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• Heat in chili peppers can ease sinus problems, research shows
• What determines a company's performance? Shape of the CEO's face!
• Cars could run on recycled newspaper, scientists say
• Females choose mates for their personalities, zebra finch study shows

Heat in chili peppers can ease sinus problems, research shows Posted: 25 Aug 2011 01:49 PM PDT Hot chili peppers are known to make people "tear up," but a new study found that a nasal spray containing an ingredient derived from hot chili peppers may help people "clear up" certain types of sinus inflammation.

What determines a company's performance? Shape of the CEO's face! Posted: 25 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT Believe it or not, one thing that predicts how well a CEO's company performs is the width of the CEO's face. CEOs with wider faces have better-performing companies than CEOs with long faces.

Cars could run on recycled newspaper, scientists say Posted: 25 Aug 2011 07:50 AM PDT Here's one way that old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. Scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed "TU-103," that can use paper to produce butanol, a biofuel that can serve as a substitute for gasoline. They are currently experimenting with old editions of the Times Picayune, New Orleans' venerable daily newspaper, with great success.

Females choose mates for their personalities, zebra finch study shows Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:23 PM PDT Adventurous females choose mates with similar personalities, regardless of the male's appearance and other assets, according to new research in birds. This is the first study to show that the non-sexual behavior or personalities of both mates influences partner choice in non-humans. The study focused on a population of more than 150 zebra finches.

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