Rogue theory of smell gets a boostPublished online: 6 December 2006Rogue theory of smell gets a boost1. A controversial theory of how we smell, which claims that our fine sense of odour depends on qua
Why did a promising heart drug fail?Doomed drug highlights complications of meddling with cholesterol.1. The failure of a high-profile cholesterol drug has thrown a spotlight on the complicated machin
Sleep medication linked to bizarre behaviourNew evidence has linked a commonly prescribed sleep medication with bizarre behaviours， including a case in which a woman painted her front door in her sl
1. A European spacecraft took off today to spearhead the search for another “Earth“ among the stars.2. The Corot space telescope blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodr
Doomed drug highlights complications of meddling with cholesterol.1.The failure of a high-profile cholesterol drug has thrown a spotlight on the complicated machinery that regulates cholesterol lev
From The Economist print editionHow shops can exploit people’s herd mentality to increase sales1. A TRIP to the supermarket may not seem like an exercise in psychological warfare—but it is. Shopke
Sleep medication linked to bizarre behaviourNew evidence has linked a commonly prescribed sleep medication with bizarre behaviours, including a case in which a woman painted her front door in her s
Next Year Marks the EU’s 50th Anniversary of the TreatyA.After a period of introversion and stunned self-disbelief, continental European governments will recover their enthusiasm for pan-European
Time to cool it1 REFRIGERATORS are the epitome of clunky technology: solid, reliable and just a little bit dull. They have not changed much over the past century, but then they have not needed to. The
Don’t wash those fossils!Standard museum practice can wash away DNA.1. Washing， brushing and varnishing fossils — all standard conservation treatments used by many fossil hunters and museum c