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  Researchers identify the oldest English words
Date: February  26, 2009  

Some of the oldest words in the English and other Indo-European languages have been identified, scientists believe.Reading University researchers say "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the oldest in use and date back as much as 40,000 years.Using a computer model, the team analysed the rate of change of words and claim they can predict which ar
  Researchers identify the oldest English words
Date: February  26, 2009  

Some of the oldest words in the English and other Indo-European languages have been identified, scientists believe.Reading University researchers say "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the oldest in use and date back as much as 40,000 years.Using a computer model, the team analysed the rate of change of words and claim they can predict which ar
  Does University Challenge really test intelligence?
Date: February  24, 2009  

WHO, WHAT, WHYThe Magazine answers...Gail Trimble has been called the brainiest woman in Britain after steering Oxford s Corpus Christi college to victory in University Challenge, but does the programme really test intelligenceHow to test intelligence is a longstanding debate in academic circles. That hasn t stopped Britain s newspapers praising Co
  Art appreciation a gender issue
Date: February  23, 2009  

When it comes to appreciating art, men and women really do think differently, research shows.While women use both sides of their brain, men only use the right half to judge if a piece of work is beautiful, a team of scientists discovered.This may reflect the different ways men and women s minds have evolved - men tend to focus on the big picture wh
  Equality fight
Date: February  18, 2009  

By Robin BrantBBC News, Kuala LumpurCampaigners from Afghanistan set out the country s new marriage contract. Activists from Morocco explained how they secured wholesale reform of family law.These were just two of the issues discussed by hundreds of Muslim women who gathered in Malaysia to launch a new global campaign for equality.Reform of family
  Sweden rebuffs GM call for help
Date: February  18, 2009  

Sweden s government has rejected General Motors (GM) call for a bail-out of its Swedish unit Saab.Swedish industry minister Maud Olofsson accused General Motors of handing its responsibility for its business to different governments.The troubled US carmaker said in its new survival plan that it needed about $6bn (£4.2bn) from several government
  Alien life may exist among us
Date: February  16, 2009  

By James MorganScience reporter, BBC News, ChicagoNever mind Mars, alien life may be thriving right here on Earth, a major science conference has heard.Our planet may harbour forms of "weird life" unrelated to life as we know it, according to Professor Paul Davies, a physicist at Arizona State University.This "shadow life" may be hidden in toxic ar
  Outer planets choice is narrowed
Date: January  21, 2009  

By Jonathan AmosScience reporter, BBC NewsAmbitious plans to send probes to the outer planets are being considered by US and European space officials.One proposal envisages sending an orbiter to Saturn which would also drop a lander and a balloon on to the haze-shrouded moon Titan.The other sees two separate orbiters despatched to investigate Jupit
  Farms to take heat out of warming
Date: January  15, 2009  

By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC News websiteFarmers could help curb rising global temperatures by selecting crop varieties that reflect solar energy back into space, researchers say.Scientists at Bristol University calculate that switching crops in North America and Europe could reduce global temperatures by about 0.1C.Temperatures h
  Gadgets rock
Date: January  10, 2009  

By Zara Rabinowicz Shiny MediaConsumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 was a confusing mix of identikit products, each aiming to beat each other in terms of weight, size and performance - yes, I m talking about all those netbooks.Also on hand were the big boys - Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic and others - trying to rule the roost in terms of integrated we


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