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Today on New Scientist: 27 May 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Land speed record for safer space flight, reindeer UV vision, and 150 years of colour photos
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Ants link up to form unsinkable raft
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 1:03)
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Watch how a colony of ants in water resists being submerged
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American Muslim clerics sign up for evolution
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 0:56)
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Christian priests and ministers have done it, rabbis have too– now imams have signed a letter backing Darwin and evolution
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Arsenic-based bacteria: Fact or fiction?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 0:32)
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The row about the arsenic-munching bacteria rumbles on, with the publication of eight papers criticising the research
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CultureLab Loves... 27 May 2011 edition
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 0:26)
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What CultureLab loves in science and art this week
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Unbreakable: Kryptos, a monument to CIA secrecy
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 0:22)
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What is the secret of a sculpture at CIA headquarters? Two decades and tens of thousands of attempts haven't broken it, says MacGregor Campbell (full text available to subscribers)
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Land speed record bid could make space flight safer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 0:20)
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The Bloodhound SuperSonic Car could have an important spin-off: a safer rocket engine
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The new generation of digital artists
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-28 0:00)
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New digital artists have a more integrated relationship with their medium, and it is reflected in their art
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Rewriting the textbooks: Einstein's cosmological fudge
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-27 23:18)
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Albert Einstein's towering reputation is only enhanced by his self-styled biggest blunder. It might not have been a mistake after all, says Richard Webb (full text available to subscribers)
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Reindeer gained UV vision after moving to the Arctic
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-27 22:35)
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Reindeer have adapted to see their world in glorious ultraviolet, helping them find food and avoid predators
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