Young European Americans More Likely to Struggle with Tobacco Addiction
	Age and certain genetic variations could greatly affect one later in life whether or not one becomes a heavy smoker, says a study conducted by the University of Utah in collaboration with researchers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, again bringing to attention the dangers to which the young are exposed while smoking. Single nucleotide polymorphism, or SNP for short, is a common genetic variation manifested through the ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 04:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Long the Organisms Live
	Life is ephemeral by definition but it does vary from one species to another. The lifespan of each organism is considered to be the actual time it takes said organism to complete its life cycle. Most bacteria live for 15-80 minutes and then they divide into two daughter cells. More complex organisms live much longer. Sometimes the lifespan can vary between the males and the females of the same species. In octopuses, females live 2 years ... [read more >>]
	14 May 2008, 15:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Machine Can Tell Your Age
	Teenage years are the "best" when it comes to becoming hooked on tobacco. Add to that the fact that adolescents can hardly tell the difference between what it right and what is wrong and you will see why puffing on a cigarette makes many young girls and boys feel hotter and cooler. However, the Japanese have come up with their own solution to this problem: the 570,000 cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon be able ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's Hot Spots of Longevity
	At the moment, the American life expectancy is of 77.8 years, but the number is expected to plummet due to the current obesity pandemics. However, there are zones on our planet where people live like in fairy tales, holding the secret of eternal youth. Dan Buettner has been tracking down world's centenarian hot spots ("blue zones") for several years, and the results of his investigations are found in the book "The Blue ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The World's Oldest Person Is 115-Years-Old
	The world's official oldest person is 115 years and 4 days old. Edna Parker lives in a retirement community in Shelbyville, Indiana, and was born on April 20, 1893. Parker was born on the same day as silent movie star Harold Lloyd. In the same retirement center also lives Sandy Allen, the tallest woman in the world. Born in Morgan County, Indiana, Parker got a teaching certificate at Franklin College in 1911. She married ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fire Ants Play Possum
	This behavior is better known by most people as "playing possum" and by scientists as thanatosis ("putting to death" in Greek). When threatened or harmed, some animals mimic the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. The behavior is mostly known in opossums, but in reality it is practiced by various animals, from some snakes and toads to wasps and crickets. A new research published in the journal " ... [read more >>]
	15 April 2008, 02:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Ideal Wife: 4 to 6 Years Younger
	Hugh Hefner or Michael Douglas are just faithful followers of an evolutionary pathway. A new statistical research published in "Biology Letters" reveals that monogamous men indeed have more children if their wives are younger than them, more exactly, by 4 to 6 years. The research team used the data from a Swedish research, applied a simple equation to the age difference of the parents and the number of offspring, and ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

This Is the World's Oldest Living Person: 120 Years!
	Guinness Book credits as the oldest living person the American Edna Parker, born on the 20th of April, 1893 (thus 114 years, 7 months and 28 days old). Parker got her title in August 2007, after the death of the Japanese Yone Minagawa, 3 months and 16 days older than her. Parker was born on the same day as silent movie star Harold Lloyd. She lives in a retirement community in Shelbyville, Indiana, and unlike Minagawa, Parker still is still ... [read more >>]
	19 February 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Couch Potatoes Live 10 Years Less!
	The remote control saves you from wasting too much energy changing the channels. The only problem is that now and then you have to go to the bathroom.... Damn it! But don't worry: you will be saved of too much effort, as you will live 10 years less because of this couch potato lifestyle. This is the result of a British research led by Tim Spector, at St. Thomas’ hospital in London, on the lengths of telomeres, the tips of our chromoso ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 02:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Could We Live 800 Years?
	Immortality and eternal youth has always been the dream of the humankind. What about a lifespan of 800 years? Yeasts can do it, in their world, if experience a specific mutation. This is the result of a research published in PLoS Genetics by a team at the University of Southern California. They prolonged the lifespan of yeast fungus tenfold (from one week to 10 weeks) by playing with two genes and restricting caloric intake, ... [read more >>]
	17 January 2008, 05:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Which Is the Biologically Ideal Age Difference Between Spouses?
	Any man dreams of being Hugh Hefner, with at least one of his odalisques. It is a fact that men prefer younger women for sex, and women want by their side an older man (well, for sex, we don't really know...). This male preference is universal across cultures worldwide. A Finnish team tried to see if there is a connection between culture, genetics or environment influencing the age differences and which would be the optimal one wi ... [read more >>]
	07 December 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Children Lying about Their Age on the Internet
	Kids are often lying about their age when it comes to registering on certain websites on the Internet, a study conducted by the National Consumer Council revealed. According to the research, numerous kids are exposed to advertisements supposed to be displayed by adults, such as gambling or dating services. More importantly, 73 percent of the commercials are not labeled as adverts and are included in the website's content, w ... [read more >>]
	07 December 2007, 09:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

