Sci + Tech

More than half of the homeless population has suffered traumatic brain injury in their lifetime, and approximately 70 per cent of these injuries occurred before… Read More »Head injuries high among the homeless

Scientists connect the brain to computers

Uncertainty shrouds the substance’s effectiveness and side effects

As un-scientific as it is, I started out reading The World in Six Songs with a bias. I had taken the author’s – Daniel Levitin… Read More »McGill Prof Levitin writes book, toots own horn

Scientists develop new techniques to detect life on planets orbiting distant stars

Discoveries in the drug realm are changing the world – and maybe extending your life. Pharmaceutical company Sirtris claims to have inadvertently discovered the fountain… Read More »Fountain of youth in sight

Turtles to shack up, and one day give birth to long extinct species

Regular orgasms can lengthen your life – or so it seems. Many studies, conducted from the seventies to present, indicate that an energetic sex life… Read More »An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away

Sex, it turns out, is a good pain killer. At Rutgers university, Dr. Barry Komisaruk tested the pain thresholds of women using a thumbsrew-like machine,… Read More »Sex tames pain

Calls for regulation of chemical BPA fall on deaf ears

Recently developed cancer-targeting nano-particles promise better cancer therapy, and a different experience at the doctor’s office. Administered to the body in doses of billions, each… Read More »New nano-tech tracks and kills cancer cells

And intelligent Design gets a little boost

Project brings Internet access to children in the developing world

Video games have a dark side – such is the refrain of critics, from politicians to parents, who denounce video games for causing addiction and… Read More »Videogames: play to learn

Science explores the beginnings of courage and combativeness