biology
Chemotherapy warning as hundreds die from cancer-fighting drugs
Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Research showed that cancer drugs are killing up to 50 per cent of patients in some hospitals.
Physicists Go Hunting for Consciousness
Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
It was only recently that physicists shifted their attentions from concepts like the Big Bang, quantum information and began tendering their two cents on consciousness.
Planet smash-up 'brought carbon to Earth'
Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Much of Earth's life-giving carbon could have been delivered in a planetary collision about 4.4 billion years ago, a theory suggests.
Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction, experts say
Posted in Science on 6th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
Four out of six great ape species are now Critically Endangered with the remaining two also under considerable threat of extinction.
DNA sequenced in space for first time on the ISS
Posted in Science on 4th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
The device, which was sent up to the space station in July, could help astronauts diagnose illness in space and allow them to identify disease-causing microbes on the ISS.