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Vanesa Martinez

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Dr Vanesa Martinez is a lecturer in Fundamental Biology at the School of Biological Sciences at Technological University Dublin and a senior researcher in biomedical sciences

The science of farting

We do it anything from 7 to 25 times a day but what exactly is behind that passing of gas and is it bad for us?
Health • 08 Aug 24

Why people can believe they're smarter than they really are

This is what is postulated by the Dunning-Kruger effect: unawareness that your limitations could be so great, you don't realise how limited you are and mistakenly believe you're brilliant.
Psychology • 05 Jun 19

Not only human: the viruses in your DNA

Viruses have been with us every step of the evolutionary way, sometimes harming us and sometimes helping us
DNA • 25 Apr 19

Goodbye Dry January, hello hangover

As Dry January ends, some advice and myth-busting about how best to avoid hangovers
Health • 30 Jan 19

How DNA tells a story about Vikings and human trafficking

Detective work into Icelandic DNA reveals that the island's early settlers were mostly Nordic men - and Gaelic women
DNA • 16 Nov 18

Can we tell the difference between sane and insane?

One of the legacies of the Rosenhan experiment is how much mental health diagnoses and labels affect a person's life
Psychiatry • 16 Aug 18

Unsure what to get for dinner? Let your gut decide for you

Our digestive system seems to be way more sophisticated than we tend to give it credit for
Weight Loss • 25 Jun 18

Why losing our microbes is making us sick

Our desire for cleanliness means we're not exposed to as many microbes as before and this is affecting our ability to fight serious infections
Immune System • 24 May 18

The first rule of alchemy: you do not talk about alchemy

While alchemy has never been considered a science, the practice was not so different from that of modern chemistry
Alchemy • 03 May 18

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