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Boeing selects Atlas V rocket for space taxi service
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 6:21)
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The next time astronauts launch from US soil to the International Space Station, it could be on an Atlas V rocket
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To boldly go where no Lego man has gone before
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 3:02)
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The shuttle programme may be over, but NASA has not stopped taking passengers into space
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Dark streaks on Mars bolster case for liquid water
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 2:14)
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The seasonal appearance of streaks on sloped terrain suggests the Red Planet is no dust bowl
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Today on New Scientist: 4 August 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Free contraception for US women, why knowledge can be a curse, and a robot that bakes cookies
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Existence: What is the self?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 1:41)
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It's there when we wake up and slips away when we sleep? but what is it, and how do we know it is real, asks Anil Ananthaswamy (full text available to subscribers)
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World's largest stop-motion animation made with phones
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 1:16)
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Watch behind-the-scenes of a new stop-motion animation created on a life-sized set
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Rare genetic mutation explains lack of fingerprints
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 1:00)
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People with no fingerprints– it may sound like the implausible premise of a crime story, but geneticists have now identified a genetic mutation that may cause it
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Chimps 1, Humans 0
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 0:56)
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes features plenty of science, but efforts to make Hollywood-ready apes undermine the allure of on-screen primates
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July photo competition winner: Technology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-5 0:42)
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In the winning images of the July photo competition, readers put their cameras to use capturing technology
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Antiproton ring found around Earth
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-8-4 23:56)
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The antimatter counterparts of protons have been detected in what appears to be a ring around Earth– one day, it could be mined to fuel spaceships
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