Bad for the brain as well as teethLarry W. Smith/Getty Images By Jessica Hamzelou People who use methamphetamine are almost five times more likely to have a stroke caused by a bleed in the brain, many of which are fatal. “We can add stroke to the list of terrible and […]
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Brendan Rodgers’ men were drawn in Group B and face glamour ties with European heavyweights Bayern Munich, big-spending French cracks Paris Saint-Germain and Belgian champions Anderlecht. Davies knows the financial power of PSG – who smashed the transfer record to land Brazilian superstar Neymar from Barcelona for £198m – and […]
In a career that lasted over forty-years, Motorhead achieved substantial success and longevity by developing their own unique Metal sound. Fronted by the legendary rock icon Lemmy – who sadly passed away in 2015 – Under Cover is a compilation of Motorhead’s favourite songs by other artists. The album includes […]
With Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain reported to be meeting with the Arsenal hierarchy this afternoon, Wenger refused even to confirm the appointment let alone the subject matter. “We all have our agendas that are quite busy but we do not publish them,” he said. “Some people look better informed than I am! […]
The Grade-II listed Martello Tower 25, built as part of a chain of 103 towers to defend against invading Napoleonic forces, has gone on sale in Dymchurch, Kent, and is likely to fetch £55,000 at auction. The tower is located in the centre of the 180-space pay-and-display Martello Car Park, […]
Domoic acid is a potent neurotoxin produced by marine algae and discovered in 1987 as the cause of amnesic shellfish poisoning. Scientists have made substantial progress in understanding and predicting the conditions that lead to large blooms of the toxin-producing algae (diatoms called Pseudo-nitzschia). But one aspect of these toxic […]
In recent decades, change has defined our environment in the United States. Agriculture intensified. Urban areas sprawled. The climate warmed. Intense rainstorms became more common. But, says a new study, while those kinds of changes usually result in poor water quality, lakes have surprisingly stayed the same.
So much of what happens inside cells to preserve health or cause disease is so small or time-sensitive that researchers are just now getting glimpses of the complexities unfolding in us every minute of the day. Now researchers have discovered one such complexity — a previously hidden mode of RNA […]