Health & Science
Health & Science feedPapua New Guinea cannibal tribe could hold clue to “mad cow disease”
Darwinian natural selection could help halt human “mad cow disease”, experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism.
“Passion mousse” (containing Viagra) an instant success in gastronomy fair
A dessert under the name of “Passion mousse made out of Viagra and Mburucuyá (Passion flower) fruit, the inspiration of four gastronomy students has been the great success at Bogotá, Colombia, national Gastronomy Fair which closed this week.
Chile in select group of eleven countries with insignificant mad-cow risk
Beginning Tuesday Chile belongs to the select group of eleven countries who have insignificant risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. This places Chile among the nations with the best sanitary conditions on the planet.
Plan to recover two crates of Shackleton’s whisky buried in Antarctica
Explorers are planning to recover a rare batch of whisky lost during explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage to the South Pole a century ago. Two crates of the now extinct “Rare Old” brand of McKinlay and Co whisky have been buried in the Antarctic ice since Shackleton was forced to abandon his polar mission in 1909.
NASA announces discovery of “significant amount” of water in the moon
It’s official: There’s water on the moon—and a “significant amount” of it, too, members of NASA’s recent moon-crash mission, LCROSS, announced Friday. In October, NASA crashed a two-ton rocket and the SUV-size LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) into the permanently shadowed crater Cabeus on the moon’s South Pole.
Glaxo donates 50 million doses of H1N1 virus vaccine to WHO
The international laboratory GlaxoSmithKline has promised to donate 50 million doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) under an agreement signed at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
Buenos Aires hosts conference on clowns and Patch Adams’ doctors
Some 400 clowns and doctors skilled at clowning took part in an international conference in Buenos Aires to present scientific evidence, backed by their own experience, to show why laughter was healthy
Phytoplankton flourishes in Antarctic open areas of water where ice retreated
Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.
First recorded case of H1N1 flu transmitted to cat by pet’s owner
A 13 year old cat came down with the H1N1 virus flu in the state of Iowa, in the US Mid West, the first case so far proved and evidence that humans with the flu virus can spread it to pets.
Want to buy fish rich in Omega 3? Try your nearest Austrian chemist
Austrian chemists will commence selling fish in order to raise awareness of the health benefits of a diet rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. As of this Monday, the clients of 15 shops of the Central European country will be able to buy fish along with the typical medications.
