biology
Popular insecticide greatly reduces Bee ability to lay eggs
Posted in Featured, Science on 10th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
A new study has found neonicotinoids, the worlds most commonly used insecticide, cause queen honeybees to lay as much as two-thirds fewer eggs.
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.
Cancer drug 'like taking Panadol' developed in Australia, given fast-track approval in US
Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2016
by Alex Muller
A revolutionary drug that melts away cancer in some stage four patients has been given fast-track approval in the United States.
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.