Science

The study found that people with a damaged amygdala had a higher inclination to risk losing money as a result of reckless gambling

Genetic disorder turns risk-averse into gamblers

The brains of people who risk everything when gambling may be wired up differently to those of the naturally cautious, according to a study that appears to have discovered a neurological basis for reckless behaviour.

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Big Think: Why ET never calls

Monday, 8 February 2010

Peter Ward, paleontologist at the University of Washington, on how our inability to detect other life in the universe may stem from interstellar communication problems. Then again, it may be because Earth evolution is “like Mr. Bean.”

Canterbury's Roman Museum could fall victim to the credit crunch

Monday, 8 February 2010

Canterbury City Council is the latest local authority set to close museums as part of cost-cutting measures. It is wielding the budget axe and has decided that saving the city’s Christmas lights is more important than keeping the Roman Museum open to the public.

Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers

Sunday, 7 February 2010

An orchestrated campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claimed last night.

Genetic test for ageing may soon be possible

Sunday, 7 February 2010

A genetic test for how quickly a person will age over the course of a lifetime may soon be possible following a study that has for the first time definitively identified DNA variations in the population that can be linked with biological ageing.

DNA test reveals the origins of the species of Charles Darwin

Friday, 5 February 2010

Charles Darwin's ancient ancestors were among the first group of Homo sapiens to leave Africa, a DNA analysis has revealed.

The Big Question: What do we know about the human brain and the way it functions?

Friday, 5 February 2010

Scientists read the minds of the living dead

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Brain scanner enables man presumed to be in vegetative state to communicate with outside world

Excavation and restoration on the Avenue of Sphinxes

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), along with the governor of Luxor, Samir Farag, will embark today on an inspection tour along the Avenue of Sphinxes that connects the Luxor and Karnak temples.