The sleep disorder narcolepsy is widely thought to be a chronic and incurable condition, one caused by an irreversible autoimmune assault on a cluster of very important neurons in the centre of the brain. But what if those neurons have
Are pandas dangerous?
By and large, no. Wherever possible, a wild panda will (very sensibly) steer well clear of humans. But they can be, as a story that appeared in the Los Angeles Times last week demonstrates. This reported that Bai Yun, a
Panda Makers
Well panda fans, that was good wasn’t it? I’m talking of course about Panda Makers, the BBC2 Natural World documentary on pandas and the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. I thought it was going to be solely focused