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Screening plan to tackle male menopause
Doctors have drawn up plans to screen older men for the male menopause, amid concerns that as many as one in five of the over-65s may be affected.The existence of a male equivalent to the menopause is still controversial, but most experts agree some men experience a crash in testosterone that can leave them tired, depressed and lacking in libido.The so-called "andropause" has also been linked to...
Turning dumb dialogue into intelligent conversation
Computer games are now incorporating AI characters that can converse with one another
In pictures: Jet packs
In movies and comics jetpacks are the ultimate superhero accessory. For a lucky few, these flights of fancy have become reality
Afghans plan museums to replace moonscapes
Campaign will reverse decades of cultural desecration and begin restoration of stolen antiques
WEDNESDAY 29. OCTOBER 2008
Albert Einstein's theory of royalty longevity
The famous scientist might have been dead for 53 years, but that didn't stop him earning £11m over the past 12 months
Schroedinger's cat is inordinately shy
I am deeply suspicious of attempts to justify particular religious or philosophical doctrines with scientific discoveries: for one thing, there are always counter-examples; more importantly, I think that when science serves a mythological function, it stops being science. None the less, I could not resist dropping into a talk on quantum physics and theology yesterday. I was gratified to rediscover...
Nick Spencer: The secularisation theorists spoke too soon. Faith is part of human nature and it's here to stay
Nick Spencer: Will religion fade away: The secularisation theorists spoke too soon. Faith is part of human nature and it's here to stay
FAQ: Planet's capacity
Key questions answered about the planet's limited capacity
Mathematician Du Sautoy takes Dawkins chair at Oxford
Stepping into the shoes of Richard Dawkins could be intimidating for some: not so for Marcus du Sautoy. Yesterday, the University of Oxford announced that the mathematician would take up its prestigious Simonyi professorship for the public understanding of science, the post vacated last month by the biologist Dawkins after more than a decade.Arguably the highest-profile academic post in the UK...
Animal rights activist is accused of Oxford University bombings
An animal rights "fanatic" was behind the planting of petrol bombs at Oxford University as part of a terrorist campaign to stop the building of a £20m research laboratory, a court heard yesterday.Using fuel and fuses made from sparklers, Mel Broughton worked with others to plant four devices in two separate attacks, a jury at Oxford crown court was told.The bomb attacks were claimed by the...
TUESDAY 28. OCTOBER 2008
Science Weekly Extra podcast: Marcus du Sautoy talks about taking Richard Dawkins' position at Oxford University
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy discusses taking Richard Dawkins' position at Oxford University
Is this the end of death as we know it?
None of want to die; we'll believe anything to avoid the Big Nothing. Even geeks have a heaven (sort of)
Mary Midgley: Let Darwin, not Dawkins, be our guide
Mary Midgley: Our minds have developed from simpler ones by evolution, but what is so sinister about that?
Scott Atran: Scientists and the secular-minded predict the demise of religion, but around the globe it is thriving
Scott Atran: Will religion fade away: Scientists and the secular-minded predict the demise of religion, but around the globe it is thriving
Scott Atran: Scientists and the secular-minded predict the demise of religion, but around the globe it is thriving
Scott Atran: Will religion fade away: Scientists and the secular-minded predict the demise of religion, but around the globe it is thriving
Artificial heart ready for human trials by 2011, say specialists
The first prosthetic heart to beat like a living organ could be fully implanted into patients within three years
Web journals 'narrowing study'
Online publishing reduces academic research to little more than a 'popularity contest', critics warn. Linda Nordling reports
Improbable research: Why can't you just sit still?
Marc Abrahams on sitting comfortably
Big decline in depth of Arctic winter sea ice
The thickness of sea ice in the Arctic dramatically declined last winter for the first time since records began in the early 1990s. The research by British scientists shows a significant loss in the thickness of the northern ice cap after the record loss of ice in the summer of 2007, although the weather was not abnormally warm.The findings, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters,...
Letter: Faith, humanism and teapots
Letter: Your interview with Richard Dawkins ('People say I'm strident', October 25) buys into the mistake that science and religion are at war
MONDAY 27. OCTOBER 2008
Climate change making seas more salty, research finds
Global warming is making the sea more salty, according to new research that demonstrates the massive shifts in natural systems triggered by climate change. Experts at the UK Met Office and Reading University say warmer temperatures over the Atlantic Ocean have significantly increased evaporation and reduced rainfall across a giant stretch of water from Africa to the Carribean in recent years. The...