This week 50 years ago Moon's dust-up Dr Harold Urey, of the University of Chicago, believes that the surface of the moon is covered by dust created by the impact of a mighty flock of planetesimals. Moon dust, of course, is not a new idea. Mr Thomas Gold, also based in the United States, considers that the stuff is being … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth Whose wildlife is it anyway? Thirty years is a long time in the history of threatened wildlife populations in Africa – in Kenya especially so. Since 1977, the country has lost between 60 and 70 per cent of its large wild animals. We know this because 1977 was the year the Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit (KREMU) began to keep … Opinion
Life Histories: To Russia with trepidation "You are now called, Sir, to the most important employment that perhaps any gentleman was ever intrusted with. To your skill and integrity will probably be submitted no less than the precious lives of two of the greatest personages in the world." Thomas Dimsdale was about to discover the truth about his secret mission to … Features
Life Boas and Pythons of the World, by Mark O'Shea NATURALLY we are captivated by the giant boas and pythons of the world. The green anaconda, for example, can grow to an eye-popping 11.5 metres. This book, however, features not only the largest, most well-known snakes, but also the smallest, including the often overlooked and rarely photographed basal snakes, such as wormsnakes, threadsnakes and blindsnakes. … Books & Arts
Feedback Clicks for itches A GADGET from Intelligent Health Systems supposedly "eliminates itchiness and inflammation" from mosquito and other insect bites "in just a few clicks". Mosquito-Click works by piezoelectricity, and its maker claims that "any irritating or poisonous substance introduced under the skin by an insect is altered and therefore inactivated by the application of … Regulars