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New Study: Can Religion Help You Fight Serious Illness?

“Do you believe in God?” is not the sort of thing you normally expect to hear in a hospital clinic. But for a group women quietly waiting in a breast health clinic, their wait to see the doctor was interrupted by this question. However, this wasn’t an enthusiastic evangelist trying to win a new convert; … Continue reading

The Future of Nuclear Power after Fukushima: Thorium Reactors?

UPDATE (5th August 2011): Following the interesting debates and discussions arising from this piece, a follow up article has been written “Time to Change of view of ‘Nuclear Power’” - which was also published in the Tampa Tribune. Hands up - Who thinks nuclear power is safe? Before the Japan earthquake and tsunami on March … Continue reading

New Findings: How the ‘Five-A-Day’ Scheme has changed what we eat (or not)…

Do you think you eat enough fruit and veg? If you’re like most of us - then you probably don’t. Almost a decade has passed since governments around the world starting telling us to eat ‘five-a-day’. Upping your intake of vegetables has been shown to reduce your chance of heart attack, stroke and cancer. But have … Continue reading

The Science of Attraction: What makes a beautiful face?

It all started as a disagreement one evening. The men ended up vehemently defending their opinion that - yes, Keira Knightley did indeed have an attractive face. The women had a completely different point of view - I won’t repeat what they said, but it wasn’t pleasant (poor Keira). How we got so heated about … Continue reading

Flower Power! New Study shows Plants can Boost Your Brain Power!

Do you ever struggle to concentrate? You’re probably not alone. If you, like millions of us, spend the day working at a computer screen - then you will now that distactions are aplenty. The internet has been widely blamed for undermining our attention spans, and using social networking sites like Facebook seems to be costing businesses millions … Continue reading

Research shows Skinny People at risk of Diabetes!

Fed up being told of the dangers of being fat? We all know it by now - if you’re overweight, you could be seriously harming your health. Well here’s some refreshing news - a new study from the Nutrition Journal has revealed that it’s not just obese people that are putting themselves at risk of … Continue reading

Out of This World! The Amateur’s Guide to Making Your Own Satellite

What could you do with $10,000? Take a trip around the world? Refit the kitchen or replace the ageing car? Perhaps you would invest it in stocks and shares? But what would you say to building and launching your very own satellite? Forget paying to have a star named after you: Technology is now smaller … Continue reading

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