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What do you get when you cross humour with science?A joke-generating computer programme, created by Aberdeen scientists to help children develop their language skills, has launched online. |
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New research shows a marked rise in expenditure on prescription drugs and in the number of prescribed medicines being dispensed in recent years.
The commonly-used painkiller Paracetamol can protect against kidney failure after severe muscle injury, according to research at the University of Essex.
Biomedical Science graduates at the University of Essex are bucking the trend when it comes to students having trouble finding jobs after their degrees.
75% of surgical patients would consider allowing a competent unsupervised trainee doctor perform their operation if it meant having it done more quickly.
Findus Group UK has won the 2010 European Business Awards for the Environment with their 'Fish for Life': supporting sustainable fisheries project.
The time and money needed by business and public sector organisations to introduce carbon emission monitoring measures could put a strain on future investments in technology that can actually lower the energy bill.
Birmingham City University has been awarded the Bronze EcoCampus Award for its commitment to addressing key issues of environmental sustainability.
A piece of advice to all who wish to be climate smart: eat up what's on your plate. And don't imagine that locally produced food is always more eco-friendly.
When it comes to healthy diet advice it can be a nightmare deciding what's junk and what's genuine. It's actually quite simple to get a balanced diet - just eat the right amount of foods from all the food groups.
Why do we get intense desires to eat certain foods? Food cravings are a common experience and recent studies have been examining the psychology underlying food cravings and how they may be controlled.
A culinary whizz from the University of Sheffield, smashed world records at the Sheffield Food Festival by whipping-up a litre of ice cream in 10.34 seconds.
Easter eggs and other chocolate may be good for you, according to research that shows just one small square of chocolate a day can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease.
Researchers at the University of Bath are offering free gym membership to school leavers in Wiltshire who take part in a study to promote healthy lifestyle habits.
Up to 150,000 people a year could be given a chance to live if more people knew first aid, says charity St John Ambulance, as it launches a hard-hitting campaign to encourage more people to learn this vital skill.
Tobacco imagery and product placement in best-selling films is nearly twice as likely to occur in those which originate from the UK than internationally.
The first cross-government strategy specifically designed to break the link between poor health and youth crime has been launched.
Scientists could be one step closer to developing a unique painkiller for millions of people worldwide with diabetes.
Around sixty students from schools in the South West will have the chance to try their hand at forensic-style chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry.
Essential oils could kill the deadly MRSA hospital 'superbug' according to scientists at the University of Brighton.
Despite the almost universal association of the right with life, right, positive and good things, and the left with death, inadequacy, negative and bad things, recent research shows that left-handed people hold the opposite association.
Despite 78% agreeing that it is wrong, 1 in 4 of UK's children have tried their hand at hacking into others' Facebook accounts mostly by surreptitiously using the victims passwords.
To coincide with 'No Smoking Day', the Department of Health UK has released the first official NHS 'Quit Smoking' app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
A recent study reveals how dangerous it can be for people to divulge so much personal information on social networking sites.
Businesses are being urged to secure their IT defences against hackers who are ready to take advantage of skeleton staff in IT departments over the holidays.