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Blood Test For Cancer & How DNA Is RepairedScientists in Israel recently announced that they had come up with a blood test that could predict a person's risk of developing lung cancer, particularly if that person is a smoker. Cancers develop when our DNA is mutated, or damaged, by harmful substances in the env...Sperm And CoffeeThe last week has seen a handful of discoveries about sperm. Coffee speeds up sperm, cannabis makes them speed up and burn out quickly, and overweight men suffer from sperm DNA fragmentation. Researchers from Brazil found that men who drink coffee have higher sperm mo...Coffee Can Prevent Colon CancerGood news this week for coffee drinkers because German researchers have tracked down a chemical in coffee that may help to prevent colon cancer- the second leading cause of death in the USA. Coffee has been known for some time to be rich in antioxidants - chemicals th...Underwear To Die For (but it Could Save your Life)Soon sufferers of heart conditions could be wearing super-smart electronic underwear that will call an ambulance when they need one. German researchers have developed bras and underpants with sensors in them that monitor the wearer's heart beat and a microprocessor th...Meteoric BathroomAmerican Roy Fausset returned to his New Orleans home on 23rd september to find that a meteorite had demolished his recently-renovated bathroom. It seems to be the season for near-earth objects at the moment with an asteroid the size of a small house passing within 80...Gm Crop Field Trial Results AnnouncedAfter a three years of farm-scale trials looking at the environmental impact of GM crops the results are finally out this week. These were the biggest trials carried out anywhere in the world, showing just how concerned the government are that they get enough information to m...Other LinksRadio show featuring Peter Brennan discussing the science of smell (2005) |
Light from the sun takes 2 days to reach the earth   Bullets can leave a gun at 4000 miles an hour You can smell a skunk from 2 miles away The frisbee the flying dish that people throw to each
other travels at over 70 miles per hour The Himalayas are at least 500m years old Flying fish can glide through the air at about 40 miles an hour
for over 150 feet The centre of the earth is made of liquid iron. There are sharks in the sea around Britain An octopus has a beak If you put mount Everest at the bottom of the deepest part of
the ocean, it's top would poke out of the surface of the water You see the flash of a firework before you hear it Birds are cold-blooded A Tsunami is a type of volcanic eruption A triangle in which all of the sides are the same length is
called an isosceles triangle Penguins and polar bears live together on the North pole Cacti store water inside themselves so they can live in dry
conditions The biggest animal in the sea is the great white shark |
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