Cyber-flashing is indecent exposure – and should be treated as seriously
Feb 03, 2016 14:03 pm UTC| Health
Sherrie Hewson, presenter of ITVs Loose Women, recently revealed that after signing up for an online dating website she received an unexpected and unsolicited full-frontal image of her correspondents genitals. Its...
The ongoing taboo of menstruation in Australia
Feb 03, 2016 01:00 am UTC| Health
Ask any young woman whether she feels embarrassed by her periods and shell likely deny it. Her grandmother might have hidden all evidence of the curse but not todays liberated women. Right? Sex education classes explain...
Why don't we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth?
Feb 02, 2016 14:12 pm UTC| Health
A blood-sucking, disease-spreading, whining creature is always going to be a hard sell, even to nature lovers. And the dreaded mosquito is now the prime suspect behind the sudden arrival and explosive spread of Zika virus...
The human cost of Zika is clear, but will Brazil's economy suffer too?
Feb 02, 2016 12:08 pm UTC| Health Economy
It is predicted that as many as 4m people in the Americas could become infected with Zika virus this year. While the virus only causes mild symptoms in adults, it is suspected to have been behind a big increase in the...
Zika virus: mosquitoes and travel patterns will determine spread of virus
Feb 02, 2016 11:20 am UTC| Health
Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin On January 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection, was spreading...
Zika: a rare benign virus suddenly turns nasty, and heads for the US
Feb 02, 2016 06:46 am UTC| Health
Virologists have been expressing concern about Zika virus for a couple of years now, but its only with its arrival in Puerto Rico during the holiday season that it has really started to make the news. Some of the...
Why using birth control in bid to combat Zika virus is a good idea
Feb 02, 2016 06:43 am UTC| Health
The World Health Organisation is to hold an emergency meeting about the Zika virus in South America. The epidemic has been of considerable concern particularly because it is being linked to microcephaly (unusually small...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects