Flying tool bag over the UK
Last night the most famous tool bag in the history of the world passed over the UK, keen star gazers would have been able to the tool bag that was dropped by astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper while she was working on the international space station.
The tool bag, which is valued at around £100,000, is drifting just [...]
Cannabis can stop dementia
There has been so much press about the plant marijuana that it is hard to know which version you should take notice of. This is because marijuana has been given such a bad reputation from all of the people who used it as a drug.
But now there has been a lot of research into this [...]
Moods linked to weather
This is a very appropriate piece of research that has been carried by a team in Germany, they have been looking at stress and other emotions, these are normally related directly to circumstances this could be work or business, after all there is little to be happy about these days.
However, the German researchers have found [...]
Hearing affected by iPods
It seems that just by taking a quick look around during the rush hour, the amount of people using an iPods and of course other Mp3 players runs into thousands and yet it has been found that many of these people could be damaging their hearing permanently.
An EU scientific committee has found through their research [...]
Baldness gene found
With a third of all men suffering from male pattern baldness by the time that they reach the age of forty five, there are many people who would be thinking that it is about time that something should be done about it, and so there has by Researchers at McGill University, King’s College London and [...]
September 15, 2008Marijuana v Alcohol
Could be possible that the much talked about Marijuana could actually be safer than alcohol, well according to research being carried out by a lot of universities, the simple answer is yes.
Research has found that marijuana will cause any long term brain damage, which is not the case with excessive alcohol consumption, the same can [...]
US dispute China’s Olympic win
As the entire world celebrates the ending of what could be described one of the most successful Olympic Games ever, there are questions being asked as to who came out on top.
If anyone would have noticed, the medals table have the three grades and a total, but this year certain countries have been gauging the [...]
Overweight kids could be taken into care
Council leader throughout the country are planning to take overweight children away from their parents in order to save money. This plan is being contemplated by the Local Government Association (LGA) because they fear that in four-year time, childhood obesity will become so wide spread that around a million children will be considered clinically obese.
The [...]
Sleeping is good for you
There are many myths concerning sleep, but how much sleep you get and when you get your forty winks can have some major effects on the way that you perform during the day. It all depends on your own body clock which if you are to get the most out of what you have then [...]
August 14, 2008What about the 2014 games
Nobody could have predicted the problems that we have seen recently between Russia and Georgia, but hopefully this has passed us now. However, even during the Olympic Games we have seen some serious rivalry in sport between the two countries, which goes well beyond the normal behaviour.
This has prompted calls for the 2014 Winter Olympics [...]