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...involve literal rhythm. Soldiers march and chant. Religions incorporate singing and even dancing in their rituals. Sports events are filled with songs, synchronized cheers, and cries of "DEE-fense." In order to study the power of such collective behaviors, Stanford psychologists Scott S. Wiltermuth and Chip Heath devised a pair of tests. (See pictures of Super Bowl entertainment through the ages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Sports Fans Get From Chanting and Cheering | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...Weintraub said. “He uses his height and his skill to his advantage. He’s pretty much unstoppable.” But Stevens wouldn’t give up without a fight and tied the score at 29, sending the game into extra points. Another pair of Duck errors doomed Stevens’s offensive efforts, and Harvard nailed the win, 32-30. In addition to Weissbourd’s five kills, freshman Nikola Ivica slammed down five of his own to lead Harvard in the second set. “Nikola is a big dude?...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Picks Up Key Non-Conference Victory | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...historic moment for television, sports fans. Putting the III in Super Bowl XLIII, the very first commercial going into halftime will also be the first 3-D commercial in bowl history. It's a 90-second trailer for DreamWorks Animation's upcoming movie Monsters vs. Aliens. Viewers need a pair of 3-D glasses, which can be found for free at grocery and convenience stores nationwide. The stunt is a joint venture of DreamWorks and Pepsi, which is promoting its SoBe beverages in a follow-on 3-D ad later in the broadcast. (See the best and worst Super Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Bowl Ads: Get Out the 3-D Glasses | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...Using a pair of ions, or charged particles, group leader Christopher Monroe and his team place each in a vacuum and keep them in position with electric fields. An ultra-fast laser pulse triggers the atoms to emit photons simultaneously. If the photons interact in just the right way, their parent atoms enter a quantum state known as entanglement, in which atom B adopts the properties of atom A even though they're in separate chambers a meter apart. When A is measured, the information that had been previously encoded on it disappears in accordance with the quirky rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teleportation Is Real – But Don't Try It at Home | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...more balanced team, we just all have to worry about our matchups and back each other up on the floor.”The Crimson will have to contend with a few very athletic Tiger guards. Sophomore Addie Micir (12 ppg) and freshman Lauren Edwards (9.7 ppg) are a pair of six-footers who can score inside and out. Princeton beat Penn, 64-49, in the first Ivy matchup for both teams on Jan. 10.In both games, Harvard should have the advantage inside. Neither opponent has a dominant post corps to match up with Crimson forwards Emma Markley, Katie Rollins...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Hopes to Get Back on Track | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

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