I went to a conference on science blogging on Saturday. I am sure that it wasn’t the first one on the subject but it was the first one I have heard of and t was the first one I have been to. It was certainly a bit of a geekfest, with many people not just [...]
A study by Canadian researchers has produced some interesting and unexpected results. They had set out to test an idea that caffeine might help in the control of skin cancer. I am not sure where they got this idea from but the way they proposed to go about trying it out was quite logical. They [...]
We all get old. As we get older get wrinkles. None of us want to look old, so we are open to suggestions for how to get rid of them. But we are all intelligent enough to realise that there is a limit to how much we can cheat the clock.
There are huge numbers of [...]
Today it is possible to use sophisticated software to produce images of faces so realistic that you can’t tell them from photographs of real people. A group of German researchers has taken advantage of this to investigate the precise features that make a face attractive or unattractive.
You can read their work in full on their [...]
The Daily Mail has published an article by Kate Lock drawing people’s attention to how bad cosmetics are.
Kate Lock asks Are Your Beauty Products Killing You?
I had never heard of Kate Lock before, so before responding I have tried to find out a bit about her online. She seems to be a journalist. [...]
