Biology

Processed food has been with civilisation for centuries, the dominant belief that kitchen equals good and factory is bad needs to be challenged, and misunderstandings about food processing is leading to massive food waste, asserts a new…

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how Hepatitis C virus (HCV) “ghosts” our immune system and remains undiagnosed in many people. The highly infectious and sometimes deadly Hepatitis C is transmitted via infected…

Hey Google: "What does left brain dominant mean?" Your brain is split into two hemispheres, simply designated ‘left’ and ‘right’. Both hemispheres have distinct but equally important functions. To understand the role each hemisphere…

Loneliness is genetic, and beatable. It is a common human experience. It's those negative emotions that one feels when their needs for social connections are not met. These may include sadness, frustration, shame and desperation.…

Gratitude is a perennial human experience. The wonderful thing about psychology is that it can add empirical information to such human experience. By examining the psychology behind gratitude, we can understand its importance for healthy,…

The announcement this week of finding running water on the Martian surface was big news, your Facebook and Twitter feeds were filled with the revelation and people rushed to find the closet Airbnb next to the picturesque rivers of the Red…

 James Watson will sell his Nobel Prize medal to get a bit of cash. Watson, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1962 alongside Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, has decided to sell his Nobel Prize medal at auction in New…