Space NASA mulls sending part of space station to an asteroid A crew compartment called Tranquility launched to the space station in February aboard space shuttle Endeavour Tranquility has docking ports that could attach to smaller craft, which could detach and inspect an asteroid at close range Two spacecraft could be tied together with a tether and set rotating, simulating gravity for crews inside The International … 51¶¯Âþ
Harvard misconduct probe: the price of secrecy Update on 20 August: Harvard confirms misconduct by morality researcher IN THE field of animal cognition there are few bigger names than Marc Hauser. This Harvard professor has not only produced exciting findings but has also successfully communicated his research through the media and popular books such as Wild Minds: What animals really think . … Opinion
Physics Is quantum theory weird enough for the real world? A world with this degree of correlation would be weird indeed Our most successful theory of nature is bewilderingly remote from reality. But fixing that may require a weirder theory still PHYSICS, its practitioners will proudly tell you, is the most fundamental of sciences. Its theories and laws distil the workings of the real world … Features
Enigma Number 1609 I remember it well I am a bit vague about my bank security number- It is a four figure number (or possibly five); It uses four different digits (or possibly five); The first digit is four (or possibly five); The second digit is four (or possibly five) and none of the other digits is smaller; … Regulars
Will this wash? Will this wash? EVER on the lookout for cutting-edge research, Feedback was impressed to read that the University of Bonn Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Germany is researching worldwide manual dishwashing habits. It was, therefore, "looking for test persons from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea and the Middle East who are interested in washing up … Regulars