Technology Portable lab could guzzle Syria's sarin stockpile Just add chemical weapons Update, 10 October 2013: According to a Reuters report , the Pentagon is recommending the use in Syria of the mobile chemical-weapon destruction unit we describe below. Original article, published 11 September 2013 The prospect of imminent US air strikes on Syria receded this week, after Russia pressured embattled Syrian president … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Manners maketh man: how disgust shaped human evolution A key factor in our evolution is so deeply ingrained in our lives that we barely notice it. Disgustologist Valerie Curtis lifts the lid on manners Opinion
Life Grizzly cameraman snaps rare shots of swimming bears (Images: Michel Roggo/naturepl.com) ON RUSSIA'S far eastern coastline, the wilderness of the Kamchatka peninsula sprawls across hundreds of thousands of square kilometres. Volcanoes and geysers rise out of the landscape. Untouched by humans, this is the kingdom of the grizzly bear. Alone in this wilderness, Michel Roggo took these photographs by the Ozernaya river, which … Regulars
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Physics What has the Higgs boson done for us? The Higgs generates mass, but only a minuscule part of it (Image: Naresh Singh/Millennium images) After all the excitement surrounding the discovery of the Higgs, a new book called Beyond the God Particle asks where we go next IN 2012 American Independence Day was a high-water mark for European science: it saw the announcement of … CultureLab
Enigma Number 1767 Not over easy Joe always likes his fried eggs sunny side up. During breakfast in a motel in North Carolina he was given 36 cards, printed on one side with the motel's name and address, and on the other with two eggs sunny side up. With the cards were instructions to place them on the … Regulars