Because cereals are fortified with minerals and vitamins, they have long been seen as an effective way of ensuring that people get the nutrients they need. This is especially true for individuals with restricted diets who may struggle to get the vitamins they require from food. Vegetarian and vegan diets, for example, tend to be low in vitamin … Read more
Fortified breakfast cereals can be a useful source of fibre, vitamins and minerals – but some are considered ultra-processed food. We’re often told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Get this decision right and your nutritious morning meal can help keep you energised and focused for whatever challenges come your way. Yet the choice of what … Read more
Over the next 200 years, many men would seek to refine these categories with new metrics, including pseudoscientific interpretations of craniometry, or skull measurements. They never settled on a definitive answer about how many races there are – none of the characteristics that were being used are immutable, nor exclusive to the people to whom … Read more
As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for “anti-American ideology”, Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race. When scientists unveiled the first draft of the Human Genome Project 25 years ago, it seemed to deliver the final word on some antiquated myths about race. It provided definitive … Read more
Police have made three arrests and seized cannabis with a street value of half a million pounds in Lurgan, County Armagh. The large quantity of the Class B drug was seized from an underground facility at a property in the Colane Road area of the town on Tuesday. Three men aged 69, 55 and 27 … Read more