| Finding Suggests New Target for Alzheimer’s Drugs A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction. feeds.nytimes.com |
Really?: The Claim: Paper Towels Thwart More Germs Than Air Dryers Do A few studies have portrayed air dryers as bacterial breeding grounds. But those studies tend to have a conflict of interest: paper-industry financing. feeds.nytimes.com |
Q & A: Raising the Barriers Why do barrier islands form along certain areas of coastline? feeds.nytimes.com |
Green: An Undersea Trench for Wind Power? A proposal for a 350-mile undersea cable system in the mid-Atlantic that would carry energy from numerous offshore wind farms back to shore presents some interesting technical twists. feeds.nytimes.com |
Dogs recognise their owner's face Scientists show that dogs rely on seeing their owner's face in order to recognise them, a skill thought to be a byproduct of thousands of years of domestication. news.bbc.co.uk |