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 ILLEGAL mining of manganese has landed three people in trouble after they were picked up by police in Ndola’s Mushili Lupili area. The alleged illegal miners have been identified as Thompson Matimba 36, a driver, his co-driver Chiza Matimba and Emmanuel Nsamba, 35. The incident happened on Saturday around 10:30hrs where the trio was found […]

A decline in cognition happens due to lesser oxygen reaching the brain’s neurons, which negatively impacts their metabolism.

 THE first memorial Service for the late fourth President of Zambia Rupiah Bwezani Banda will be held on Saturday. President Hakainde Hichilema and the First Lady Mutinta Hichilema will lead the Memorial Church Service at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross at 10:00 hours. Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa said in a statement […]

Parents put off the vaccine for fear that it could lead to autism.

The famous low-carb diet got scrutinized in a new study for its negative effects.

Frequent socializing may extend the lifespan of older people, suggests a study of more than 28,000 Chinese people, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

A study of four cardiac surgery patients in one hospital found that they developed Mycobacterium abscessus infections, a multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, potentially due to a commercial water purifier. The water purifier had been installed in the hospital to improve water palatability but was inadvertently removing chlorine from the supply lines feeding ice and water machines in the affected area of the hospital. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Football helmets made by four leading manufacturers showed vulnerabilities in tests designed to better understand player concussions, according to a new study.

New research from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience sheds light on how the brain juggles morally conflicting outcomes during learning. “People choosing their own gain at the expense of others were able to understand and empathize with the potential negative impacts, but still ultimately choose to pursue their own benefit.”

Over the past fifty years, there have been remarkable claims about the effects of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music. Reports about alleged symptom-alleviating effects of listening to Mozart’s Sonata KV448 in epilepsy attracted a lot of public attention. However, the empirical validity of the underlying scientific evidence has remained unclear.