Watching pornography rewires the brain to a more juvenile state
Dec 01, 2019 03:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Pornography has existed throughout recorded history, transforming with the introduction of each new medium. Hundreds of sexually explicit frescoes and sculptures were found in the Mount Vesuvius ruins of Pompeii. Since...
Treating HIV in the tiniest babies could have huge positive implications for their future
Dec 01, 2019 03:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Princess had a rough start in life. She was born HIV-infected. Her mother was often sick, and there was little family support for her own struggles with HIV. But Princess mother had recently started HIV treatment and...
High-intensity exercise improves memory and wards off dementia
Dec 01, 2019 03:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
For the first time in human history, older people outnumber younger people. This has created unique health challenges. Dementia may be one of the scariest a debilitating condition that erases memories; a condition without...
How better information will reduce maternal and child deaths
Dec 01, 2019 03:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
At least two-thirds of all annual maternal and child deaths worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite recent improvements, significant inequities persist across countries and regions and within countries. An...
'Cultured' meat could create more problems than it solves
Dec 01, 2019 03:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Cultured or in vitro meat, also called clean meat by its supporters, is meat produced in a laboratory using bioengineering techniques. In 2013, Mark Post, professor at Maastricht University, presented the first...
What is 'vaginal seeding' and will it help your C-section baby?
Dec 01, 2019 03:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Should every baby born by caesarean section (C-section) be given a smear of microbes to the mouth, nose or skin from the moms vagina soon after birth? This controversial pregnancy trend is called vaginal seeding or...
Bubonic Plague: Fourth case recorded in China
Nov 29, 2019 05:32 am UTC| Health
It has been several centuries since the deadly bubonic plague that wreaked havoc in Europe. However, it seems that the highly contagious illness is making a return, with a fourth case recently reported in China. Express...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects