Lifelogging technologies: quantified truths?

GrrlScientist: Lifelogging uses modern digital technologies to record, track, measure and share everything from heartbeats to heartbreaks. An exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin uses science, art and technology to explore the ethics, consequences and potential future uses of lifelogging

Why fruit and vegetables have become their own brand

A new campaign gives fruit and vegetables shiny branding and has the likes of Jessica Alba standing up for salad. But will consumers be swayed?

Why media coverage of alternative cancer cures is dangerous

Michael Marshall: A Mirror Online report on a breast cancer patient who refused medical treatment for so-called natural alternatives ignores the health risks

Farewell Lucy Glennon. A brilliant writer, campaigner and ‘total badass’

Lucy had the rare skin condition epidermolysis bullosa, but she never let it quell her anarchic spirit. Please do share your memories in the thread below

Do common drugs really cause dementia?

Dean Burnett: Media reports of a recent study suggesting a wide variety of common drugs can increase the chances of getting dementia are more sensationalism than science