Technology Gizmo Forget bricks and mortar. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are making a building out of water. Although it has a solid roof, the Digital Water Pavilion at Expo Zaragoza 2008 in Spain will use 6000 valves spurting water to make "walls" that expand as people fill a room and shrink as they leave. … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Comment: Let's legalise cloning In many countries, including the UK, human reproductive cloning – creating a baby from the genetic material of a single adult – is a criminal offence. This is not generally seen as controversial: scientific societies , medical groups and governments around the world have condemned the idea of human cloning since the technique was first … Opinion
Earth A sunshade for the planet EVEN with the best will in the world, reducing our carbon emissions is not going to prevent global warming. It has become clear that even if we take the most drastic measures to curb emissions, the uncertainties in our climate models still leave open the possibility of extreme warming and rises in sea level. At … Features
Life The Word: Man of the Hole YOUR friends and family are gone. Everyone else you have ever known has vanished. Forever. The loneliness seems unimaginable. But this is reality for one solitary native Brazilian Indian living on a small island of Amazon rainforest amid a sea of cattle ranches and soya plantations. Virtually nothing is known about him, except that he … Regulars
Feedback: Strange safety instructions Tasty radiation THINK twice before following even the most well-meaning advice. Clare Bewick, for example, reports consulting information on "safe disposal of Closed Radioactive Sources" from the Derbyshire Net for Learning, in the English Midlands. "The person responsible for disposing of the sources must wear protective gloves and lab coat at all times whilst handling … Regulars