It’s official: technology is dangerous. According to new research, we’re all fumbling, bumbling, and stumbling our way around, so distracted by texting or tweeting that we hurt ourselves and our mobiles. A cross-Europe survey from mobile insurance company SquareTrade found that in the last couple of years, 37.2% of smartphone users in the UK have…

For the first time, engineers have made it possible for scientists to observe how cancer spreads. This process, called metastasis, happens when cancer cells from one part of the body move to another part of the body, creating, for example, a secondary breast cancer tumour in the lung. It’s often fatal, causing 90% of cancer-related…

If you have trouble falling and staying asleep, you should probably watch where you step and think about getting the bus or train to work. Seriously. According to new research reported in Psych Central, insomnia doesn’t just make you grumpy and absent-minded, but actually increases your risk of injuries and fatal accidents. (Sweet dreams!) Lars…

For everyone but the truly hardcore, it’s not exactly camping season right now, but it’s never too early to prepare for summer 2015. And instead of that ratty old tent you picked up a decade ago and have been dragging to campgrounds and festivals ever since (or, you know, the luxury hotel room of my…

A new study presented yesterday at the National Cancer Research Institute's Cancer Conference suggests that an alternative way of marking the areas breast cancer radiation needs to target could be more effective and boost women’s self-esteem. Currently, women undergoing the treatment are tattooed with small black dots to make sure radiotherapy treatment is used in…

Sending electrical current through your tongue might not be an appetising prospect, but a new spoon uses electricity to zhush up meals all the same. As New Scientists reports, it’s studded with tiny electrodes and is aimed at people who have to cut down on delicious flavour enhancers (salt, sugar, all that good stuff) for…

Researchers are working on an app that will monitor users’ mental health by analysing their speech. As Psych Central reports, acoustician Carol Espy-Wilson and her colleagues at the University of Maryland examined the results of a 2007 study, where a group of people with depression were asked how they were feeling each week, using the…

If you’ve ever thought that the bad times in life last longer than the good, you’re right. Belgian researchers have confirmed that sadness lasts longer than other emotions, from happiness to ‘let the ground open up and swallow me now please’ humiliation. Philippe Verduyn and Saskia Lavrijsen from the University of Leuven surveyed 233 students…