Archaeology and the Bible at Liverpool
Liverpool’s long tradition of biblical archaeology is continued with the university’s second annual conference on ‘Archaeology and the Bible’, encompassing a series of presentations delivered by Professor James Hoffmeier, as well as Liverpool’s own researchers. The focus of this year’s conference is ‘Egypt and the Bible’ – specifically, More...
The Genius Bar
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. -Albert Einstein Wasabi alarm Yes you read the heading correctly, a wasabi alarm, if you’re like me in the mornings and More...
Astronomers find ‘retired’ star showing possible future of Solar System
An international collaboration of scientists has offered us a glimpse of what the future may hold for our Solar System. Observations from the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory are of subgiant More...
The Bitter End – How medics deal with death
We ask doctors save our lives – to heal us, repair us, support us. But when it comes to the end, the critical question of how the doctors cope with death on a daily basis is often overlooked. Here we take More...
European Space agency image oldest light in the universe.
ESA’s Planck satellite has delivered its first all-sky image of the Cosmic Microwave Background The image has provided the most precise picture of the early Universe so far. New data acquired by the European More...
Psychologists Boost Student Quiz Scores
Students are known for their love of pub quizzes, but now researchers have found that using a form of placebo could improve their scores. 40 participants with an average age of 20 completed the study, which had More...
Can Facebook predict human personality?
Last year the number of students (18-24 year olds) with a Facebook account grew at an unprecedented 74%, with 48% of all 18 to 34 year olds checking their Facebook right when they wake up. With this in mind does More...
Predicting liver injury in paracetamol overdose patients
The Liverpool team identified proteins and a strand of ribonucleic acid that may help develop a blood-based test to predict risk of liver injury – Source: liv.ac.uk The early identification of a disease More...
Endogenous DMT and the Respectful Research of Mystical Substances
In a previous article I discussed the possible advantages to our society through better understanding and utilisation of psychedelic substances such as LSD and DMT. However the story of dimethyltryptamine goes a More...
Baby ‘functionally cured’ of HIV
HIV-1 budding (in green) on cultured cell. A young girl from Mississippi was born with HIV and is now functionally cured. This was the announcement made by Dr. Deborah Persaud at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses More...