Rolling the Stone Away
As regular readers of this space know, there aren't many things better about being a mouse than being a human. But here's one:
Ignorance Isn’t Only Bliss …
We’ve all heard that knowledge is power, but a new study in the current issue of the RAND Journal of Economics turns that old hoary chestnut on its head, arguing that ignorance is the real key to influence.
Who Knew Living Forever Would Smell So Bad?
OK, now this one's weird: The toxic gas that's responsible for making sewers and rotten eggs so stinky produces a suspended-animation-like state in mice.
Pulling A Lever, Kicking The Habit
Italian researchers have discovered that Gamma- Hydroxybutyric acid — also known as GHB, the so-called "date rape drug" — reduces alcohol consumption, promotes abstinence from drinking, suppresses cravings for liquor, and even eases withdrawal symptoms in alcoholics.
Maybe Pigs Can Fly, Too
It's seldom nice to lose your job in a lagging economy - except, perhaps, in the following case.
Worried About Water
Americans are far more concerned about the quality of water than they are about global warming, according to Gallup's annual environmental survey. But they aren't as worried overall about environmental issues as they were in previous years.
A Promising Protein Shake
Mice with muscular dystrophy bulk up when injected with a gene that's responsible for making a specific protein, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
I CAN Believe It’s Not Butter
Late last year, four leading popcorn makers -- Weaver Popcorn Company, ConAgra Foods (manufacturer of Orville Redenbacher's and ACT II), General Mills (Pop Secret) and American Pop Corn Company (Jolly Time) -- announced plans to cut an artificial butter flavor from their products.
Now If Only They’d Hang Themselves Up, Too
Researchers at Monash University in Victoria, Australia, have created clothes — spun from natural fibers — that clean themselves.
Message on a Bottle
According to a 2006 report from market research firm AC Nielsen, one in five table wines brought to market in the three years before features an animal on its label.