Dr. Tanya Byron has raided airwaves again with her latest endeavor with video games. After her six-month review of game violence, she was able to write and front a BBC TV show wherein she linked playing video games to heroin addiction. More details can be found in the full article.

Ever wonder why cell phones are advised to be turned off inside the hospital? Basically, that unassuming piece of communications equipment can kill. Not by radiation (a different matter entirely), but by the interference it causes other hospital equipment. In the worst cases, the interference can cause hazardous situations.

A study in the University of Amsterdam found effects of cell phone interference in 26 different hospital equipment. Some 48 kinds of disruptions were found, more than a half of them hazardous. Although the research studied "worst-case" scenarios, it asserts that hospitals should restrict cell phone usage in areas where it won't affect equipment.

Some effects weren't alarming, like causing monitor displays to display some interference, but others were potentially dangerous. Some of the effects they found include inaccurate measure of blood pressure, a mechanical ventilator completely switching off and then restarting, syringe pumps totally shut down without warning and without setting off an alarm, and causing an external pacemaker to pulse incorrectly.

The research suggests that cell phones should be used about a meter away from medical equipments or hospital beds.

Here's a switch: Chimps in the dense jungles of Congo seem to have gotten tired if being preyed upon by lions, leopards and other big cats, so they decided to eat the big cats instead.

It may be hard to believe stories chronicled by the area's natives about giant chimps howling at the moon and preying on deadly predators, but biologists and animal trackers from the University of Amsterdam were able to get to the truth and they discovered a lot of strange new things.

Once thought of as a hybrid of gorillas and chimps, this newly-discovered specie is actually more of a bigger and bolder version of their better-known cousins that we're familiar with. They've never been seen hunting lions, but they were photographed feasting on the carcass of a grown leopard.

What's even more riveting was the culture that these animals have. They sleep on the ground and not high up in trees. They use large nests which are easily accessible by other beasts but seem confident in their way of resting.

"I don't like to paint them as being more aggressive, but maybe they prey on some of these predators and the predators kind of leave them alone," comments biologist Cleve Hicks as he tries to find a reason on the seemingly complacent practice.

He was even more amazed at the fact that these chimps weren't afraid of humans. Instead of scurrying away at the sight of men, these monkeys didn't seem to mind. He also observed that the deeper in the jungle they got, the more confident the apes seemed to get. The apes were named "Bili" after a town near where they are seen frequently. Scientists, however, worry that the civil war in Congo could post a threat to the population of the animals.