To the Editor: Reading through Greek Mythology one can easily come across a series of references concerning the transportation of Newly Borns, from their birth place to other, to be “nursed–bred”, where the newborn remained until it was fully developed. A distinct example is that of Zeus’ transportation [1]. When Rea was going to give birth to Zeus, in order to save him from Cronus’ infanticide...

The imagery within the reproduced mythographic WingMakers' Chamber 17 Painting is interpreted. The picture illustrates, in articulate detail and vivid color, the WingMakers' philosophy and mythology of the metaphysical and/or biogenetic transformation of the individual. Standard mythology publications, and the latest findings in brain neurology are cited and discussed along with comparisons to ...

Plants played an important role in the mythology of Baltic tribes. The plants are mentioned in the sources of religion and mythology, mythological sagas, fairytales, proverbs, believes and magical rituals. In the written sources the worshiping of natural objects as well as phenomenons (sky-lights, earth, fire, water, thunder, plants, animals and even rocks) are often mentioned. The worshipings ...

Efficient detection of the presence of another animate creature has an immense evolutionary significance. Animate motion, however, not only signals the presence of another creature but also carries information about its individual characteristics, actions and intentions. Humans are well able to recognize a good friend by the way he or she moves and an unknown person can easily be classified acc...

" It is impossible to say how the idea first entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture-"-Edgar Allan Poe, " The TellTale Heart " Strikingly different animals have more in common than meets the eye. Animal architecture is guided by many conserved regulators, among them homeobox genes that have related ...

In recent years there has been a move within the artificial intelligence and robotics communities towards building complete autonomous creatures that operate in the physical world. Certain approaches have proven quite successful, and have caused a re-analysis within the field of artificial intelligence of what components are necessary in the intellectual architecture of such creatures. However ...