A SINGLE gene may be responsible for the size and shape of the brain’s cerebral cortex, the seat of human intellect.

STUNT artist David Blaine had to be pulled from his aquarium in New York by divers after falling short of his goal of setting a world record for holding his breath underwater.

Magician David Blaine left the hospital today where he had been admitted for observation after being submerged in an eight-foot fish bowl with an oxygen mask for a week followed by a seven-minute breath-holding stunt.

Stunt artist David Blaine was pulled from an aquarium in New York by divers nearly two minutes short of his goal of setting a world record for holding his breath underwater.