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Babies Smell Sweet, but Teenagers Stink. Is Evolution the Explanation? Carboxylic acids make teens give off a pungent olfactory mix redolent of cheese, plum and even goatsBy Joanna Thompson Credit: HAndrii/Getty Images Teenagers have a reputation for smelling, well, just a tad bit funky. According to the latest research, that stereotype might be more than habitual adult bias against the teen cohort—it could actually be rooted in solid science.In a study published on March 21 in the journal Communications Chemistry,…

If you have ever been unlucky enough to get stuck on a poorly ventilated form of public transport just as a pack of high schoolers get on board after a long day, you will know that teenagers smell bad. It’s an objective fact. They stink.We know that along with a whole host of developmental changes accompanying puberty, that distinctive teenager stench comes from a hormonal activation of sweat glands. The sweat combines with a unique microbial population to generate smells that are unique, to say the least.But until now,…

Shoppers walk in front of a Kohl's store in Mount Kisco, New York.Scott Mlyn | CNBCKohl's said Tuesday that it's teaming up with the owner of Babies R Us to bring baby gear, furniture and more to approximately 200 of its stores across the country.The retailer struck a licensing deal with WHP Global, a brand management firm with a portfolio that includes Bonobos, Joe's Jeans and Anne Klein. The two companies did not disclose the terms of the agreement.Kohl's said the first Babies R Us shops will open this August and expand…

“First text, then images, now OpenAI has a model for generating videos,” screamed Mashable the other day. The makers of ChatGPT and Dall-E had just announced Sora, a text-to-video diffusion model. Cue excited commentary all over the web about what will doubtless become known as T2V, covering the usual spectrum – from “Does this mark the end of ?” to “meh” and everything in between.Sora (the name is Japanese for “sky”) is not the first T2V tool, but it looks more sophisticated than earlier efforts like Meta’s Make-a-Video…

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has a unique problem. It has a hard time producing pictures of white people, often turning Vikings, founding fathers, and Canadian hockey players into people of color. This sparked outrage from the anti-woke community, claiming racism against white people. Today, Google acknowledged Gemini’s error.Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson Interview“We’re working to improve these kinds of depictions immediately,” said Google Communications in a statement. “Gemini’s AI image…

February 20, 20242min readDelayed umbilical cord snipping is worth the wait for preemiesBy Jesse GreenspanDoctors or midwives choose when to cut a baby's umbilical cord after birth. Credit: kieferpix/Getty ImagesWhen a baby is born prematurely, doctors often snip the umbilical cord and whisk the infant away for immediate medical intervention. But a new meta-analysis suggests they should not be so quick to sever the cord, which delivers oxygen and antibody-rich blood to the newborn.To compare umbilical cord practices for…

Scientists have identified a possible cause for intestinal malrotation; a common but poorly understood condition present at birth in which the gut doesn't rotate properly during development.US researchers found that exposure to the herbicide atrazine can disrupt gut rotation development in frog embryos, whose guts develop similarly to humans."Our results have provided new avenues to explore the underlying causes of this prevalent birth anomaly," says molecular biomedical scientist Nanette Nascone-Yoder from North…

As It Happens6:24Great apes get a kick out of 'playfully teasing' each other, study findsWhat do you call it when a chimpanzee offers his buddy a delicious piece of fruit only to pull his hand away at the last second? Or when a bonobo repeatedly pokes, prods and pulls on the hair of an older relative not hard enough to hurt, but just enough to be annoying?It's not quite play, argues anthropologist Erica Cartmill, but it's not quite aggression either. It's "playful teasing." And, according to a new study, it's a very…

Ah, the good old days! There’s nothing like a taste of nostalgia to boost your mood whenever things get tough. You think back to your childhood and you realize how carefree you probably were. Not to mention how much simpler life used to be!The ‘80s and 90s Babies Only’ social media project reminds everyone how great it was to grow up in the 1980s and 1990s. We’ve collected some of their top memes and pics for a blast from the past. Scroll down for a retro daydream that might inspire you to start working on that time…

King’s College London researchers have identified distinct patterns in the brain connectivity of infants, revealing how these patterns differ between those born at term and those born pre-term. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearchers at King’s College London have identified significant differences in brain connectivity between term and pre-term infants, revealing that these early patterns are predictive of later developmental milestones.A new King’s College London scanning study of 390 babies has shown distinct patterns…