Beyond drugs: the war on lifestyle disease needs new tactics
If we rely solely on medical sciences to get us out of a global epidemic of 'lifestyle' disease we will fail, warns Luke Allen (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 4, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
High Court backs campaign to fund preventative HIV drug on NHS
A leading AIDS charity has won a High Court battle over whether a preventative treatment for HIV which charities say is a "game-changer" can legally be funded by the NHS (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 2, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
First locally transmitted Zika case confirmed in continental US
Four people have been infected with the virus from mosquitoes in Florida, near Miami. It's the first time that Zika has been spread in the US by local mosquitoes, rather than by travel (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 29, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: medicine zika Source Type: research
Deepest-ever reef survey by divers discovers new fish species
Two marine biologists beat the record for the deepest underwater survey carried out by human divers, investigating a little-studied ecosystem full of new species (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 26, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
We ’re discovering new ways to detect if someone is lying
Eye contact and language cues really can give away whether a person is telling a fib - but we usually aren ’t much better at guessing than if we just flipped a coin (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 25, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Should people who are not terminally ill have the right to die?
The debate around extending assisted suicide to people who experience unbearable mental suffering, rather than physical suffering, is an ethical minefield (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 20, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Seismic shift: Can we cloak cities from earthquakes?
From underground musical pipes to swaying metal rods and strategically planted trees, these megaprojects could conquer earthquakes and tame tsunamis (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 20, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Do more now to deliver on climate promises, world leaders told
The Elders, a group of prominent dignitaries, have issued a statement calling on governments to stop backtracking on the Paris summit's commitments (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 19, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
How to become a citizen archaeologist tracking Stone-Age Britons
On England’s cold shores, citizen archaeologists spot artefacts before tides sweep them away forever. Join in and you might change history, finds Joshua Howgego (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 18, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Meet the philosopher ducklings that indulge in abstract thought
Unexpectedly, ducklings recognise and remember relationships between “same” or “different” objects and colours, showing they can grasp abstract concepts (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 14, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: biology Source Type: research
Saving the ozone layer is warming the planet but it can be fixed
We saved the ozone layer, but in doing so unleashed more global warming with the 1987 agreement to replace CFCs with HFCs. Now, we’re set to fix the problem (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 14, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Feedback: Things can only get better, claim UK politicians
Moving averages, quantum encryption, gay cures and terrorist toddlers – a leadership contest like no other. Plus Wangland, elephants in high heels, and more (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 13, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Driverless cars learn from landscape pics before going off-road
Highly variable terrain makes off-road driving harder for robots, but training them to identify navigable ground in photos gives them a head start (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 13, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Silencing ‘Spider-Man gene’ makes flies stick to walls and die
Scientists have discovered a gene called spidey that regulates flies’ protective shield, without which they get stuck to walls (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 12, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: biology genetics insects Source Type: research
Memories of favourite locations have a special place in brain
The hippocampus is a brain area important for general navigation, and now it seems that mice use a specific part of it to store significant locations (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 7, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
