Popular Science News | Testing Positive for Beetroot Juice

Popular Science News | in the run up to the 2012 Olympics there will be a great deal of attention given to the possibility that athletes may be taking performance enhancing drugs. However, not all substances are as obvious as you think. We probably have all heard of steroids but what about beetroot juice?

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Popular Science News | Speculators Cause Petrol Price Rise

Popular Science News | although the rise of the price of crude oil and the price of petrol at the pumps isn’t science, it does show how the availability of resources is controlled. Petrol in the UK is about to rise 5p per litre because the oil giants refused to pass on recent crude […]

Popular Science News | ‘Polypill’ Could Save 200,000 Lives

Popular Science News – a “polypill” with the potential to save 200,000 lives in the UK could be available in less than two years. The four-medicine pill dramatically reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. Trials using the pill on healthy subjects, 50 years and over, reduced their blood pressure and cholesterol levels […]