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Food Science

Obesity Science Update: Fat People Smell Food Better And The Discovery Of An Obesity Gene

by SlantedScientist November 15, 2010

Two science news stories, one common theme today: obesity. Fat folk. Seat thieves. Blubberhouses. Call them what you will, they’re here to stay. First up is the news that scientists have determined that fat people are better able to smell food. Could this be the reason for their obesity, rather than an effect of it? [...]

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Scientists Discover Self-Cloning Lizard In Vietnamese Restaurant

by SlantedScientist November 14, 2010

In news which will surprise nobody who has eaten in one, scientists have announced that they have made the chance discovery of a novel kind of life in a Vietnamese restaurant. It’s a lizard. Most lizards are like us: to reproduce they need a male, a female, and lots of alcohol. But a new species [...]

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The Latest Diet: Scientists Say That Working For Food Makes It Taste Better

by SlantedScientist November 6, 2010

We know diets. We’ve done the cabbage soup, the WeightWatchers, the Jenny Craig, the high fiber, the low fat, the high protein, the low carb. One time we deliberately swallowed a tapeworm so we could eat anything we liked and still lose weight. Sadly, our diet was so poor – basically, pizza-sandwhiches and Sprite -  [...]

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SlantedScience’s Monday Cancer Roundup: This Will (Not) Kill You

by SlantedScientist October 30, 2010

Oh boy. The terrible things that happen when tabloids latch onto University science departments’ PR releases: The list of substances which are claimed to either cause or cure cancer is astounding, and grows weekly. It’s confusing. Curry, cats, cabbage and corndogs. Come up with any noun you want, and there’ll be a scientist out there [...]

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