Here are are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! why a whiff of cats or rats is scary “Mice — even those that have never before encountered other species — will act fearfully when exposed to the odor of many different kinds Read more…
Here are are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! 3400 year old music still has some appeal! Phoenician Ahiram the King of Byblos, Phoenicia, lived c. 1250 B.C. His sarcophagus is inscribed with the single oldest document in history that contains all Read more…
As our adult children travel far and wide in pursuit of their own goals, it’s comforting to learn from a new research study that talking to them can reduce their stress (as measured by reductions in cortisol and increases in oxytocin). Girls between 7 and 12 years of age were Read more…
Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! Brain scans may be useful lie detectors ‘Scientists at Stanford University were able to tell when a person recognized a mug shot by reading their brain waves.’ Intensive harvests threaten Brazil Nut futures (I Read more…
Here are a few stories that I have found interesting and I hope you will, too! the mouse “Grimace Scale” to help understand pain in animals and humans “This is the first time researchers have successfully developed a scale to measure spontaneous responses in animals that resemble human responses to Read more…