Life Emerging consciousness glimpsed in babies Conscious awareness is an all-or-nothing brain response, and now we have seen how it develops in babies A glimpse of consciousness emerging in the brains of babies has been recorded for the first time. Insights gleaned from the work may aid the monitoring of babies under anaesthesia , and give a better understanding of awareness … 51¶¯Âþ
Health Psychiatry needs its Higgs boson moment Fighting the scourge of mental illness means giving psychiatry the kind of boost that physics got from the Higgs hunt Opinion
Health Social media made Boston's bad news bad for health too Fear factor: caught up in the house-to-house search for the Boston bombers THE terrorist attack and subsequent manhunt across Boston last week left four innocent people dead and more than 170 injured. But the stress caused by these tragic events could adversely affect the health of a much wider population. The citywide shutdown, the unprecedented … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Making art from stripped-down dead animals (Images: Iori Tomita/2013 New World Transparent Specimens) "SOMETIMES I go to pet shops and ask whether I can receive dead creatures." And then 29-year-old Iori Tomita , from Yokohama, Japan, does incredible things to them. Taking up to a year, he gently rinses the animals with enzymes that break down soft tissue and protein. What … Regulars
Life Deep life: Strange creatures living far below our feet From Methuselah microbes to animals that eschew oxygen, strange underground organisms are redefining what it means to be alive – and where it will end Features
Enigma Number 1746 Square in common Harry and Tom each chose two four-digit perfect squares (with no leading zero) which used eight different digits. Each of them told me which two digits were not used in his squares, and that information enabled me to deduce with certainty which two squares each of them had chosen. They had not … Regulars
Feedback: Read before you ride Read before you ride WISHING to make use of a Transport for London (TfL) cycle hire docking station, Michael Berkson discovered that he was required to accept on-screen both the privacy rules and the terms and conditions before cycling away. "Fair enough," he comments, "except that the terms and conditions are 39 pages. I am … Regulars