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  • Some Japanese individuals, for example, have a microbe in their intestines that is particularly good at breaking down seaweed. It turns out this intestinal bacterium stole the seaweed-digesting genes from a marine bacterium that lingered on raw seaweed salads.
    Science Reveals Why Calorie Counts Are All Wrong | Scientific American
  • Measuring people's colons has not been popular for years, but when it was the craze among European scientists in the early 1900s, studies discovered that certain Russian populations had large intestines that were about 57 centimeters longer on average than those of certain Polish populations.
    Science Reveals Why Calorie Counts Are All Wrong | Scientific American
  • When studying the feeding behavior of wild chimpanzees, biologist Richard Wrangham, now at Harvard University, tried eating what the chimps ate. He went hungry and finally gave in to eating human foods.
    Science Reveals Why Calorie Counts Are All Wrong | Scientific American
  • “As the research shows, these localised changes – such as enlarged thumbs and little finger indents – are becoming the new normal as younger adults are using the phone for longer periods of time.” In addition to that, phantom vibration from a pocket – where smartphone users imagine they can feel their phone alerting them to calls, messages or notifications – is also common. The report which surveyed 2,000 people also said one in five of us can’t go a day without our phones, with nearly 20% admitting they have fallen asleep with their mobiles in their hands.
    Is one of your thumbs bigger than the other? Apparently, your smartphone could be the reason why | Bailiwick Express Jersey
  • Apparently, smartphones are changing the shape and size of our thumbs. It seems a rising number of people are suffering from “swiper’s thumb” due to the overuse of touchscreen devices. New research by the O2 Mobile Life Report claims that people who use their phones a lot may have seen the thumb in their dominant hand become bigger by as much as 15%. The study also found those who noticed the most changes are young adults aged 18 to 34 – with one in eight developing “swiper’s thumb” as a result of excessive swiping and using large handsets.
    Is one of your thumbs bigger than the other? Apparently, your smartphone could be the reason why | Bailiwick Express Jersey
  • Says consultant orthopedic Dr Mudit Khanna, “We have seen a rise in cases of swiper’s thumb of late, especially in the younger age group. More people are using the thumb now, and it’s not just a bulk muscle mass increase, but it’s also repetitive injury that arises when the muscle is not prepared. This repeated overuse injury can affect flexibility and lead to intense pain as well. There is also an increase in ‘de quervains’, which is caused due to the overuse of abductors and adductors (group of muscles that work on thumb when you are are texting).”
    Overusing your phone? Your thumb may grow bigger! - Times of India
  • WHAT WAS OBSERVED The thumb grew as much as 15 per cent bigger on the hand. The physical deformity came about due to continuous swiping or tapping/grasping the smartphone. It has been seen to affect those in the age bracket 18 to 34 the most.
    Overusing your phone? Your thumb may grow bigger! - Times of India
  • 85 times! A study found users check their devices 85 times a day. Four out of five users do so within 15 minutes of waking up.
    Overusing your phone? Your thumb may grow bigger! - Times of India