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- These days, it is hard to escape the message that getting enough sleep is critical for the maintenance of mental and physical health. Too much of a good thing can be bad, however. When one examines the medical histories of people with chronic health conditions, a striking trend emerges. Those patients who sleep the…BMAT 2022 · Question 9 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Smoking just one cigarette is all it takes to develop a daily habit. Researchers for a recent study searched global databases for studies on smoking habits worldwide, and found that two-thirds of people who had tried a cigarette had gone on to become daily smokers, even if just temporarily. The study, carried out at…BMAT 2021 · Question 21 · Identify Flaws · Save
- What is the point of science? It can be seen as purely a quest for knowledge: to satisfy our simple human desire to know, to discover the truth, because the truth is valuable in itself. Or it can be seen as a way of improving things, of making life and the world better for human beings, and perhaps also for animals or…BMAT 2021 · Question 27 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Indian mongooses were introduced to Japan’s Amami island in 1979 to control the rat and pit viper populations. They also preyed on the tip-nosed frog, dramatically reducing their numbers. Once the mongooses were removed, the population of the frogs rebounded. A recent project found that, when approached by…BMAT 2020 · Question 10 · Identify Flaws · Save
- It never fails. The only time both political parties are willing to work together in the US Congress is when they’re cooking up really bad ideas. If they’ve found a new way to cause trouble, reduce freedom, or generally damage the health of the nation, they work together just fine. This time, the brilliant idea is a…BMAT 2019 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Many countries are experimenting with legalising previously illegal substances, including marijuana and heroin. The rationale for the legalisation movement includes concerns about the financial and social burden of the so-called ‘war on drugs’, which is widely considered to be a failure, anyway. But what drug…BMAT 2019 · Question 28 · Identify Flaws · Save
- The UK government has recently announced its plan to cut funding to state nurseries. This would be a terrible mistake as high-quality nursery education is crucial. My child blossomed at a state nursery – we cannot let these places lower their standards, or even close. I was more than happy to move my child to the…BMAT 2018 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
- It is not unusual for a member of the British Royal Family to serve as an officer in the armed forces, and even, on occasion, to see active service. It happened quite recently when Prince Harry was posted to a war zone, raising questions about the heightened risk that such a high profile target would face, and…BMAT 2018 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Domestic cats are popular pets worldwide, and have the potential to significantly affect prey species in both rural and urban areas. Several studies have shown that cats living on the outskirts of urban areas and those living in rural areas bring home more prey, and a greater variety of prey, than cats living in more…BMAT 2018 · Question 24 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Researchers have found that middle-aged men with bigger waist measurements have an increased risk of developing prostate cancer. They found that, for every extra ten centimetres a man had on his waist, his risk of developing the most aggressive form of prostate cancer was raised by 13 per cent. Early results suggest…BMAT 2017 · Question 6 · Identify Flaws · Save
- We often hear about childhood stars having breakdowns in later life. Celebrity gossip magazines regularly feature stories revelling in the decline of a once innocent and adored child actor into a troubled twenty-something going through painful relationship break-ups and battles with drug addictions. Their fate is…BMAT 2017 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Two hundred years ago the average woman in a rich nation could expect to give birth to 8.5 children and to die around her fifty-fifth birthday. By 1920 the birth rate had halved to 4.2 children and women’s life expectancy had risen to almost seventy years. We can conclude, therefore, that the heavy biological toll of…BMAT 2017 · Question 24 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a neuroimaging procedure that maps brain activity by detecting blood flow changes. One recent finding of fMRI research relates to variation amongst individuals with respect to patterns of connectivity across regions of the brain. People with strong brain region…BMAT 2017 · Question 30 · Identify Flaws · Save
- When we listen to music, electrical waves in our brains tend to synchronise to the tempo. In a recent study scientists recorded the brain waves of musicians and non-musicians as they listened to music. Although the brain waves of both groups synchronised to many rhythms, those of non-musicians did not synchronise to…BMAT 2016 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
- The sale of self-help books that claim to reveal the secret of happiness generated…BMAT 2016 · Question 26 · Identify Flaws · Save
- People wonder whether or not machines could ever become conscious, but it’s obvious that one day they will. After all, if consciousness is just the result of the working of the brain, and if the brain is just a complicated machine, then what’s to stop machines becoming complex enough to be conscious? Every year…BMAT 2016 · Question 30 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Recent research has found a surprising correlation between how women rate the physical attractiveness of male competitive cyclists and their overall performance in an endurance race, with those competitors rated most attractive finishing ahead of those rated less attractive. It seems that women are sensitive to those…BMAT 2015 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
- The rate of recorded heart attacks among women in the UK could soon start to fall because a new blood test has been developed which provides a more accurate diagnosis of the incidence of heart attacks in women. Researchers believe that heart attacks in women may previously have been under-diagnosed because the 'old'…BMAT 2015 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Perfect pitch – the ability to identify any note of music without inferring it from a reference note – is usually found to be a characteristic only of people who were taught music before the age of 6. So teaching music to children under the age of 6 should become a priority in primary schools. This could mean that in…BMAT 2014 · Question 6 · Identify Flaws · Save
- We are all becoming used to warnings of a shortage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) recruits. In a world increasingly dominated by careers that involve these fields, organisations and politicians repeatedly state that we really must train more of these people to secure our prosperity. But…BMAT 2014 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · Save
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released data from a study of 15 year olds in the principal industrialised countries. It shows unequivocally that teenage students whose parents discuss political or social issues with them, either weekly or daily, score 28 points higher at reading…BMAT 2012 · Question 6 · Identify Flaws · Save
- When children are young they often play games. These games are useful as they teach children how to interact with each other. In recent years the growth of computer games has meant that now many children play most of their games on computers and across the internet. Thus the way in which children interact with each…BMAT 2011 · Question 4 · Identify Flaws · Save
- It has been celebrated recently that hydrogen fuelled buses are being introduced into London. This is because the use of hydrogen as a fuel is better for the environment as there are no emissions of carbon dioxide. The new buses carry the same number of passengers and will be travelling exactly the same routes as the…BMAT 2011 · Question 28 · Identify Flaws · Save
- Societies with a flourishing arts sector (including visual art, theatre, music and dance) tend to be more democratic, more egalitarian, economically more robust and to have more fulfilled, healthier citizens. So, if we want to live in the most democratic, egalitarian and economically robust society, we should demand…BMAT 2010 · Question 2 · Identify Flaws · Save
- As examination results come out again there will undoubtedly be concerns about the state of the education system. If the results are good then we will hear that the examinations are becoming too easy. On the other hand, if the results are poor, then we will hear about the poor state of funding for the education…BMAT 2010 · Question 13 · Identify Flaws · Save
- When defending the British Museum’s stance on holding on to important historical artefacts that were taken from other countries, the tale of the Standard of Ur offers a huge case in support of the policy. Had Britain returned it to Iraq, it would have been lost along with so much of the country’s history when the…BMAT 2010 · Question 17 · Identify Flaws · Save
- For there to be life elsewhere in the universe, there would have to be planets similar to Earth, i.e. small, rocky planets orbiting at the right distance from their star to ensure that they are not so hot that water boils and not so cold that it remains frozen. Until now techniques have not been sensitive enough to…BMAT 2009 · Question 28 · Identify Flaws · Save
- The implementation this year of more random speed traps to prevent accidents is absurd. Figures published earlier this year showed that only 6 % of accidents are caused by speeding. But half the deaths on the roads are caused by drivers under 25. The road safety campaigners should turn their attention to finding ways…BMAT 2008 · Question 30 · Identify Flaws · Save
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