Why A Strawberry Smells Like A Strawberry
It’s easy enough to simply recognize that something smells like a strawberry, but it’s much more difficult to understand why something smells that way. Scientists from the Technische Universität...
View ArticleTest Tube Burger To Be Served In London Next Month
In the summer of 2011, Mark Post, a professor of physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, made headlines when he first began to discuss the real possibilities of creating a test tube...
View ArticleUnleash The Power Of Age: May Is Older Americans Month
Older US residents are being challenged to “Unleash The Power Of Age” over the next several weeks as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of Older Americans Month this May. According to the US...
View ArticleSleeping Children Don’t Always Hear Smoke Alarms
Standard-issue smoke detectors might not be enough to keep your children safe during a fire, as new research is casting doubts on their ability to wake up youngsters during an emergency. Researchers...
View ArticleYour Eyes May Give You Away And Reveal What Gives You Pleasure
A new study led by Drexel University has found a common, low-cost ophthalmological tool can measure the brain’s pleasure response to tasting food through the eyes. If the results are validated, this...
View ArticleMean, Ugly Employees More Likely To Be Targets Of Workplace Bullying
Unattractive people are more likely to be bullied in the workplace than their better-looking counterparts, according to new research appearing in the latest edition of the journal Human Performance....
View ArticleDog-Owner Bonds Similar In Nature To Parent-Child Relationships
Dogs are often referred to as “man’s best friend,” but new research appearing in the journal PLOS One suggests the relationship between a canine and his primary caretaker is actually closer in nature...
View ArticleVanity Revealed: Facebook Is A Mirror And Twitter A Megaphone
Though they are both social networks, Facebook and Twitter could not be more different in many ways. One is packed full of games, pictures and relationships. The other is filled with links and short...
View ArticleVanity Revealed: Facebook Is A Mirror And Twitter A Megaphone
Though they are both social networks, Facebook and Twitter could not be more different in many ways. One is packed full of games, pictures and relationships. The other is filled with links and short...
View ArticleAttack Of The Gallinippers: Oversized Mosquitoes Expected To Invade Florida
Giant mosquitoes are coming, and while they´re not exactly the sort of thing that you´d find in an Ed Wood movie, they are far larger than the garden-variety member of this insect genus and are said...
View ArticleMore Power, Not Apologies Sought When Couples Fight
According to a new Baylor University study, your partner would rather gain a little more power in the relationship than an apology. Researchers wrote in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology...
View ArticleCould Poor Sleep Be The Cause Of Your Relationship Woes?
New research from a team at the University of California, Berkley suggests sleepless nights could turn lovers into fighters. According to a study published in the journal Social Psychological and...
View ArticleHerd Effect Slants Online Ratings
When a person “likes” an online comment, article or product, others become much more likely to follow suit, according to a new study from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s...
View ArticleEating Grapes Can Lead To A Healthier You
If you eat grapes regularly, chances are you are healthier than people who don’t. A new observational study, published in the Journal of Food Science, showed an association between grape consumption –...
View ArticleSaliva Analysis Shows Possible Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer
By analyzing the saliva of frequent cell phone users, researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have discovered new evidence suggesting the mobile devices could increase a person’s risk of developing...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Patent Knows Which Ads You Watch
In another bid to build more directed and targeted ads, Google has been granted a patent for a system that knows which ads its users’ eyeballs are ogling. The technology would be used in their Glass...
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