Bad luck on the ides of March? Didn't catch that leprechaun? Bracket falling apart? Scienceline is here for you. A snapshot of last week's stories:
Inhale. Now exhale, and repeat after me. Omm… omm. Stephanie Warren points out new research on how reducing stress may help you live longer. Hot topic: telomerase, the enzyme associated with aging.
No one can resist those furry, "aww"-inducing pandas. Yet focus on sexy and charismatic endangered animals misses key conservation values, writes Racher Nuwer.
3D TVs are all the rage, and Katie Palmer chronicles the race in holographic video development.
Check out the three new profiles up on Scieneline:
A neuroscientist who studies taste, but won't eat his own fruits and veggies? Madeleine Johnson profiles Alfredo Fontanini from SUNY Stony Brook in his pursuit of why two bites never taste the same.
Plant taxonomy galore: Francie Diep profiles the director of science at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Why do mosquitoes prefer to bite some people to others? Is it their sweet blood? Madeleine Johnson and Amber Williams video profile a scientist who studies how mosquitoes smell. To feed her model organism in the lab, she… wait! No she doesn't?!
When you're done cringing from that video, head over to Rose Eveleth's Sounds Like Science blog for more multimedia repulsion and listen to compost worms slithering away. Also check out her posts with the pop and gurgle of mud pools and commentary on this year's chemistry outlooks by The United Nations.
Also on Scieneline's blogs, Stephanie Warren investigates why red wine induces headaches (fun fact: white wine doesn't), and what can happen to babies whose moms eat stinky foods. Then, Doug Main highlights a new study about why sleep-deprived bees lose their superb communication skills. Sleepy dancing is sloppy dancing.
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