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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 going to add a gene to strawberries and apples that can control the growth of a bacterium that causes tooth dec...
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 kill as many mosquitos with their bare hands as they could. The one boasting the most kills would be awarded a pre...
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 90.97 carat diamond, reputed to have been purchased for 12 million pounds by an anonymous Arabian buyer. A spok...
Do you hate cats - this could be the web-site for you ! Make your way to Cat Haters Heaven to meet like-minded people ! Visit www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/8829/cats.html . You can also look at www.ratstocats.com which is very funny !Slightly more seriously, if you are interested ...
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 send 20,000 of the posters and postcards to schools - budding engineers are lured by a picture of a bra whilst...
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 on the Isle of Man that he had been “personally chosen” for cheap membership for 3 years. (Reported in...
Exercise doesn’t have to be hell to be healthy, new research has shown. A new study carried out at Harvard School of Public Health in America has found that a single long period of exercise is no better for you than several shorter sessions, so long as the total amoun...
A new gadget to help athletes get the full advantage of altitude training from the comfort of their bed at home has recently been unveiled by New York company Hypoxico. Athletes train at high altitude because the lower-levels of oxygen in the air stimulates the numbers of ...
Cooked carrots may be better for you, say scientists from the University of Arkansas. They found that cooked pureed carrots showed higher levels of antioxidants than raw, crunchy carrots. According to Professor Luke Howard who was involved in the research, “People alw...
Yet more evidence that Nicotine is fatally attractive, following findings that a single cigarette can trigger a long-lasting chemical change in brain cells. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for feelings of pleasure, and high levels of the chemical lasts f...
Don’t go away when the adverts come on! A British company has come up with a trick that it hopes will keep you watching your TV or the cinema screen or listening to the radio! This is thanks to a newly patented badge that viewers and listeners will wear . The badge is...
Suffolk householders watched in disbelief this week as it rained straw for 20 minutes, filling their gardens ! Weather experts believe that a mini-tornado may have sucked up the straw from a freshly-harvested field near Ipswich before dumping it miles inland....
Exposure to electrical cables may make you more likely to commit suicide, a recent American study has shown. Resaerchers from the University of North Carolina studied records of over 138,000 male workers employed by 5 utility companies between 1950 and 1985. They found 536...
