Archive for the ‘Personal health’ Category

Body odor - Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Study finds that male body odor is harder to mask, but the male nose is more easily confused. Info lends insight into human mating, and helps perfume makers. So what’s in your deodorant?

HIV infection caught on videotape - Thursday, March 26th, 2009

New video captures AIDS moving inside immune cells: HIV enters pods that form on the surface, then jumps across into a healthy immune cell that is now doomed to spread HIV — and die.

Embryonic stem cells - Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Last week, Pres. Obama revoked the limits on studies of cells that can become any body cell. What was lost in eight years of limits on embryonic stem cells? What’s ahead?

After the chimp attack - Thursday, March 5th, 2009

We explore the sad saga of pet primates. Are these pets psychologically good for us? For them? Are humans and other primates trading diseases at home, and in the wild?

Discussing disgust - Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Disgust caused by filthy food, feces, and an unfair deal all trigger the same facial expression. So is our moral disgust the same as the primitive disgust caused by toxic food?

Economic abyss: Can money buy happiness? - Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Researchers in positive psychology find that giving is better than receiving, that social relationships are key, and that money can – in some circumstances – buy some happiness.

Happy Thanksgiving! We celebrate eating — and food. - Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving! We celebrate eating — and food. Hungry: Is that your “food clock” ringing? Why does a fruitfly need to smell? How does bitter taste to you? And could eating MSG make you fat?

Warm hand = warm heart? - Thursday, October 30th, 2008

New study finds that holding a warm cup of coffee for a few seconds can make us see other people as warmer, more outgoing. How come?

Reading the brain; controlling the muscles - Thursday, October 16th, 2008

A single neuron in the brain may deliver enough information to control a muscle. These results could eventually help bypass the spinal cord, allowing paralyzed people to control their own muscles.

Stem cells + 10 years: Where are the cures? - Thursday, October 9th, 2008

The discovery of human embryonic stem cells seemed to offer cures for horrific diseases. After 10 years of research, was that hype? Where are the cures from stem cells?

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