鈥淲e have definitely found it.鈥�
Atlantis, that is. Independent researcher Robert Sarmast claims sonar data supports his hunch that the lost city lies buried beneath sediment on the bed of the Mediterranean south-east of Cyprus (Reuters, 15 November)
鈥淏uddha, Mohammed and Jesus all shared a series of mystical experiences or alterations in consciousness, and thus probably carried the gene.鈥�
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Dean Hamer, director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the US National Cancer Institute, explaining the existence of the 鈥淕od gene鈥� (telegraph.co.uk, 14 November)
鈥淭here鈥檚 a high risk that it鈥檚 impossible to determine who the father is.鈥�
Judge Paul Jolin, ruling in the Quebec Superior Court in the case of a man trying to win custody of his ex-girlfriend鈥檚 child. The woman admits they had an affair, but also claims to have had sex with his identical twin at the time of conception (The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 12 November)
鈥淲omen with a daily intake of chocolate showed higher levels of desire than women without this habit. Chocolate can have a positive impact on a woman鈥檚 sexuality.鈥�
A great excuse for another chocolate bar from Andrea Salonia, a doctor from the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, who surveyed 163 women to reach this conclusion (The Sunday Times, London, 14 November)
鈥淚t鈥檚 like going into the Louvre with a bulldozer.鈥�
Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic almost 20 years ago, is lobbying US Congress to approve a treaty to stop the vessel being damaged by submersibles landing on its deck (Reuters, 14 November)