Way of the mouth
Oral vaccination may enhance immunological memory
Physiology
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Garlic breath
A team of researchers from Austria report that the lingering smell from garlic-eaters comes not from the plant, but from the chemicals in the blood produced by a change in the body's metabolism. The
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Growing up and how
The protein, leptin, could be the key to initiating puberty in an individual
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Double trouble
It is very well known that alcohol and cigarettes are ancient companions, but the reason for the link is not well understood. Scientists recently discovered that both these chemicals affect the same
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Likes and unlikes
Appearances are deceptive, as the case of honey bees demonstrates. Though physiologically alike, queens and workers among bees can be genetically classified as different species
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Deadly duo
Janalee Cadwell of the University of Oklahoma, US, has been investigating South American frogs whose poisonous secretions are used to tip arrows and darts. Her researches have led to the conclusion
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The attack within
a controversial theory
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Masking noise
Scientists at the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences dipas), New Delhi, have recently developed a gas mask containing five per cent carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) and 95 per cent oxygen
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Ears for music
What makes a person dance to loud music? Neil Todd, a psychologist at the University of Manchester, UK, thinks that the urge has its roots inside the ears. Basing his arguments on studies on animals,
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Engendering global development
DESPITE all efforts to marginalise the chasm between the genders, the Human Development Report (hdr), 1995, has documented gender disparities still existing in the world. Prepared against the