NOVEMBER
2003
This section
features key science stories from The Daily Telegraph's
online news service at www.telegraph.co.uk.
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High
and low tides put bounce into Britain
Parts of Britain "bounce" by four inches twice a day
and the most wobbly counties are Devon and Cornwall, says a
survey
29
Nov 2003
Flu
virus 'is the greatest bio-terror threat of all'
Nature's "on-going experiments" with influenza strains
"may be the greatest bio-terror threat of all", with
the world alarmingly unprepared for a global epidemic, researchers
warn
28
Nov 2003
Caesarean
'doubles future stillbirth risk'
Women who choose to have caesareans may be doubling the risk
that their next baby is stillborn
28
Nov 2003
Carol
Vorderman's brain is a work of art
It is a brain that has won much admiration for the speed and
dexterity with which it solves mathematical sums on the quiz
show Countdown. Now Carol Vorderman's grey matter has been turned
into a work of art and is to go on show
28
Nov 2003
How
I chopped the fat from bacon...
Wilbur the 300kg boar will help farmers to breed leaner, tastier,
more profitable animals. Roger Highfield reports
26
Nov 2003
Debate
on GM a 'missed opportunity'
The unprecedented GM Nation? public debate missed this opportunity
to become a new tool of democracy, say MPs
26
Nov 2003
Flu
jab economy 'puts children's lives at risk'
Cost-cutting and the phobia over the MMR vaccine have put young
people at greater risk of dying from the Fujian strain of flu,
a leading virologist warns
24
Nov 2003
'Master
molecule' could be pathway to treating schizophrenia
A study of mice given pychosis-inducing drugs has provided a
valuable new insight into how to treat schizophrenia, a spectrum
of serious mental disorders that affects one person in every
100
24
Nov 2003
Spina
bifida in babies is linked with cornflakes and white bread
Pregnant women who eat sugary or highly processed food such
as white bread and cornflakes face double the risk of having
malformed babies, according to new research
23
Nov 2003
A
Parkinson's victim whose life changed
Former sufferer has reason to be thankful for animal research,
says Roger Highfield
22
Nov 2003
Activists
declare war over new monkey lab
The Government gave Cambridge University permission to build
a monkey laboratory where scientists will study brain disorders
such as autism and Alzheimer's disease
22
Nov 2003
Asteroid
'caused early mass extinction'
An asteroid impact probably caused the largest mass extinction
in the history of Earth, according to new evidence
21
Nov 2003
Scientists
pinpoint last days of the dodo
The exact year that the last dodo keeled over and died has been
pinpointed by scientists for the first time
20
Nov 2003
Highway
to heaven
The space elevator – once an outlandish sci-fi fantasy
– could soon become a safe and cost-effective reality.
Roger Highfield reports
19
Nov 2003
Researchers
team up to tackle cystic fibrosis
Hope of an effective treatment for sufferers of cystic fibrosis,
the most common genetic disease in Britain, was raised by the
announcement of a major gene therapy trial
18
Nov 2003
'This
disease is a daunting thing to live with'
Cara Doran, 25, is one of the 7,500 sufferers of cystic fibrosis
who would like to take part in the forthcoming British gene
therapy trial
18
Nov 2003
Angina
treatment to be tested on 900 patients
The biggest trial of gene therapy has been launched to test
a promising treatment that can boost blood flow in the hearts
of angina sufferers
18
Nov 2003
Sum
total of Jonny's kicking prowess is worked out
Researchers have come up with a formula to describe the astonishing
kicking prowess of the English rugby union star Jonny Wilkinson
15
Nov 2003
Hard
mattresses fail back pain test
The belief that hard mattresses are good for bad backs is a
myth, according to research
14
Nov 2003
Sons
I gave birth to are 'unrelated' to me
One human chimera came to light when a 52-year-old woman demanded
an explanation from doctors after tests showed that two of her
three grown-up sons were biologically unrelated to her
13
Nov 2003
IVF
babies 'more likely' to have mixed-up genes
Drugs that improve chance of conception may also be responsible
for more human chimeras. Roger Highfield reports
13
Nov 2003
Bones
of contention
Vital scientific research could be at
risk if museums are forced to repatriate human remains, writes
Chris Stringer
12
Nov 2003
Diet
'works for at least six weeks'
The controversial Atkins diet, hated by nutritionists but loved
by the public, works for at least the first six weeks, says
a study
12
Nov 2003
Bird
that was too tasty for its own good
The great bustard is returning after being hunted to extinction,
writes David Derbyshire
10
Nov 2003
For
the bustard it was a recipe for disaster
Great bustards were particularly prized for their flavour and
cost a small fortune to buy
10
Nov 2003
Explorers
find the lost ruins of sacred Inca city
Using an infra-red camera to peer through dense Peruvian forest
cover for the first time, explorers have found a lost ruin which
seems to be a sister site of the Inca ceremonial city of Machu
Picchu
07
Nov 2003
Sun's
storm heads towards the Earth
Solar storms that have buffeted the Earth over the past two
weeks showed no signs of abating after the most powerful flare
ever recorded was unleashed
06
Nov 2003
Voyager
1 reaches edge of solar system
A probe launched a quarter of a century ago may have become
the first to explore a turbulent zone at the outer limits of
the solar system, space scientists report
06
Nov 2003
Anabolic
time bombs: could steroids turn you into a violent psychotic?
Anabolic steroids are widely abused by athletes and bodybuiders.
Now it seems their effects may linger long after muscles and
strength have waned, fuelling violent behaviour for decades
to come
05
Nov 2003
How
bugs hitch-hike across the galaxy
Mankind's search for alien life could be jeopardised by ultra-resilient
bacteria from Earth. David Derbyshire reports
05
Nov 2003
A
free insight into creativity in art and science
The role of science in art – and of art in science –
is being explored next week during a Novartis/Daily Telegraph
Visions of Science symposium
05
Nov 2003
Explosives
experts say Guy Fawkes would have destroyed Parliament
Guy Fawkes would have blown the Houses of Parliament sky high
if his Gunpowder Plot had succeeded, according to a new study
by explosives experts
05
Nov 2003
Vintage
years ahead for English wines
The quality of the world's wines has improved over the past
50 years because of global warming, research suggests
04
Nov 2003
Perfect
vision, at a blink
Christine Doyle looks at a range of eye treatments that make
glasses increasingly unnecessary
04
Nov 2003
Gold
shells can kill inoperable tumours
Tiny golden "nanoshells" offer a new way to kill inoperable
tumours without harming surrounding tissue, according to a new
study
04
Nov 2003
Stormy
weather as spacecraft battens
down the hatches
The intense solar storms that hit the Earth this week have forced
officials to "batten down the hatches" on Mars Express,
the European spacecraft carrying the British Beagle 2 probe
to the Red Planet
01
Nov 2003
