DNA – deoxyribonucleic acid – is widely known as the molecule found in the nucleus of all our cells that contains genetic information. It is shaped like a double-helix and made of small sections called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a nucleobase, a sugar, and a phosphate group. The sugar component in this particular molecule is … Read more
Students are branding their university accommodation ‘the UK’s most expensive prison’ as they criticise the food supplied to them in isolation. Undergraduates have branded food parcels as being filled with ‘junk’, forcing them to get their parents to send fresh fruit and vegetables. And some students have claimed that universities have forgotten to give them … Read more
Keep finding your way to the biscuit tin? Humans are better at remembering the location of high-calorie foods than healthy snacks because of our ‘hunter-gatherer instincts’ to avoid starvation Researchers from the Netherlands tested the spatial memory of 512 participants Each subject explored a room dotted with real food or food-odour samples As they walked … Read more
Humans are better at remembering where we left junk food than healthy snacks because of our ‘hunter-gatherer instincts’ to avoid starvation by seeking out high-calorie foods By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 16:01 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 16:04 BST, 8 October 2020 The ‘hunter-gather instincts’ that helped our ancestors avoid starvation by seeking … Read more
Earth is set to capture a minimoon in October that may stay until May 2021 – but some experts say the object could be man-made space junk NASA’s JPL spotted an incoming object that could be trapped in Earth’s gravity This event would mean asteroid 2020 SO would become a new minimoon Simulations show the … Read more
A hoarder who began collecting items when his wife died 18 years ago is shocked into action after a fellow sufferer admits she ‘can’t breathe’ while visiting his home. Nigel, 64, has accumulated staggering piles of junk including seven sewing machines and yards of wool and fabric, and has a problem with flies in his … Read more
A frustrated landowner has taken revenge on neighbours accused of fly-tipping tons of rubbish on his land – by chucking it back over the garden wall. Cliff Hamilton purchased the overgrown plot on Bath Road in Hounslow, west London, nine months ago and had the site secured with high fences, padlocks and chains. But recently … Read more
A frustrated landowner has taken revenge on neighbours accused of fly-tipping tons of rubbish on his land – by chucking it back over the garden wall. Cliff Hamilton purchased the overgrown plot on Bath Road in Hounslow, west London, nine months ago and had the site secured with high fences, padlocks and chains. But recently … Read more
New junk rating spells engine trouble at Rolls-Royce: Demand for its services to fall further By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 27 July 2020 Rolls-Royce was dealt yet another blow as a second influential agency slashed its credit rating to ‘junk’ status. Moody’s made … Read more
Junk food TV adverts will be BANNED before the 9pm watershed as part of Boris Johnson’s anti-obesity campaign Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to unveil a new anti-obesity strategy next week His weight may have contributed to brush with death after contracting Covid-19 Ban on online junk food adverts is also expected, as well as … Read more