The Rhythms of Life – Our Body Clock
May03

The Rhythms of Life – Our Body Clock

The human body is a pretty remarkable thing to the point that it actually has several different types of internal clocks that helps to keep us ‘ticking along’ for both the daily and seasonal rhythms of life.

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Is there any Evolutionary Reason why we Die ?
Apr15

Is there any Evolutionary Reason why we Die ?

According to the theory of evolution shouldn’t the strongest organism live forever ? …. No. But the ‘answer’ as it stands is rather mind-bending

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How do birds know when to migrate?
Mar04

How do birds know when to migrate?

In the springtime we see migratory birds returning to us whilst in the Autumn we bid them farewell as they head for warmer southern climes. But how do they know when to leave our shores ? – and why do they bother to return again ?

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Is a Dog Year Seven Human Years ?
Feb02

Is a Dog Year Seven Human Years ?

Urban legend has it that if you want to calculate a dog’s age in equivalent human years you should multiply the dogs age by seven. But is this really true ?

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Why Do Leaves Turn Different Colours?
Oct30

Why Do Leaves Turn Different Colours?

The Autumn display of colours when trees begin to lose their leaves is a pretty spectacular thing. But why and how does it occur?

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The brain-wave-reading alarm clock that knows when to wake you up
Sep01

The brain-wave-reading alarm clock that knows when to wake you up

If you’re tired of waking up feeling like you haven’t even been to bed, then a new alarm clock that reads your brain waves to pinpoint the best time to wake you up – so that (in theory, at least) you rise feeling fresh and raring to go – could be for you.

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Shock Scientific Discovery – “Men & Women are Different”
Aug11

Shock Scientific Discovery – “Men & Women are Different”

Sometimes science has a strange way of proving what every body else has known all along, so here it is : Apparently “Men and Women are different”. Not only that but their brains are wired differently!

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How Do Birds Know Where to Peck for Worms?
Aug04

How Do Birds Know Where to Peck for Worms?

When the red, red robin comes bob-bob-bobbin’ along, it’s not bobbing out of joie de vivre. The robin probably has one thing on its mind – food ! So how DO birds know where to peck for worms ?

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How do Sunflowers and other plants track and always face the Sun?
Jul24

How do Sunflowers and other plants track and always face the Sun?

Sunflowers are among several plant species – especially desert plants – that have the ability to either grow or move in response to stimuli from sunlight to maximise the amount of direct solar radiation received for photosynthesis and growth. Here’s how they do it.

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Slugs (and vampires) watch out! – Eco friendly ways to kill them
Jul21

Slugs (and vampires) watch out! – Eco friendly ways to kill them

Slugs (and vampires) watch out! – Researchers at Newcastle University have found eco friendly ways to kill them.

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How To Talk To Fish
Jul17

How To Talk To Fish

If you have the opportunity to speak with any fish, I suggest you don’t choose herring. Herring communicate by shooting a burst of bubbles out of their anus. In this article we look at Fish Communications.

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Why do men go bald?
Jun16

Why do men go bald?

There are 193 species of monkeys and apes in the world today, but only one of them is hairless: us ! The average person has around 100,000 hairs on his or her head, so why do some men go bald ?

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What is the best way to cure hiccups?
Jun02

What is the best way to cure hiccups?

No one knows precisely how hiccups are caused— but they’re jolly annoying, even if they do provide much merriment for anyone witnessing them. In this article we list a few ‘cures’ that no-doubt someone somewhere swears by.

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How is the Caloric Value of Food Measured?
May01

How is the Caloric Value of Food Measured?

The Caloric value of food appears everywhere today. It’s almost as if there’s some malevolent conspiracy to make us feel bad about that chocolate bar or bag of crisps we like to snack on. But how do they estimate the calorific values and is it very accurate ?

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Half Animal, Half Plant and Totally Tasty on Toast – Fungi
Apr21

Half Animal, Half Plant and Totally Tasty on Toast – Fungi

When you eat mushrooms à la Grecque or a truffle omelette, you may have thought that you are eating a vegetable. But you aren’t.Fungi were thought for many years to be plants, members of the vegetable kingdom with a few peculiarities. But modern science has shown that they are not.

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