Is The UK Experiencing A Brain Drain?

Is The UK Experiencing A Brain Drain?

Immigration continues to be one of the key issues in the build-up to the general election. The latest figures show a net flow of 298,000 into the UK. This is higher than when David Cameron’s…
Infectious Diseases Are Big Risk To Wild Bees

Infectious Diseases Are Big Risk To Wild Bees

Researchers have discovered that a network of viruses usually associated with managed honeybees pose a widespread risk to bumblebees in the wild also. The study revealed multiple interconnected…
The Aging Brain Has Been Exaggerated

The Aging Brain Has Been Exaggerated

Older brains are more similar to younger brains than previously thought, according to a new study.  Certainly, brains change as we get older. People get dementia and that is linked to plaque…
Green Products Are No Less Toxic

Green Products Are No Less Toxic

Though people selling alternatives to science will use labels like "chemical-free", that is not really the case. Our world is entirely chemical. 'Chemical' has simply been turned into a bad word in '…
Smartphones Are Making Us Forget How To Think

Smartphones Are Making Us Forget How To Think

Modern smartphones are wonderful devices - they let us check email we won't reply to until we get to a desktop, they take pictures and sometimes they even make a poor quality phone call. But that…
Fertility Drugs Carry Promise - And Risk

Fertility Drugs Carry Promise - And Risk

Every fertility specialist seeks to design the most effective treatment strategy possible for each couple seeking to become pregnant. Treatment is usually a complex process and fertility drugs are…