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We all know that cola and lemonade aren’t great for our waistline or our dental health, but our new study on rats has shed light on just how much damage sugary drinks can also do to our brain. The changes we ...
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Purging old, worn-out cells helps mice live longer, healthier lives, and seems to stave off a multitude of age-related diseases. We might eventually enjoy the same benefits, with the launch today of a company aiming to develop drugs that wipe ...
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Sorry exercise addicts – all those intense workouts might not be helping you lose as much weight as you thought. People who are the most physically active seem to become more efficient at using energy, and so burn fewer calories ...
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If genius is 99 per cent perspiration, then that’s a lot of valuable knowledge coming out of our pores. Capturing this is the idea behind a wearable sensor that measures the molecular make-up of your sweat to provide real-time information ...
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Sorry exercise addicts – all those intense workouts might not be helping you lose as much weight as you thought. People who are the most physically active seem to become more efficient at using energy, and so burn fewer calories ...
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Every so often, New York City’s STORY retail store completely changes its theme, much like an art gallery that features ever-changing curated collections. In the spirit of the arrival of a new year and all of the resolutions that come ...
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This New Scientist article, usually accessible only to subscribers, is made available for free by Philips MICHAEL JENSEN is talking to me on the phone, but his voice is drowned out by what sounds like a vacuum cleaner. Or maybe ...
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I’M STARING down at my fingers on the keyboard with some shame and disappointment. I expected them to look different by now. When I set out to write about habits, I vowed to break one of my own – biting ...
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“He won’t eat anything but cornflakes,” complained the mother of a boy I used to know. Breakfast, lunch, dinner — always a bowl of cornflakes and milk. Even at other people’s houses, he made no concessions. To his mother, his ...