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Illusion Optical Displays announced the winner of their $10,000 Facebook contest with Barbara Wright Design. The contest allowed opticals throughout the country to submit a one to two minute video detailing why they should win a new optical with $5,000 in products from Illusion Optical Displays and $5,000 in design services from Barbara Wright Design. After open voting and judging, Blink Eyecare and Eyewear from Charlotte, North Carolina was announced as the winner. (PRWEB) September 05,...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists have finally confirmed what most have already known for generations and generations, men and women see things differently. Scientists reported in the journal Biology of Sex Differences that men have greater sensitivity to fine detail and rapidly moving stimuli, but women are better at discriminating between colors. Researchers from Brooklyn and Hunter Colleges of the City University of New York compared the vision of...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In the digital age, foodies abound. More and more individuals are taking photos of their food, blogging about dishes, and are proud of having a delicate palate. This palate may be extended to those who love eating dark chocolate. In particular, a group of Penn State food scientists found that people who like to consume dark chocolate can take on a variety of bitter flavors before rejection, more than fans of milk chocolate. The...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In 1697, William Congreve wrote, "Music has charms to sooth a savage Beast." According to a new study from Northwestern University, music has charms to improve the brain as well. The impact of music is a hot topic in research circles, and researchers have found that a little musical training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood, especially in areas of listening and processing sound. The...

Have you ever wondered why you can remember things from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet sometimes can't recall what you ate for dinner last night? According to a new study led by psychologists at the University of Toronto, it's because how much something means to you actually influences how you see it as well as how vividly you can recall it later. "We've discovered that we see things that are emotionally arousing with greater clarity than those that are more mundane," says...

Now, European Wax Center Mason is allowing first time guests to try their state of the art waxing facility free of charge. Mason, Ohio (PRWEB) August 18, 2012 European Wax Center in Mason, Ohio is now offering first time guests a Free Wax Offer. Now, women may receive an underarm, bikini or eyebrow waxing in Mason, Ohio free of charge; men may choose from an eyebrow, nose or ear waxing at European Wax Center Mason. European Wax Center provides affordable, professional and healthy body...

Vision Without Glasses review for Duke Peterson's program revealed. People want to know does Vision Without Glasses work or is it a scam. Its revealed on HealthAvenger.com Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 04, 2012 Vision Without Glasses review of Duke Peterson's program was revealed to help those afflicted with vision issues such as myopia, hyperopia and other conditions, glasses and lenses become a part of your everyday life make a good decision about the program. To get rid of this...

New York European Wax Center Offers All First Time Guests a Free WAX Staten Island, NY (PRWEB) August 02, 2012 European Wax Center Staten Island – Hylan Blvd, the leader in healthy waxing and recently named #1 Franchise in Inc. Magazine, is proud to announce a free wax offer for all first time guests, making waxing in Staten Island, NY completely affordable and much more convenient. Women have the option of choosing between a complimentary eyebrow waxing, bikini waxing in Brooklyn,...

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the longest established skin laser provider and over 1 and a half million satisfied clients, sk:n clinics know a thing or two about laser hair removal. [https://www.sknclinics.co.uk/treatments-and-pricing/laser-hair-removal ] Just today, The Metro reported on a woman who was left distraught after being turned away from a clinic because they were unable to perform laser hair removal on her dark skin. If Ms Inglis had...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) - A new technology might allow people who have almost completely lost the ability to move their arms or legs to write, by using their eyes. The eye-writing technology tricks the neuromuscular machinery into doing something that is usually impossible: to voluntarily produce smooth eye movements in arbitrary directions. Jean Lorenceau of Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, was quoted as saying, "Contrary to the current belief, we show that one can gain complete,...