How to reduce your risks of dementia
Jan 27, 2019 14:49 pm UTC| Health
Many people do not want to think about dementia, especially if their lives have not yet been touched by it. But a total of 9.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed with dementia each year. That is one person every 3.2...
Epigenetics: what impact does it have on our psychology?
Jan 27, 2019 14:45 pm UTC| Health
In the battle of nature versus nurture, nurture has a new recruit: epigenetics - brought in from molecular biology to give scientific heft to the argument that genes are not destiny. The overwhelming evidence for genetic...
Dyscalculia: does your child struggle with numbers? They might have 'maths dyslexia'
Jan 27, 2019 14:44 pm UTC| Life Health
Youve probably heard of dyslexia, but have you heard of dyscalculia before? Maybe not, given that children with dyscalculia or mathematical learning difficulties are less likely to be diagnosed. In fact, research...
Any 'planetary diet' must also work for the poorest and most vulnerable
Jan 27, 2019 14:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Over the past two years, 37 experts from around the world have battled to develop a diet that is both sustainable and healthy. They integrated existing knowledge on the impact of diet on diseases, including cardiovascular...
Why people born between 1966 and 1994 are at greater risk of measles – and what to do about it
Jan 27, 2019 14:35 pm UTC| Health
Australia was declared free of measles in 2014. Yet this summer weve seen nine cases of measles in New South Wales, and others in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. High vaccination rates in...
Hey foodie, do you know where your meal came from?
Jan 27, 2019 14:34 pm UTC| Health
Foodie, a term once relegated to food writers and gourmet appreciators, now encompasses a broader group. Many of these new foodies like to keep an online record of their eating habits: posting photos on Instagram or...
For younger-looking, fresher-tasting fruit, use hexanal
Jan 27, 2019 14:31 pm UTC| Health
Have you ever decided against buying fruit because it looks discoloured or brown? Or bought fruit that looks beautifully ripe, only to find its hard, tasteless or rots too quickly in your home? Globally, food waste is a...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects