Month: April 2015

  • The advantages of being a morning person

    There are many advantages of getting a good nights sleep.  Turns out, the advantages are less if you are a night owl instead of a morning person.Night owls are more likely to develop diabetes, metabolic syndrome and sarcopenia than early risers, even when they get the same amount of sleep, according to a new study…

  • Agricultural contaminant impacts fish reproductive behavior

    A common growth-promoting hormone used worldwide in the cattle industry has been found to affect the sexual behaviours of fish at a very low concentration in waterways – with potentially serious ecological and evolutionary consequences. Researchers from Monash University, in collaboration with researchers from Åbo Akademi University in Finland,  have found that the steroid 17β-trenbolone – used…