JANUARY
2002
This section features
key science stories from The Daily Telegraph's online news
service at www.telegraph.co.uk
during January 2002. Click on
the links for the full story.

Trail proves Jurassic giant was no slouch
PERFECTLY preserved fossilised footprints of dinosaurs, found in an English quarry, are giving scientists a glimpse of how Jurassic predators moved and hunted.
31 Jan
2002

Live webchat on energy efficiency
We are all aware of the cold weather we are presently experiencing and the result this has on our heating bills!
30 Jan
2002

Gene linked to miscarriages
WOMEN who suffer recurrent or late miscarriages may carry a defective gene that predisposes them to blood clots, according to new research.
30 Jan 2002

Scientists need to be seen on TV
Science is changing the world we live in - yet unlike arts and sport it is virtually ignored by all channels, argues Sir Harry Kroto
30 Jan 2002

Life as a machine
The genome jigsaw is gradually being pieced together, reports Roger Highfield
30 Jan
2002

Cancer man to be father after sperm cell implant
A CANCER patient is to become a father after a ground-breaking operation to restore his fertility following chemotherapy.
29 Jan 2002

Cancer drug breakthrough
SCIENTISTS have made a breakthrough against one of the world's fastest growing and deadliest cancers.
28 Jan 2002

Ovarian cancer treatment breakthrough
offers women fresh hope A NEW treatment for ovarian cancer
appears to give women a far greater
chance of survival than current therapies.
27 Jan
2002

Herod 'killed by kidney disease and gangrene'
KING Herod is usually thought of as a paranoid and cruel leader. Now doctors
believe he may have become even more
ill-tempered towards the end of his life
because of kidney disease and rotting
genitalia.
26 Jan
2002

Invaders from Earth
In the Arctic, scientists are simulating the
conditions under which we may one day
live on Mars, says Adrian Berry
26 Jan
2002

'First ecological experiment' rediscovered
SCIENTISTS hunting for studies that
influenced Charles Darwin's work on
evolution have rediscovered details of what
may be the world's first ecological
experiment.
25 Jan
2002

Alcohol can help prevent dementia
PEOPLE who have between one and three
alcoholic drinks a day can reduce their risk
of dementia in later life by up to 70 per
cent, according to Dutch researchers.
25 Jan
2002

Frozen ovaries 'can work again'
EVIDENCE that whole ovaries could be
removed from women before sterilising
chemotherapy, then put back to restore
fertility is published today.
23 Jan
2002

Rubella almost eradicated in US
GERMAN measles, which causes serious disabilities in unborn babies, has been almost eradicated in America, scientists claimed yesterday.
23 Jan
2002

Searching for life on alien Earths
At the first Cheltenham Science Festival eminent speakers will include the
Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees,
debating the chances of finding life on
another planet
23 Jan
2002

Sex and the senses
THE PUBLIC will be invited to think more
deeply about sex, chocolate and other
sensual pleasures in the first Cheltenham
Science Festival
23 Jan
2002

Twitchers seek Elvis of birding
SIX American birdwatchers are splashing
through the marshlands of Louisiana in
search of "the ghost of the southern
swamps": a woodpecker officially deemed
extinct.
21 Jan 2002

Secret of success
In a team game it's always the manager
who gets the boot, says Robert Matthews
20 Jan
200

Drug promises lovers a whiff of instant passion
SCIENTISTS have developed an "instant"
alternative to Viagra. The new anti-
impotence drug, PT-141, is a nasal spray
designed to stir the passions of both men
and women within minutes.
20 Jan
2002

GM virus research will stay secret
A NUMBER of dangerous genetically
modified viruses and bacteria under
development in British laboratories will
remain secret for reasons of "national
security" when a public register is
reopened next month, the Government
announced yesterday.
19 Jan
2002

Loophole on cloning is closed
A HIGH COURT ruling that would have left
human cloning uncontrolled by law was
overturned yesterday by the Court of
Appeal. The decision means that cloning is
now regulated by legislation which
prevents research on embryos above the
age of 14 days.
19 Jan
2002

Herb cure for hay fever
SCIENTISTS have discovered that butterbur
is just as effective in treating hay fever as
an antihistamine drug.
18 Jan
2002

Aircraft that mimic geese can save fuel
TAKING a cue from geese, aeronautical
engineers are developing technology to
enable aircraft to save significant amounts
of fuel by playing follow my leader.
18 Jan
2002

'Spider-goats' start work on wonder web
A HERD of goats containing spider genes is
about to be milked for the ingredients of
spider silk to mass-produce one of nature's
most sought-after materials.
18 Jan
2002

Mountains hold clue to chances of life on Mars
SCIENTISTS have found an underground
colony of hydrogen-munching microbes that
could hold the key to understanding life on
other planets.
17 Jan
2002

Eating with the family 'feeds a child's
mind'
RESEARCHERS have found that teenagers
who regularly eat with their parents are
less prone to mental health problems such
as anxiety and depression.
17 Jan
2002

Obesity 'killing 30,000 a year'
OBESITY in England has reached "shocking" levels, contributing to 30,000 deaths a year, a committee of MPs says today.
16 Jan
2002

Where scientists are looking for God
Lourdes, in France, has a reputation for miracles but are these `inexplicable' cures evidence of divine intervention? Raj Persaud investigates
16 Jan 2002

