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On people's skin there are all sorts of bacteria, which researchers found to be more or less attractive to malaria mosquitoes.Actually, skin bacteria turns sweat into certain odors, that mosquitoes recognize with an amazing precision.PhD researcher Niels Verhulst made this discovery, and he also proved that the ... |
29 November 2010
11:10 GMT |
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The first mission of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty tasks the player (there are minimal spoilers ahead but nothing you could not get from watching trailers and reading news) with commanding a small squad of Marines, complete with one Jim Raynor special character, on an rampage on Mar Sara, taking out some Confederate... |
28 July 2010
10:31 GMT |
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If there ever was a man who thought he could easily mask the smell of underarm sweat with some deodorant or special anti-perspiration product without washing, he should reconsider that. A new study on women’s ability to detect body odor comes to show that they are always able to pick out the smell of sweat... |
8 April 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Other than living with the stress of being several hundred miles above the surface of the planet, there are other problems that affect the crew members of the International Space Station as well. During their six-month stay on the laboratory, they have to maintain a strict code of hygiene, so as not to embarrass them... |
18 March 2009
04:50 GMT |
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Turning to nature for inspiration is the key to constructing a lot of things, from very tall buildings, shaped after bamboo, to, apparently, sunscreen, which now researchers believe can be successfully made from hippo sweat. While this may disgust some, it could, indeed, prove to be the best protection anyone could h... |
17 March 2009
05:03 GMT |
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Among many other things, the International Space Station has been provided, via the Endeavour spacecraft, and courtesy of NASA, with a $250 million urine and sweat recycling apparatus supposed to ensure potable and bath water for the station's crew of six. Yet, during the recent few days since its installation, ... |
25 November 2008
09:32 GMT |
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A part of the expensive urine and sweat recycling device installed aboard the International Space Station, namely the one involved in purifying the astronaut's urine and convert it into potable water, failed, announced the flight controllers yesterday. Ground control technicians are assessing the possibility of ... |
22 November 2008
06:24 GMT |
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Aside from being very unreliable when it comes to retaining an electric charge for long periods of time, typical batteries sometimes also have problems with excessive heating that can make them either explode and start fires, or leak toxic fluids when left unused for long periods of time. Additionally, most of the ti... |
5 June 2008
10:11 GMT |
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They haven't yet entered the market, but the smart textiles are continuously improving, going beyond measuring body temperature and heart activity, which may seem obsolete now. New mini-biosensors integrated in the fabrics can analyze body fluids, like a drop of sweat, delivering more information on the wearer&#... |
31 March 2008
04:36 GMT |
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In the end, that's nothing odd on this. On one side, researches showed that man's armpit sweat does contain pheromones, and if they do not make women enter in heat like animals, they do change some hormonal concentrations and brain chemistry. On the other hand, one of the most appreciated and expensive sce... |
17 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
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You know the typical 'skunk' in each company. It can be big, hairy and very pleased at how people panic when they see him. He should know that it's not the mighty blubber-filled body that which makes an impression on them; they are rather looking for the gas mask. But don't blame him for that...as... |
2 November 2007
08:08 GMT |
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The mosquito is much more dangerous than just the cause of a nasty itching. At the tropics, malaria is the greatest killer and mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus and it's already present in the US. Mosquitoes have been around for at least 175 million years and they are here to stay, with all our efforts of fig... |
30 July 2007
14:06 GMT |
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We tend to believe that bodyweight variations are strictly linked to the changes in fatty body mass. Still, they can be also the result of acute changes in total body water. Body weight changes triggered by climate usually take the form of weight gain rather than weight loss, especially when the body acclimates to in... |
12 June 2007
15:46 GMT |
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Do they call you skunk?Do tons of antiperspirants not work?In this case you could chase away the pit stains with ... botox. Botox, the trade name for Botulinum toxin, is a neurotoxic protein found in the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is one of the most poisonous naturally occurring chemicals in the world, but ... |
10 May 2007
04:30 GMT |
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This pathetic creature has reached the status of the most efficient killer on the planet. What turned the weaponless ape named human into what we are today? "Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their fast... |
17 April 2007
09:44 GMT |
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