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Bladder cancer detected in urine odors

British researchers have made a device that can "smell" bladder cancer in urine samples. The device uses a sensor to…

11 years ago

Cancer evidence in Neanderthal fossil

According to a fossil study, a Neanderthal living 120,000 years ago had a cancer that is common today. A fossilized…

11 years ago

Placebo effect appears in people with a particular version of COMT gene

A study in the journal PLoS ONE suggests that some people responding to treatments that have no active ingredients in…

12 years ago

Mice learn songs based on the sounds they hear

Mice may have the ability to learn songs based on the sounds they hear, according to US researchers. They found…

12 years ago

Formula predicts woman’s chances of pregnancy

Scientists have devised a formula that predicts a woman’s chances of pregnancy. The formula combines information about how fertility drops…

12 years ago

Glass shape affects drinking speed

British researchers at the University of Bristol believe the shape of beer glasses affects the speed people drink. Their study,…

12 years ago

Super-fertility may explain why women have multiple miscarriages

A team of doctors claim that "super-fertility" may explain why some women have multiple miscarriages. They say the wombs of…

12 years ago

Stressed men prefer heavier women

New research has shown that when placed under stressful situations, men rate larger women as more attractive. British researchers found…

12 years ago

You need to eat less rather than exercise to keep you thin, a new study finds

A new research has contradicted the idea that exercise is more important than diet in the fight against obesity. A…

12 years ago

Supervolcanoes may form and erupt in just hundreds of years

Supervolcanoes, the largest volcanoes on Earth, may take as little as a few hundred years to form and erupt. Supervolcanoes…

12 years ago

Emperor penguins number is double than previously thought as they are counted from space

Scientists have discovered that nearly twice as many emperor penguins inhabit Antarctica as was previously thought. UK, US and Australian…

13 years ago

Obesity is higher than thought as BMI is an insensitive measure of the disease

US researchers have found that the obesity problem may be much worse than previously thought. Experts said using the Body…

13 years ago