Space NASA regroups under new boss Griffin "THE idea of humans expanding our presence out into the solar system is the vision driving NASA," says Louis Friedman, president of the US-based Planetary Society. "It's about exploration, and always has been." It is also a vision President Bush has articulated for the US, arguing for human missions to the moon and Mars at … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Turning ordinary people into suicide bombers ASK someone to sketch a personality profile of a typical suicide bomber and the chances are it would not come close to describing the four young men who, it seems, blew themselves up in London two weeks ago. Even from their friends and families the refrain has been, "I can't believe he would have done … Opinion
Life Histories: The girl from the Seine A popular spectacle in late 19th-century Paris was the city morgue's display of unknown bodies fished out of the river Seine. It was staged in the hope that visitors might recognise someone. Before disposing of unclaimed corpses the morgue attendants would occasionally cast death masks from their heads. Such was the fate of one young … Features
Ripe for investment IF IT was situated anywhere else in the US, the Los Angeles life sciences industry might get a bit more recognition. But unfortunately for the biotech and pharmaceutical companies located there, they happen to sit between two of the US's leading life sciences hubs – the San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego. So they … Careers
Feedback Idyllic wild oats AN ADVERT is currently running on British television for a product aimed at the 1 in 10 men "over a certain age" who suffer from erectile dysfunction. For obvious reasons the advertising agency has decided to go for allegory when demonstrating the success of the product: the ad shows a couple strolling … Regulars