Brown Eyes Have It WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING peo-
ple’s trust, it’s the brown-eyed girls (and boys) who come out on top over their blueeyed rivals. Czech researchers, studying the impact certain facial features such as shape and eye color had on making an impression, found there were certain traits that made others rate strangers shown to them in pictures as trustworthy. When it comes to eyes, they found that it’s brown eyes (not beguiling blues) that were rated high on the trust meter. But the researchers noted it was not brown eyes alone that seemed to elicit trust. Rather, it was overall features (including face shape), coupled with brown eyes, that study subjects noted were appealing, specifically rounder, softer features, rather than thinner, angular features. The study was reported recently in the journal Plos One. source: tinyurl.com/hl13faces
Blackberry vs. iPhone:
The Health Winner Is ... SINCE THEY HIT THE MARKET, us-
ers have debated ad infinitum the relative merits of owning a Blackberry or an iPhone. Now the health community is weighing in. And in the case of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, they’ve declared a clear winner for your health. Drum roll please, it’s the iPhone that gets the doctors’ organization’s thumbs-up for being relatively free of allergens in its materials. Specifically, the ACAAI cited Blackberries as potentially dangerous for the presence of nickel, a known allergen than can cause rashes and flaky patches along the cheek, chin and ears when it is pressed against the face. “Approximately onethird of all Blackberries contain nickel, but neither cobalt nor nickel was detected in iPhones or Droids,” allergist Dr. Tania
Mucci, lead study author, says in an ACAAI press release. The organization notes that Blackberry users with known allergies should limit long conversations, use their phones for texts and e-mails, and reduce time spent handling their phones if they notice symptoms. The ACAAI also suggests using plastic phone cases and earpieces for further protection. The findings were reported at the ACAAI’s 2012 annual meeting. source: tinyurl.com/hl13phones
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