'Smart' pigs use mirrors to find hidden food!October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Pigs might not be able to fly but they do have other talents. The "Mr. Smarty Pant" animal can learn how to interpret an image in the mirror and use it to find hidden food, say scientists.
New organic fertiliser boosts farm outputSeptember 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Human urine and wood ash appear to make a potent, low cost fertiliser for boosting output of food crops. A new study found that plants fertilised with urine produced four times more tomatoes than nonfertilised plants and as much as plants given synthetic fertiliser.
How a hormone influences the motivation to eatAugust 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It's a well-known fact: people eat not only because they are hungry, but also because the food just simply tastes too good to ignore. Now, a new study has helped explain how leptin, a hormone produced by fat tissue, influences that motivation to eat.
Women eat less when dining with men, but more with womenAugust 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - What you eat depends on with whom you eat, that's the conclusion of a new study. The study conducted by researchers at McMaster University appears in the online version of the international journal Appetite.
Squirrels learn from observing othersJuly 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that squirrels quickly learn by watching their peers. In the study, Dr Lisa Leaver of the University of Exeter and her colleagues tested grey squirrels' ability to learn to choose between two pots of food after watching another squirrel remove a nut from one of the pots.
Ads work better if all senses are involvedJuly 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Advertisements that only mention taste and ignore other senses will be less effective, suggests a new study. Naturally, most food advertisements mention the taste of the food being marketed.
Weed killers can improve nutritional value of important food cropJuly 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new study, scientists have obtained first evidence that the use of weed killers in farmers' fields boosts the nutritional value of an important food crop. The study determined that the application of two common herbicides to several varieties of sweet corn significantly increased the amount of key nutrients termed carotenoids in the corn kernels.
Clever dogs find food by sniffing other dogs' breathJuly 8th, 2009 LONDON - Dogs can find food by sniffing the snouts of fellow canines, finds a new study. "They're scavengers," New Scientist magazine quoted Clive Wynne, a psychologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, as saying.
Duck-billed dino ate unlike anything alive todayJune 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new study, scientists have found evidence that the duck-billed dinosaurs - the Hadrosaurs - had a unique way of eating, unlike any living creature today. Working with researchers from the Natural History Museum, the study uses a new approach to analyze the feeding mechanisms of dinosaurs and understand their place in the ecosystems of tens of millions of years ago.
It's official: way to a man's heart is through his stomachJune 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A new study has confirmed what many women already knew: men prefer food over sex. The Australian study asked individuals to rank which everyday experiences give them the most pleasure.
Two distinct processes involved in determining true and falseJune 21st, 2009 LONDON - A recent study shows that we use two separate processes to determine the subtle differences between true and false in our daily lives as opposed to previous views that true and false statements are both processed in the left inferior frontal cortex. According to researchers from the Universities of Lisbon and Vita-Salute, Milan, determining whether a statement is true involves memory and deciding whether one is false relies on reasoning and problem-solving processes.
It's official: Junk food is addictiveJune 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - A new study has confirmed what many people already believed - junk food can be addictive. In the two-month long study, rats which were allowed to gorge on foods rich in sugar and fat put on weight, and also become "anxious" when this food was replaced.
Humans 'can't distinguish pate from dog food'May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - People might one day be eating dog food, for a new study has found that it tastes as good as liverwurst or duck liver mousse. The researchers found that people can't differentiate in the flavour of dog foods with that of normal human foods.
Mothers with negative traits likely to give kids unhealthy foodApril 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Women with negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their kids unhealthy food, according to a Norwegian study. This is the first ever research project that analyses children's diets combined with both psychological and socio-demographic variables in the mother.
Female orangs snatch food from males to test potential matesApril 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed that female orang-utans test potential mates by snatching food from the males, which enables them to find out whether they would react violently or tolerate the stealing. Maria van Noordwijk, who authored the study at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, revealed that the females would scream and tended to end the interactions when the males reacted violently or took the food back.
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