Signs of the Times

June 2015 Issue | Vol 130 No 6

Articles in This Issue:

The Great Vaccination Divide

The tragic death in March of Western Australian baby, Riley Hughes, from whooping cough added momentum to the vaccination debate already well underway in much of the developed world.

The Caffeine Buzz

The morning cuppa, the queues for coffee at local cafés, the breakfast cans of Diet Coke and energy drinks.

On My Best Behaviour

There’s a picture in my mind. It’s a picture of a picture, and I’m sure it’s there to stay. The picture was taken just a few months before I was introduced to Grant*.

Fitness level, blood sugar control and brain size. Do we inherit these things or can we change them? To find out, researchers studied 10 sets of identical twins in their 30s in which one twin was physically active and the other relatively sedentary.