How can a drug taken by 500,000 people a week be dangerous ? Quite literally more people have died going fishing than from taking Ecstasy. But scientists are begi...
2nd Dec 2001
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The art of tell your future from the lines on your palm may not be so ridiculous after all, and it can certainly be used to indicate your past, say researchers th...
2nd Dec 2001
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A recent study has shown that people who live near airports are more likely to have high blood pressure than those who live further away. What's more, the longer ...
2nd Dec 2001
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Americans got their first taste of a new kind of contraceptive device this week with the launch of Ortho Evra, the first contracptive skin patch. It works by cont...
2nd Dec 2001
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The US government is laying itself wide open to cyber attacks - that's attacks on its computer system by terrorists or any kind of hacker. This week's New Scienti...
2nd Dec 2001
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I'm sure most people know that yesterday was World Aids Day. Its 20 years since AIDS emerged as a killer disease. Since then over 20 million people world-wide hav...
2nd Dec 2001
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Everyone is talking about Harry Potter these days. The magical community can certainly do some amazing things - levitate, make themselves invisible, fly broomstic...
2nd Dec 2001
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It looks like China will be the third country to send astronauts into space. According to this week's New Scientist, China could have people in space by 2005. And...
2nd Dec 2001
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For an unknown reason, having a jab seems to reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease amongst the elderly. Article about the anti-Alzheimer's Vaccine...
2nd Dec 2001
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IF there are any DJ's listening to this show they might be seriously worried by this next piece of news, which came out in last week's New Scientist- Hewlett Pack...
25th Nov 2001
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