Book: The Lagoon
A new book re-examines Aristotle’s contribution.
NON FICTION The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science by Armand Marie Leroi Bloomsbury Circus (2014) RRP $29.95Cha...
Core Sciences
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An immune system that grows with experience
Fighting infections is not gene-related.
Ebola kills up to 90% of its untreated victims. Can the 10% who do fight it off thank their genes? Research published...
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Why sodium explodes in water
A discovery after revisiting a basic chemistry experiment.
There’s nothing like an explosion to help you learn chemistry. Remember when your high school teacher dropped a lump ...
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In brief: birds, drones and chewing gum
Drones can be used to spy on birds…
Drones can be used to spy on birds Oh, to have the eyes of an eagle. As drones become cheaper to build and buy, bird ...
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A chilli a day keeps obesity away
Are chilli peppers the next craze in diets?
Researchers at the University of Wyoming have discovered that adding capsaicin from chilli peppers to a diet can help...
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Sound mind, sound body – connection
The protein that connects them.
A protein known to strengthen certain functions of the brain has now been shown to help strengthen the heart.The pr...
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‘Reset’ button for the body clock discovered
Optical fiber and lasers to reset the circadian clocks in mice.
Researchers from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA used optical fiber and lasers to reset the circad...
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Coffee decrease risk of melanoma
Need another excuse to drink more coffee?
A recent study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, has found that people who drink more than ...
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Ebola infection rate slowing: WHO
Fewer than 100 new cases of the Ebola virus were reported.
Fewer than 100 new cases of the Ebola virus were reported in a week for the first time since June 2014, according to ...
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Decadent, delicious... and good for your brain?
Studies add to the evidence that flavanols are brain-boosters.
As if we needed another reason to eat chocolate – two studies show that flavanols, a compound found in cocoa, reverse...
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Chemists discover how to unboil an egg
A process that could transform how proteins are produced.
Chemists working in California and South Australia have worked out how to unboil egg whites, a process they say could...
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Immune system's language discovered
The human body’s immune response to pathogens and vaccines.
In a recent study published in Science researchers were able to for the first time, compile a complete catalogue of t...