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Now that it is autumn, many animals will be preparing to bed down and sleep off the winter. Although humans can't hibernate, we might be able to learn some valuable medical lessons from animals that can. For instance, when it hibernates, the Arctic ground squirrels heart r...
Teabags come in all shapes and sizes nowadays. But a group of researchers have shown that the shape of the teabag makes very little difference to your cuppa - it's the size that counts. They made lots of teabags in different shapes and sizes and filled them all with about ...
Freeze drying dead bodies may be a green alternative to burial and cremation, according to last week's New Scientist. Most of us would say we were concerned about pollution - but not many people realise that even after you die your dead body is seriously bad news for the e...
People respond better to computer voices that mirror their own personalities, according to Nature this week. Anyone can tell the difference between a synthesised voice (one generated by a computer) and a human voice. As far as most people are concerned one computer voice s...
Brains aren't everything. According to research by Barclays Global Investors, the higher your IQ, the more likely you are to be a bad investor. Intelligent people have trouble being disciplined in the way they stash their cash. But if your portfolio is looking bad, then ta...
It's been a memorable week for astronomers. Last Saturday NASA's Deep Space 1 survived a treacherous venture into the halo of dust surrounding Comet Borrelly and captured over thirty images of it's icy nucleus. This is only the second time a comet has been observed from cl...
