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Anti-cancer Sponge Found After 20 Year Hunt20 years ago marine scientists in the Bahamas found a small piece of a sea sponge that harboured a powerful anti-cancer agent. But the amount of sponge they had to work with was so tiny that only limited research could be done at the time. Over the last 2 decades they...Threat To Cone Shells And The Potential Drugs They ContainScientists from the UK and America have warned this week that we might be loosing the most promising source of new drugs because of habitat loss and overexploitation. Cone snails are very pretty-looking sea-shells that live in the warm, shallow tropical seas, but are ...New Breast Cancer Detection MethodScientists at the University of Minnesota have been investigating a new technique to diagnose breast cancer. MRI or Magnetic Resonance imaging using radiowaves is used to detect breast lumps and spectroscopy is used to detect tissue choline molecules (tCHO) which accu...The Secret of Jonny's Golden KickAfter yesterday’s fabulous performance of England in the Rugby World Cup final, I can’t resist finding some science in there somewhere. And indeed there is. Researchers from University College Worcester have developed a mathematical formula for Jonny Wilki...Strawberries Boost Astronaut's PerformanceSnacking on strawberries may help astronauts to perform better on long space missions. A daily dose of the frozen fruit boosts the brain function in rats exposed to a lab version of cosmic radiation, according to a study from the University of Maryland, in Baltimore. ...Usa Carbon Sequestration PlanAmerica has steadfastly refused to sign up to the Kyoto agreement – a worldwide drive to cut carbon dioxide emissions from cars and industry to stop the acceleration of the greenhouse effect. Instead they are looking into the possibiility of sequestering carbon ...Face Transplants a Step Closer To Reality - But Do We Want Them ?Did you see the film Face Off a few years back where John Travolta and Nicolas Cage swap faces? Well, we might not be far off that procedure being a reality… Surgeons in France and the United States say that they are now ready to graft the face of a dead person ...Why Do We Have Eyebrows ?Have you ever noticed that the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre is of a lady with no eyebrows? The Mona Lisa was painted in 1503 by Leonardo da Vinci, and is thought be a portrait of an Italian widow. In the 1500’s it was fashionable for ladies to shave off thei...Pisa Once Like VeniceArcheologists have unearthed a ghost fleet of ships buried in mud outside the Italian city of Pisa. This had led them to think that Pisa was built on a lagoon similar to Venice, with a river delta where freshwater met sea water. Pisa is now 10km from the sea, but in R... |
Hypothermia is when the body gets too hot   The sun is 10 billion years old People who are short-sighted can’t see this close to them
An omnivore is an animal that only eats meat Mushrooms are a kind of fungus Crocodiles give birth to live young Your body has its own internal clock and can tell that time
of the day it is A bend in a river is called a dog leg Your stomach produces alkali to help you to digest food Penicillin comes from mould similar to the stuff that grows
on old bread Asthma is a disease which affects your lungs Toothpaste contains chloride to help stengthen your teeth Bats find their way around by using sound waves A lacrimator is a substance that causes pain Normal human body temperature is about 39 degrees celsius A magnetic compass points towards the North Pole Long hair grows faster than short hair The sea is becoming more salty as the years go by |
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