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From ABC Science Online, News in Science, 18 December 2008:Led Zeppelin’s immortal song ‘Dazed and Confused’ might well have been a clinical observation on the state of their audience’s brains, say Australian researchers who have found over-enthusiastic head-banging can cause mild brain injury.In a study published in the British Medical Journal this week, two University … Continue reading Head-banging hammers the brain
From ABC Science, News in Science, 11 December 2008:Female dolphins that use marine sponges to help them forage for prey spend less time socialising with others, but still produce the same number of offspring, according to a US study.Researchers have long known of a bottlenose dolphin population in Western Australia’s Shark Bay that use sponges … Continue reading Dolphin spongers are workaholic loners
From ABC Science Online, News in Science, 21 November 2008:A man’s secret to maintaining a healthy sex life well into old age could be as simple as shedding a few kilograms, says an Australian obesity expert.Professor Gary Wittert, endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of Adelaide says erectile dysfunction is often a warning … Continue reading Lose weight, maintain your mojo
From ABC Science Online, News in Science, 18 November 2008:Silkworms and spiders could hold the key to engineering healthy bone tissue to replace damaged bone and teeth, according to a US biomedical engineer.Speaking at the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress in Brisbane, Professor David Kaplan from Tufts University in Massachusetts says spider and silkworm … Continue reading Silk the key to rebuilding bone
From ABC Science Online, News in Science, November 11 2008:Australian researchers have discovered that the tipping point for ocean acidification caused by human-induced CO2 emissions is much closer than first thought.Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and CSIRO looked at seasonal changes in pH and the concentration of an important chemical compound, … Continue reading Southern Ocean close to acid tipping point
From ABC Science Online, News in Science, 3 November 2008:An Australian study has revealed for the first time the drinking habits of elite Australian football players, showing that unlike the rest of the population, AFL players do their riskiest drinking outside the football season.It’s the first time an entire sporting code has gone under the … Continue reading Study reveals AFL drinking habits
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