Wise old big-heads HAVING a bighead may protect you against cognitive decline in old age. Christopher Martyn and his team at the University of Southampton, UK, measured the head circumference of 215 people aged 66 to 75, and also tested their memory and IQ over 3 years. People with smaller heads were up to five times as likely … 51¶¯Âþ
The numbers game Ragni Piene 's introduction to mathematics included writing equations in the snow while skiing with her father – who was himself a mathematician. So for her, mathematics was the default option for getting into university. Now she is a professor at the University of Oslo. She is also involved in setting up the Abel prize, … Opinion
The head from Worsley Moss For almost 2000 years, the man lay buried in a bog in the north of England preserved by the peaty liquor. Then in 1958, to the surprise of a gang of peat-cutters and the consternation of the local constabulary, her – or rather his head – emerged from its cold, soggy tomb into the warmth … Features
Opportunity knocks IN JULY this year, Josef Zwanziger, a tenured professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, moved with his family across the border to Canada. The American was lured northwards by an offer from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to be its new Canada Research Chair in NMR studies of materials, complete with guaranteed funding to … Careers
Feedback WHILE most of us prefer to avoid radioactivity as much as we possibly can, one Greek tourist promoter is happily singing the praises of the radioactive hot springs on Ikaria island. "Ikaria's abundant therapeutic radioenergised spring sources have been identified as amongst the best in the world in terms of healing qualities, radioenergy and water … Regulars