This wonder cure does not work if there are artificial sweeteners in the water instead of sugars. A sweet taste alone is not sufficient. Scientists think rinsing with sugar water – which always leads to some of the sugar being absorbed by the body – stimulates reward centres in the brain which are also involved in muscle control.
Red
Forty percent of the French will walk through a red light, as opposed to two percent of the Japanese. This finding comes from a study by the University of Strasbourg on pedestrian behaviour is Strasbourg and Nagoya. So are more of the French colour blind? No, say the researchers. The Japanese are conformist and the French are not. So the question is: are you a Frenchie or more Japanese?
Bald
Bald men mainly have their mothers to thank for it, says a genetic study of male baldness by the University of Edinburgh. The researchers found 287 genetic regions which play a role in baldness. Most of them are found on the X chromosome, which men get from their mothers.