Around the world, people like (and dislike) the same scents
Unlike visual preferences, the appreciation of smells crosses culturesTO THE SWEDES, there are few odours more delectable than…
Invasion of the earthworms
EARTHWORMS’ BENIGN image as aerators, drainers and fertilisers of field and garden belies a darker secret. They are actually…
How tanks can survive against cheap, shoulder-fired missiles
The war in Ukraine will boost the development of anti-anti-tank weaponsRUSSIAN TANKS have been having a torrid time during the…
Alzheimer’s researchers are studying the brain’s plumbing
IN MOST BODILY organs waste matter is cleared out by the lymphatic system. Unnecessary proteins, superfluous fluids and so on…
Alzheimer’s researchers are studying the brain’s plumbing
IN MOST BODILY organs waste matter is cleared out by the lymphatic system. Unnecessary proteins, superfluous fluids and so on…
Sensors that scavenge their power are all the rage
PERCHED AS IT is above a harbour on the Dingle peninsula, on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, Mike Fitzgerald’s office has an unparalleled…
The degrading treatment of Ukraine’s internet
DEGRADING AND ideally destroying your opponents’ ability to communicate are elementary military tactics. And, in its war on…
Robotised insects may search collapsed buildings for survivors
They can detect movement, body warmth and exhaled carbon dioxideWHY GO TO all the trouble of designing and building a drone if…
Controversy over the price of a new Alzheimer’s drug and the government’s reluctance to pay for it
A new drug for Alzheimer’s is struggling to make a case that it is worth paying forJAY REINSTEIN remembers where he was when…