Why? Because, according to the study, it could create a link between eating and comfort in kids prone to anger. Its well known that adults who associate food with comfort are more likely to be obese. The same mechanism might affect kids. Now, obesity...
Say youre out somewhere with your kid, and hes having a meltdown. Crying, screaming, kicking-you name it. Desperate, you spot a vending machine and promise the little troublemaker a treat if hell settle down. A chocolate bar or two later, your child...
Some of the best devices in science have been anticipated by science fiction writers years before they existed. Occasionally a writer comes up with an idea that can be put into practice within their lifetime! Such is the case with the geostationary s...
Plucks, lights, fat, oats, spice and the whole lot encased in a sheep's stomach. Andrea: Did you hear some of those ingredients, Jean? Apparently they are heart, liver and lungs of the sheep. The other ingredients in the dish are fat, oats and spice....
Andrea: We all know about Scottish tartan. And have heard the sound of bagpipes. But what about the food in Scotland? Hello. I'm Andrea. A lot of people talk about the unhealthy, fried food you can eat in Scotland. But there are plenty of delicacies...
On the way home from the grocery, you get delayed so much that the frozen meat youve bought thaws out. The question is should you refreeze it?Weve been told by reliable authorities that its not good to refreeze uncooked meat. Why not? If freezing the...
I've just seen Paranormal Activity. I've just seen Alice in Wonderland. I went to see Green Zone. I've just seen Avatar. Andrea: Yes, all these people have just been to the cinema. Going to the cinema for a night out remains extremely popular here in...
Youre at a party. Somebody hands you a glass. Hey, come on over here! Somebody else shouts. You take a step and the next thing you know you are wearing that tasty beverage. But why? When we walk, we keep our torsos straight, dont we? Walking feels en...
I know that solar energy can be used to make electricity and to heat water and air. But can solar power also be used to make liquid fuels? Until recently, the practical answer was no. Photovoltaic panels absorb sunlight and use it to create an electr...
Instead of burning coal, oil, or biomass to heat things up, scientists have found that its possible to use solar energy. For example, some experimental facilities use thousands of mirrors to reflect sunlight onto a large plate on a tower, heating it...
I think people enjoy going to the cinema because it's a relatively cheap evening. Andrea: And there are so many different kinds of films to see. I prefer action films mainly. I'm pretty much middle- of-the-road. I don't do war films but apart from th...
I'm inside London's and the UK's oldest cinema, The Electric, in the west of London. It's very grand in here with gold and cream walls and red velvet carpets. And I'm really looking forward to enjoying a night at the movies. Andrea: Well, it was very...
After the awards the mother of two said she was in a state of shock and was astounded at winning the award. Her ongoing performance in the musical is her Broadway debut and has received rave reviews from critics. One critic described Catherine's perf...
To get a handle on the value of this model equation lets go back to the ice cream scoop. The end result is obvious to our intuition, that the ice cream will eventually melt completely, because we know heat naturally flows from warm to cold. But what...
Catherine Zeta-Jones said she felt like cinderella after winning one of the night's biggest gongs at the Tony Awards on Sunday. The Tony Awards are regarded as the highest US stage honour and are the theatre equivalent to the Oscars. The UK has simil...
