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It's life– only much, much bigger
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-13 1:45)
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The mathematical universe known as the Game of Life has been recreated on a grand scale– and now it even responds to your touch
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Bad memory for faces? Blame your reading skills
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-13 1:19)
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Brain scans show that learning to read may undermine our ability to recognise faces, because both functions depend on the same brain-cell network
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Fungal threads are the internet of the plant world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-13 0:30)
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Plants use the familiar white threads that hang off their roots to communicate and warn each other of disease
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Rock-burning, sea-zapping geoengineering could cut CO2
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-13 0:27)
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Common minerals and electric currents that suck carbon dioxide out of the sea could be allies in the fight against climate change
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Margaret Atwood shares her dystopian vision
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-13 0:11)
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Climatologist Brian Hoskins recently debated with Margaret Atwood– and their conclusions paint a bleak future for the human race
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Is Jupiter's lost stripe making a comeback?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 21:42)
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In May, Jupiter lost one of its brown stripes. Now, amateur astronomers have glimpsed a white dot that suggests it is returning
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Feedback: A most prolific falsehood
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 21:21)
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Credit card machines that lie, lie, lie; common sense not included; words to avoid in nuclear industry press releases; and more (full text available to subscribers)
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Quantum Quest: Where physics and Hollywood collide
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 20:25)
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Meet the man who persuaded Samuel L. Jackson, William Shatner and Neil Armstrong to appear in his movie based on a real-life mission to Saturn
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Blood bubbles promise new treatments for brain disease
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 19:51)
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Bubbles in the blood can deliver drugs, make cells express certain genes and open up the blood-brain barrier, leading to new treatments for brain disease
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Mojito machine for the 'I want it now' brigade
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-11-12 8:10)
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Fed up with waiting in line to buy drinks? A machine that can dispense two icy mojitos every minute could make a trip to the bar more bearable
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