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Love potions might exist after all because scientists from Emory University in Georgia have found a hormone that makes male voles fall in love. It makes them more faithful to females and more friendly to fellow males. The researchers have found that by making the same part...
Prayer seems to almost double the success rate of in vitro fertilization procedures that lead to pregnancy. The study, involving 200 Korean women, found that a group of 100 women who had people praying for them had a 50 percent pregnancy rate compared with a 26 percent rat...
Recent research from the US suggests that Viagra, the anti-inpotence drug, can stop working for many patients after a few years. The scientists, from the university of Alabama, followed up 151 men who began using the drug in 1997. For most of the men the drug worked initia...
The Bermuda Triangle is a place not many people would venture into without misgivings. Hundreds of ships have allegedly vanished in its waters, leading to strange rumours of paranormal activity and alien invasions. But the ships disappearances could simply been caused by m...
It can be difficult at the best of times to remember to take medicines regularly, especially for elderly people who are often taking several different pills a day. Luckily help is at hand in the form of the remind cap, a new invention from a Hong-Kong based company. The ca...
In France, the weekends are the most dangerous time of the week for heart-attacks amongst young people, whilst older people are most likely to die from a heart-attack on Monday morning ! Therefore the answer is simple, abolish weekends and Mondays ! In fact, weekends are n...
So how much exercise do the countries in the European Union take ? A recently published study compared the amount of exercise taken in each of the member states of the EU and found that the Finns topped the league and were the greatest exercise enthusiasts, whilst the Port...
What have ice-cream and Antarctic bacteria got in common, apart from both coming from frozen places? Well, ice-creams of the future may be made extra smooth with the help of bacteria which grow in Antarctic lakes. Scientists have found a natural antifreeze in these bacteri...
