Published on December 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
Woman Without Fear – US scientists have discovered a woman with a rare brain disease that makes her afraid of nothing. She’s not afraid of a huge snake lurking near her children, or a knife to her throat — and she’s certainly not afraid of a horror movie. The woman cannot experience fear because of [...]
Tags: Amygdala, Current Biology, Decades, Experience Fear, Feinstein, Horror Movie, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Rare Brain Disease, Scientists, Sm, Snake, Traumatic Stress Disorder, woman
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Published on October 21, 2010 by Technology Slice
Willy Wonka Gum Could Be A Reality – Food scientist Dave Hart says nanotechnology makes the dream an entirely possible reality, without the unfortunate side effect of blowing up like an enourmous blueberry. Professor Hart said he was inspired by his own proposition to the UK’s National Science and Engineering Competition. He has already developed [...]
Tags: Blueberry, Dave Hart, drugs, Engineering Competition, Food Scientist, gum, Harvard University, Lolly, National Science, Parts Of The Digestive System, Professor Hart, Scientists, Unfortunate Side Effect, Willy Wonka
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Published on August 26, 2010 by Technology Slice
Water Key To Losing Weight – Scientists at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society this week were told that people who drank two 250ml glasses of water before each main meal ate between 75 and 90 calories during that meal. It’s a fairly simple science, according to study author Brenda Davy. The [...]
Tags: Adults, American Chemical Society, Brenda, calories, Circles, Dieters, Glasses, Kilograms, Losing Weight, Low Calorie Diet, National Meeting, Scientists, Simple Science, Stomach, Test Period, Three Times, Water Diet, Water Intake, Water Weight, Weight Management
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Published on July 15, 2010 by Technology Slice
Women Have Better Memory Than Men – A Cambridge University study of 4407 men and women from East Anglia, southeastern England, discovered gender plays a clear difference in memory function. In tests on participants aged between 48 to 90 years, women made an average of 5.9 fewer errors than men, regardless of age. Education was [...]
Tags: Age Education, Andrew Blackwell, Cambridge University, Cognitive Function, Dataset, Dr Andrew, East Anglia, Environmental Differences, Explanations, Literature, Memory Function, Memory Tests, Men And Women, Men Women, Participants, Psychiatry, Scientists, Southeastern England, Striking Evidence
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Published on May 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Rare Grey Whale Spotted – The discovery Saturday of a gray whale swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel has been labeled by Robert Brownell, a prominent cetacean researcher, “the most amazing sighting in the history of whales.” Alisa Schulman-Janiger, who runs a gray whale census and behavior project in Southern California for the American [...]
Tags: American Cetacean Society, Census, Centuries, Dinosaur, Discovery, Gray Whale, Gray Whales, Grey Whale, History Of Whales, Israel, Mediterranean Sea, population, Researcher, Robert Brownell, Schulman, Scientists, Southern California, swimming
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