Wily whales flash their bellies to petrify prey KILLER whales have developed one of the most sophisticated hunting strategies among ocean dwellers – all to outwit herring lurking deep in the dark waters off the Norwegian coast. Leif Nøttestad and his colleagues at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway, used sonar to watch groups of up to 50 killer whales diving … 51¶¯Âþ
Humans Washington diary SOOT is a thoroughly ticklish subject. When it gets up your nose, it's bad for your health. And when it gets into the atmosphere, it's a source of some scientific and political dispute. Recent research by respectable scientists in peer-reviewed journals (an essential caveat when it comes to the topic of global warming) suggests that … Opinion
The liquid telescope YOU can tell that there's something unusual about this telescope just from its name. Its competitors describe themselves as "very large", "extremely large", "overwhelmingly large" and "giant". This one, however, is unexpectedly modest about its dimensions: it's just "large". And it is not only the unassuming name that sets the Large Aperture Mirror Array (LAMA) … Features
Lord of the rings Mission to Saturn by David Harland, Springer Verlag, £24.50, ISBN 1852336560 Reviewed by David Hughes WE ARE going to hear a great deal about Saturn and its rings and satellites when Cassini starts to orbit in July 2004. So why not prepare yourself by boning up on the history of the Solar System's second largest … Books & Arts
Feedback ENTERTAININGLY titled papers continue to arrive. First the hyperbolic: "From molecular chemistry to supramolecular chemistry to superdupermolecular chemistry. Controlling covalent bond formation through non-covalent and magnetic interactions" by Nicholas Turro (Chemical Communications, DOI: 10.1039/b205552j). Then there's the disturbing image conjured up by "Cardiorespiratory effects of pneumatic antishock trousers," by E. Abraham, J. C. Cobo and … Regulars