Popular Science News | ‘Don’t Be Obedient to Authority Day’

Popular Science News – today has been designated Peace Day and below is a call for people to become involved in World Peace for just a day. So how does this relate to Science? The point is, how are people persuaded to harm other people?

The Milgram Experiment tries to explain this process. The […]

Popular Science News | The Arctic Sea is Melting

Popular Science News – the NASSA satellite image below shows the extent of the summer melting this year, compared to the average extent of ice over the last 40 years as shown by the yellow line. This is despite the temperatures being cooler than the record breaking 2007 Arctic warmth.

“The extent […]

Popular Science News | Headache Pills Give You a Headache

Popular Science News – 10 million people in the UK suffer from serious headaches, 80% of them women. About one million of these sufferers are actually causing the headaches by regularly taking painkillers. Thankfully help is at hand, according to medical experts, stop taking them and look for a treatment which prevents the headache […]