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Food sniffer tells you when meat or fish is no longer safe to eat

Posted in Featured, Hardware on 19th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller

Once analyzed, an app tells you whether the food is fresh, still okay but should be eaten straight away, or only fit for the trash can.

Does a junk food diet make you lazy? UCLA psychology study offers answer

Posted in Medicine on 5th Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller

A new UCLA psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary, not the other way around.

Sugar tax 'may be necessary', England's chief medical officer says

Posted in Medicine on 4th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Earlier this year doctors called for a soft drinks tax to reduce sugar intake.

Your tooth plaque can reveal diet, diseases hundreds of years after death

Posted in Science on 4th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Research shows that buried within plaque is a history of the bacteria that crossed the teeth it's come to coat.

Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade

Posted in Medicine on 27th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Federal health authorities on Tuesday reported a 43 percent drop in the obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children over the past decade.