Even bees get hooked on coke
It is a strange thing, but bee’s can also get hooked on the chemicals found in the coca plant, and should they become influenced by the effects of withdrawal in the same fashion, as an addict would be.
Yet cocaine would normally repel insects, this is a natural defence mechanism produced by the plant to protect [...]
There is a gene that makes kids naughty
In line with what almost every parent already knows, researchers have found that children who appear to be naughty more than others have a great excuse now for there is a naughty gene.
This gene has also been described as the rebel gene because it is found in those people who tend to be popular though [...]
Health fears for Wii users
There are growing fears from medical professionals over the use of the Nintendo Wii, as it is believed that the actions that users carry out when playing the sports games on the Wii are responsible for some serious injuries.
The problem is that these games are being marketed as being healthy and a great way to [...]
Blood pressure linked to IQ
Recent research has found that high blood pressure in older people can have a marked effect on how they think according to Jason Allaire, an assistant professor of psychology at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh.
So far there is no actual evidence that it is the high blood pressure that is causing this problem, but [...]
Faulty gene makes drinkers aggressive
Anyone that has ever seen people who have drunk too much would have to ask why they all tend to act differently, the most worrying being those drinkers who turn aggressive.
It seems that recent research from Finland has found alcohol can have a violent trigger effect in some people. This is because some people have [...]
Vatican speaks out on bioethics
The Vatican have always appeared to have against any sort of interference by science into the natural development of the human body, but these with so many good results coming from treatments such as gene therapy and stem cell research; can they ignore the benefits anymore?
It would not, as the Vatican have recently spoken out [...]
Illuminated cancer cells easier to track
The studying of cancer has been given a new tool to help with the studying of the disease; scientists have found they are able to use a fluorescent compound, which attaches itself to the cells. This means that they can track it to see if the cancer is growing, dying off or remaining the same.
This [...]
Chemical threat to men
This sounds like something from that TV programme from the seventies “Doom Watch” where a group of scientists save the world from disaster.
Well scientists are now warning that pollutants that have made their way into the environment have the ability to appear to be oestrogen the female hormone.
This means that fish, birds and reptiles that [...]
Immune system caught on film
The immune system has been captured on film for the first time by researchers from the Centenary Institute in Sydney, Australia.
They have filmed an immune cell being infected by a parasite and how this continues to grow throughout the body; this has been made possible by the team using a high powered multi photon microscope, [...]
Vitamin pills do not slow ageing process
It seems that the faith in vitamins rolling back the years may have been misplaced by the millions of people who spend millions of pounds on these products.
Recent research from the University College, London, has found that vitamin C and E, which are the ones normally praised as being able to prevent or slow the [...]
Reversal of heart disease
Heart disease is one of the main worries of people as they get older, but of course by then the damage has already been done and there is no chance of reversing that damage, or so we all thought.
Research being carried out by a team in the US and Germany have managed to halt the [...]