Science & Health

EmDrive: What is it and how could it change the world?

EmDrive inventor Roger Shawyer explains to IBTimes UK everything you need to know about the controversial space propulsion technology that is setting the global scientific community alight.

Nov 4, 2016

Want to prevent a stroke? Have an egg a day

The research revealed that egg intake and coronary heart disease are not linked and that egg consumption does not elevate cholesterol levels.

Nov 4, 2016

Chhath puja 2016: Interesting facts you should know about this festival

Chhath puja is a Hindu festival in which women fast for four days showing gratitude to Sun God and his wife Usha, also known as Chhathi Maiya.

Nov 4, 2016

HPV vaccination is a must for sexually active Nigerians, says expert

Any man or woman who has multiple sex partners stands a high risk of getting HPV, which cannot be cured but only be managed.

Nov 4, 2016

Confused Delhi government waiting for city's toxic air to reach critical levels to shut schools

Late in October, an AAP spokesperson, when asked by IBT, had downplayed the threat and outrightly dismissed the gravity of the situation.

Nov 3, 2016

Why do some songs get stuck in your head? Researchers explain

Almost all of us get songs stuck in our heads from time to time - they are known as ‘earworms’. The first large-scale study, led by Dr Kelly Jakubowski at Durham University, explains why we really cant get lots of songs - including Kylie Minogues Cant Get You Out Of My Head - out of our head.

Nov 3, 2016

Migraine can be lowered by eating low fat, low carb diets and omega-3 fatty acid rich diets

Foods containing Monosodium glutamate (MSG) are likely to cause headache.

Nov 3, 2016

From the toilet to the tank: Biofuels from sewage

What we flush can be converted into a biocrude oil with properties very similar to fossil fuels. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers have worked out a process that does not require that sewage be dried before transforming it under heat and pressure to biocrude.

Nov 3, 2016