Beating antibiotic resistance

A new antibiotic is discovered in the human nose. Be prepared to choke on your sipping beverage because the stark medical fact is that some estimates suggest that in the coming decades more people will die from antibiotic resistant bacteria than cancer. To avoid this we need to use antibiotics selectively and properly but the […]

Converting carbon dioxide

Researchers have found a way to convert carbon dioxide into fuel. Around about 2.4 billion years ago something pretty important happened…no, it wasn’t the evolution of the first lycra-producing algae and neither was it the visit to this planet of double-helix shaped aliens from the star-cluster Diana Nubla. In fact, it was around 2.4 billion […]

Relationship Conflict

Relationship wrangling

Research reveals a healthy way to deal with relationship conflict. Relationships can be wonderful things but they aren’t always smooth sailing. There will inevitably be moments of conflict in any relationship whether it be over where you squeeze the toothpaste tube or whether you should buy that house. A healthy relationship is not one without […]

The smell of masculinity

Deodorant helps less masculine men in the eyes of women. There is a lot to be said for the values and life practices of earlier times in our history. Our ancestors were probably mostly far more physically active than we are today and their foods were certainly less processed (although with a little thought it […]

The effect of fiction

Research looks at how reading fiction impacts you. Do you feel guilty about reading that novel you have next to your bed? Do you think that you really should be reading a biography or a non-fiction tome that will reveal to you the “real world”? Well, you can let that guilt go right now because […]

Offsetting sitting

Sitting is bad for you but how much exercise will offset the sitting you do? They are saying that sitting is the new smoking. We know that sitting causes its own challenges for your health, not just because you aren’t doing other more active things while you are sitting but because sitting actually causes problems […]

Sage advice

Herbal medicine has been around for thousands of years and you don’t use things for thousands of years without something to back that up. Yes, mistakes can be made and held onto for millennia, humanity is good at that, but hundreds of herbs used for thousands of years can’t all be simple-minded belief in magic. […]