The happiness of over 18,000 people worldwide has been predicted by an equation developed by researchers at UCL, with results showing that moment-to-moment happiness reflects not just how well things are going, but whether things are going better The happiness… Read More ›
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Young users see Facebook as ‘dead and buried’
A study of how teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is “not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried”, but that the network is morphing into a tool for keeping in touch with older family… Read More ›
‘Memories’ pass between generations
By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Behaviour can be affected by events in previous generations which have been passed on through a form of genetic memory, animal studies suggest. Experiments showed that a traumatic event could… Read More ›
Ancient humans ‘rampantly interbred’ with Neanderthals and a mystery species in Lord Of The Rings-style world of different creatures
Genome analysis of Neanderthal and human-like group called Denisovans It reveals ancient bedfellows may have included ‘mystery human ancestor’ Has been likened to Lord Of The Rings world of creatures which interbred By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:13 EST, 19 … Read More ›
1 in 2000 Britons may carry ‘mad cow’ prion protein
19:39 16 October 2013 by Debora MacKenzie “We were all supposed to die of mad cow disease!” People who accuse public health agencies of crying wolf are fond of citing the discovery, in 1996, that a cattle disease widespread… Read More ›
Leaky microwaves can power your kitchen gadgets
17:45 20 September 2013 by Paul Marks For similar stories, visit the Energy and Fuels Topic Guide If you are fed up with replacing the batteries in your kitchen gadgets why not use the energy that leaks from your… Read More ›
Earliest Known Iron Artifacts Come from Outer Space
Researchers have shown that ancient Egyptian iron beads held at the UCL Petrie Museum were hammered from pieces of meteorites, rather than iron ore. The objects, which trace their origins to outer space, also predate the emergence of iron smelting… Read More ›
Harms from breast cancer screening outweigh benefits if death caused by treatment is included
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmjgroup.com 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Cancer expert remains to be convinced by breast screening review Harms from breast cancer screening outweigh benefits if death caused by treatment is included Michael Baum, Professor emeritus of surgery at University… Read More ›
Brain and nervous system damaged by low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides
Contact: Dave Weston d.weston@ucl.ac.uk 44-020-310-83844 University College London Scientists have found that low-level exposure to organophosphates (OPs) produces lasting decrements in neurological and cognitive function. Memory and information processing speed are affected to a greater degree than other cognitive functions… Read More ›
High-fat ketogenic diet effectively treats persistent childhood seizures
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Ekaterina Pesheva epeshev1@jhmi.edu 410-516-4996 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions The high-fat ketogenic diet can dramatically reduce or completely eliminate debilitating seizures in most children with infantile spasms, whose seizures persist despite medication, according to a… Read More ›
Crazy in love: What happens in your brain when you really do have chemistry
By Victoria Fletcher PUBLISHED:17:00 EST, 10 November 2012| UPDATED:17:00 EST, 10 November 2012 You may wonder why anyone in the throes of an illicit affair would risk their marriage, family and career for the sake of a what may… Read More ›
Is there a savant inside all of us?
Savants have almost super-human abilities in art, music or memory – and not all are born that way. But is severe head trauma the only way to become a ‘sudden savant’? <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end… Read More ›
“Biohackers” or “DIY Biologists”, Teams have come together to create the world’s first “public BioBrick”
Amateur scientists build Lego-style synthetic BioBricks in public lab By Joel Winston 24 September 12 While some may believe that science is better left to scientists, hundreds of amateur biologists around the world have been setting-up makeshift biology labs in… Read More ›
Nudge or Think: What works best for our society?
If approached in the right way, citizens are willing to change their behaviour and do more to help themselves and others, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 21 September 2012 If approached in the… Read More ›
One in a hundred children are ‘psychopathic’, warn researchers – and they say there is nothing parents can do to control them
Scientists say affected children lie, cheat, manipulate and commit acts of remorseless cruelty Traditional punishments have no effect on their behaviour By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:11:49 EST, 30 August 2012| UPDATED:15:22 EST, 31 August 2012 Around 1 per cent… Read More ›
Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less ( Dangerous Misinformation )
Want to live longer? Ditch the diet, cancel your gym session – just eat less By Liz Thomas PUBLISHED:19:44 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED:03:18 EST, 31 July 2012 Dr Michael Mosley said he did not believe it was necessary… Read More ›
Ads for SSRI antidepressants are misleading, say researchers
Consumer ads for a class of antidepressants called SSRIs often claim that depression is due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, and that SSRIs correct this imbalance, but these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, say researchers in… Read More ›
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