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Threatwatch: Taliban action risks Polio resurgence
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-23 2:30)
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Which is more likely to derail the decades-long battle to rid the world of polio? The Taliban, or the financial crisis?
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Today on New Scientist: 22 June 2012
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-23 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: how mammals lost their hair and what Milky Way's deadly smash-up will look like
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Overtly 'girly' scientists alienate potential students
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-23 1:49)
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Aimed at getting more girls into science, a video featuring stiletto-clad scientists and lipstick could backfire, suggests a psychological study
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The Blue Planet? Martian crater is blue, not red
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-23 1:20)
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Detail of an old master oil painting, or the vivid colours of a paua shell? In fact it's the surface of Mars
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What Milky Way's deadly smash-up will look like
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-23 0:23)
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Watch our galaxy collide catastrophically in the most detailed simulation to date of its evolution
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How mammals lost their hair
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-22 22:51)
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Humans are often described as naked apes, but we are not the only mammals to have lost our furry coats. Meet some others in our gallery
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Feedback: Not so holy brew
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-22 21:21)
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Vow of silence on Trappist beer, more academic "scamferences", gelato that's more air than ice-cream, and more
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Obscure physics words get sign language equivalents
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-22 21:15)
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Milky Way and vacuum are among the terms that now exist in British Sign Language, removing a hurdle for deaf would-be scientists
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Sorry Einstein, the universe needs quantum uncertainty
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-22 21:09)
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Remove one of quantum theory's weirdest components, and you end up with a perpetual motion machine
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Android app swipes contactless credit card details
from New Scientist - Online news
(2012-6-22 20:40)
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Google has now banned the app, which can streal data from cards fitted with NFC chips, but it is still downloadable elsewhere
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