The first artificial sweetener – Sac Charin – was discovered by accident, when in 1879, Ira Rimsen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, saw a sweet substance on his hand after experimenting with various chemicals in a laboratory. Sac Cherin quickly became very popular, mainly because of how cheap it …
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Studies of mammals have shown that various environmental effects such as ‘memories’ such as diet, weight and stress are passed down from father to offspring, although these states are not coded into sperm-driven DNA sequences. Now, we have a new understanding of how this is possible. The story has a …
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Simply put, obesity is a product of the body’s output energy being less than the energy energy input. But in reality, nothing is simple about this complex and mysterious disease. Obesity, which has skyrocketed in recent decades – now defining the body mass of 0% of adult Americans – is …
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Probably the most well-known result of the Earth’s magnetic field is the Aurora Boralis and Austral Australia (Northern and Southern Lights). When charged particles from the solar wind run into the Earth’s magnetic field, they can occasionally emit spectacular light displays. For many years, scientists have thought that the charged …
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U.S. One of the most commonly used medications in the world – and the most commonly taken ic Nalgesic worldwide – can do much more than alleviate your headaches, recent evidence suggests. Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and widely sold under the brand names Tylenol and Panadol, measures changes in …
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