Stem cells: the key to staying young
WE are conceived, are born, live a few
decades then die. Every aspect of this
sentence, it seems, is now open to
question. The science of stem cells, parent
cells of every tissue in the body, now offers
huge opportunities to repair a damaged
body and restore the sick and injured
16 Jan 2002

Ecstasy use 'increases mental disorders'
DANCERS at clubs who take ecstasy are 25
per cent more likely to have a mental
disorder, according to a survey published
yesterday.
15 Jan
2002

Children cope with divorce, says study
DIVORCE does not harm children in the
large majority of cases, an American study
claims.
15 Jan
2002

New DVT test can identify travellers most at risk
A FAST new test for deep vein thrombosis
could help identify travellers at risk of
potentially fatal blood clots, British doctors
said yesterday.
15 Jan 2002

Antarctic
cools in warmer world
THE Antarctic has cooled during the past 35 years despite the
worldwide temperature rise, according to a study published today.
14 Jan 2002

Koi carp develop a taste for the blues
KOI carp are not normally considered the
most artistically sensitive of creatures, but
an American scientist has discovered they
can be stirred by the blues of John Lee
Hooker and Muddy Waters.
14 Jan 2002
Need for punishment rules out Utopia
THE utopian society, in which it is in
everyone's interest to co-operate and
there are no sanctions, is an impossible
dream, a study using game theory
suggests.
14 Jan 2002

The price of happiness
LAST week a lottery winner drank himself to
death. But new research confirms that
money does indeed buy happiness,
provided you're not too rich already, writes
Alasdair Palmer.
13 Jan 2002

Charles backs controversial CJD research
THE PRINCE OF WALES has given his
support to a British scientist who believes
that the human equivalent of mad cow
disease may be caused by pollution rather
than by eating BSE-infected beef.
13 Jan 2002
Aspirin 'could prevent thousands of heart
attacks'
GIVING aspirin to people at risk of heart
attacks and strokes could save thousands
of lives every year. Yet the drug is still
"massively underused", doctors say today.
11 Jan 2002

Cave find dates dawn of creativity
THE safety of ultrasound scans on pregnant women is to be reviewed
by an international medical panel following evidence that the
process may damage babies' brains.
16
Dec 2001

Old elixir can still make the Spanish fly
A SPANISH writer has revived and patented
a medieval sexual elixir centuries after it
was banned by the Inquisition.
11 Jan 2002

It's space, but not as we know it
SPACE is not black, but an elegant shade of
pale green, a team of astronomers
announced last night.
11 Jan 2002

Kitchen
appliances linked to miscarriage
STRONG magnetic fields produced by trains and household appliances
such as vacuum cleaners and food mixers increase the risk of miscarriage
by up to three times, according to a new study.
10
Jan 2002

Snoring
linked to round heads
IF your home resonates to nightly snoring, it could be because
your family inherited a round-shaped head.
07 Jan 2002

Scientists
aim to keep the crunch in cornflakes
MONSANTO, the controversial biotechnology company, is embarking
on a multi-million-pound research and breeding programme to create
a strain of maize that resists moisture.
07 Jan 2002

Good
news: Doomsday has been postponed
THE end is not as nigh as we thought. Scientists have found a
mistake in the standard account of the future fate of the solar
system and now believe that the Earth will not be destroyed when
the Sun runs out of fuel.
06 Jan 2002

Mystery
of monster waves solved
GERMAN scientists claim to have explained the mystery behind so-called
monster waves - the term given by oceanographers for near-vertical
breaking seas up to 120ft high.
06 Jan 2002

Clone
experts puzzled as Dolly grows old too soon
DOLLY the sheep suffers from an unusual form of arthritis rarely
found in ewes her age, raising concerns that cloning could trigger
premature ageing.
05 Jan 2002

GM
pig organ transplants 'years away'
ORGANS from genetically modified pigs are unlikely to be transplanted
into human patients for many years to come, the Department of
Health said yesterday.
04 Jan 2002

Tests
begin for cancer virus
BRITISH doctors are about to start start clinical trials of a
new genetically modified virus that destroys cancers without the
unpleasant side-effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy..
04 Jan 2002

Who's
a pretty boy then?
THE secret of parrots' sex appeal has been discovered by scientists
in a study of the birds' sexual radiance published today.
04 Jan 2002

Diabetes
link to pregnant smokers
WOMEN who smoke during pregnancy put their babies at a significantly
increased risk of developing diabetes in later life and of becoming
obese as young adults, researchers claim today.
04 Jan 2002

Satellite
tracks secret migration of the great white
A CHIEF scientific adviser has been appointed at the Department
of Environment Food and Rural affairs, marking an attempt by the
Government to correct Defra's persistent failure to make the most
of available scientific wisdom.
03 Jan 2002

Science
briefs
A CHIEF scientific adviser has been appointed at the Department
of Environment Food and Rural affairs, marking an attempt by the
Government to correct Defra's persistent failure to make the most
of available scientific wisdom.
02 Jan 2002

Foxes
scare ducklings shock
A fine tradition of bizarre research continued last year with
some scientific gems. David Derbyshire presents a round-up of
the best stories.
02 Jan 2002


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