Category Archives: Science Update

Strawberries can save your stomach from alcohol

October 27, 2011 BY 1 Comment

The compounds in strawberries may be the answer to stomach ulcers.

Filed under Health, Medicine, Nutrition, Science, Science Update

Geeky you, hipster me

July 21, 2011 BY Leave a comment

The web browser you choose defines your personality. Are you a hipster, a geek or a conservative? Keep on reading to find out.

Filed under Internet, Science Update, Technology

A cannibal among us

July 11, 2011 BY Leave a comment

The Milky Way might have swallowed a galaxy as part of its formation.

Filed under Astrophysics, News, Science, Science Update

City living stresses you out

June 23, 2011 BY 1 Comment

City living increases the risk of mental health problems.

Filed under Architecture, Culture, History, News, Science Update

No more fear of walking

June 20, 2011 BY Leave a comment

Virtual reality could help Parkinson’s patients.

Filed under Health, Innovation, Medicine, News, Science, Science Update

New treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

April 4, 2011 BY Leave a comment

Insulin, the hormone that keeps the level of sugar in the bloodstream within normal range, could be a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.

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New fossil discovered in China

March 29, 2011 BY 1 Comment

Researchers from the universities of Oxford and Leicester, in the UK, and from Yunnan University, China, discovered a well-preserved fossil that provides new information on primitive sea creatures and their evolution.

Filed under Animals, Archaeology, Nature, Palaeontology, Science Update

And the winner is…

March 24, 2011 BY Leave a comment

The Abel Prize has been awarded to the famous American mathematician John Milnor (b. 1931).

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Runaway star’s origin discovered

December 31, 2010 Leave a comment

A blue star hurtling through the outer reaches of our galaxy originated in the centre of the Milky Way 100 million years ago.

Filed under Astrophysics, In the mag, Science Update, Space

Wreck-hunters find sunken hospital ship

December 29, 2010 Leave a comment

After more than 65 years on the seafloor, the Centaur, a World War II Australian hospital ship, has been found nestled in the narrow channel of a canyon more than a kilometre below the ocean’s surface.

Filed under In the mag, Science Update, Technology