Liver failure signs and symptoms
Your liver is a vital organ to your body. It cleanses toxins from your body, helps fight infection, and helps digestion.
The liver has to...
Overeating: How to stop yourself from eating too much
Most people today could stand to lose some weight. Whether they eat healthy and exercise but instead indulge to overeating.
For too long, people have...
Espresso: Assessing your coffee using your senses
How can we assess the quality of espresso properly? Ayelet Ofek, Sensory and Development Technology Manager at Strauss Coffee, connects us to our senses...
Learning to children has similarities to scientific exploration
The relationship between child’s play and scientific exploration Laura Schulz finds that babies learning about the world have much in common with scientists.Laura Schulz,...
All eyes on countries fuelling illegal ivory trade
The international body that regulates wildlife trade should begin proceedings to impose sanctions on the countries most complicit in the illegal trade of ivory,...
Biological clock disruptions lead to obesity, diabetes and heart attacks
Disruption in the body’s biological clock (circadian rhythm) can lead not only to obesity, but can also increase the risk of diabetes and heart...
Use of painkiller is still high despite risks – study
The anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac, sold as Voltaren in New Zealand, has come under fire internationally for being too widely used in place of other...
Jumping is good to the bones, study
When was the last time you hopped, skipped or jumped? If it was back in the last century you wouldn't be alone - these...
Lack of access to technology 'hampers' detection of fake drugs
Fake and substandard drugs are endangering public health — and their manufacture and sale rank among the easiest to commit but least detected...
A surprise may help person forget painful memories
This article was first published on ScienceNews by Laura Sanders
An element of surprise may be the key to whitewashing a painful memory. People who...