Living high in the Cretan mountains, breathing fresh air, walking along shepherds’ paths, eating fresh fruits and vegetables may sound like the healthiest way of life. Unfortunately this is not the case in Crete, where cancer in the last two decades has killed 30.000 people on a population around 68...

The enhanced tactile sensitivity of blind and visually impaired women might make them especially suitable for breast examination, according to a visionary German gynaecologist. If it’s true that mammography is an effective breast cancer screening method until now, it’s costly and often not available...

The great Plague of Athens, the terrible epidemic that swept through the city state of Athens from 430 to 426 B.C. was the cause of death not only of many thousands ancient Athenians, including their leader Pericles, but also the cause of the decline of the most historic Democracy of the world. The...

The news came through the newsletter of the Max Planck Institute in Germany. The leading Greek Professor Nikos Logothetis, the famous explorer of thought, who by using the MRI managed to make the biggest achievement in understanding the mechanism of our most complex and most valuable organ, the brai...

Πώς θα αντιδρούσατε αν σας έλεγε κάποιος πως η καινοτομία ως πρακτική μπορεί να διδαχθεί; Μπορεί ως θεωρία να σας φαινόταν αβάσιμη, αλλά σίγουρα θα αλλάζατε γνώμη αν την βλέπατε να εφαρμόζεται στη πράξη με απολύτως επιστημονικό και με πολύ …"έντεχνο" τρόπο. Το όλο εγχείρημα, εδώ και τέσσερα χρόνι...

Ένα μικρό πούλμαν με δημοσιογράφους- επιστήμονες, ανάμεσά τους κι εγώ, σταματάει έξω από ένα πανέμορφο κτίριο στην είσοδο ενός μικρού τυπικού γερμανι...