Enzymes versus nerve agents: Designing antidotes for chemical weapons

Apr 11, 2017 04:48 am UTC| Health

A chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people, including children, triggered the Trump administrations recent missile strikes against the Syrian government. The use of illegal nerve agents apparently by the...

Snout, sniff and sneeze: the language of the nose

Apr 11, 2017 04:42 am UTC| Health

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that language is fossil poetry. It is made up, he said, of images which have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin. Some of that poetry is on the nose. An extraordinary number of...

Why ADHD can be a valuable bonus for entrepreneurs

Apr 10, 2017 13:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Business

Entrepreneurship is about moving forwards. It involves branching out, a search for the new, starting a journey in which the destination is unknown. In a sense then, it is not an entirely rational process, in which actions...

Go Ahead And Keep Judging Others, Study Says It’s A Good Thing

Apr 10, 2017 13:37 pm UTC| Health

Society often discourages people from judging others despite being made of a wholly judgmental populace. As it turns out, looking down on others for being despicable is actually a good thing, at least to some extent....

Food for thought? Diet helps explain unique human brainpower

Apr 08, 2017 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Its the mystery of all mysteries of science. Why is it that humans are so unusual compared to all other life? The key to solving this riddle lies in explaining the evolution of our large brains and exceptional...

8 diet myths - busted!

Apr 04, 2017 13:20 pm UTC| Health

With almost half the adult population trying to lose weight - its time to bust some diet myths that just wont go away. Heres eight weve been asked about lately. 1. Celery has negative calories A 15cm celery stalk has...

Common antibiotic could treat post-traumatic stress disorder

Apr 04, 2017 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Doxycycline is a cheap, widely available antibiotic. It is used to treat everything from acne to urinary tract infections. This humble little pill, we have now discovered, might also be useful for treating post-traumatic...