Annual screening for high-risk women in their 30s finds breast cancers
13 February 2019
Up to 86,000 women in their thirties with a family history of breast cancer should receive annual mammograms, according to a study of 2,900 women
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Feedback: Get the love bug with zoo's cockroach-naming scheme
13 February 2019
Perfect for the creepy crawly in your life. Plus: the £500,000 heart of space, a new scientist doll, chicken summoned by police, and more
No plugs needed: How wireless charging could set electric cars free
13 February 2019
The rise of wireless charging for electric cars means you may never have to worry about plugging in again
Take a bite
13 February 2019
Why aren't hit-and-run attacks common in the animal kingdom? Surely a barracuda or shark could take a meal-sized chunk out of the back or belly of a whale before it could respond. The same goes for smaller pairings of animals.
Puddle puzzle
13 February 2019
My cat used to drink from the garden pond and never seemed to suffer any ill effects, and you often see dogs drinking from muddy puddles. So why do humans have to be so careful and only drink clean water? (Continued)
The sound of vinyl
13 February 2019
We often hear from enthusiasts that analogue vinyl audio sounds better and fuller than that of digital systems. If this is a real difference, why isn't the digital signal tweaked to mimic the characteristics of a vinyl disc?
From the archives: 1989, the warmest year on record
13 February 2019
Thirty years ago, James Hansen became the first climate scientist to publicly blame humans for global warming
A Place That Exists Only in Moonlight review: Sublime raid on infinity
13 February 2019
Katie Paterson's biggest art show yet gives gallery-goers a tantalising taste of space and time at a cosmic scale
Don't miss: A chance to grapple with time travel, the joy of maths
13 February 2019
Play the new version of video game Steins:Gate, admire artistic visions of what’s to come, dip into a new popular mathematics book, plus more of this week’s cultural picks
The Wall review – A dystopian adventure for the climate change era
13 February 2019
Though it has its satirical elements, John Lanchester's discomforting new novel does more than point the finger at present ills
