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Airport laser interrogator gives you back your bottle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-21 1:06)
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For some, the bottle ban on planes is seen as a victory for terrorism. It looks like it is on the way out– thanks to a novel laser scanning technology
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Grouse have signature drumming styles
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-21 1:00)
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Male ruffed grouse are the first animals known to make unique non-vocal sounds
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Friday Illusion: Stop a spinning object with your mind
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-21 0:35)
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See how a swaying background can affect your perception of a rotating object
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Writer, M.D. looks inside medics' minds
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-21 0:30)
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Does doctors' famously dark humour betray a troubling truth about the emotional demands of medical practice? A collection of short stories enlightens us
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First subliming planet foreshadows Mercury's fate
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-21 0:23)
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A rocky planet the size of Mercury seems to be turning to gas, demonstrating just how wacky alien planets can be
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Take tips from the arts to make robots come alive
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-21 0:00)
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Actors, animators and dancers are helping to help create expressive automatons
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From tinkering on the fringes to Nobel glory
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-20 22:42)
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Andre Geim, who won the physics Nobel for graphene, talks about levitating frogs and why he prefers British humour
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Megaupload site takedown sparks Anonymous action
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-20 22:28)
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Just a day after SOPA protests, a major file-sharing site has been taken offline– and hacktivists reacted almost immediately
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'Human beings are learning machines,' says philosopher
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-20 21:00)
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Prevailing wisdom holds that we are born with an innate understanding of the world. No, argues Jesse Prinz : we learn a lot of it for ourselves (full text available to subscribers)
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Reliving Scott's quest for the South Pole
from New Scientist - Online News
(2012-1-20 20:29)
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A hundred years after Captain Scott's fateful mission, a Natural History Museum exhibit includes an abstract, life-size version of his hut
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