Why the baby brain can learn two languages at the same time

Apr 18, 2016 08:49 am UTC| Health

Any adult who has attempted to learn a foreign language can attest to how difficult and confusing it can be. So when a three-year-old growing up in a bilingual household inserts Spanish words into his English sentences,...

Why the Internet isn't making us smarter – and how to fight back

Apr 18, 2016 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

In the hours since I first sat down to write this piece, my laptop tells me the National Basketball Association has had to deny that it threatened to cancel its 2017 All-Star Game over a new anti-LGBT law in North Carolina...

Reducing stress at work is a walk in the park

Apr 18, 2016 08:07 am UTC| Health

The sky is blue and you are walking through a park, speaking with a colleague, discussing a new project. You feel energised, puffing slightly as your pace speeds up with the excitement of tossing around ideas as you walk...

Vaccination objection rates aren't skyrocketing

Apr 18, 2016 08:04 am UTC| Health

There has always been a group of people who reject vaccination. They were seen 200 years ago when Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine and they persist today. But, in recent years, commentators have lamented the...

Can people actually multitask?

Apr 18, 2016 04:18 am UTC| Health

Many of us believe we can do two things at once. We try it every day even though our limitations are obvious. Yet we persist, so much so that laws need to be passed to deal with our foolishness. For instance, it is...

Mutant malaria parasites resistant to antimalarial Atovaquone cannot spread: new research

Apr 15, 2016 01:09 am UTC| Health

Resistance to a commonly used antimalarial medication, Atovaquone, cant spread to the general human population, new research suggests. This is significant as scientists have been racing against malaria parasites rapid...

Thinking about getting the 2016 flu vaccine? Here's what you need to know

Apr 14, 2016 23:25 pm UTC| Health

Up to one in ten adults and three in ten children are infected with influenza each year. The vaccine we have used for decades, the trivalent vaccine (TIV), protects against three strains of flu. But in 2016, for the...