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Today on New Scientist: 8 December 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 3:00)
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All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: weaponised eggs, a heatwave from oblivion and the terrible hairy fly
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Epic fail: No winners in climate change game
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 2:36)
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The object of the game Fate of the World is to stop global warming, but don't get your hopes up: you might just give koalas chlamydia instead
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Zoologger: Weaponised eggs turn predators' stomachs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 2:27)
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The humble channelled apple snail is the first animal known to deter predators by stopping them digesting their food
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Medical isotopes made without weapons-grade uranium
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 2:25)
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South Africa has made medical isotopes without using highly enriched uranium for the first time, but will Iran embrace the new technology?
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Private space capsule blasts into orbit
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 2:14)
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SpaceX's Dragon capsule has been lofted into space– later today it could become the first privately built spacecraft to be recovered from orbit
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Hedge-fund philanthropist: Physics can save the planet
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 1:06)
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I want to help spark new technologies, says David Harding , who is donating£20 million to "the physics of sustainability"
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What do you call a fly that can't fly? A walk?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 0:42)
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It looks terrible. It's hairy. And it can't fly - this is the terrible hairy fly, or to give it its scientific name, Mormotomyia hirsuta
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Robotic Robin Hood: Archery for automatons
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 0:27)
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Watch how new software lets a robot learn how to hit a target using a bow and arrow, based on its previous attempts
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Ecologists desert Cancún's sinking ship
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-9 0:27)
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As the chances of reaching a deal on climate change decrease in United Nations talks, environmentalists are considering whether to go it alone
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Smart wallet tells you when you overspend
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-12-8 23:46)
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Interactive wallets bulge, vibrate or become more difficult to open in response to your spending habits– and how much money you have available
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