If Tapputi had been born in modern times, she may have been a “nose”, the term for highly skilled fragrance artists, who master chemistry and creativity.
Australian research has also pointed out how essential social media is for young people's fundamental right to access information and participate in society.
Looking for fairtrade or organically produced avocados might help in terms of the human and biodiversity impacts, but the certification processes are far from perfect.
Research has linked a disrupted small intestine microbiome to diseases of the gut. These include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), Crohn’s disease and Celiac disease.
There are plenty of things that shouldn't be present in urine, and one important question a doctor should consider is: “What colour is it?” Doing so can help point toward a diagnosis.
From being left in “constant pain” to developing “rotting gums”, fixing problems caused by cut price cosmetic dentistry can end up costing much more than it would have cost to get the procedures done properly in the first place.
Understanding what's happening in people's brains when they are making decisions helps us understand why certain political messages appeal to them and why they might decide to switch parties.
With genetic data and information on our participants' propensity to trust strangers, we conducted the largest genome-wide association study (studies linking traits with genes) of social trust to date.
Only 5% of patients with Alzheimer's are familial, inherited, and 95% of Alzheimer's patients are sporadic, due to environmental, lifestyle and genetic risk factors.
But you may be wondering why you've heard of vegetarians who eat fish, vegetarians who don't eat eggs, vegetarians who don't eat dairy, and even vegetarians who eat some meat.
US researchers in a 2017 study woke their participants up at regular intervals during the night and asked them what was going through their minds prior to the alarm call.
Medical treatments for cancer are advancing very rapidly. Survival rates are improving greatly and some cancers are now being managed more as long-term chronic diseases rather than illnesses that will rapidly claim a patient's life.
Many of the components of the brain are, in fact, working close to the top of their temperature ranges, meaning that small increases in temperature or humidity may mean they stop working so well together.
