Eleanor Maguire, Memory Expert Who Studied London Cabbies, Dies at 54
By watching the brain process information, she discovered that a specific region plays a key role in spatial navigation — and ...
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Smell of Ancient Egyptian Mummies Reveals New Insights Into Embalming Practices
The analysis provided new insights into the materials ancient Egyptians used for embalming, revealing how these practices ...
The scent of the mummy. Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
In films and books, terrible things happen to those who smell mummified bodies,” said Cecilia Bembibre, director of research ...
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Scent of mummy: Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
The researchers wanted to systematically study the smell of mummies because it has long been a subject of fascination for the ...
This raunchy habit might help you delay menopause — you don’t even need to do it that often
“Menopause is, of course, an inevitability for women, and there is no behavioral intervention that will prevent reproductive ...
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Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...
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Inconsistent reporting leads to underestimation of climate impact of methane
Companies around the world are underestimating their total greenhouse gas footprints because of inconsistent accounting standards for methane emissions, finds a new study by researchers from UCL and ...
What do Egyptian mummies smell like? Surprisingly pleasant.
Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...
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University College London Hospitals Trust reports surplus last year, despite significant overspending across NHS trusts
University College London Hospitals Trust reported a £43.9m surplus last year, new figures show, despite the NHS facing a ...
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New evidence suggests bird flu in veterinarians went undetected
A study looking at whether veterinarians who work with cows have been unknowingly infected with H5N1 bird flu supports the ...
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The Venn Diagram of Trump’s Authoritarian Actions
Professor Christina Pagel of University College London has mapped the actions of the Trump administration’s first few week ...