Technology Shadow analysis could spot terrorists by their walk Nearly seven years after Osama Bin Laden disappeared, US intelligence agencies are still chasing his shadow. And shadows are precisely what they should be looking for, says NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. By analysing the movements of human shadows in aerial and satellite footage, JPL engineer Adrian Stoica says it should be possible … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Perspectives: Still a question of black vs white? IN 2008, African Americans face a mainstream white culture which tells them they have "worse" genes for IQ than white Americans – and that "irresponsible" sexual behaviour dooms well over half of their children to live in single-parent homes and poverty. In other words, black Americans hear that their current position is their own fault. … Opinion
Earth Can the Red Sea raise the Dead Sea? IT HAS been a hot, dry summer in the Middle East, and as water levels have plunged, political tensions have risen. In early July, Israel's Water Authority unveiled plans to combat what it called "the worst water crisis in the nation's history". Environmental campaigners responded by slating the Water Authority for not doing enough to … Features
Gallery: Beauty flowers from human remains This copper canister (see photo, right) is sitting on a shelf in a storage room of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, along with more than 3000 others. Each contains the cremated remains of a psychiatric patient. Stamped on the lid of this can are the digits 1470 – a clue to the identity of … Books & Arts
Feedback Are you sitting precisely? BUYING a Verilux HappyLite Sunshine Simulator , reader Humphrey Evans hoped it would make him... well, happy. The idea is that on dark mornings you sit close to what is essentially a small array of daylight-spectrum fluorescent tubes for up to 2 hours. He has, however, instead become somewhat distressed by … Regulars