Science

Super tea could help to prevent Alzheimer's. Drinking regular cups of tea may help to prevent Alzheimer's disease, a study has found. Both green and black tea have similar effects to drugs developed to combat the development and progression of the disease and tests have shown

Each year, ten Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded. The selection criterion is simple. The prizes are for "achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced." Examine that phrase carefully. It covers a lot of ground. It says nothing as to whether a thing is good or bad, commendable

Nutrition Action Caffeine Corner lists how much caffeine is in various drinks.  Starbucks coffee has way more caffeine in than any other drink, and more than caffeine pills.  Scary stuff.  I grew up in a tea drinking house, two cups with every meal, and another couple mid-afternoon, up to eight

Met office unveils supercomputer. The Met Office is celebrating 150 years by unveiling a new supercomputer which they predict will put them at the forefront of weather forecasting. It will allow meteorologists to provide more accurate advice to the government and the public in the face of increasingly extreme weather

Genesis probe heads home to Earth The Genesis probe, which left Earth in 2001 to gather particles blown off the Sun, returns its cargo on Wednesday.  It will eject a capsule that will enter Earth'satmosphere at 40,000km/h (24,000mph) before slowing, with the help of a

Freak waves spotted from space.  Surf that! The shady phenomenon of freak waves as tall as 10 storey buildings had finally been proved, the European Space Agency (Esa) said on Wednesday.  Sailors often whisper of monster waves when ships sink mysteriously but, until now, no one quite believed them.  As

Quantum physics news: Teleportation breakthrough made. Scientists have performed successful teleportation on atoms for the first time, the journal Nature reports.  The feat was achieved by two teams of researchers working independently on the problem in the US and Austria.  The ability to transfer key properties of one particle to