Cancer researchers strive to predict chemotherapy resistance

May 21, 2013 in Health

A main obstacle to a cancer cure is chemoresistance. A new test is developed to identify resistant patients before treatment starts.

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Cleaning air the natural way

January 4, 2013 in Technology

A new air purification unit requires little energy in removing toxic gasses, dust and bacteria, much the way air is cleansed in the atmosphere. The new invention is out of the test lab and now cleaning industrial emissions.
Stone Age hunters liked their carbs

January 4, 2013 in Society & Culture

Analyses of Stone Age settlements reveal that the hunters were healthy and would gladly eat anything they could get their hands on, including carbohydrates – contrary to the modern definition of the Paleolithic, or Stone Age diet.
Greenland’s beautiful wildlife in pictures

January 3, 2013 in Environment

The extreme conditions in Greenland have created a unique wildlife. See some of the stunning pictures here.
Why parents drift off while kids watch TV

January 3, 2013 in Health

A sleep researcher says it’s not all your fault. Biology is to blame.
Don’t underestimate Viking women

January 2, 2013 in Society & Culture

The status of Viking women may be underestimated due to the way we interpret burial findings.
Privacy hedges date back to the Iron Age

January 2, 2013 in Society & Culture

The hedge that separates you from your neighbour wouldn’t be what it is today if it wasn’t for the fences and embankments built by Iron Age Northern Europeans.
Foreseeing a future of fewer strokes and heart attacks

January 1, 2013 in Health

Increased health care costs in the gray-haired future might be smaller than feared as the incidents of stroke and heart attack are likely to fall in the decades ahead.
1668: Danish man tortured for New Year fireworks

December 31, 2012 in Society & Culture

New Year’s shenanigans go back a long way. Here’s the story of a Danish tailor, who in 1668 was tortured for letting off fireworks on New Year’s Eve.
Copying parental suicides

December 30, 2012 in Health

Teenagers are at particular risk of committing suicide if one of their parents attempts it ‒ especially within the first couple of years.
Science has always been driven by money

December 29, 2012 in Society & Culture

New project seeks to uncover the influence that money has had on history’s great scientific discoveries.

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Symbolic saviour of an endangered species

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The story about Knut, the polar bear from Berlin, tells us something about our times, our relationship with animals and our outlook on the environment.

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