Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
Do you have a habit of picking up books that you never quite get around to reading? If this sounds like you, you might be unwittingly engaging in tsundoku - a Japanese term used to describe a person who owns a lot of unread literature. This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
Johan Cruyff: Netherlands great dies of cancer aged 68
Netherlands footballing great Johan Cruyff has died of cancer aged 68. Cruyff, who made his name as a forward with Ajax and Barcelona, was European footballer of the year three times. He won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax from 1971, coached Barcelona to their first European Cup triumph in 1992 and helped the Dutch reach the 1974 World Cup final, where they lost 2-1 to West Germany. The
Tennis match fixing: Evidence of suspected match-fixing revealed
Secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis, including at Wimbledon, can be revealed by the BBC and BuzzFeed News. Over the last decade, 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions they have thrown matches. All of the players, including winners of Grand Slam titles,
Breakthrough over 600-year-old mystery manuscript
Professor Stephen Bax found the word Kantairon alongside a picture of the medieval herb Centaury A breakthrough has been made in attempts to decipher a mysterious 600-year-old manuscript written in an unknown language, it has been claimed. The Voynich Manuscript, carbon-dated to the 1400s, was rediscovered in 1912, but has defied codebreakers since. Now, Bedfordshire University's Stephen Bax says
Peanut allergy treatment 'a success'
Catherine Tooley and her daughter Elizabeth on their part in the study Doctors say a potential treatment for peanut allergy has transformed the lives of children taking part in a large clinical trial. The 85 children had to eat peanut protein every day - initially in small doses, but ramped up during the study. The findings, published in the Lancet, external, suggest 84% of allergic children could
Green tea 'can impede nadolol blood pressure medicine'
While some of the many compounds in green tea confer health benefits, others may impede drug action Green tea can weaken the effects of a commonly prescribed blood pressure pill, experts warn. Japanese researchers found the herbal drink blocks special cell transporters that normally help the body absorb the beta-blocker medicine. In tests, people who drank green tea alongside taking their tablets
Cancer diversity has 'huge implications'
A single tumour can be made up of many separate cancers needing different treatments, say researchers. A team at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, have developed a new technique for measuring the diversity within a cancer. They showed "extraordinary" differences between cancerous cells and say new targeted drugs may fail as they may be unable to kill all the mutated tissue. Experts said th
Sackler Gallery exhibit shows yoga's complex history
The BBC's Jane O'Brien attended the opening gala of Yoga: The Art of Transformation at the Sackler Gallery of Asian art Early yogis struck lovely poses - and also fought fierce battles. An exhibit in Washington shows the complex dimensions of yogi life. Do you like your yoga hot or powerful? Maybe you practise in the nude or spend a fortune on the latest Lycra. Are you a follower of BKS Iyengar, o
Why does the human brain create false memories?
A doctored photo made many people believe they had been on a real hot air balloon ride Human memory constantly adapts and moulds itself to fit the world. Now an art project hopes to highlight just how fallible our recollections are. All of us generate false memories and artist AR Hopwood has been "collecting" them. For the past year he has asked the public to submit anecdotes of fake recollections
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