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Sweet dreams. What better way to bid good night? And what wondrous experiences they are for people all over the world. But why do people dream, and how are dreams related to our waking lives? Why not give this some thought on a hot midsummer's night.

Stephen LaBerge: “In your dreams, there will be a number of occasions in which you can recognize you are dreaming.”

Lucid dreaming: Belief in dream control to foster...

August 26, 2012

A man in a T-shirt with glaring blue eyes and a wide forehead begins to talk while he paces around the room.

At professor Giulio Tononi's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, experiments are being carried out with sophisticated apparatus to try to capture brainwaves during a dreaming state.

What are dreams? Psychology, neuroscience try to...

August 26, 2012

What are dreams, exactly?

“The most common things experienced by people in their dreams deal with personal current concerns.” William Domhoff, research professor, University of California, Santa Cruz

Why do people have predominately 'unpleasant'...

August 26, 2012

The word “dream” is often used to convey positive meanings such as “hope” and “aspiration.” However, rather than being enjoyable, more often than not it would...

An infrared camera captures eye movements during sleep.

Dreams and sleep: what do our moving eyes see?

August 26, 2012

Beneath two eyelids displayed on a monitor, eyeballs suddenly begin to move in a strange fashion. They glance in one direction, then instantly flick to another as if the person ...

“Dreams let us learn more deeply about ourselves,” said Jack Wood, professor at IMD business school.

It wasn't just a dream: in therapy, business,...

August 26, 2012

“The dream,” claimed the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, “is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul.”

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The Charm of Scents

We sense the transition of the seasons in the redolence of the wind and our hearts flutter at the scent of our beloved. Fragrances add color to our everyday life and enrich our existence. We are unable to resist their bewitching allure.

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Director brings out the theater in opera

May 12, 2013

When the curtain rises, Shugo Ikoh's job as an opera director is done. There is nothing more that he can do. He always sits alone in an aisle seat among the audience.

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Asia’s No. 1 hub: Malaysia has ambitious plans...

May 12, 2013

With oil consumption in the Asia-Pacific region increasing more than 30 percent since 2000, Malaysia has been bolstering its role as an energy consumer and regional hub for energy trading. In cooperation with Singapore, with...

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ASICS races for larger share of global sport shoe...

December 23, 2012

ASICS, Japan’s largest sport shoe, apparel and equipment manufacturer, is gradually starting to make lengthy strides into the global athletic shoe market dominated by U.S.-based Nike and German Adidas.