Life 3D scan reveals 'borrowed' painting The tricky-to-paint armour was probably executed by a second artist THE 17th-century Flemish oil painter David Teniers hit upon a cunning plan to overcome the difficulty of capturing the metallic highlights in a collection of armour. He took a painting of armour by his talented brother-in-law Jan Brueghel, fixed boards around it, and created his … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Perspectives: When is an expert not an expert? TODAY, many people value their own judgement on everything from climate change to mass vaccination more highly than that of specialists. A reaction to the reverence for science that typified much of the 20th century was, perhaps, inevitable: the idea of an infallible science is dangerous – like glass, one chip and it cracks. And … Opinion
Life Cash incentives: Worth every penny "ANGER over NHS plan to give addicts iPods," ran the headline. The UK's National Health Service is notoriously hard up, so news that government advisers were suggesting doctors offer drug addicts prizes as an incentive to stay clean was certain to raise some hackles. Why should "these people" with "self-inflicted" problems get priority, a patients' … Features
Life On Deep History and the Brain by Daniel Lord Smail DANIEL SMAIL is a relatively new history professor at Harvard University. So it is appropriate that his On Deep History and the Brain was inspired by a bothersome question for historians: when exactly does history begin? For scholars embedded in what he calls "western civ", the answer was simple for nearly 2000 years: begin with … Books & Arts
Feedback Interactive water SURPRISING scientific claim of the week: Thaddaeus Frogley draws our attention to H 2 Om water, "the world's first vibrationally charged, interactive water". Each bottle of this water, we are told at www.h2omwater.com , promotes "positive thinking and positive energy for people and the planet". How so? Well, it works like this: "Once … Regulars