Science news articles about 'allure'

  • Honeybees succumb to cocaine's allure

    ... like humans going into withdrawal. Barron is confident that honeybees are as susceptible to cocaine's allure as humans, and is keen to find out more about the drug's effects. He hopes to identify the ...
  • Fertile women 'have sexier voice'

    A woman's voice becomes more alluring when she is at her most fertile, according to US research.
  • Flights of green fancy

    Air travel shows no sign of losing its allure but its environmental impact is not going to go away. Katharine Sanderson looks at some of the ways that scientists and engineers hope to reduce the ...
  • Video: NBC video: Bottling the aroma of antiquity

    ... the perfume world — is piecing together ancient perfumes from parchments, frescoes and remnants found in tombs to recreate the allure of Cleopatra and the majesty of the pharaohs. (NBC News Web Extra)
  • When fish talk, scientists listen

    ... a hum; more reminiscent of a long-winded foghorn than a ballad. Female midshipman find it very alluring, and they only approach a male's nest if he makes this call. In a paper published this week in ...
  • Exercise in a pill

    ... mice into long-distance runners and conferred many of exercise's other benefits. In addition to their allure for endurance athletes, drugs that mimic the effects of exercise have therapeutic ...
  • Instant insight: The wonder of gold

    Graham J. Hutchings, Mathias Brust and Hubert Schmidbaur introduce the newly discovered allure of gold
  • How Non-stick Bugs Evade Natural Fly Paper

    ... are in for a sticky end. However, mirid bugs that make the sticky plants their homes seem immune to the alluring adhesive. So what protects mirid bugs from R. gorgonias' fatal grasp? Dagmar Voigt and ...
  • Blowing Away Stress One Cigar at a Time

    ... of his first experience with cigars, in his usual calm demeanor, which can be fittingly compared to the alluring effect of cigar smoke. "I stood there and watched them roll the cigar," Ron ...
  • Caffeine experts at Johns Hopkins call for warning labels for energy drinks

    ... serious drugs of abuse. Potentially feeding that "transition" market, Griffiths says, are other energy drinks with alluring names such as the powdered energy drink additive "Blow" (which is sold in " ...
  • Racialization of drugs mobilizes prior conceptions of identity

    If we want to fully understand the allure of pharmaceuticals, we need to look beyond both medical efficacy and profit motives. A new study in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics shows that when we ...
  • Facial scars are attractive to the opposite sex

    ... , women with facial scars were judged to be as attractive as those without, the researchers said.The sexual allure of the facial scar has long puzzled psychologists. Many believe they are seen by ...
  • Scientists exploring new compounds to target muscular dystrophy

    ... strands of RNA. He notes that drugs more commonly target proteins or DNA, but that RNA offers an alluring target for some diseases. "The drug discovery field really is wide open when it comes to RNA, ...
  • Study examines Brazilian diet pills

    BOSTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The illicit allure of Brazilian diet pills, with a mix of amphetamines and tranquilizers, remains strong in the United States, researchers reported Tuesday.
  • Neural circuitry of near-misses may explain the allure of gambling

    A new study demonstrates that when gambling, almost winning promotes significant recruitment of win-related circuitry within the brain and enhances the motivation to gamble. The research, published ...

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