Mystery deepens as Martian methane eludes Curiosity
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 3:00)
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The Mars rover's first deep breaths are methane-free, contradicting previous results that hinted at life
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Warning sounded over three-parent IVF safety
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 3:00)
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Concerns have been raised over an IVF technique that stops a mother passing on faulty mitochondrial DNA to her child? but others say the analysis is flawed
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 2:23)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: flatlining brain, prize-winning astronomy photos, what thinking is, baby pictures of the universe and more...
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Proton sent through looking glass to gauge oddest force
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 1:30)
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The weak force is the only fundamental force to treat objects and their mirror images differently– raising hopes that it might point the way to new physics
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Astronomy photography winners capture starlight snaps
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 1:23)
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From streaking meteors to dream-like panoramas, we bring you a selection of the winning entries from this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition
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Mysterious bursts of activity in flatlining brain
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 1:09)
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A tiny electrical beacon of activity deep within the centre of the brain may still be alert even when an EEG shows a flatline
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Mind games: From Ancient Greece to Schrödinger's cat
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 1:00)
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Thought is so powerful that we can use it to reveal aspects of reality that cannot be reached any other way, finds Michael Brooks
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Biosolar社、油脂をオレフィンに変換する光化学反応プロセスを開発
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2013-9-20 0:00)
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米化学会(ACS:American Chemical Society)のニュースサービスは2013年9月4日、米Biosolar社が、光化学(photochemistry)反応により油脂からプラスチックの原料となるオレフィン類を生産できる、グリーンで持続可能な今までに類を見ないプロセスを開発したと報じた。この新しいプロセスはラードから廃棄食用油に至るさまざまな種類の植物油や動物性油脂を、プラスチックを作るのに重要な石油由来成分に変換することができるという。
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Thoughts: The inside story
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-20 0:00)
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What are thoughts, and what exactly is thinking? Take a trip with philosopher Tim Bayne into the fantastic, ceaseless world our minds create (full text available to subscribers)
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Dan Dennett's handy tools for easier thinking
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-9-19 22:38)
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If you need a bit of help to wade through an argument, reach for Occam's razor, Sturgeon's law or the good old rhetorical question, says Graham Lawton
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