8 Facts About Death and Long Life
	1.Today, there are over 200,000 centennial (aged over 100) persons. 66 are over 110, turning into supercentennial individuals. These have certifying papers, but their number could be up to about 450. 2.A quarter of the deaths around young Americans, aged 15 to 24, are caused by fire guns. In 1990, this translated to 4,200 cases (in homicides, suicides, and accidents). Only car accidents kill more young people. 3.Annually in France ... [read more >>]
	05 December 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Longest-Lived Animal Ever: 410 Years Old!
	When we talk about longevity, our minds think about giant tortoises and crocodiles, elephants and other animals. Indeed, crocodiles can live as much as human beings and elephants do, also reaching the sixties. Giant tortoises are proved to live more than 200 years. And some ravens and parrots indeed live longer than other birds the same size (but reject that crap information about 100 years and so on!) do. Baobabs are said to live t ... [read more >>]
	29 October 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Penis of the Giant of Cerne Abbas, Painted in Purple
	The main tourist attraction in Cerne Abbas village (Dorset, England) is not its river, nor the streets lined with stone houses, not even the Abbey; it’s its famous giant, a 55 m (180ft) naked figure carved into the chalk hillside. Many would think of the giant, property of the National Trust, the same age as Stonehenge. But the Iron Age fertility symbol would have not been tolerated by the monks of Cerne Abbey and there are n ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why Older Men Drool For Young Women
	Which man in this world is not jealous of Hugh Hefner? It is a fact that men prefer younger women as mates, and women want by their side an older man. This male preference is universal across cultures. Now, a scientific reason has been found: it boosts the evolutionary success. In short, the number of children an individual produces along his lifespan. The new research was made by Martin Fieder and Susanne Huber, a married co ... [read more >>]
	01 September 2007, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The New Oldest Person in the World: 114 Years 3 Months and 25 Days Old
	The oldest person in the world, the Japanese Yone Minagawa, died on Monday evening, at the age of 114, according to AFP. She was the holder of the Guiness Book Record as the oldest living human. Now her title is attributed to the American woman Edna Parker, younger than Minagawa by 3 months and 16 days, born on 20 of April, 1893. The Japanese agency Kyodo has announced that Yone Minagawa, born on the 4 of January 1893, died o ... [read more >>]
	15 August 2007, 13:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Longest-Lived Animals Ever Recorded
	Elephants can live up to 60 years. Crocodiles can reach 80 and even more. Recent data points to the fact that large whales can live over 150 years. But clear data comes from huge land tortoises to crown them as the planet's most long lived animals. If small tortoises can live over 30 years, the large ones can easily reach 180. The most long lived tortoise ever recorded (and the most long lived animal ever recorded) is Tu ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2007, 14:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No More Kids on YouTube
	YouTube has a very strict policy when it comes to the users looking for an account on the popular online video sharing service. If you didn't know, you're not allowed to register an account on YouTube if you're not over 13 years old. However, the parent company Google allows the persons with ages between 13 and 17 to register for an account if their parents allow them to do this. The interesting fact is that YouTub ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2007, 04:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

More Brain Training for Your DS – Gamers Monitored by the DS Brain Age Check
	It all started with Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? in Europe last summer. Since then, over 10 mi ... [read more >>]
	16 May 2007, 09:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia