Popular Science News | Miscosoft New Mouse is Wedge of Cheese

Popular Science News – Microsoft, unimaginatively perhaps, has released the Wedge which, as its name suggests, looks like a wedge of cheese. It is small, which makes it suitable for mobile devices, but it looks uncomfortable to hold. What is interesting in my case is the fact that it uses BlueTrack technology, allowing it […]

Popular Science News | How Do Cows Make Friends?

Popular Science News – firstly it has to be made clear that scientists are not trying to find out how cows make friends with the farmer, it’s about friendship with other cows. Dr Darren Croft, from the University of Exeter’s Animal Behaviour Research Group, said: “Emerging evidence on wild animal populations supports the idea […]

Popular Science News | Your Behaviour Affects Your Genes

Popular Science News – for me, it has always been obvious that behaviour affects health. For example, that stress can raise your blood pressure is so blindingly obvious it isn’t worth challenging. However, there has always been controversy about anyone suggesting that stress can either cause cancer or make recovery less likely. Now, scientists […]