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Scientists offer a miracle cure for the effects of alcohol poisoning: strawberries [Chemistry]
Drinking can wreak havoc on your insides, and not just the relatively short-lived brand of havoc brought on by a one-night drinking spree. We’re talking long-term damage to the mucous membrane of your stomach that can give rise to all manner of gastroi… Continue reading
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Scientists offer a miracle cure for the effects of alcohol poisoning: strawberries [Chemistry]
Drinking can wreak havoc on your insides, and not just the relatively short-lived brand of havoc brought on by a one-night drinking spree. We’re talking long-term damage to the mucous membrane of your stomach that can give rise to all manner of gastroi… Continue reading
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Why are most people right-handed? [Evolution]
It seems like such a simple question, but it’s actually one of the most biggest mysteries in all of science. Is it because of how our brains are organized, how ancient humans gripped tools, or is it simple anti-lefty prejudice?
Nobody knows for sure, … Continue reading
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Why are most people right-handed? [Evolution]
It seems like such a simple question, but it’s actually one of the most biggest mysteries in all of science. Is it because of how our brains are organized, how ancient humans gripped tools, or is it simple anti-lefty prejudice?
Nobody knows for sure, … Continue reading
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Why does eating a spoonful of this powder turn sourness to sweetness? [Food Science]
Miraculin is a special protein that makes people perceive sour tastes as sweetness instead. At least, for a limited time. Now we know why it works.
Taste adventurers will be interested in a little chemical named miraculin. It was used in West Africa a… Continue reading
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What’s so bad about sugar? [Debunkery]
We blame sugar for adding extra calories to almost anything we purchase in the grocery store, and call sugary snacks “junk food.” But is sugar really junk? Let’s take a look at some common myths about sugar, and find out why there are good reasons for… Continue reading
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Potato chips — the other natural way to get stoned [Food Science]
Scientists have found out why people can put the brakes on eating sugar, but will go through an entire bag of potato chips, followed by a plate of fries. It turns out that fats get us stoned.
As much as extra desserts are blamed for the national wais… Continue reading
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The first cancer vaccine that works [Medical Breakthrough]
Cancer vaccines may come sooner than you think. And each vaccine will be tailor-made for a specific kind of cancer. This isn’t just a theory anymore. It’s been done.
A group of medical researchers in the U.K. and the U.S. have successfully cured prost… Continue reading
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Medical science proves that fearing illness makes your illness worse [Terror]
When in a cardiac emergency, your body turns your own worst fears against you. The more acutely you feel fear, the worse your heart problem gets. It’s like the plot of IT, but without the bad special effects.
One of first books to really scare me was … Continue reading
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The science behind a snake’s poison bite, and why it’s related to ketchup [Mad Science]
We assume that snakes kill with venom shot through their fangs, injection style. In fact, most snakes leak poison very slowly. Oddly this technique works quite well, and you can figure out why by considering the physics of ketchup in a bottle.
When a… Continue reading
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Scientist learns the secret of royal jelly by creating mutant super flies [Mad Science]
Queen bees are much larger than worker bees, and live years longer, for one reason. They gorge on a sugary protein called “royal jelly.” Now a scientist has made ultra-large flies using royal jelly too. Are humans next?
Sadly, it doesn’t look like tom… Continue reading
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Science proves that staring at a screen all day is bad for you [Dangerous Habits]
Proving the words of countless mothers across countless nations, new research shows that spending all day staring at computers and TVs actually is bad for kids, giving them heart problems later in life.
Scientists say that kids who spend many hours i… Continue reading
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Which "gut type" do you have, and what does it say about you? [Bacterial Overlords]
We all have flourishing bacterial ecosystems in our intestines filled with thousands of microbes. But these gut ecosystems only come in three types. And the type you have may influence the kind of life you lead.
Bacteria are a crucial part of human d… Continue reading
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Physics proves that no one really has blue eyes [Optics]
Although some people have blue eyes, and many babies are born with particularly deep blue irises, no one actually has blue pigment in their irises. They’re just a trick of the light.
With the news of Elizabeth Taylor’s death, many people’s thoughts h… Continue reading
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How copper kills flesh-eating bacteria [Mad Science]
Recently scientists staged a demonstration in which flesh-eating bacteria died off in droves when placed on a copper surface. Find out why copper engages in bactericide.
Hospitals are necessary and efficient institutions meant to gather and train a va… Continue reading
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We can reverse the aging process in bees’ brains. Could humans be next? [Neuroscience]
Bees can become mentally young again with just a few simple alterations to their otherwise fixed routines. Because the brains of bees are surprisingly like our own, this trick could help fight dementia and keep human minds young and flexible.
Norwegia… Continue reading
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Your eyes have heat sensors [Optics]
Purple is hot. Rhodopsin, or visual purple, doesn’t just let you know when Prince is performing or when the Joker is about to gun you down. Recently, scientists discovered it’s also a heat sensor.
Rhodopsin is one of the pigments in the eyeball which… Continue reading
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There’s a scientific reason why a pinch of salt makes things sweeter [Food Science]
Ever wonder why salted chocolate and caramel taste even better than unsalted? Or why adding a pinch of salt to cookies makes them sweeter? A group of researchers has found evidence that it’s because you have intestinal cells in your taste buds.
That’… Continue reading
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The hagfish eats in the most disgusting way possible [Biology]
The hagfish is an evolutionary throwback that definitely lives up to its name. When the eel-like creature finds a carcass on the seafloor, it burrows inside the dead meat and starts eating…not just with its mouth, but with its skin.
The trick of abso… Continue reading
Alan Turing’s Patterns in Nature, and Beyond
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