Popular Science News | Roving Telepresent Robot

Popular Science News – the idea is to be able to personally interact with a distant site. First there were static webcams and now there are mobile ones controlled through an iPod, for example. Instead of the boss wandering around his company, he controls his robot to see what is happening. Sounds expensive and […]

Popular Science News | Beta Blockers Don’t Work

Popular Science News – beta blockers are drugs which for 40 years have been used to treat heart disease and high blood pressure. Inderal was first drug introduced by Imperial Chemical in 1964 as a treatment for angina. It was hailed as the greatest medical advance of the century and its inventor, James Black, […]

Popular Science News | Bergamot Orange

Popular Science News – the Bergamot Orange, or Citrus bergamia, is cultivated in Antalya, Turkey, for the production of Marmalade. It is a remarkable plant whose medicinal uses have recently come to the attention to scientists as an alternative to cholesterol busting statins.

The fruit tastes somewhere between lemon and grapefruit juice and is […]