Health Zapping body and brain boosts movement in paralysed A single session of nerve stimulation has improved the movement of people with spinal cord injuries. Mimicking the passage of nerve signals by stimulating a muscle as well as the brain has boosted recovery and helped people to regain better control of their movements. Voluntary movement requires a signal from the brain, which is passed … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Looks like we've got allergies all wrong From pollen to peanuts, we humans are an allergic lot. So could it be that allergies serve an evolutionary purpose? Opinion
Earth No sign of emissions letting up as climate talks begin A deal limiting warming to 2 °C seems like a tall task FORGET the fire, it's the smoke that matters. In the lead-up to the climate change summit in Doha, Qatar – which wraps up at the end of this week – study after study painted a grim picture of our future, from permafrost melting … 51¶¯Âþ
Dinosaurs might have once gazed into the Grand Canyon See more: this article was a Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science PICTURE the scene. It's late in the Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago. A group of dinosaurs have gathered at the rim of what will become known as the Grand Canyon. They're gawping over the edge, just as … Regulars
Earth Biofuel that's better than carbon neutral The race is on to create a biofuel that sucks carbon out of the sky and locks it away where it can't warm the planet Features
The end of race history? Not yet See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog CultureLab
Enigma Number 1727 Common factors I have in mind three consecutive two-figure numbers and I have calculated their sum and their product. I have then listed those positive integers which divide exactly into both that sum and product. It turns out that there are just six numbers in that list and that the sum of the six numbers … Regulars
Feedback: Healthscare insurance Healthscare insurance IN THE middle of the UK's autumn "conference season", in which political parties worry everyone with their policy pronouncements, or lack of them, a message arrived in Feedback's inbox addressed to someone called GILL. It has continued to arrive once a week or so ever since. Bearing in mind that a hot topic … Regulars