Scientists Shearin, Ostrander Study 300 Dog Breeds & Canine Genes

The dog is thought to be the most varied mammal on earth. Even Darwin marveled at the diversity of dog shape, size and colour.There are over 300 recognized domestic dog breeds across the world and they are all of...

Half of six-year-old girls 'want to be thinner'

Study by the University of Cambridge claims half of Britain's six-year-old girls 'want to be thinner' The study was undertaken for a new TV programme Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance which will aired on the...

Playing Musical Instruments Improves Reading and Language Skills

Learning and Playing a Musical Instrument Improves Reading Children who learn to play a musical instrument may have an advantage when it comes to reading. Professor Nina Kraus of Northwestern University in...

Vegetarian diet key to long life

New research from the Institute of Healthy Ageing at University College London, suggests that eating a low protein vegetarian diet could extend human life-span. The research is built on earlier findings that...

Lost dad's a woman

What do you do when you finally locate your long lost dad and find he's a woman? Well that's just what happened to Emily Wallis and she couldn't be happier. Although shocked to discover her father is called...

City birds sleep late

City birds can afford to sleep in their nests a little longer than their country cousins according to a new report from the British Trust for Ornithology. The micro-climate created by urban human activity sees the...

Shorts in the City

With summer now here the question of if it's ever OK for men to wear shorts to work at the office is now a hot topic in London as stores such as the U K's John Lewis reveal that pinstripe and other 'city...

E-book sales to ignite

The demise of the book has been constantly heralded by modern day Cassandra's since the web took off but book sales have actually increased and E-books have never caught on well that looks about to change with a...

Red Red Wine

.. A colleague returns to work after Christmas limping. I ask if he's dropped a present on his foot or injured himself playing tennis on his son's Wii but no: "Gout! Damn Gout!" he snarls. My friend though...

Booze: Why you need a day off

Health messages around alcohol are anything but not confusing on many levels. One glass a day of red wine is good for you. One glass of red wine a day can cause cancer. Alcohol should never be drunk in pregnancy....

Hollywood's 3-D risk

  The dream of 3-D movies has been around for a long time. I remember as a boy going to the cinema donning my 3-D specs and watching The House of Wax starring Vincent Price where in one scene a guy is seen...

Roadrunner Once

Drivers are to face 'fit to drive' tests every ten years under new Government proposals. The tests are primarily to address the fact that people are living and staying healthy for longer and so are driving past...

Tinker Bell new voice of speaking clock

From this weekend the British institution that is the 'Speaking Clock' will change. The British Telecom Speaking Clock will be spoken by... Tinker Bell. Yes that's right Tinker Bell.But Tinker Bell the fairy...