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Pigeons match monkeys in abstract counting skills
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 19:11)
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They may look dim, but pigeons are the first non-primates to master an abstract counting task
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Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 19:00)
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Japan also had a heroic explorer dashing to the South Pole 100 years ago? and he did it on a shoestring, says Stephanie Pain
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Today on New Scientist: 28 December 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: neo-Luddites, apps for apes, a spot of culture, fingerprint flaws and salad towers
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Death-defying comet lights up huge desert telescope
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 2:00)
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The newly discovered comet Lovejoy has been caught streaking across the southern skies over the Atacama desert following a close shave with the sun
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Best videos of 2011: Magnet turns off speech
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 1:32)
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In at number 5, see how a powerful magnet interferes with words when applied to the scalp
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'Opt-in' settings don't absolve internet companies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 1:04)
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Google, Facebook, and other tech companies are hiding behind "opt-in" policies, says Evgeny Morozov
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I'm a neo-Luddite and anti-technology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 1:00)
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The Luddite spirit lives on in people like Kirkpatrick Sale , who thinks we are on a collision course with technology? although he now uses a computer (full text available to subscribers)
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2011 review: The year in environment
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 0:30)
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Explore the biggest environment stories of 2011, including: the Japanese megaquake, Earth's ticking time bombs, and the first field tests of geoengineering
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Smart Guide to 2012: Neutrinos may be tachyons
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-28 23:30)
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Next year, experiments will test claims of particles breaking the cosmic speed limit - but how to meld these misbehaving particles with the rest of physics?
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Robot videojournalist uses cuteness to get vox pops
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-28 22:57)
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Boxie is a doe-eyed cardboard robot that elicits conversations from passers-by to gather material for a documentary
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