Health & Medicine

Afraid of spiders? Your smartphone can help!

Scientists have a augmented realityapp developed with which people with arachnophobia can tackle their fear. And that app works! Spider fear or arachnophobia is...

Is the ‘placebo effect’ just a myth?

Some people deliberately take placebo pills in the belief that they will get them better. But researchers warn against this risky development. Many people...

‘Eating too much is not the main cause of obesity’

According to researchers, it's actually the other way around: the process of gaining weight causes us to get hungry and therefore eat too much. The...

Technology behind the corona vaccine may also make a difference in the fight against cancer

Scientists are building on the success of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to also develop a vaccine against cancer. Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine using the...

Dutch scientists win Ig Nobel Prize

And by finding an explanation for the remarkable fact that people hardly collide even in crowded places. The presentation of the Ig Nobel Prizes is...

Extreme wealth is a problem and a wealth barrier can be the solution

People agree that poverty is a problem. But extreme wealth also has problematic consequences and should actually be tackled, argues political philosopher Dick...

Do you take medication? Then your gut bacteria might be snacking on it!

It may lead to medicines being less effective. Researchers write that in the magazine Nature. They rely on experiments. Biotransformation When we take medicines orally,...

All a third corona jab? Unnecessary and ethically indefensible

For most of us it is absolutely unnecessary to get a third corona jab, experts argue in The Lancet. Many governments of rich countries are...

Fear of Siri making the kids bossy and rude seems unjustified

Children effortlessly let go of the bossy communication style they use when talking to Siri when they start talking to people. Most kids love it:...

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