1.8 million will die ahead of their time
A NEW Australian study has some scary statistics on just how deadly one of our favourite bad habits is.
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Genetic defect tests are here
WANT to prevent your child having a genetic defect or be sure your medicine is working? There is a new test for that.
Breakthrough could lead to sobriety pill
THE best cure for drunkenness is time, but a new Aussie study shows there is another solution — and it could have wide-ranging implications for our problems with alcohol.
This NHL star made the ultimate sacrifice
THE unexpected death of this defenseman was the cause of much grief in the NHL community. But a decision made five years ago has him hailed a hero.
‘My Matthew is in there’
WHEN Vicki Brannon met Jennifer Lentini for the first time, she leant in and put her ear to Jennifer’s chest. What she heard changed several lives forever.
X-rays show weird things people put in their body
HUMANS are strange. These X-rays of weird things in weird places definitely prove that.
Doctor explains ‘what heaven looks like’
A DOCTOR in the US says she’s been to heaven and back and that spirits predicted the death of her son. He was dead 10 years later.
The end of the common cold?
A BREAKTHROUGH looks to be the first step in finally creating a cure for the common cold, HIV and hepatitis C.
Beer: It really does lubricate the brain
SO the amber fluid may not be so evil after all. It appears it may really be flooding the brain with warm, fuzzy goodness.
The truth behind addictions is not what you think
EVERYTHING you thought about addictions could be wrong. The likely cause has been found and it’s not what you think.
Man has déjà vu for eight years
IT’S a real-life Groundhog Day. A man says his life was ruined when he got ‘stuck in a time loop’ for eight years. Scientists may have some answers for him.
Why do paper cuts hurt so bad?
THE stinging pain that accompanies paper cuts seems out of all proportion. But, as it turns out, there are some very good reasons for it.
What it’s really like to ‘body swap’
HAVE you ever wondered what it’d be like to have someone else’s life? Well this awesome futuristic virtual-reality exercise is opening up a whole new world of possibilities.
When you lose weight, where does it go?
DO YOU know where your body fat actually goes when you shed the kilos? Don’t worry, it turns out most doctors don’t know either. Here’s the fascinating truth.
Proof our work days should start later
FOR many of us, the typical 9-5 work day is a drag. Now there’s scientific proof that it’s actually harming our health.
Smoking is making you less manly
RESEARCHERS have found that smoking makes men more likely to lose a little thing that makes them masculine.
Who took 100 brains from uni?
ABOUT 100 brains, including that of a mass killer, have gone missing from a university, leaving esteemed professors scratching their heads.
What makes teen’s brain shut down?
SCIENTISTS put some teenagers into an MRI machine and played a recording of their mum nagging them. The results were surprisingly unsurprising.
Google’s next big thing is … spoons?
FORGET world conquering robots, driverless cars and fancy computer glasses. Google is investing in the humble spoon.
New drug to ‘hibernate’ shot soldiers
WHEN a soldier gets shot, time is a killer: As the blood flows, the heart and brain shut down. A new treatment seeks to reprogram the body’s response.
Lost parked car? Use your brain
ARE you one of those who forgets where you parked your vehicle? A physicist, in a video, shows how your brainpower can help unlock it.
Tapeworm in man’s brain four years
A RARE 10cm-long ribbon-shaped tapeworm lived in a man’s brain for four years, moving five centimetres across his brain, before being detected.
What looking at your phone does to your spine
WE STARE at them for hours a day. But just how much damage is looking down at our phones doing to us?
Why do we cry when we are happy?
WE ARE at the happiest we have ever been, so why are we bawling our eyes out? Psychologists finally believe they have the answer.
Can’t dance? Turns out it’s not your fault
IF YOU look more like Elaine from Seinfeld than MJ on the dancefloor, science has an explanation. It turns out that some people are biologically incapable of dancing.
Breakthrough in superbugs fight
IT’S been the looming catastrophe that threatened to take us back to the ‘dark ages of medicine’ — but scientists say they have a new weapon to take on the superbugs.
3D printer builds miracle new foot
DOCTORS used a 3D printer to help build a Melbourne man a new heel bone and save him from losing his leg to cancer, in a world-first procedure.
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fight Ebola
FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla have announced they are donating $25 million to help fight Ebola.
Nobel Prize for finding ‘brain GPS’
THREE scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for identifying the brain’s “inner GPS” — a discovery that may assist in Alzheimer’s treatment.
It’s hard to believe this isn’t a real person
AN AUSTRALIAN designer has created a computer generated person that you will struggle to believe isn’t real.
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