Does sitting down on sofas give you cancer?
People who spend more time sitting are more at risk of getting cancer than people who don’t, a new study reveals.
Does watching violence on TV make men more violent?
New research has shown that men watching more violence on television could result in stunted in brain development, and the inability to control impulsive behaviours, including aggression.
Drugs Without the Hot Air: I Knew Nothing About Drugs Until I Read This Book
Guess which substance killed Amy Winehouse? Have a stab in the dark.
London pollution linked to heart complications
Mimi Li on the dangers of living in a polluted city.
Making light of the matter
Philippa Skett talks to the researchers behind turning light into electrons
A cast-iron case for climate sceptics
Philippa Skett on the ice caps leaking iron into the ocean
Alien DNA: when six bases are better than four
Are six bases better than four? Scientists at The Scripps Institute Florida, can boast that they have changed the secret of life; they have invented an extension to our DNA.
Wait... are people actually starting to enjoy science?
Philippa Skett reviews Imperial Festival and the wider public engagement movement
Boosting your brainpower?
Utsav Radia discusses new research on study drugs, and the problems they pose
On the hunt for young blood
Matilda Hays discusses the anti-aging properties of transfusions for mice
Reseachers produce an even greener solar cell
A new solar cell is being pioneered by researchers at the Northwestern University, USA. Rather than using lead perovskite as the conductor to harvest light, the research team developed cells which utilise tin.
Epigenetics implicated in type 2 diabetes
Epigenetic differences are being found in an almost-unlimited number of diseases: cancer, epilepsy, arthritis, obesity. A recent paper published in PLoS Genetics has now found that epigenetic changes may influence how susceptible one is to type 2 diabetes.