moors. It turns the usually green-blue needles of the plant to an orange color, and then the affected bushes don't produce new seeds. This is a huge problem as Plantlife Scotland reports that 64 percent of bushes have brown patches and 79 percent of the plants are already "mature, old or dead." Plantlife's Deborah Long and Murdo Fraser, a politican for Mid-Scotland, are banding together to see how they can save the juniper plants and therefore the holiday drinks that rely on gin. (Jezebel)