The buzz on heat HONEYBEES keep warm during chilly winter months by huddling together in a ball. Now it seems this central-heating system has a mysterious thermostat. Anton Stabentheiner and his team at the University of Graz in Austria took infrared images of a cross section through a winter ball. When bees on the outside of the colony got … 51¶¯Âþ
Humans Westminster diary RECENTLY this magazine reported some alarming findings by Fiorenzo Marinelli and his team in Bologna on the relationship between the radio waves emitted by mobile phones and the growth of tumours (51¶¯Âþ, 26 October 2002, p 9) . Such findings reinforce the caveat that a British government committee, led by William Stewart, gave when … Opinion
Heart-stopping TOM never expected it to happen to him. He was just 40, with a young family and a good job. He thought he was in good shape too – he played a lot of football, didn't drink that much, never smoked. And after a medical at work just a year or two back, he had … Features
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Feedback FEEDBACK has come across a touchy question of etiquette. If Nobel prizewinners are treated like royalty, how should the winners treat royalty? One insight into the dilemma comes from Richard Roberts, who won the prize for medicine in 1993 for the co-discovery of split genes. Roberts told a meeting of the British Expats in Life … Regulars