Teeth-clenching + mathematics = a danger?
New research from Japan suggests that there may be no harm in refraining from teeth-clenching whilst performing mathematical tasks. This finding is presented as a result of recent experiments at the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan. Twenty healthy participants performed four sets of hundred-square calculations as a mental…
Red-crested rodent reappears after 113 years
After 113 years in hiding, the red crested tree rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis) has appeared once again and posed for its first ever photographs. The small mammal, not seen since 1898 despite several organised searches, turned up in front of two volunteers at the El Dorado Nature Reserve in northern Colombia on the morning of 4…
