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![The World Health Organisation defines blindness as having visual acuity of less than 20/400. This means that objects visible to the average person from 400 […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/For-your-eyes-only_preview-115x115.png "For Your Eyes Only")
For Your Eyes Only
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsThe World Health Organisation defines blindness as having visual acuity of less than 20/400. This means that objects visible to the average person from 400 […] -
![Malaria is about to be totally eradicated and you will never make a career, let alone a living from it”. This was the advice given […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/war-on-malaria-01_preview-115x115.gif "The War on Malaria")
The War on Malaria
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsMalaria is about to be totally eradicated and you will never make a career, let alone a living from it”. This was the advice given […] -
![We spend approximately a third of our lives sleeping. Why do we do it? What is it for? Sleeping animals are very vulnerable, so evolution […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Sleep-on-it_preview-115x115.png "Sleep On It")
Sleep On It
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsWe spend approximately a third of our lives sleeping. Why do we do it? What is it for? Sleeping animals are very vulnerable, so evolution […] -
![…Then I wouldn’t believe you. It doesn’t matter whether you use a top hat and a wand, or a multi-million pound fMRI scanner: reading thoughts is still far beyond […]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Blog-image-01-115x115.jpg "If You Could Read My Mind…")
If You Could Read My Mind…
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No Comments…Then I wouldn’t believe you. It doesn’t matter whether you use a top hat and a wand, or a multi-million pound fMRI scanner: reading thoughts is still far beyond […] -
The Placebo Effect
Posted on June 14, 2011 | No CommentsThe placebo effect is one of the best examples of mind over matter; we are able to affect our bodies through our beliefs. Most commonly […] -
Nuclear over reaction?
Posted on March 26, 2011 | No CommentsTen days after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan in the early hours of Friday 11th March, the events at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power […]
