Local
honey cures
hay fever
Tablets containing pollen are
somewhat effective at combating
hay fever. Since some honey
contains pollen, honey as a hay fever
remedy seems plausible. But most
honey contains little or no pollen.
Even unfiltered local honey has
no apparent impact on hay
fever.GOLDFISH
ONLY HAVE A
THREE-SECOND
MEMORY
The life of a goldfish isn’t always
filled with joys that are worth
remembering: countless numbers
of these small fish have little to
look back on other than a short trip
in a tiny bag before being flushed
down a toilet. But goldfish do have
a better memor y than just three
seconds – much better in fact.
Goldfish can remember the route
to take in a simple maze, for
example. A study by researchers
at the University of Seville also
suggested that the fish are able to
develop and remember a mental
picture of their environment. In the
maze experiment, the fish could
find their way to a goal from a start
point other than the one from
which they were trained.They are big and fat with
seemingly tiny wings, making
their flight seem improbable.
But since science is updated
when there is new evidence, if
a bumblebee’s flight really
couldn’t be explained by
current models then the
physics would change. In reality,
the insects do not defy any laws of
nature. Those wings do indeed
provide enough lift to hold up the
entirety of a bumblebee’s 0.2g.BUMBLEBEES
DEFY PHYSICS
SCIENCE