D Monday, January 11, 2010 News 13 Dumb blonde stereotype is true, science pupils say A TEAM of budding scientists claims to have proven that blondes really are more dumb. The fourth years from Drumcree College in Portadown, Co Armagh, found three-quarters of redheads were fiery, 59 per cent of brunettes were boring, and 64 per cent of blondes had below average IQs. Their findings will go on display in Dublins RDS this week as part of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, where more than 80 judges from the worlds of business and academia will pick a winning project from the more than 500 projects from pupils from the island of Ireland. Eimear Creaney, 14, said her three- strong team had applied some uncon- ventional research methods, with the redheads subjected to an anger survey in which they were tickled with a feather; brunettes filling out a fun questionnaire to find out how often they laughed, while the blondes com- pleted an IQ test. Some teachers also took part in the study. There were no dumb teachers but there were boring ones and fiery ones, Ms Creaney said. By Jeananne Craig Blonde transition: Transition year students Eimear Creaney, Niamh Chambers and Cahal Judge work on their project for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, which begins in Dublin this week Picture: PA Doctors baffled by teens blood loss AN INDIAN schoolgirl is baffling top doctors by spontaneously bleeding from her pores. Twinkle Dwivedi, 14, loses blood from her eyes, nose, hairline, neck and soles of her feet. It doesnt hurt... But it makes me tired and I have headaches, said Twinkle, from Uttar Pradesh. Students go for the fast food option STUDENTS lifestyles tend to lead to them eating more fast foods, new research claims. A survey of eating habits among first-year self- catering students also found men were more likely to eat fast food than women. They often see cooking as womens work while their female counterparts are more worried about weight gain and appearance. The survey, carried out by the University of Leicester, in the UK, found students fast food consumption increased when they left home and began to cater for themselves, despite knowing of the links between fast food consumption and obesity. The main reasons given were convenience, peer pressure and budget, as well as simply liking it, with pizza the proven favourite. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html