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Tracing the Invisible: Seeing sound
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 16:30)
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A new exhibition in Sydney uses crowd chatter to shape the visual art
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Telepresence robots go airborne
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 11:40)
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Remotely piloted "telepresence blimps" could allow office workers to communicate remotely, or let a boss peer in on employees from out of the office
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Swelling Mississippi ravages its surroundings
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 6:04)
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As record floodwaters roll down the Mississippi river, 130,000 acres of farmland were flooded in an intentional breach to quell the rising waters
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ZeroTouch makes any screen touchable
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 3:00)
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Using what looks like a picture frame with nothing in it, researchers can turn any screen into a touchscreen
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Vaccine protects against monkey version of HIV
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:19)
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A live virus can keep the monkey form of HIV in check, giving long-term protection against infection in half the animals tested
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Crocodiles swam the Atlantic to reach America
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:04)
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Millions of years before Vikings crossed the Atlantic, crocodiles swam thousands of kilometres from Africa to colonise the Americas
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Today on New Scientist: 11 May 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Orgasms unlock altered consciousness, fossil raindrops, and the only fish that cries like a baby
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Neurons with double DNA implicated in Alzheimer's
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:00)
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Many neurons in the Alzheimer's brain have extra chromosomes, and these tend to die in the late stages of the disease? finding out why may lead to a cure (full text available to subscribers)
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Sex on the brain: Orgasms unlock altered consciousness
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 2:00)
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Our intrepid reporter performs an intimate act in an fMRI scanner to explore the pathways of pleasure and pain
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Ghostly nebulae show mysterious alignment
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-5-12 1:33)
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Elongated nebulae in the centre of our galaxy seem to lie in the same plane as the galactic disc, hinting at a mysterious alignment of stars in the region
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