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Design thinking has become the recipe du jour for innovation. For some, it is the route to transformative thinking and revolutionary change. For others, it looks like chaos, where millennials plaster the walls with sticky notes and…

Since the 1970s, liver disease in the UK has increased by more than 400%, particularly in people under 65 – in marked contrast to all other major causes of death which have been decreasing in younger age groups. This epidemic has been…

If South Africans don’t drastically reduce the number of cool drinks, juices and sugar-sweetened beverages they drink every day, there will be more than nine million obese adults in the country by 2017. Just three years ago, the country…

Traditionally, someone who suffered from hypertension – or high blood pressure – would only receive treatment when his or her blood pressure was measured and the reading was found be higher than normal. But this meant that the condition was…

You never think it’s going to happen to you. Then suddenly you’re middle-aged and you find yourself grunting when you pick up something from the floor or groaning when you get out of the chair. Why do we do this? Is it a sign that we’re…

How do mobile phones and tablets work? Tom, aged six, Quorn, UK Great question, Tom! There’s a lot of amazing technology packed into mobile phones and tablets. Nowadays, most have a touch screen, speakers, a microphone, WiFi, Bluetooth,…

The truth is scientists aren’t exactly sure why our fingers and toes get wrinkly in the bath. Here’s what we do know: . it happens when we stay in the bath for more than about five minutes, but can happen        faster if the water is…

Thank you for this excellent question, Simon. To explain how the body heals a break in the skin, I first need to explain a bit about how skin works. Did you know the skin is the largest organ in the body? It has three layers that protect…

In all the noise surrounding dietary supplements, it can be hard to separate the facts from the hype. Sometimes a particular thing will be hugely popular for a couple of months and then just fade away from the public consciousness. Other…

Almost everyone gets acne at some point. It is simply an over production of oils that then clog the skin pores and set up an immune response. Teens going through puberty tend to get acne because changing hormone levels cause increased…