Why children find 'poo' so hilarious – and how adults should tackle it
Feb 02, 2017 13:58 pm UTC| Health
A boy meets a man carrying a load of cow manure and asks him what he is going to do with it all. The man tells the little boy, Im taking it home to put on my strawberries. The boy looks up at the man and says, I dont know...
When the drugs don’t work: how we can turn the tide of antimicrobial resistance
Feb 01, 2017 15:53 pm UTC| Health
A new report by the Australian Academy of Science has called for the Australian government to take immediate action to counter the growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, a problem known as antimicrobial resistance....
Why using a mobile phone while driving is so dangerous ... even when you're hands-free
Feb 01, 2017 13:43 pm UTC| Health
A recent police clampdown on driving using hand-held mobile phones caught nearly 8,000 UK drivers in a week, ostensibly reflecting a widespread disregard of a law intended to protect all. But is using a hand-held mobile...
'Seeing' music or 'tasting' numbers? Here's what we can learn from people with synaesthesia
Feb 01, 2017 13:33 pm UTC| Health
Imagine what the world would be like if numbers had specific spatial locations, music had shapes, or colours made sounds. Perhaps youd experience the bass in the Jamie xx track Gosh as cuboid, metallic and heavy, with...
Could a contraceptive app be as good as the pill?
Jan 30, 2017 16:41 pm UTC| Technology Health
Theres a company that claims its smartphone fertility-tracking app is as good as the pill at preventing pregnancy. Women have long monitored their menstrual cycles as a method of contraception but this has often been seen...
Why advances in treating those with brain injuries require advances in respecting their rights
Jan 28, 2017 07:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis Health
Several years ago a father approached me, concerned about the care his son was receiving. The son had been in a car accident that left him with severe brain injury. He was placed in a nursing home, and his dad stopped by...
Can machines really tell us if we're sick?
Jan 28, 2017 07:14 am UTC| Technology Health
This week US scientists announced they have developed an algorithm, or a computerised tool, to identify skin cancers through analysis of photographs. Rather than relying on human eyes, the new method scans a photo of a...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects