Interesting Science Studies

Sex before stressful events keeps you calm:
A study was done to see whether sex helps in calming us down before acts such as public speaking. It turns out sex keeps ones blood pressure down during stressful events, and helps the body get back to it's normal state quicker. The study involved 24 women and 22 men... click on the link above for more

Banknote tracking helps model spread of disease:
This particularly study appeals to me a lot. The study uses an online one-dollar bill tracking project, and "superimposes" the results onto the spread of disease. Ultimately the researchers want to be able to predict the speed that disease spreads through the population. It's quite interesting how these scientist think... using bills to study disease, who would have thought of that?!

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