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Stories about: carotenoid

Brightly Colored Birds, More Vulnerable to Nuclear Accidents What's the connection between a nuclear explosion and a bird's feathers? Well, the brighter the bird, the more exposed it is to radiation, as found by a new research examining bird populations around the 1986 nuclear disaster zone at Chernobyl, Ukraine. The same compounds that many birds employ to give colo... 12 July 2007 03:27 GMT Vegetables and Healthy Sex Are you an exclusive meat-eater? Bad news, 'cause your veggies could revigorate your sex life. A team including Kevin McGraw an assistant professor at Arizona State University and Daniel Ardia, of Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania has showed that carotenoids - the pigments that give carrots the orang... 15 June 2007 14:56 GMT Carrots, Longer Life and a Lot of Sex Have you ever thought about the link between carrots and sexual success?A team at the Universities of Glasgow and Exeter has found that the plant pigments called carotenoids, besides slowing down the aging rhythm of the males and thus prolonging their life, makes them more attractive to females.Carotenoids usually gi... 11 May 2007 18:46 GMT