Black chocolate wrappers make consumers think that confectionary will taste more bitter, while yellow and pink create expectations of sweetness, a study found. Researchers from Brazil asked 420 individuals to predict the taste qualities of slabs of milk and dark chocolate that came presented in different coloured packaging. They also found that black wrapping made people expect … Read more
‘Manly’ men make better DADS: Masculine traits including competitiveness and adventurousness are linked to stronger parenting skills, study claims Men completed questionnaires when their partners were in their 3rd trimester Their parenting skills were then assessed when the baby was nine months old Typically masculine skills were linked to better parenting skills However, those who … Read more
Modern human brains are ‘relatively young’ and only evolved as far back as 1.7 million years ago after the earliest humans first dispersed from Africa, a new study claims. Researchers used computed tomography to examine the skulls of Homo fossils that lived in Africa and Asia between 1 million and 2 million years ago. They … Read more
Joint China-WHO study into origins of Covid-19 has provided no credible answers and a new probe is needed with or without Beijing, group of international scientists say Twenty-four top researchers from around the world said the report was tainted The probe last week concluded that the virus did not leak from a Wuhan lab It … Read more
How dogs are more likely to be southpaws than we are: A third of pooches favour their left paw when reaching for food, study shows A study of 17,901 dogs across the UK found 31 per cent favoured their left paw 43 per cent favoured their right – much like cartoon superstar Scooby Doo In … Read more
While our bones act as a support structure for our body, millions of years ago they behaved like batteries to help ancient fish travel long distances. A team of German paleontologists analyzed bone structures of a 423 million-year-old jawless, armored extinct species that showed the creature’s bone cells dissolved some of the tissue to supply … Read more
Women are more disgusted by smells in the second half of their menstrual cycle because their immune system is suppressed and they are more at risk of infection, study finds Jagiellonian University Medical School in Krakow scientists surveyed 93 women Found women were more disgusted in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle Researchers say … Read more
Aged 47 and with aches all over? You’ve hit middle age! Feeling stiff, getting a belly and not knowing what songs are in the charts are tell-tale signs of ageing, study finds A study of 2,000 adults has found the tell-tale signs of becoming middle aged These included feeling stiff all over, getting a belly, … Read more
Climate change has slashed global food productivity by more than 20% in the past 60 years, study reveals Farmers are growing a fifth less food than if weather were the same as in 1961 In warmer areas like Latin America and Africa, the drop is as high as 34 percent The US only saw slows … Read more
Want to improve your next Zoom call? Use HAND signals! Simple gestures such as waving before speaking can make online meetings easier, study finds Researchers from UCL have developed the Video Meeting Signals system It includes a hand on heart to show kindness and crossed arms if you disagree Students who tested the hand gestures … Read more