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IN TODAY'S PAPER
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CITY NEWSLINES
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WEEKLY FEATURES
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| Written in blood |
| Experts look for human history in DNA. G.S. Mudur reports |
| If recent history were to repeat itself, the largest effort yet to study human genetic material may be dubbed as 'the return of the vampire'. An international team of scientists announced earlier this month a plan to collect blood samples and extract DNA from some 100,000 people around the world, in... | Read.. |
| Precision killing of cancer cells |
| Researchers at the Rice University, US, have invented a new imaging and treatment method that can both detect and treat the killer disease. According ... | Read.. |
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| A sunlit lunar outpost |
| Say you are NASA and you want to set up a lunar outpost, and you want lots of sunlight to power it. Well then, Houston, you've got a problem. Since th ... | Read.. |
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| Calorie concern |
| You are what your ancestors ate. And those ancestors would pick and choose fruits, nuts, seeds and the occasional helping of meat or fish. Most of the ... | Read.. |
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| Not fully rational or logical |
| If art and science mix, then the field of anatomy has long been a thick burgoo. For centuries, the anatomist relied on the artist to record the dry de ... | Read.. |
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| Enthusiastic claims |
 In June, Panasonic will introduce Oxyride batteries: AA and AAA disposable batteries that the company calls 'the most significant developments in primary battery technology in 40 years'. According to Panasonic, these batteries last up to twice as lon ... | Read.. |
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| QED: Are mobiles safe' |
 Technology, which we often take for granted, sometimes puts us in a great dilemma. With the burgeoning numbers of cellphone users ' more than 1,500,000,000 people worldwide already ' debates are now converging on its unexpected risks and unintended ... | Read.. |
| Recommended: Headache that couldn't be cured |
ALL IN MY HEAD
Paula Kamen
De Capo Press; £ 24.95 ... | Read.. |
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Why Corner |
| Why do cigarette smoke rises in a column' |
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For much of the first half of the 20th century, polio conjured up every parent's worst nightmare: children who could not walk without steel braces; others imprisoned in large tank respirators called iron lungs, gasping for every breath. Still others ... | 
