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Recent research has shown that people are 30 times more likely to laugh in a social situation than when they are alone. Find out why on this Moment of Science. Thousands more Moments of Science on our website: http://amomentofscience.org

Recent research has shown that people are 30 times more likely to laugh in a social situation than when they are alone. Find out why on this Moment of Science. Thousands more Moments of Science on our website: http://amomentofscience.orgAuthor: amomentofscience Tags: science laughter humor comedy laughing psychology sociology social signals video podcast wfiu radio Posted: 03 November 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

When the train pulled in to the station at Noblesville, Indiana on an August day in 1859, it was carrying two young passengers who would go on to play important roles in American history. Andrew Burke and John Brady were two New York street urchins who had been given a chance at a better life through the Children's Aid Society.

The Bartholomew County Auditor says the City of Columbus will only lose $14,000 next year from new property tax laws. That's far lower than the $2 million city officials have been assuming they would lose after two independent consultant tallied estimates last year.

"It may best to learn what you have to learn without a gun. Not killing, but watching birds and animals go in and out of shelter, at will." Those lines are from David Wagoner's poem "Staying Alive."

This week on Noon Edition, we'll discuss Indiana Public Schools with superintendents from across the listening area. Our hosts will speak with Monroe County Consolidated School Corporation's new Superintendent J-T Coopman and Richland Bean Blossom Consolidated School Corporation Superintendent Steve Kain.

In my Indiana garden in midsummer, after the bearded iris and peony duet of bloom is only a memory, the beardless Japanese iris bloom with great abandon and considerable style.

Here's a hint: forty musicians can eat a lot of cake...

Vincent Tianquan Mo is Chairman of the Board and CEO of SouFun Holdings Limited, a company he founded in 1999.

This week's edition features three settings of the Venus and Adonis story, including works by Henry Desmarest, John Blow, and Tom?s de Torrej?n y Velasco.

Which would you rather be bitten by, a dog mouth, or a human mouth? and which one is cleaner? Find out on this Moment of Science. Thousands more Moments of Science at http://amomentofscience.org

Recent studies have shown that people with musical training are better at picking out emotional cues in sound than people without the same musical background.

For over 20 years, A Moment of Science has answered common questions about the world we live in. Now with video! Coming July 21 to aMomentofScience.org.