Why crocodiles are dangerous to gamblers (chameleon eyes/blind people) What do crocodiles and poker have in common? Well, not much, except that a person with a small crocodile may be more willing to bet. Of course, there are some subtle differences. This study was reported in detail in the 20 10 Journal of Gambling Research. The researchers surveyed 62 men and 4 1 woman, some of whom were holding a saltwater crocodile in Queensland before playing video games. Those gamblers who are desperate and those who have few "negative emotions" have higher average bets after holding crocodiles than those who don't. The reptile research named "Never Smile at Crocodiles ……" won the Nobel Prize in Economics. Dipyridamole plays
(Erich Haubrich/Shutterstock) Do any partners snore? A little bit of Digyrido's play may be orderly. Really. A group of scientists wanted to see if playing this organ invented by Australian aborigines could be used to treat obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), a health disorder in which people repeatedly stop breathing during sleep and then start breathing. One of the symptoms is loud snoring. Their research shows that it is successful at least for those with moderate diseases. Their music research was published online in the British Medical Journal in 2005 and won the Peace Prize. This year's "Cat Change"
The physics prize was awarded to Marc Antoine Fading of the Statistical Physics Laboratory in Lyon, France. The award-winning study, entitled "Can cats be both solid and liquid", was published in the Rheological Bulletin of Cat Rheology. In this study, Fading explores how a cat "flows" like a liquid-imagine jumping into a container with a strange shape (of course, it looks too small) just to conform to its shape, which is a feature of liquid. Fading said that he got the idea from 15 pieces of evidence that cats are liquid. He used the so-called Deborah to find out the truth of the problem. This figure is based on the idea that everything will flow as long as there is enough time … even cats! "
James Heathcoat won the anatomy prize of "Close-up Flash Photo Agency/Photographer" in recognition of his research on ears. This study, published in the British Medical Journal from No.65438 to No.0995, focuses on answering a question: Why do the elderly have big ears? Um ... are they more willing to listen to you? Heathcote and three other general practitioners began to measure their ears; They measured the left ear of 206 patients, ranging in age from 30 to 93. In fact, the older men are, the bigger their ears are, and the results show that their ears are 22 mm older. The paper doesn't answer why this happens, only that even if other parts of the body seem to stop growing, a person's ears continue to bloom.
The reversal of the reproductive organs of cave insects (contemporary biology, Ji Ze, etc.) The reproductive organs of cave insects won the biology prize. The research team found the first case of reproductive organ reversal in four species of Trog La, a cave insect in Brazil, namely * * * in males and * * * in females. They found that these females have a so-called gynoecium (pictured), and the * * * shaped genitalia consists of muscles, ducts, membranes and thorns. On the contrary, men have a * * * figure. The researchers have suggested possible reasons for this reversal, including that this structure allows females to mate more frequently for a long time. Their research was published in the 20 14 issue of Current Biology.
How to spill a cup of coffee (Bashutskyy/Shutterstock) Any ordinary coffee drinker knows that it is easy to spill a cup of coffee, especially on the way to work. What if you have to drink your morning coffee backwards? Jiwon Han, a student at the University of Virginia, said. According to a statement, he won the fluid dynamics prize "because he studied the dynamics of liquid sloshing and learned what happens when a person walks backwards with a cup of coffee on his back". Han Han was still a senior high school student when he finished this research and published it in Life Science Achievement on October 6th.
Vampire bats have become the lifeline of Gerry Carter Nutrition Prize winners. In 20 16, three researchers first reported human blood in Diphylla ecaudata's diet in Chiroptera magazine. By analyzing the prey of this vampire bat in the dry forest of Katinga in northeastern Brazil, the researchers found chicken blood and human blood in the mixture. Their findings show that bats eat this novel "prey" (human blood) because there are not enough common suspects around: wild birds in the forest.
Brain on Cheese Some people can't live without cheese, while others, well, make them sick. Now this feeling of "ew" has scientific basis. A group of scientists used brain scans to measure some people's aversion to cheese. Their research, published in Frontier of Human Neuroscience 20 16, shows that some reward areas in the brain of people who hate cheese, called globus pallidus and substantia nigra, belong to basal ganglia and are more active than those who like cheese. In order to activate the brain, the researchers used the smell and pictures of cheese.
Is it me or my twin (Nikita Vishnevich /Shutterstock)? Really? ! Are identical twins really hard to tell apart? According to the research published in PLoS Synthesis 20 15, the answer is. In this study, the researchers showed a pair of identical twins a series of photos, including photos of themselves, their twins and a friend's face (minus any hair, etc.). ); These faces stand upright and upside down. Most people are better at recognizing their faces than others, but identical twins are not. They are as good at recognizing their faces as their own twins.
How does the fetus like his own music (digitalskillet/Shutterstock)? The Nobel Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology was awarded to researchers. Their research results show that "the developing fetus reacts more strongly to the music played by the mother's electromechanical equipment than the music played by the mother's abdomen."