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By clock on April 13, 2009.

Odor Matching: The Scent Of Internet Dating:

Dating websites will soon be able to compare partners in terms of whether the personal body odour of the other party will be pleasant to them. This has a very serious biological background.

Dance Your Way To Successful Aging:

Older people can dance their way towards improved health and happiness, according to a report from the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP).

Prehistoric Bears Ate Everything And Anything, Just Like Modern Cousins:

By comparing the craniodental morphology of modern bear species to that of two extinct species, researchers from the University of Málaga have discovered that the expired plantigrades were not so different from their current counterparts. The cave bear, regarded as the great herbivore of the carnivores, was actually more omnivorous than first thought.

Pig Of The Future Might Be Free Of Diseases That Can Infect People:

Pigs are known carriers of the bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica, and they can infect both other pigs and people. Human infection occurs through eating improperly-cooked pork. Professor Truls Nesbakken of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science is trying to rid pigs of the bacterium.

Epigenetics: DNA Isn't Everything:

Research into epigenetics has shown that environmental factors affect characteristics of organisms. These changes are sometimes passed on to the offspring. ETH professor Renato Paro does not believe that this opposes Darwin's theory of evolution.

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