Europeans' sweet tooth may have been survival trait

Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:52 PM EDT (New Scientist)

Sweet-toothed Brits have one less excuse for taking their morning tea with several spoons of sugar. They and other Europeans are among the most sugar-sensitive people in the world, a new genetic analysis concludes.

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The genetic secrets of younger-looking skin

Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:48 PM EDT (newscientist.com)

GENETIC analyses of human skin are revealing more about what makes us look old. As well as throwing up ways to smooth away wrinkles, the studies may provide a quantifiable way to test claims made for skin products.

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Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain

Seeded on Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:54 PM EDT (New Scientist)

Have you ever experienced that eerie feeling of a thought popping into your head as if from nowhere, with no clue as to why you had that particular idea at that particular time? You may think that such fleeting thoughts, however random they seem, must be the product of predictabl …

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