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People who can’t smell breathe differently.

17 November 2024 grant 0

Popular Science shares a finding that people born without the ability to smell actually inhale and exhale differently than people who can tell what it is they’re smelling:

In other

… Read the rest “People who can’t smell breathe differently.”

Moon running on the Wall of Death

6 June 2024 grant 0

Science News finds inspiration from the carnival for a new way to keep astronauts in shape, by running along the inside of a circular wall just like motorcycle stunt-riders do on the Wall … Read the rest “Moon running on the Wall of Death”

Exercise slows down your perception of time.

23 May 2024 grant 0

Science Alert brings us (well, those of us who are working out) one step closer to moving like the wind through a world of living statues with research from the UK and the Netherlands that shows… Read the rest “Exercise slows down your perception of time.”

Say it to me deeply.

13 February 2024 grant 0

Science Daily reports on research into the psychological effects of the pitch of people’s voices. It’s fairly well known that people find men’s voices more attractive,… Read the rest “Say it to me deeply.”

Here’s why long covid makes you tired.

7 January 2024 grant 0

Amsterdam-based researchers have isolated a physical mechanism behind the fatigue that strikes some people for months after a covid infection. It comes down to the mitochondria in muscle… Read the rest “Here’s why long covid makes you tired.”

Exercise scientists: women hunted, men gathered

14 November 2023 grant 0

Scientific American upends the old idea that manly men evolved to hunt for meat for growing prehistoric families with physiological evidence that women – who are better endurance… Read the rest “Exercise scientists: women hunted, men gathered”

No sex, please. Not menopausal, just busy! (Research says.)

11 March 2023 grant 0

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine looked (I’m tempted to say “longingly”) at the sex lives of middle-aged women, and found the main factor influencing… Read the rest “No sex, please. Not menopausal, just busy! (Research says.)”

How a ballerina spins, as a neurophysical phenomenon.

1 March 2023 grant 0

The journal Human Movement Science carries research from Swiss sports scientists who have used ballet dancers to figure out how it can be possible for a human being to keep spinning on one… Read the rest “How a ballerina spins, as a neurophysical phenomenon.”

The key to staying fit when you’re less active is maintaining your intensity.

25 March 2021 grant 0

Outside takes a hard, scientific look at our pandemic year (and our softening middle sections) using a measure called “VO2,” which is a way of tracking how aerobically fit … Read the rest “The key to staying fit when you’re less active is maintaining your intensity.”

Chilling out: Starting to study the physiology of ASMR

22 August 2018 grant 0

Researchers from the UK’s University of Sheffield and Manchester Metropolitan University have taken a closer look at what’s really going on with all those hugely popular,… Read the rest “Chilling out: Starting to study the physiology of ASMR”

Everything you know about low-fat dieting is wrong.

2 November 2015 grant 0

Nature reveals that low-fat diets don’t really help you lose weight:

An analysis of 53 weight-loss studies that included more than 68,000 people has concluded that, despite their

… Read the rest “Everything you know about low-fat dieting is wrong.”

A lab-grown limb (muscle, blood and skin).

12 June 2015 grant 0

New Scientist has photos and video of a severed rat limb… that was never part of any rat’s body. It was grown in a dish:

It may go down in history as the first step to creating real,

… Read the rest “A lab-grown limb (muscle, blood and skin).”

Working nights? Lay off the spinach and liver.

22 October 2014 grant 0

Science Daily has more dietary recommendations for resetting your body’s clock:

Disrupted circadian clocks, researchers believe, are the reason that shift workers experience

… Read the rest “Working nights? Lay off the spinach and liver.”

In. Out. Ahhh…..

7 December 2010 grant b 0

A better life can come down to the simplest thing in the world. Yesterday, NPR.org investigated the science behind one of the most potent therapies for stress relief – simply taking… Read the rest “In. Out. Ahhh…..”

Get up. Really.

16 July 2010 grant b 0

New York Times quotes research that proves exercise won’t save you. It’s the sitting that kills you:

…[S]cientists from the University of South Carolina and the Pennington

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