A Brief History of Injecting Frogs with Urine
James Burgon explores the evolution of pregnancy tests – and why a frog is more effective than a mouse.
Category: Life Sciences
The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Rainforest (and How You Can See it Before it’s Too Late)
The Amazon rainforest is disappearing at an unprecedented rate, with potentially catastrophic consequences — Childreach International bring you a once in a lifetime opportunity to delve into the depths of the jungle while you still can.
Schrödinger’s Mutations
Alisha delves into the strange world of quantum tunnelling and how it may lead to spontaneous DNA mutations.
Prawns: The New Defence against Tropical Disease?
The parasitic tropical disease, schistosomiasis, affects up to 209 million people. But scientists may now have discovered an unusual solution – the giant river prawn.
Curcumin the Wonder Drug: Fact or Fiction?
Sarah Neidler has a closer look at curcumin’s biomedical properties and explains why it may not be suitable as a therapeutic agent – although often called a wonder drug.
Novel Treatment for Incurable Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome is a devastating genetic disease with no treatment. But is a cure as simple as turning the relevant genes back on?
The Plight of the Tusked Elephant
Witness “natural” selection as ivory poaching causes an evolutionary change in African elephants, as increasing numbers are born without tusks.
Is Viagra a Male Contraceptive?
Lauren Taylor delves into the stimulating debate that Viagra could be a contraceptive.
