Thursday, 24 May, 2012

Surprise: Crabs prefer fish fresh, just like you and me! Study shows that odor of rotten fish repels stone crabs; shows evolutionary reason why decay organisms make foul stench.

Do GM crops work as advertised? Do they kill only pest insects? Do they keep their modified genes to themselves? Or are they a hazard to the environment? Read the GM crop 10-year checkup.

If you convince people that a food made them sick, some will avoid the food in the future. You lie and implant a memory, and that changes behavior.

How do smart diners decide from an unfamiliar menu? They take advice. Ditto for bees. If they haven’t seen the flowers before, they follow the lead of another bee.

The gawky walk of a bird: The head is still, then it lunges forward. A new study tells why. (Hint: It’s not just to look funny.)

Feeling burned? Farmed salmon have higher levels of a brominated flame retardant than wild salmon.

To battle the bulging waistline, the feds have devised 12 food pyramids to help choose a lifestyle that balances nutrition and excercise. Is this mound helpful?

How safe is genetically modified food? Was this test a legitimate study, or was its conclusion based on faulty methods?

Food-borne diseases sicken 76 million Americans each year. Would it be safer to pass our food through the irradiator?