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(Does the Google Glass<\/a> earpiece have a sniffer?)<\/p>\nJust beware of the next person offering to whisper a secret<\/strong> in your ear. Especially if he puts his nose<\/em> up to your ear… <\/p>\n “Our previous research has shown that underarm odors can convey a great deal of information about an individual, including personal identity, gender, sexual orientation and health status,” study author George Preti, an organic chemist at Monell, said in a press release. “We think it possible that earwax may contain similar information.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The article continues with a(n unintentional) good, old-fashioned math story problem<\/strong>. I present it here as a service to school teachers needing supplemental material for struggling students:<\/p>\n For their study, Preti and his colleagues identified odor-producing compounds contained in earwax obtained from 16 healthy men. Eight of the men were Caucasian while the remainder of the men were of East Asian descent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n How many men were of East Asian descent?<\/p>\n Well, let me stick one more thought in your ear:<\/p>\n “Earwax is a neglected body secretion whose potential as an information source has yet to be explored.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Please, Fox<\/a>. Aren’t we spied on enough already? \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n In addition to keeping others’ noses out of your ears, clean that tattle-tale wax out of your ears<\/strong>. Protect your personal information with The Elephant Ear Washer (by Doctor Easy)<\/a>. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n