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Reflexology Does Not Make the Grade

Do you use or practise reflexology, if so then this story will interest you. For those not in the know, in reflexology, there is said to be a map of the body on t...

Contraceptive Patches Hit the Shelves

Lots of women find taking the oral contraceptive pill a nuisance because it is easy to forget. If you are one of these women then the new 'contraceptive patch' mi...

Meningitis Strain C Vaccine

Following the success of the recent meningitis vaccination programme amongst children, adolescents and students, the government announced this week that the vacci...

Worrying News for the Amazon

American and Brazilian scientists announced this week that the Amazon forest is being destroyed faster than ever. They studied detailed satellite images of the Am...

Turning Mud Into Electricity

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts have discovered how to make electricity using mud ! They have found that microorganisms living in sediments underwat...

Elderly Watch Out

A study of the elderly has shown that people who lose more than 5% of their body weight over a 3 year period or less have an increased risk of death compared with...

Hot Spring Brings Hope for Life on Mars

People who believe that little green men will be found on Mars are bound to be disappointed - the conditions would be far too harsh. But the discovery of a new co...

Australians Build Robots Based on Nature's Designs

Australian scientists are using a freshwater crayfish, known as the Yabby, as their inspiration to help build miniature robots for NASA's exploration of Mars. Pla...

A New Kind of Lie Detector Test

Traditional lie detector tests measure blood pressure and sweat on the surface of the skin to work out when someone is lying, but scientists writing in this week'...

Fighting Bacteria with Viruses

Scientists from America are using viruses to kill deadly bacteria that have become resistant to traditional antibiotics. Bacteriophages are viruses that attack an...