Technology Home-grown circuit to set the pace for faulty hearts A "wire" made from a patient's own cells could one day be used to keep electrical impulses flowing in the heart. It may even mean people will no longer have to be fitted with pacemakers. A normal heart has an efficient electrical circuit that sychronises the beats of the atria and ventricles – the chambers … 51¶¯Âþ
Life The fall of reason in the west THE triumph of science explains, more than any other single factor, the west's enormous lead over other civilisations in technology, innovation, living standards and military might. Yet since the 1920s, and more particularly since 1970, western misgivings about science have greatly increased. Attacks have come from left and right, from intellectuals and anti-intellectuals, from the … Opinion
Life Amazonia: how life branches out DUCK LAKE is really little more than a pond. Perched on top of a scrub-studded hill in Amazonia's remote north-western corner, it seems an unpromising place from which to try to kill off one of the 20th century's major biological ideas. But it may be that beneath its water lies the true history of the … Features
Sixth form special: Science gives sport a helping hand BLOWING IN THE WIND THE BIG IDEA: All yacht racers crave the perfect spinnaker – that colourful, billowing sail that pulls a boat when the wind is astern. Unfortunately the airflow round these is so complex that designers usually rely on trial and error for the best results. Now science is coming to the rescue... … Careers
Feedback Pretend World Cup trip JUST how World Cup obsessed are your friends and workmates? What would it be worth to prove to them that, yes, you were there when your national team scored that crucial goal? Feedback has just received an email from www.fakealibi.com plugging an offer to provide fake documentation of a World Cup … Regulars