Weekender: Forests, The Carbon Cycle and the Sleeping Arctic Giant…

September 20, 2014
This weekend, hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets for the People’s Climate March, part of the biggest global protest ever to highlight the issue of climate change. The march will take place in New York on... continued

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September 19, 2014
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Sugar or Sweeteners? The Hidden Enemies In Our Foods

September 19, 2014
After years of being told that fat consumption is a dietary no-no, the latest research indicates that sugar, not fat, is the real demon in our diets. Fat was labelled the bad guy years ago in what was essentially a... continued

Is The Universe A Hologram?

September 18, 2014
As the hot debate over whether the next "Miss Universe" beauty pageant will take place in 2014, 2015 or not all, the real question we should be asking ourselves is: what actually is the Universe? Is it the vast, limitless... continued

Ebola Virus: New Study Suggests It Is Out Of Control

September 17, 2014
The Ebola virus appears to be rampaging unchecked across the globe, and there are predictions that the current, already significant, death toll of around 2,400 deaths could escalate into hundreds of thousands by the end of this year. A study... continued

An Unlikely New Cancer Cure…From Cat Poop!

September 15, 2014
Scientists have discovered that a parasite normally found in cat faeces could help them to formulate a cancer-fighting vaccine. Though Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a single-celled parasite, is happiest when hanging out in a cat’s intestines, it can live in... continued

Weekender: Unexplained Cosmic Pulses from Deep Space Intrigue Scientists

September 13, 2014
Hopes of finding intelligent life in the universe have been raised by more unidentified signals from outer space detected by astronomers in Puerto Rico, validating reports of similar signals identified by researchers in Australia. The discovery of a split-second burst... continued

9-11 and PTSD: When The Trauma Never Fades

September 12, 2014
Today the world is remembering the terrible events of thirteen years ago, when one of the world's worst terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center in New York. But for some people, the memories don't just surface every year; they... continued

Caesium-137 ‘disappears’ in Kazakhstan

September 10, 2014
Amidst fears that militant groups are looking to seize radioactive materials to use in a terror attack, reports now suggest that a containment of the highly radioactive and dangerous substance caesium-137 has disappeared in Kazakhstan. Local police in the Mangistau... continued

Can Sun Exposure Help Schizophrenics?

September 10, 2014
Recent research has revealed that Vitamin D-deficient individuals are twice as likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia as people who have sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology... continued