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This section features
key science stories from The Daily Telegraph's online news
service at www.telegraph.co.uk.
Click on the links for the full story.
Airline
backs study of DVT risk on its flights
AN airline has agreed to help in the most comprehensive study
to date into the risks of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on long-haul
flights. It is the first time an airline has been prepared to
assist research into the controversial issue.
31 Mar
2002
Sensory
perception
Can you see what I'm saying? Synaesthetes really can, claims Roger
Highfield.
31 Mar
2002
Drugs
hope as rabbits are cloned
THE world's first cloned rabbits were unveiled yesterday by a
team of French scientists.
30 Mar
2002
GM
chickens lay drugs for humans
CHICKENS have been genetically engineered to lay eggs that have
whites containing expensive human drugs.
30 Mar
2002
Michael
J Fox one of four on TV show
hit by Parkinson's
THE actor Michael J Fox was one of four people in the cast and
crew of a 1970s Canadian television sit-com who have been diagnosed
with Parkinson's disease.
29 Mar
2002
Skin
cancer rises faster in men
CASES of the most serious form of skin cancer are rising faster
among men than women, experts said yesterday.
29 Mar
2002
Cancer
link to long-term Pill use
WOMEN who take the Pill for more than five years increase their
risk of cervical cancer by nearly three times, or by four times
if they take it for more than 10 years, according to researchers.
27 Mar
2002
Sizewell
B on alert as US plant at risk of meltdown
NUCLEAR inspectors are considering a safety review of Sizewell
B nuclear power station after corrosion was found to have almost
eaten away the vessel that holds the hot nuclear heart of a related
American nuclear reactor.
27 Mar
2002
The
men who make mutants
Scientists are building their own weeds in an attempt to find
out how plants work. Roger Highfield reports.
27 Mar
2002
Anyone
for tennis - with a minute grain of pollen?
The Novartis/Daily Telegraph Visions of Science Awards offer a
fresh take on the natural world, reports David Derbyshire.
27 Mar
2002
Your
cancer-curing, alien-hunting home PC
Jonathan Lambeth looks at a Google experiment into the mystery
of genetics.
26 Mar
2002
Porton
Down scientists face charges
over 1950s experiments
THREE former scientists at the government's Porton Down biological
weapons centre face criminal charges in connection with dangerous
experiments on servicemen during the 1950s and 1960s, The Telegraph
has learnt.
24 Mar
2002
Financial
failures
It's not very smart to invest money with a clever person, insists
Robert Matthews.
24 Mar
2002
Tiny
probe gives 10-year warning of breast cancer
A REVOLUTIONARY technique to diagnose breast cancer as much as
10 years before the tumour has become invasive, using technology
borrowed from the Hollywood film industry, is being developed
at a leading London hospital.
23 Mar
2002
Out
of luck gamblers can blame a brainwave
SCIENTISTS have discovered crackles of energy in the brains of
gamblers which explain why they so often throw good money after
bad.
22 Mar
2002
Blood
test developed to find early Alzheimer's
A BLOOD test capable of detecting brain changes linked to Alzheimer's
disease, the devastating degenerative brain disorder, has been
developed.
22 Mar
2002
Tree
rings may point to earlier global warming
A TREE ring study has revealed that 1,000 years ago the Northern
Hemisphere may have been as warm as today, suggesting that global
warming can happen naturally.
22 Mar
2002
'We
wanted to help women'
HELEN WILSON, was 16, her sister Catherine 12, when their mother,
May, died from breast cancer. It was 40 years ago, but the memory
remains sharp.
21 Mar
2002
New
drug could conquer smallpox
SCIENTISTS have developed a pill to fight smallpox, one of the
most feared of all the potential bio-terrorist weapons because
there is currently no tested treatment.
21 Mar
2002
Drug
can cut strokes by half, clinical trials show
TENS of thousands of lives could be saved every year because of
a drug which "dramatically" reduces the risk of strokes, scientists
claimed yesterday.
21 Mar
2002
Pulses
of light 'can detect new tumours'
SURGEONS are using pulses of light to find out if a cancer has
spread.
21 Mar
2002
Breast
cancer prevention for 8p a day
SCIENTISTS have proof that a pill costing 8p a day can prevent
breast cancer in women considered to be at high risk of the disease.
21 Mar
2002
How
her brain does the shopping
Scientists have used a scanner to show which part of our grey
matter makes brand choices. Roger Highfield reports.
20 Mar
2002
Select
a box of cornflakes and put your
finger on free will
THERE is more to deciding to reach for a box of cornflakes than
you may think. Our experience of controlling any event, such as
grasping for a box of cereal, involves an illusion created by
the brain to preserve our sense of free will, according to a study
published this week.
20 Mar
2002
Isaac
the roaming pike homes in on a
marvel of nature
THE summer wanderings of a fish called Isaac have produced the
first hard evidence that pike have a finely tuned homing instinct.
19 Mar
2002
Relative
failure
Beautiful thoughts marred by Einstein's ugly miscalculation, reckons
Robert Matthews.
17 Mar
2002
Love
online 'can be stronger'
ROMANCES that begin on the internet are more likely to be successful
than those that begin in pubs or nightclubs, psychologists claimed
yesterday.
16 Mar
2002
Footballers
pay penalty for a bad reputation
British Psychological Society Special.
16 Mar
2002
Sex
hormone is key to winning home matches
SCIENTISTS may have discovered the key to the "home advantage"
in football: testosterone. They found that levels of the sex hormone
surged by more than 50 per cent in players of a Premiership junior
squad before they played a match on their own turf.
