Smoking can be good for you
It’s the headline dedicated smokers have been waiting for: their disgusting habit is good for them. At least under certain conditions, though this doesn’t mean you’d be wise to reach for a pack of Players – the benefit is far outweighed by the danger of cancer.
Read MoreBat songs
According to latest research, bats can distinguish between calls made by members of their own species and others, even those that are closely related and inhabit similar ecological niches.
Read MoreCrazy geniuses
The closeness between brilliance and madness may be linked to dopamine receptors, say researchers.
Read MoreSpying on the neighbours
One of the Milky Way’s closest neighbours, the galaxy Messier 83, just became a bit clearer thanks to an infrared image taken by the European Southern Observatory.
Read MoreHold homeopaths to account
By Paul Rodgers
If it were up to me, magic would work. Much of my teens were spent in an imaginary land full of elves and dwarves, steeped in the lore of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and games such as Dungeons & Dragons. Who could resist the idea that waving a wand or drinking [...]
Linking of the future
How hyperlinking has changed the shape of journalism in print as well as online.
Read MoreFair Trade at City
Welcome to Fair Trade week at City University. This vodcast introduces us to City’s ambitions to become a Fair Trade university and gives us a peek into what City students actually think of fair trading.
Read MoreCannibalistic Cattle
An interview with the scientist whose team discovered the key stage leading to mad cow disease.
Read MoreA humorous look at homeopathy
A spoon full of humour to help the homeopathy go down… a comic report from the 10:23 event, brought to you by Smitha Mundasad, Nan King and Paul Rodgers.
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