Aussie flu: Just what the doctor ordered?
4 January 2018
A really bad but not pandemic flu season could be the wake-up call the world needs
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Research on short-fall injuries quashes ‘shaken baby’ verdict
3 January 2018
A man has been freed after nearly 17 years in prison following repudiation of the “shaken baby” evidence that caused him to be convicted of murder
With political will, we can solve the global vision crisis
3 January 2018
Impaired sight costs the world trillions every year, but leaders with vision could deal with this under-reported and unnecessary problem
China's plan to stop recycling the world's rubbish may backfire
3 January 2018
China is giving Western nations a headache with a ban on imports of "foreign garbage" to recycle, but the move is also creating a Chinese cardboard shortage
NHS is switching to cheaper mimics of expensive cancer drugs
3 January 2018
Biological drugs like some antibodies used to fight cancer are difficult to make. The NHS is now turning to cheaper alternatives, but some doctors fear they won’t work as well
Can listening to a low hum destroy Alzheimer’s brain plaques?
3 January 2018
Flickering light, low sounds and vibrating pads are all being tried out in people with Alzheimer’s after promising research in mice
Californians can now buy marijuana for recreational use
2 January 2018
It already has a booming marijuana industry, and on 1 January, California became the sixth US state to make marijuana legally available for recreational use
Your body fat may be protecting you against infections
29 December 2017
Fat isn’t all bad – it stores powerful immune cells, and seems to boost their ability to defend the body from dangerous infections
Human or robot? Google's speech generator makes it hard to tell
28 December 2017
Instead of stitching together short human sound bites to create words and sentences, Google’s latest system generates vocals from the text alone
Plants use sand armour to break teeth of attacking caterpillars
28 December 2017
Some plants are coated in sand, and it seems the sand grains act like medieval armour that protects these “psammophorous” plants from munching caterpillars
