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How to stop coughing with medicine or chocolate
Image by Peter PearsonI have been sadly struck down with a cold. So it was with weary steps I took myself to the pharmacy to obtain suitable drugs, and plenty of them. I got capsules which contain...
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World’s sweetest antibiotic? The five ways honey kills bacteria.
You’re at the doctors with a suspected infection, but instead of offering penicillin or erythromycin, they prescribe honey. Would you switch toast toppings? Take a honey pill? How about letting the...
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Apothecary bottles found in a collectibles shop
About a week ago I was in Gulgong, a small town in New South Wales near the wine region of Mudgee. The main road was spelled Mayne Road, and was brown stone rather than tarmac. Along the footpaths were...
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Antibiotic beer, as drunk by the ancient Nubians
Image by Peter Trimming Today’s schooner of science is literally science in a schooner. Plus it comes with a new career path – bioarcheologist, expert in ancient diets. George Armelagos is the...
View ArticleMedical dictionary translates English to Yolngu Matha
Yolŋu Matha is a language spoken by the Indigenous Australians of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. To the majority of the people in the communities, English is a second language. There’s a...
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Day One Nobel Prize Week – Father of IVF wins Nobel for Medicine
This week is vegetarian week, and it’s also the week Nobel Prize winners are announced. Coincidence? I think not. The 2010 prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Robert G. Edwards for the...
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Noble Prize in Chemistry – Palladium catalysed reactions
Image adapted from Jurii The winners of this years Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki, for their work in palladium catalysed reactions. Ah, a subject...
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Have a nap and let your computer cure cancer
Image by John Watson While waiting for inspiration to strike a solid introduction into my head, my computer screen went blank. Good ol’ MacBook conserving energy! But letting your computer go idle...
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Christmas chemistry, the science of holly
Chocolate orange icecream pudding with side of holly. Image by webminkGreen and red, classic Christmas colours, adorn the spiky holly shrub. A sprig may garnish puddings, but garnish nibblers like me...
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Fever dreams – the true tale of Richard Spruce
Richard Spruce had seen some strange villages since arriving in South America in 1849, but this one took the cake. It was a ghost town. Every door was shut tight against the hot, humid jungle, while...
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