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Breath, body parts and what lies beneath
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 23:10)
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Helen Pynor uses real organs in her work, but avoids sensationalism to take a delicate look at the body parts we take for granted
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MI5's software made it hard to track 7/7 bombers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 23:00)
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A report published today reveals that software issues made it hard for MI5 to identify files relating to the perpetrators of the 2005 London bombings
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Easily distracted people may have too much brain
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 22:47)
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People who often find their mind wandering have a larger volume of grey matter in a part of the brain called the left superior parietal lobe
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Absurd rules make WSJ's new leak site a non-starter
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 21:44)
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The new Wikileaks-style leak site expects you to own the copyright to what you're leaking... doesn't this defeat the purpose?
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Feedback: Redundant gestures get the thumbs up
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 21:30)
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Let your fingers do the talking? old style, wallpaper made of paper that you put on walls, a job you can put off for 224 years, and more
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Kung-fu bots kick ass at RoboGames
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 21:12)
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Watch mechanical martial artists slug it out at the annual RoboGames contest
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Beam them up: Launching spacecraft on a photon drive
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 20:53)
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Move over, dirty great launchers with tiny payloads. NASA and the US military are sparking a lighter kind of rocket science, says Stephen Battersby (full text available to subscribers)
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Haiti caught cholera from UN peacekeepers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 20:30)
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A cholera outbreak in Haiti last October did originate with UN peacekeeping troops from Nepal, with implications for humanitarian missions in future
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Haiti caught cholera from UN peacekeepers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 20:30)
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A cholera outbreak in Haiti last October did originate with UN peacekeeping troops from Nepal, with implications for humanitarian missions in future
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Unnatural selection: The arms race against pests
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-6 19:50)
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As soon as we started using pesticides against unwanted insects and rodents, resistance began to evolve, says Michael Le Page (full text available to subscribers)
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