Remember the famous sweaty-T-shirt experiment? When asked to sniff men’s shirts back in 1995, women who were not on the Pill preferred the scent of men who had certain genes that were more dissimilar to their own
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Armored truck drops more than $300,000
Two good Samaritans returned more than $275,000 that tumbled out of an improperly secured armored truck in Syracuse, New York, last week. But some not-so-good Samaritans seem to have walked away with another $60,000 that fell onto the street.
‘Virtual currencies’ power social networks, online games
When Santiago Martinez wants to give his friends birthday presents, he buys a cake or flowers or sometimes a teddy bear. But the 41-year-old, who lives on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, doesn’t spend pesos or dollars. He buys the gifts with an online-only currency called hi5 Coins.
Man who wouldn’t walk again finishes marathon
British soldier Phil Packer was told a year ago that he would never walk again, but on Saturday he finished the London Marathon.
The laws of sexual attraction
Physical attraction may be as old as time, but new studies are beginning to uncover the science behind sex appeal. Unexpected factors — like biochemical odors, face shape and voice pitch — just might have more to do with your choice of mate than anyone ever expected. Karl Grammer and Elizabeth Oberzaucher are leading the research on the human scent’s influence on sexual attraction.
Ambush kills 10 Indian police officers
More than 200 heavily armed suspected Maoists ambushed a police patrol in central India, killing 10 officers and injuring 16, authorities said Saturday. Melissa Huckaby was arrested on charges of kidnapping and murder, according to Tracy, California, police Sgt. Tony Sheneman
Surveillance tape shows missing California girl skipping in alley
A surveillance video of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, missing since March 27, shows the child in the mobile home park where she lives, skipping and happily swinging her arms on the day she disappeared in Tracy, California.
California girl, 8, disappears after playing with friend
Eight-year-old Sandra Cantu came home from school, kissed her mother, and left to color and play with a friend who lived a couple of houses down. That was at 3 p.m. Friday.
Man charged over Australian bush fires named
A court has lifted a ban on identifying a man charged with one of a number of deadly wildfires that scorched southwestern Australia this month. The man, 39-year-old Brendan Sokaluk, did not appear in Monday’s hearing in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, the Australian Associated Press reported