Bird brains
A species of garden bird actively picks fruits with the highest levels of antioxidants, a study has found.
The plant chemicals, known as flavonoids, are thought to help them maintain a healthy immune system.
Researchers in Germany offered a group of blackcaps, a summer visitor to the UK, a choice of two foods containing different amounts of flavonoids. They found the birds deliberately selected the food with added antioxidants.
Phone rescue
Mobile phones and laptop computers are more likely to be saved if fire breaks out in a house than sentimental items such as family photographs, according to a new report.
Insurance documents are also high on the list of what householders would try to rescue, a survey of 1,000 adults found. The study by www.knowaboutfire.co.uk, aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of fire, showed that women are more likely to try to rescue clothes, while men are more interested in salvaging electrical goods or their record collection.
The full article contains 165 words and appears in Wigan Evening Post newspaper.
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Last Updated:
03 April 2008 9:39 AM
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Source:
Wigan Evening Post
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Location:
Wigan
