Enigma No.829: How do you manage without one? MY WORD processor has developed a fault. There's one particular digit which it will not type: if you press the appropriate key absolutely nothing happens. I can, for example, type the cube of 4 correctly, but not the square. Whereas for the larger number 7 8 (whose number of digits is less than the one-figure … News
Hoist by its own Brent Spar SHELL's now infamous oil storage vessel, the Brent Spar, is to be broken up on land after all instead of being sunk deep in the Atlantic. That, at least, is what should now happen following Shell's capitulation in the face of a Europe-wide boycott of its filling stations. Shell still has to find a place … Opinion
All wired up … IT MAY seem corny to compare the slithering growth of nerve fibres in the developing human embryo to traffic moving along roads and freeways, but the analogy is apt. Vehicles throng our roads, heading towards their very different destinations through untold acres of streets and buildings, aided by a plethora of signs. Nerve fibres, too, … Features
Correction Correction: Meg Weston Smith (née Milne) writes to inform us that her father, E. A. Milne, was called Arthur, not Edward ("The thought that counts", 6 May). Regulars
Feedback ARE you one of those unlucky people whose garden is besieged by wild deer that nibble the nasturtiums and leave undesirable lumps on the lawn? One way to deter these intruders is to spread the dung of large cats such as lions and tigers strategically around the garden. Some zoos do indeed sell such products … Regulars