Breastfeeding is tough: new research shows how to make it more manageable

Jacob Lund/Shutterstock The benefits of breastfeeding are wide-ranging and life-changing. Breast milk contains antibodies that reduce the risk of asthma, allergies, diarrhoea and ear infections. Breastfed infants are hospitalised less frequently than infants who are not. In later life, breastfed children and less likely to be overweight and have higherContinue Reading

Death in space: here's what would happen to our bodies

Nasa / Unsplash, CC BY-NC As space travel for recreational purposes is becoming a very real possibility, there could come a time when we are travelling to other planets for holidays, or perhaps even to live. Commercial space company Blue Origin has already started sending paying customers on sub-orbital flights.Continue Reading

Canoeists and Fisherman on the beach and estuary at Exmouth early this morning, Exmouth Rowing Club held a 8 and 4 k  “Exe Raid Regatta” today. Photos by David BuntonContinue Reading

Symbol Of Light is nigh on the biggest certainty of this year in the Novice Stakes over nine furlongs of tapeta tonight and shortly after 8pm I’m expecting recently-returned Robert Winston to steer this once-raced, Charlie Appleby-trained, Shamardal gelding into the Wolverhampton winners’ enclosure, surrounded by a good crowd becauseContinue Reading

Relaxing restrictions hasn't made COVID cases spike – but this doesn't mean herd immunity has arrived

Varavin88/Shutterstock Back in the summer of 2021, the UK government’s pandemic modellers predicted that there would be a significant COVID outbreak in the autumn. Yet so far, this hasn’t happened. Other countries with good COVID vaccine coverage have also seen their cases fall and then stabilise. So is herd immunityContinue Reading