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Correlation: Sitting Is Bad For Your Health And Exercise Won't Help

Advances in technology in recent decades have obviated the need and desire for humans to move....

It's About Calories, So Kimchi Is Not A Weight Loss Superfood - But You May Eat Less

Fermented foods have become popular in recent years, partly due to their perceived health benefits....

Beekeepers Are Wrong About Overwinter Hive Behavior

Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because...

Why Does Anyone Still Search For The Loch Ness Monster?

Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday...

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Why Are Earth And The Moon So Different? It May Be The Iron Rain

Why Are Earth And The Moon So Different? It May Be The Iron Rain

Mar 02 2015 | comment(s)

Women With Endometriosis Need More Support, Less Judgment

Women With Endometriosis Need More Support, Less Judgment

Mar 02 2015 | comment(s)

Known for years as the “career woman’s disease” based on the idea that women without children develop disease in their reproductive organs, endometriosis is a painful condition thought to affect one in ten women worldwide.

Australia Should Consider Thorium Nuclear Power

Australia Should Consider Thorium Nuclear Power

Mar 02 2015 | comment(s)

Fixing Outdated Guidelines For Human Vaccine Trials

Fixing Outdated Guidelines For Human Vaccine Trials

Mar 01 2015 | comment(s)


A volunteer receives a trial Ebola vaccine at the Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine in Oxford, southern England January 16, 2015. Eddie Keogh/Reuters

Recently, Phase II and III trials of two vaccines for Ebola started in West Africa. The development of possible vaccines is welcome news. Like most vaccine trials, the current Ebola trials are being conducted under ethical guidelines derived from US standards for clinical research in human beings.

The Diversity Challenge Facing Universities

The Diversity Challenge Facing Universities

Mar 01 2015 | comment(s)


Academia could take some lessons from Silicon Valley about diversity. Credit: Wikimedia

Last week, MIT released a report that closely examines the state of diversity within the university.

The report considers MIT’s diversity not just in terms of students and faculty, but also looks at the Institute’s non-faculty research staff who represent approximately 28% of the institution as a whole.

The BBC Must Wake Up To New Media Realities

The BBC Must Wake Up To New Media Realities

Mar 01 2015 | comment(s)


Ariel between Wisdom and Gaiety. Wikimedia

My advice to the BBC: ignore the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport committee report on your future at your peril.