Clare Wilson

This is Everyday Science with Clare Wilson, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox every week, Hello, and welcome back to Everyday Science. Are you in a post-Christmas slump? If so, lift your spirits ... See more

Are you doing Dry January? If so, you’ll be one of 17.5 million people, or one in three adults, having a month off the booze. The idea of giving up alcohol for the first four weeks of the year has been around for over a decade, and these days is also enco... See more

It’s nearly the start of a new year and many of us are planning our resolutions. One that I’ve been weighing up is whether to get a cholesterol test. My dad had a heart attack at a relatively young age, and so I’m likely to be at higher risk myself. The N... See more

Silicosis, a deadly lung disease caused by breathing in kitchen stone dust, should by rights be on the wane since the advent of modern safety equipment in the construction industry. In fact, it is resurging in a horrible new form, with stonemasons in thei... See more

It is being called super flu, mutant flu and even a “flu-demic”. But the current influenza surge is not as scary as it may seem. In fact, so far, a bout of this year’s flu seems little different from those in previous winters, experts have said. Flu cases... See more