Motion sickness can be mild, but in some people it’s debilitating, and takes the fun out of a holiday.
Just 16 minutes of sleep loss can harm work concentration the next day
Why some doctors are prescribing a day in the park or a walk on the beach for good health
Non-thermal plasma: new technology could kill 99.9% of the deadly germs in the air
You can live without food for three weeks and without water for up to three days. But you can’t live without air for more than three short minutes. It’s not just the abundance of air that matters – the quality is essential, too. Unfortunately, air can be contaminated with dangerous germs known as airborne pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses.
The world needs new, smart bananas
Health Check: how to start exercising if you’re out of shape
‘I got there first!’ How your subjective experience of time makes you think you did – even when you didn’t
Imagine a championship match between two rival basketball teams. The game is tied, seconds left on the shot clock, two players lunge forward, reaching for the ball. In a split second, their hands both collide with the ball, but neither player gains possession. Instead, the ball goes soaring out of bounds. Immediately an argument erupts as each player claims the other knocked the ball out. The referee desperately tries to break the two apart and make the correct call.
Feel like time is flying? Here’s how to slow it down
Haunted by the past - People suffering from insomnia have difficulty finding a place for emotions
Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar
How much do sedentary people really need to move? It’s less than you think
Health Check: what causes constipation?
Health check: can caffeine improve your exercise performance?
Does a year in space make you older or younger?
How our sense of taste changes as we age
I feel for you: the brain registers other people's pain the same as their own pain
We asked five experts: should we nap during the day?
Pollen is getting worse, but you can make things better with these tips from an allergist
Alzheimer’s disease: have we got the cause all wrong?
Early in the 20th century, Alois Alzheimer first described a disorder of progressive memory loss and confusion in a 50-year-old woman. After she died, he examined her brain and saw that it was full of unusual protein clumps, known as plaques. Over a century later, we know that these plaques are full of a protein called beta-amyloid and are a hallmark of the disease that bears Alzheimer’s name. While other features of Alzheimer’s disease have been discovered, the theory that beta-amyloid is the main cause of this incurable disease has dominated.