A Common Drug Might Help Reverse Genetic Hearing Loss, Scientists Say

A newly discovered CPD gene mutation causes hearing loss, and scientists found that Viagra and arginine may help reverse it.
The Economist

Why Anglophones use the alphabet so oddly

Why Q Needs U. By Danny Bate. Blink Publishing; 336 pages; £14.99. T HE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children ...

Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...
The Mirror US on MSN

British woman suffers stroke and wakes up with a Chinese accent

She says her life has been made a living hell and she has lost her home, her job and her previous life as a result of her ...