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Children Born To Healthy Mothers Are Similar In Size at Birth, Study

Jul 08, 2014 AM EDT Healthy and well-educated mothers give birth to similar size babies worldwide, according to a University of Oxford study.

Whales and Bat Developed Similar Functional Characteristics of ‘Echolocation’

Oct 30, 2013 AM EDT Bats and sperm whales, which are way different from each other in terms of size and living environments, have similar abilities in using echolocation for hunting, according to Danish researchers.

‘Squishier Joints’ Allowed Dinosaurs to Grow To a Gigantic Size, Study

Oct 30, 2013 AM EDT Large, plant-eating dinosaurs, including sauropods, were able to grow to an enormous size because they had softer, ‘squishier’ joints than land mammals.

Marital Happiness Depends Upon the Size of a Gene Variant Involved In the Regulation of Serotonin, Study

Oct 10, 2013 AM EDT People with certain type of gene variant are more likely to suffer from emotional conflicts in their marriage, while people with a different type of variant were less concerned by it, according to a ...

Glass Size, Shape and Color of Wine Determines an Individual’s Drinking Behavior

Sep 28, 2013 AM EDT The amount of wine a person drinks depends upon the glass size, color contrast and the way it is held.

Weight Discrimination against Fat People Leads To More Weight Gain, Study

Jul 31, 2013 AM EDT People frequently criticized for being fat, are more likely to either become or stay obese and overweight people are less likely to lose weight if they feel that they are being treated differently ...

Top 5 Reasons Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others

Jul 15, 2013 AM EDT Similar to human beings, mosquitoes too have tasty food choices! The little bloodsuckers do not bite every human being they come in contact with; they select their prey based on certain physical ...

Small Herbivorous Lizards Can Grow To the Size of 10ft Reptiles, Study

Jul 12, 2013 AM EDT Small plant-eating lizards could grow to the size of 10 feet dragons, according to researchers from the University of California and University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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