Vampire bats who roost together tend to forage for blood together too, study finds 

Even vampire bats enjoy dinner with friends! Females who roost together tend to forage for blood together too, study finds Researchers strapped backpack sensors to 50 female vampire bats in Panama Just over half were wild bats and the rest had been in captivity for two years The team found that females who roost together … Read more

Over-60s put in more of a shift when on an irregular pattern than those half their age, study finds

Proof Baby Boomers DO work harder: Over-60s put in more of a shift when on an irregular pattern than those half their age, study finds It found older staff put in close to equivalent of an extra working week a month Those close to retirement age of 65 are on average working 30 shifts a … Read more

Women are waiting up to a YEAR before GP spots menopause, study finds 

Women are waiting up to a YEAR before GP spots menopause: Most patients visit doctor several times with symptoms before they are diagnosed, study finds Study has found most women visit GP for a year before getting menopause help The survey of more than 5,000 women said 15 per cent saw their GP for six … Read more

Dump the hair dye: Reducing stress can REVERSE gray hair, study says 

Going on vacation REVERSES gray hair! Reducing stress sends hair back to its natural color, Columbia University study finds Researchers from Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons published the study in the journal eLife on Tuesday  The team of researchers made their findings by analyzing the individual hairs of 14 volunteers, seven men … Read more

More than HALF of Earth’s rivers and streams stop flowing periodically, study finds 

More than HALF of the 39million miles of rivers and streams on Earth stop flowing periodically or run dry for part of the year, study finds Researchers found that more than half of Earth’s rivers and streams stop flowing They are in all climates and continents, from Himalayan creeks to Saharan wadis Even longest river … Read more

It’s in your eyes! People with large pupils are more INTELLIGENT, study finds 

It’s in your eyes! People with large pupils are more INTELLIGENT, study finds Researchers tracked pupil size in volunteers taking a range of intelligence tests These covered areas like intelligence, memory retention and the ability to focus  They created a baseline measurement while volunteers looked at a blank screen They found that those with larger … Read more

Men’s brains have similar genes and proteins commonly found in testicles study finds

Intelligence has previously been linked with sperm quality, an idea that may now be confirmed, as scientists have found the male brain and testes have a number of similarities.  A team of scientists, led by the University of Aveiro in Portugal, compared proteins from 33 tissue types and found testes and brains have more than 13,000 … Read more

Children born in the summer are ‘unfairly labelled’ as having special needs, study finds

Children born in the summer are ‘unfairly labelled’ as having special needs by primary schools, because they’re the youngest in their class, an expert argues.  Dr Tammy Campbell, a researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, says summer-born primary school kids are disproportionately given the ‘special educational needs or disabilities’ (SEND) label.  … Read more

Londoners are the vainest people in Britain, study says

Londoners are the vainest people in Britain, study says as a quarter of a million pay for teeth whitening every year Nearly 250,000 online inquiries for teeth whitening made every year in London Brummies second most to get teeth whitened, making 34,000 inquiries a year Bristol, Manchester and Liverpool came joint third with 19,200 inquiries … Read more

Feeling younger can protect adults against health decline, study finds

Simply feeling younger can protect middle-aged and older adults against health decline by buffering against stress, an astonishing new study reveals.  Researchers in Germany investigated whether people’s ‘subjective age’ – feeling younger than we actually are – had an effect on the detrimental effects of stress.  Specifically, the experts looked into the effects of stress … Read more