16 Mar
2002
Satellites
offer in-depth look at oceans
A PAIR of satellites is due to be launched this morning that can
weigh ice sheets and peer beneath the oceans by measuring tiny
changes in gravity.
16 Mar
2002
Myth
of the male menopause
THE male menopause, with stories of poor sexual performance that
frighten men, is untrue, according to a new study presented yesterday.
16 Mar
2002
Men
can be bitchy too
YOUNG men are just as likely as women to be "bitchy" gossips and
to ignore former friends, a study into aggression has shown.
15 Mar
2002
Great
wisdom 'wasted'
THE experience and wisdom of the oldest generation are being thrown
away because there is no clear role for great-grandparents in
family life, a psychologist said yesterday.
15 Mar
2002
New
ecstasy warning
TAKING ecstasy once a month is enough to cause serious memory
loss and poor concentration long after the euphoria has worn off,
says the largest study of its kind.
15 Mar
2002
'Food
dudes' persuade children to eat greens
A MODERN day version of Popeye, the spinach-guzzling cartoon character
dating from 1929, is persuading children to eat up their greens.
15 Mar
2002
When
the pressure is on, narcissists shine
HE is reviled in workplaces across Britain: the obnoxious, self-important
employee who is more interested in impressing the boss than knuckling
down.
15 Mar
2002
Paralysed
people to use power of thought
THE power of thought can now be harnessed to move a cursor across
a screen, marking another step towards enabling paralysed people
to control a computer.
14 Mar
2002
Blood
test may spot early signs of lung cancer
SCIENTISTS have made an important step towards a blood test for
the early stages of lung cancer.
13 Mar
2002
Butterfly
adverts waiting in the wings
THE ability to write designs, logos and messages on the wings
of butterflies could emerge from research to create the first
GM butterfly, a scientist said yesterday.
13 Mar
2002
Laughter?
It's a funny business
We laugh more frequently than we eat, sing or have sex. So why
do we know so little about it? David Derbyshire investigates.
13 Mar
2002
Science
shorts
The rest of the week's science stories.
13 Mar
2002
New
comet to make star appearance
A NEWLY discovered comet will be bright enough to see with the
naked eye when it passes Earth later this month.
11 Mar
2002
Beijing
backs scientists in race to mass produce cloned organs
CHINESE scientists are to receive state backing for the mass production
of human organs from sacrificial embryos, using controversial
technology involving the fusion of human tissue with animal egg
cells.
10 Mar
2002
Fundamentalists
re-create Eden, with dinosaurs
AMERICAN scientists are outraged over plans for a multi-million-dollar
museum dedicated to telling the nation's schoolchildren that God
made the world in seven days and that Darwin is a fraud.
10 Mar
2002
The
M-word
Is the wearing of floral shirts too high a price for peace of
mind? Robert Matthews ponders the question.
10 Mar
2002
Computer
hitch made universe turn green
SCIENTISTS made the astonishing revelation in January that the
true colour of the universe is half way between turquoise and
aquamarine.
08 Mar
2002
Ancient
ice holds clues to climate
SCIENTISTS are examining the oldest ice in the world for evidence
of long-term climate change.
07 Mar
2002
Cannabis
linked to memory problems
LONG-TERM users of cannabis are risking serious problems with
their memory and concentration, a new study reveals.
06 Mar
2002
Which
one do you trust?
David Derbyshire speaks to Nobel prize-winner Sir Paul Nurse about
the MMR, dumbed down TV and the public's perception of scientists.
06 Mar
2002
Mud,
mud, glorious mud
Nothing quite like it for breeding a bug, says Roger Highfield.
06 Mar
2002
Pollution
'as dangerous as passive smoking'
TRAFFIC fumes and city smog significantly increase the risks of
dying from lung cancer and heart disease, according to one of
the most detailed studies into the dangers of air pollution.
06 Mar
2002
50pc
believe big business runs science
ONE in two people believes that scientists are in the pockets
of big business and that scientific research has become too commercialised.
06 Mar
2002
Where
you can live for ever
Controversial plans for an embryo cell bank, reported first in
this newspaper, could give Britain a significant advantage, reports
Roger Highfield.
06 Mar
2002
First
giant squid to be caught alive is just a tiddler
THE giant squid, the monster of seafarers' mythology, has been
seen alive for the first time in recorded history - and it measured
less than half an inch.
05 Mar
2002
Quest
for 'alcohol gene' sets monkeys on binge
JUST like humans, small primates can acquire a taste for alcohol
- and behave in a similar fashion when under its influence, scientists
have discovered.
03 Mar
2002
Mission
to Mars from Milton Keynes
THE man most likely to answer the question "Is there life on Mars?"
is not a Nasa scientist in a Houston laboratory but a 58-year-old,
wild-haired professor who keeps cows on a farm in Cambridgeshire.
03 Mar
2002
Pro-lifers
will ask court to halt embryo experiments
PRO-LIFE groups are planning legal action to block embryonic stem
cell research by scientists in Edinburgh and London.
03 Mar
2002
Big
hopes for little pigs
THREE little pigs could help overcome concerns about unleashing
new diseases when transplanting pig organs into humans.
02 Mar
2002
Embryo
cell research licences granted
STUDIES of how to use human embryo cells to develop new treatments
for a vast range of diseases, from Parkinson's to diabetes, began
in earnest in Britain yesterday.
02 Mar
2002
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