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Affairs Make for a Better Husband

An Italian study has found that men having affairs become better husbands and more attentive fathers, spending an extra 20% of their time at home. This is largely...

A New Non-invasive Test for Down's Syndrome

Researchers have developed a non-invasive test that can determine whether a developing baby has Down's syndrome, a condition caused by the baby having an extra ch...

Stress Affects How Blood Vessels Function

Stress increases the risk of developing heart disease and researchers think they have found out why. In a recent study they asked 10 healthy men to defend themsel...

Air Pollution Increases Blood 'stickiness'

Scientists have known for years that air pollution causes an increase in the death rate, usually from heart attacks, but they have never understood why. A recent ...

Gm Foods to Prevent Tooth Decay

An apple a day keeps the dentist away, we are told, but how about a strawberry ? Researchers at the International Institute of Horticultural Research in Kent are ...

Results of Italy's First Official Mosquito Swatting Competition

A few weeks ago on ScienceWorld we told you about the world’s first official mosquito swatting competition in Italy. Contestants were given 15 minutes to kil...

World's Most Flawless Diamond a Cut Above the Rest

The cutting of one of the World’s most flawless diamonds has been completed by a London jeweller. Laurence Gaff of Bond Street have spent 1 year cutting the ...

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Dundee University Uses Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll Advertising to Recruit Students

The university of Dundee is attempting to lure students with an advertising campaign using images of a bra, a condom and a pint of beer. The university intends to...

Exercise Is an Essential Part of Healthy Living, Apparently...

We are always being told that exercise is good for us, but an 88 year old blind man suffering from severe arthritis was surprised to find in a letter from a Gym o...