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Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
There's a lot to dig into at Jamie's Ice Cream Co. in Cambridge
Texture is a primary focus here, says Siracusa. Unlike many scoop shops that use pre-made ice cream bases that typically include stabilizers and gums, the team here makes the bases from scratch, churning the frozen treats in-house. 'People started noticing the difference,' Siracusa says. Advertisement Siracusa's ice creams are dense and rich with big flavors, studded with outsize bits of nuts, fruits, or candies. The pistachio is nutty and buttery and embedded with whole pistachios; brown sugar cookie dough is littered with bits of dough. Dump Him is loaded with cookie dough, Oreos, M&Ms, brownies, and toffee sauce. The strawberry is a rendition of a strawberry milkshake. 'You need a glass of water with the ice cream,' says Siracusa. The new Cambridge location is cozy in pastels and doubles as a cafe. It opens at 7 a.m. for coffee, pastries, and breakfast sandwiches and brings together the entrepreneur's two Brookline businesses in one cheery, hangout-friendly spot. 86 Kirkland St., Cambridge, 857-706-1122 and 7 Station St., Brookline, . Advertisement Ann Trieger Kurland can be reached at
Boston Globe
31-05-2025
- Science
- Boston Globe
Your cat may or may not love you, but it knows your scent
Get Love Letters: The Newsletter A weekly dispatch with all the best relationship content and commentary – plus exclusive content for fans of Love Letters, Dinner With Cupid, weddings, therapy talk, and more. Enter Email Sign Up Through referrals from friends and colleagues, the researchers recruited 30 cats and their owners to participate in the study. The cats' owners captured their own scents by rubbing cotton swabs behind their ears, between their toes and under their armpits. Eight additional people who don't own pets and didn't know the cats' owners were recruited to be 'odor donors.' Advertisement Each of the study cats, in the comfort of its own home, was then presented with an array of test tubes containing the smelly cotton swabs from its owner, a stranger and a blank control. A camera mounted to the experimental setup recorded the cats' reactions to the test tubes. Advertisement The cats spent more time sniffing the samples from the strangers than from their owners -- an indication that the cats could recognize their owners' scents and devoted more time to exploring the ones they'd never smelled before. While this finding might seem like common sense, it's 'a very important piece of information,' said Dr. Carlo Siracusa, an associate professor of animal behavior at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine who was not involved with the study. 'This is how science works. You need to prove everything.' A Black Silver Turkish Angora relaxed between judging sessions at the Catsachusetts show in April. Uchiyama and his colleagues further analyzed video recordings of the cats sniffing the test tubes and observed the cats predominantly using their right nostrils to smell the strangers' test tubes, regardless of where the tube was placed within the array. These findings seemed to corroborate previous studies of other animals, including dogs, which also led with their right nostrils when exploring strange scents. 'The left nostril is used for familiar odors, and the right nostril is used for new and alarming odors, suggesting that scenting may be related to how the brain functions,' Uchiyama said. 'It is likely that the right brain is preferred for processing emotionally alarming odors.' Related : Siracusa urged caution in interpreting whether the cats' sniffing behavior relates to brain function. 'The study did not prove that the right side of the brain is activated,' he said. Proving that will require cats willing to cooperate with having their brains scanned while they sniff things. While further research is needed to confirm whether the nostril cats use to smell people is a window into the feline mind, Siracusa said that studies like Uchiyama's are important for furthering human understanding of feline behavior, which can help us provide better care for them. He also remarked on the logistical feat of designing a study protocol deemed acceptable by its feline participants. Advertisement 'I really commend this group of scientists for being successful in engaging 30 cats in doing this stuff,' Siracusa said. 'Most cats want nothing to do with your research.' This article originally appeared in .
Sky News AU
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Coming to an end': Ukraine has ‘no chance' of winning against Russia
Political analyst Joe Siracusa claims Ukraine has 'no chance' of winning the war against Russia. Mr Siracusa's comments come ahead of US President Donald Trump's scheduled phone call with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the Ukraine war. 'Ukraine war is coming to an end – it could end with a whimper or a bang,' he told Sky News Australia. 'At the end of the day, it [Ukraine] has no chance against Russia.'
