You won’t bee-lieve it! Could manuka honey beat drug-resistant superbugs?

It is a natural medicine used for thousands of years to clean wounds and fight bacteria.

Now, however, honey could hold the key to combating the very modern threat of drug-resistant superbugs.

A study has shown that manuka honey can fight back on two fronts. Not only can it help to kill MRSA and other superbugs, it can also prevent bacteria from becoming resistant to antibiotics.

The danger of the rise of bugs [...]

Do YOU believe in the three second rule? Scientists reveal whether food dropped on the floor is safe to eat (if it’s picked up quickly enough)

Who hasn’t picked up a piece of dropped food from the floor, given it a quick blow and assumed it was still safe to eat?

To many of us, it is second nature to apply the age-old pseudo-scientific ‘three second rule’ on such occasions, telling ourselves we’re safe if the food hit the floor only momentarily.

The idea that food is not contaminated if it is retrieved quickly has been believed for [...]