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Head kids, hurt bad

10/01/2013

Second impact syndrome: A devastating injury to the young brain. Science shows that it's more or less okay to band kids on the head once. ...

Wilko Johnson Diagnosed with Cancer

10/01/2013

Legendary Guitarist Wilco Johnson of the Dr Feelgood has been diagnosed with Cancer of the Pancreas....

Avoid Fructose!

09/01/2013

Fructose Ingestion and Cerebral, Metabolic, and Satiety Responses. Associations between fructose consumption and weight gain. Booze and fried bananas also implicated. ...

Space travel is harmful to the brain

08/01/2013

As if space travel was not already filled with enough dangers, a new study out today in the journal PLOS ONE shows that cosmic radiation could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer's disease....

Our Ancestors: Social Climbers or downright loafers?

07/01/2013

Did humans really come down from the trees or did we have to come down from the trees to become human? ...

James Cameron new eco-film revealed

06/01/2013

Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals....

Vapour Death to MRSA!

05/01/2013

Hydrogen peroxide vapor enhances hospital disinfection of superbugs. Johns Hopkins to begin decontaminating isolation rooms with robotic, vapor-dispersing devices. ...

Oh, Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree

04/01/2013

The needles of the plant Pseudotsuga menziesii, commonly known as the Douglas fir could be used to sterilize nano devices destined for medical applications....

Where do Jellyfish come from?

03/01/2013

Scientists have cast doubt on the widely held perception that there has been a global increase in jellyfish....

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Relax. You Can Change

02/01/2013

young people, middle-aged people and older people all believe that they have changed a lot in the past -- but that they will change relatively little in the future....

Higher, Drunker, Faster: Female Students Binge-Drinking

01/01/2013

The amount drunk per unit of time is higher among women. In other words, even though male students drink more often, females do so more intensively in shorter periods of time...

One Last List: Staff Picks for 2012

31/12/2012

One final list of 2012's highlights. Best events, albums and gigs of the year, as picked by Trebuchet staffers...

Putting electronic cigarettes to the test

31/12/2012

Electronic cigarettes are experiencing somewhat of a boom at the moment. An estimated two million people in Germany have already turned to the vapor cigarette, which many view as a healthy...

The Water Cooler of life

30/12/2012

The health benefits of 'water clubs' in care homes for the elderly, where residents gather together regularly to drink water, live longer....

How cold will a winter be in 2 years?

29/12/2012

How well are the most important climate models able to predict the weather conditions for the coming year or even the next decade?...

European Romani exodus began 1,500 years ago.

28/12/2012

Despite their modern-day diversity of language, lifestyle, and religion, Europe's widespread Romani population shares a common, if complex, past....

HIV protection gel!

27/12/2012

Vaginal microbicide gel may offer a promising strategy for prevention and protection against HIV transmission....

Consuming putrid food can be lethal as it allows bacterial pathogens to enter the digestive system. To detect signs of decay and thus allowing us and other animals to avoid such food poisoning is one...

Nobody’s perfect [Don’t Worry]

25/12/2012

Researchers at Cambridge and Cardiff have found that, on average, a normal healthy person carries approximately 400 potentially damaging DNA variants and two variants known to be associated directly...

Hanging Offence: Degree Art

24/12/2012

Certain elements of the Art World feel the need to exclude others by making them feel unworthy of enjoying it. Great art will never require smoke and mirrors to achieve its deserved attention....

Plant growth in zero-gravity

24/12/2012

It is well known that plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, gravity being one amongst many. What happens to plant growth when you remove gravity?...

‘Experts’: lower fat diets reduce weight and BMI

23/12/2012

Yeah yeah yeah: Reducing overall fat in the typical diet can lead to small reductions in body weight in adults that could be highly significant on a population-wide scale. ...

Synthetic fuel could eliminate US need for crude oil

22/12/2012

The United States could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination of coal, natural gas and non-food crops to make synthetic fuel, a team of Princeton researchers has found....

The many maps of the brain

21/12/2012

Your brain has at least four different senses of location – and perhaps as many as 10....

Magnetic fish point to Santa

20/12/2012

Christmas carp at Czech markets suggest fish geomagnetic sensing capabilities...

Extraverted gorillas enjoy longer lives

19/12/2012

Gorillas with an extravert personality live longer than their more introverted peers, a study suggests....

Pokemon & face-recognition processes

18/12/2012

As human beings, we have a highly sensitive and efficient cognitive and neural mechanism for recognizing faces. Pokemon provides useful tools for facial recognition. ...

Trapped in a Raid: Psychology and World of Warcraft

17/12/2012

The sense of immersion in role-play and computer games is sometimes viewed as dangerous, as players' strong perceptions of fictional worlds are assumed to make them lose contact with reality. ...

Hanging Offence: Debut Contemporary

17/12/2012

Opportunities are immense, they are global and with a little bit more planning and strategizing, a bit more knowledge, information and know-how when it comes down to how to navigate the art system,...

Advice for bag-in-box wine drinkers: Keep it cool

16/12/2012

Advice for bag-in-box wine drinkers: Keep it cool. Published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it emphasizes the importance of storing these popular, economical vintages at cool...

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