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- Shared flavor compounds show up on US menus, rare in Asian cuisines
- Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds
- Second-guessing one's decisions leads to unhappiness, psychology researcher finds
- Lead levels in drinking water spike when copper and lead pipes joined: Levels linked to galvanic corrosion, disinfectants, pH
- Unwanted online sexual exposures decline for youth, new research finds
- Pregnant women advised to stay cool for baby's sake
| Shared flavor compounds show up on US menus, rare in Asian cuisines Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST North Americans and Western Europeans love a good mix of alpha-terpineol, 4-methylpentanoic acid and ethyl propionate for dinner, flavor compounds shared in popular ingredients like tomatoes, Parmesan cheese and white wine. Authentic East Asian recipes, on the other hand, tend to avoid mixing ingredients with many shared flavor compounds, according to new research.  |
| Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST Uninformed individuals -- as in those with no prior knowledge or strong feelings on a situation's outcome -- can actually be vital to achieving a democratic consensus, according to new research. These individuals tend to side with and embolden the numerical majority and dilute the influence of powerful minority factions who would otherwise dominate everyone else.  |
| Second-guessing one's decisions leads to unhappiness, psychology researcher finds Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:58 AM PST You're in search of a new coffee maker, and the simple quest becomes, well, an ordeal. After doing copious amounts of research and reading dozens of consumer reviews, you finally make a purchase, only to wonder: "Was this the right choice? Could I do better? What is the return policy?"  |
| Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:35 AM PST Lead pipes once used routinely in municipal water distribution systems are a well-recognized source of dangerous lead contamination, but new research suggests that the partial replacement of these pipes can make the problem worse. The research shows that joining old lead pipes with new copper lines using brass fittings spurs galvanic corrosion that can dramatically increase the amount of lead released into drinking water supplies.  |
| Unwanted online sexual exposures decline for youth, new research finds Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:35 AM PST A new study finds declines in two kinds of youth Internet sexual encounters of great concern to parents: Unwanted sexual solicitations and unwanted exposure to pornography. The researchers suspect that greater public awareness may have been, in part, what has helped.  |
| Pregnant women advised to stay cool for baby's sake Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:56 AM PST Medical researchers have found a link between increases in temperature and the incidence of stillbirth and shorter pregnancies.  |
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