New Offensive Weapon for the Army - Bad Smells

The Army could have a new "offensive" weapon in their arsenal before long, one that really stinks! US Department of Defense officials have asked researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia to create a universally offensive odour that can be u...

Cloning Suffers a Blow From Dolly

Dolly the cloned sheep has developed arthritis in one of her back legs, denting public confidence in the safety of the cloning technology that brought her into being, and knocking 16% off the share price of PPL therapeutics, the company that helped to clone Dolly. Although...

Breast Feeding Mothers Have Better Brain Power

Japanese researchers have found that women who breast feed have higher levels of brain activity compared with non-breast feeding mothers. The researchers have found that the hormone oxytocin, which drives milk release from the breast, also increases that activity of nerve ...