Condoms are not used often enough, leading to more cases of STIs and unplanned pregnancies. But now a revolutionary new design may be able to encourage safer sex. A British biotechnology firm has...
Why is chicken breast white and dark meat dark? 聽It all has to do with different kinds of muscle. 聽Dark meat is a result of the predominant presence of slow oxidative muscle fibres used for...
Bisphenol A (BPA) has been the subject of much recent controversy due to reports that it can cause birth defects, impaired sugar control as well as other health problems in rodents. 聽Bisphenol A is...
Stereochemistry refers to a branch of chemistry that studies the relative spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules. Some drugs are mixtures of different stereoisomers of a molecule in which...
An international research team has recently linked the common migraine with a genetic risk factor. 聽It seems that people suffering from migraines have a variation in their DNA, specifically on...
Among the treasures discovered during the famous 1922 archaeological excavation of King Tutankhamun鈥檚 tomb was a jar of honey. 聽Archaeologists tasted it (brave souls those archeologists), and to...
If you see a product label that lists 鈥済uar gum or cellulose gum鈥� among its ingredients you would probably expect to chew rather than lick. 聽But these substances are critical to making a smooth...
We can now add the newest element to the periodic table. 聽It has been named Copernicium in honour of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the Polish astronomer who first hypothesized that the Earth...
Alexander the Great was known to use aloe as a purgative after being taught about the plant鈥檚 effects by his tutor Aristotle. 聽Purgatives were highly valued at the time because it was believed that...
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