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Bananas, berries and chocolate are all examples of good-mood foods. Image: Gregory Gerber/Shutterstock

You are what you eat

Avoid the blues with certain food flavours.

A new compound may offer the first effective and hormone-free birth control pill for men. Image: Shutterstock

New cancer drug key to male contraceptive pill

Scientists believe they are a step closer to developing a male contraceptive pill after they developed a cancer drug that interrupted sperm production in mice.

Computer simulated pyramidal cells in the hippocampus. These cells are thought to be involved in memory and other cognitive functions. Image: M. Hausser/ UCL/ Wellcome Images.

Where do place fields originate?

Silent pyramidal cells in the hippocampus can be converted into active place cells.

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Seizure detector treats epilepsy in rats

The new detectors can reduce the length of seizures in rats by up to 60 per cent.

This bird species needs little sleep to be at its best. Image: Glenn Price/ Shutterstock

Choosy females attracted to sleep deprived male sandpipers

Is beauty sleep overrated? For some bird species it is.

It is usually the male mice who do the singing. Photo courtesy of Bret Pasch.

The singing lab mouse

Genetics help mice express themselves in song.

Natural birth may boost the production of a protein linked to higher levels of IQ. Image: Shutterstock

Natural birth kickstarts key brain protein production

Improve your baby’s IQ, naturally.

Mitochondria (blue) convert food into energy for the nuclei (yellow) and the rest of our cells. Image: Heiti Paves/Shutterstock

Why do women live longer than men?

Aussie women have an average lifespan of 84 years, while the men have an average of 80. The reason why could lie in our genes.

Fish with cancer discovered in Australia. Image: Newcastle University/Michael Sweet

Australian fish have high incidence of skin cancer too

Widespread skin cancer has been identified in coral trout species in the Great Barrier Reef.

Sneezing dispels irritating particles from the nose. Image: Shutterstock

Why do we sneeze?

Sneezing helps us reboot our body.

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