Health

3-D Printing: Solving One of our Biggest Economic Issues

Needless to say 3-D printing and biofabrictaion is the answer to our problem. At current organ donor rates the organ shortage is only going to get worse.

How One Company is Set to Revolutionise Consumer Medicine

Scanadu, is a health electronics company that’s created a medical device to bring the same level of diagnostic information from doctors to the palm of your hand.

The Coconut Wars

In every branch of science, the ‘answers’ change from year to year, decade to decade. To illustrate the point, let’s consider the up-and-down…and up again story of the humble coconut. In 1986, the American Soybean Association (ASA) launched a take-no-prisoners campaign against coconut oil.

Do You Know What You’re Eating?

I’ll admit I love fast food…cheeseburgers, hotdogs, sausage rolls, pasties…I love them all. Of course, even though I love them I also know they’re unhealthy. They’re full of fat, they don’t necessarily contain the best cuts of meat, and I can’t really be sure of the hygienic standards of the people serving me. But when I eat fatty foods, I pretty much know what I’m getting — junk…and I’m fine with that. And I’m pretty sure most other people who eat fast food know what they’re getting too.

Why the Government Won’t Let You Smoke, Drink and Play Frisbee

People often say I’m a doom and gloom merchant. But it’s not just me. It’s a label attached to most contrarian investors. Or anyone who believes there’s something wrong with the state of the global economy.

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Why Women Really are Smarter Than Men

Why Women Really are Smarter Than Men You wouldn’t believe the amount of red-tape and regulation in the financial services industry. It seems as though everything we write or say has to come with a disclaimer. The red-tape for stockbrokers is even worse. The regulations are so bad that it’s hard to get a broker to give you an opinion on a stock. And we don’t blame them. If a stock tip goes bad, they’re worried the client will sue them. So it didn’t surprise us to see the report in Wednesday’s Age that: ‘[A]n internal report at Macquarie Private