Sherry Taylor

Q: A new study finds that you can gather information about a person’s ethnicity, foods they’ve eaten, and where they have been by the odor of this?

A: their earwax

EARWAX MAY REVEAL CLUES ABOUT A PERSON’S IDENTITY AND HABITS: Forget the eyes, it’s your earwax that gives clues about you. A new study finds that you can glean information about a person’s ethnicity, foods they’ve eaten, and where they have been via the odors of their earwax. Researchers from Philadelphia conducted the study and say, “Earwax is a neglected body secretion whose potential as an information source has yet to be explored.” The researchers say they were inspired to study earwax after previous studies found you could learn a lot about a person’s identity via the smell of their underarm odor. (Fox)

Latest Stories

7 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

YouTube sensation Ms. Rachel announces debut album with Mr. Aron, ‘I’m So Happy’

Parents of toddlers everywhere, prepare yourselves. YouTube sensation and music teacher Ms. Rachel and her husband, Aron Accurso, will release their debut album, the 23-track "I'm So Happy," on Sept. 25.

7 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Blues ‘enthusiast’ Morgan Freeman’s album covers 100 years of the genre

It happened out of necessity. Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman was in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 25 years ago when some out-of-towners asked where they could hear blues music. Musicians were abundant; venues were not.

1 day ago in Entertainment

Ben Jones, good ol’ boy ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ actor and 2-term US House member, dies at 84

Ben Jones, who played the good ol' boy mechanic in "The Dukes of Hazzard" TV series and parlayed his fame into a political career and two terms in the U.S. House, has died. He was 84.

1 day ago in Entertainment

Blink-182’s Travis Barker almost died. A new documentary celebrates his life before and after

The inferno rages onscreen three minutes into " Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear." Dashcam footage lifted from a police car shows the blaze: It's 2008, and Barker has survived a plane crash in South Carolina. Four others did not.