Sunday, June 20, 2010

Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Fathers' Day 2010 edition)

by Neon Vincent

Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment.

This week's featured story comes from Discovery News.

Man's Voice Reveals His Fighting Ability
By Jennifer Viegas

A quick phone call to dad, or any other man, is far more revealing than previously thought, since new research has just determined that a human male's voice reveals his upper body strength, fighting ability, overall health, age, and emotional state.

Just hearing the sound of a man's voice, no matter what he is saying, communicates all of this information and more, according to the study, published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

More science, space, and environment stories after the jump.



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