Life Plan to nurture test-tube sharks Keeping squabbling children apart is a problem that taxes all parents, but for the grey nurse shark it is a little more serious. Its embryos have a nasty habit of eating each other in the uterus. This intra-uterine cannibalism means that despite starting a pregnancy with up to 40 embryos in her two uteruses, a … 51¶¯Âþ
Health Editorial: So many victims of the drug trade THINK of a drug victim and the image that typically comes to mind is a junkie OD'ing in some squalid basement. Kris Eggle was about as far from that stereotype as you can imagine. A former college athlete, he was a ranger at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona. In August 2002, he … Opinion
Life Teenagers: Lost in time Wade through the dirty underwear, discarded magazines and half-eaten sandwiches and you find yourself in the heart of the teenager's lair. Despite first impressions, this is a high-tech space, bristling with the latest gadgetry. You may call it a bedroom, but to its owner it is an arcade, complete with computer, TV, games console, CD … Features
Physics The Intelligibility of Nature, by Peter Dear JUST as the body of knowledge evolves over time, so does the way scientists view the world they are explaining. This interplay between knowledge and mental model is the subject of Peter Dear's book. He shows how mechanistic explanations in physics and chemistry became ever more frequent after the industrial revolution, only to be supplanted … Books & Arts
Feedback Thugs reunited VARIOUS websites promise to track down your old schoolmates and friends so you can get in touch. But what about the ones you don't want to encounter again, like unsavoury former relatives by marriage, or the class thug expelled by the school at age 16 to your great relief? Many US states now … Regulars