Albert Einstein is my kind of guy. Although undeniably one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, he did not see the world simply through the narrow focus of physics. Although his views on religion and the existence of God are far from clear...due in no small part to his (I suspect deliberately) ambiguous comments on these subjects, he appears to have had a spiritual side and despite his great knowledge and understanding of the workings of the universe, he maintained childlike wonderment at that which we call reality.

Einstein famously said "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind".

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I stumbled across an interesting snippet in a science magazine the other day about a study conducted by researchers at the University of Alberta, Canada. The scientists had observed that hospital staff habitually give surfaces only a single quick wipe with antibacterial products in order to disinfect them. They wondered if the number of wipes was important for bugs to be successfully removed from surfaces.

The main results themselves are interesting because it was found that one wipe is not enough and that in fact, three wipes is optimal to properly disinfect surfaces and equipment.

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One of the 'hot' topics of autism research is the question of 'how many people present with an autism spectrum condition'?

I don't have the answer by the way, but there are a few recent papers which seem to be pointing at a few interesting figures. Indeed the last week or so has been an interesting time for those with an interest in the epidemiology of autism.

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Autism seems constantly to be in the news. This week is no exception following the publication of a paper suggestive that the prevalence of adults with autism is hovering around the 1% mark - similar to that suggested for children.

Whilst such work gathers quite a lot of media headline coverage, other pieces of research seem to quietly pass by with hardly a thought or mention. One such study is this titled: 'Intestinal disaccharidase activity in patients with autism: effect of age, gender and intestinal inflammation' published in Autism.

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