"I think we're close to the point where, instead of a dietitian saying, 'Eat less fat, eat more fruits and vegetables, ' they could figure out what foods you do or don't like with a survey or genetic test, " says John Hayes, a professor of food science at Penn State and lead author of a 2010 study showing supertasters' preference for salt.

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Furukawa wants to reduce the price to of the salt-water system to half the cost of a conventional lead acid battery.

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When Tom Cruise fell our of the movie Salt, Jolie stepped in and the producers gleefully changed the sex of the lead character from male to female.

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