Technology Sticker reveals soldiers' bomb blast exposure A colour-changing crystal device worn on a soldier's uniform could reveal the intensity of bomb blasts they have been exposed to, helping doctors to treat brain injuries that are too subtle to be detected by brain scans. Soldiers in the Iraq war frequently suffer from blast-related traumatic brain injury following exposure to shock waves emanating … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth Comment: China's green journey A FEW weeks ago, China's highest government decision-making body completed its second study session on climate change within a year. This was unprecedented, and symptomatic of the number of urgent environmental issues China is addressing and also of the country's new international role: ministers needed the time to help prepare for the final day of … Opinion
163 ways to lose your job On 20 May 1921, excited crowds milled around Boston's railway station hoping to catch a glimpse of Albert Einstein, who was making his first visit to America's most famously learned city. After an impromptu tour, the physicist was whisked off to breakfast with the city's mayor and the governor of Massachusetts. Afterwards, as the diners … Features
Feedback Tilting earth cover up WORRIED by hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes? Wondering what to blame? Would you believe that these have all been linked to the Earth's axis shifting by 26 degrees in two stages, one in late 2004 and one in early 2005? How is it, you may well ask, that you didn't notice? It's … Regulars