Work Stress Causes 10 Percent of Strokes

 Posted on December 19, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Mental stress at work may increase the risk of stroke, a new study says. The results show that among men in middle and high social classes, those who experienced psychological stress at work were about 1.4 times more likely to have a stroke than others who did not. All in all, that means about 10 percent of strokes in this group can be attributed to work stress, the researchers said. The rest of the strokes were related to other risk factors, such as smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes. [Read More]

A Man Took Too Much Erectile Dysfunction Drug. Then His Vision Turned Red

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  591 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Downing a high dose of a liquid erectile dysfunction drug gave one man in New York an unexpected side effect: it caused his vision to turn, and stay, red, according to a new report of his case. Indeed, two years after the incident, the man's vision remains altered, according to the case report, which was published Oct. 1 in the journal Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. The man, 31, visited the urgent care clinic at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai two years ago, complaining of red-tinted vision and decreased contrast in both of his eyes. [Read More]

Ancient Egyptian Calendar Reveals Earliest Record of 'Demon Star'

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  620 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Ancient Egyptians may have chronicled the flickering of a star known as "the Demon," perhaps the earliest known record of a variable star, astronomers suggest. The ancient Egyptians wrote calendars that marked lucky and unlucky days. These predictions were based on astronomical and mythological events thought of as influential for everyday life. The best preserved of these calendars is the Cairo Calendar, a papyrus document dating between 1163 and 1271 B. [Read More]

Buffet Behavior: The Science of Pigging Out

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  560 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Editor’s note: The story below includes research from Brian Wansink. On Sept. 20, 2018, Wansink resigned from Cornell University, after an internal investigation found that he had "committed academic misconduct in his research and scholarship, including misreporting of research data, problematic statistical techniques, failure to properly document and preserve research results, and inappropriate authorship," according to a statement from Cornell University Provost Michael Kotlikoff. At an all-you-can-eat buffet, heavier people are more likely to use larger plates, chew less and engage in other behaviors that lead to overeating, a new study finds. [Read More]

Bugs Love the Way You Sweat (Infographic)

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  1 minutes  |  1 words  |  Trudie Dory

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Crime Scene Photos: These Items Came from UK's Most Infamous Cases

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  5 minutes  |  876 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

A strange new exhibit opened today (Oct. 9) at the Museum of London in the United Kingdom. The "Crime Museum Uncovered" exhibit features items from the Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum, a private gallery of evidence and weapons associated with some of the U.K.'s most infamous criminal cases. From a pincushion embroidered with human hair to a mask of a dead murderer's face, here are some of the highlights from the macabre exhibit. [Read More]

Cultured Men Are Happier, Study Finds

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  604 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Men who enjoy taking in the ballet or browsing art museums are more likely to be happy with their lives and satisfied with their health than men who don't enjoy the finer things in life, a new study finds. And although greater enjoyment of cultural activities is associated with higher income, the arts have a beneficial effect regardless of other factors that might influence health and happiness, including socioeconomic status. [Read More]

Elephants' Trunks Are Like Super-Strong Gumby Arms

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  570 words  |  Patria Henriques

AUSTIN, Texas — The marvel that is the elephant's trunk — an extendable nose that can also help the pachyderm eat cereal and even paint — has just outdone itself. Researchers have found this impressive sensory organ can telescope out 25% farther than its length at rest by unstacking its wrinkles of skin. Until now, no one had measured how far an elephant could stretch its trunk — at least not in a scientific capacity, said Andrew Schulz, a conservation physicist at Georgia Institute of Technology, and lead author on the study presented here at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting on Sunday (Jan. [Read More]

Hot New Wood Stoves: High-Tech & Eco-Friendly

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  5 minutes  |  901 words  |  Patria Henriques

Ever since the first caveman threw a log on the first fire, burning wood for heating and cooking has helped to define human civilization. But wood as a fuel source has some inherent drawbacks, especially the gases, particulate matter and other pollutants produced by burning logs. A new generation of high-efficiency wood stoves, however, has become available that are as low in emissions as they are high in energy efficiency. And as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduces new regulations designed to make wood stoves even more efficient, people are rediscovering wood as a smart, renewable source of energy. [Read More]

How a Renegade 'Sausage Galaxy' Gave the Milky Way Its Bulge

 Posted on December 18, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  726 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

About 10 billion years ago, a young and reckless Milky Way crashed head-on into the sausage-shaped galaxy next door, and neither star system was ever the same. The sausage-shaped galaxy — actually a dwarf galaxy of a few billion stars that researchers have dubbed "the Gaia Sausage" — was probably shred to mincemeat on impact with the much larger Milky Way, but not before imposing some serious changes on our home galaxy. [Read More]