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Cassini-Huygens, a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, has captured Saturn like we rarely see it.

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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center discovered why some people who are stuffed from lunch still eats and wants to eat.

The study suggest that the so-called appetite stimulator hormone ghrelin might work the brain to make some people keep eating “pleasurable” foods when they are already full.

Ghrelin boost the visual cues through action on the brain reward centers including: Amygdala, Insula, and Orbitofrontal Cortex. These areas are responsible for pleasure sensation. Affecting these areas causes foods to be more appealing to a person.

Dr. Jeffrey Zigman, assistant professor of internal medicine and psychiatry at UT Southwestern speculated that ghrelin might also increase specific rewarding aspects of eating.

The study was conducted by doing two standard behavioral tests on mice. They evaluated in the first test whether completely satisfied mice preferred a room where they had previously found high-fat food over one that had only regular bland food. They discovered that mice administered by ghrelin preferred the room with high-fat diet while mice without ghrelin showed no preference.

In the second test, they observed how long mice would continue to poke their noses into a hole in order to receive a shot of high-fat food. The animals that did not receive ghrelin gave up sooner than the ones that receive ghrelin.

Prior research suggested that caloric restriction or fasting, secretes ghrelin into the bloodstream suppressing its action.

A study, led by Dr Denise Chen, at Rice University in Texas, showed that women can sense if men are attracted to them by the smell of their sweat.
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Researchers from the Universtiy of Alabama at Birmingham have discovered how calorie-restricted diets help human cells live longer.
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According to an Israeli study, the sounds of Mozart might help slow premature infants’ metabolism, helping them to put on weight.
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Aliens already exist on earth said Bulgarian scientists who claim they are already in contact with extraterrestrial life.

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According to a new report, people should go vegetarian for at least two days a week in order to dave the planet.

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According to NASA, Leonid meteor shower peaks on November 17. The shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia.
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Scientists have identified the gene that can help us live to 100 after studying a group of people with an average age of 97.

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If you check google’s search page now, you’ll see that it is celebrating the discovery of water on the moon after NASA’s earlier announcement today that its moon bombing mission stunningly revealed water under the lunar soil.

NASA is enthusiastic after LCROSS impact reveals water on moon.
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A giant iceberg has been spotted floating in an island halfway between Antartica and Australia, a very uncommon sight said Australian scientists.

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Researchers found women in long-term relationships to have healthier pregnancies and births. They were less likely to suffer high blood pressure during pregnancy and less likely to give birth to smaller babies.

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Astronomers discovered an earth-like planet orbiting around the star COROT-7. The planet was named COROT-7b. The composition is somewhat similar to Earth’s, a rocky one, but with less iron and/or more water.
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Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), the most famous painting in the history of art, is known for its enigmatic expression. She appears radiant one moment and then serious and sardonic the next. This is one of the qualities that have contributed to the painting’s continuing fascination.

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