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Seeing red as acid leaks in east China
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-21 1:30)
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An acid leak from an abandoned chemical plant in China blanketed its surroundings in a dark red mist at the end of last week
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Brain's grey matter helps you introspect
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-21 0:25)
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Neuroscientists have identified an area of the brain that is larger in introspective individuals
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Robots on TV: Five glimpses of future machines
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-21 0:17)
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Robots are getting smarter and more responsive, from the domestic servant self-starter to the fearless rescuer with an ear for an "um"
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Goodbye, nature vs nurture
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-21 0:14)
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Talking about nature and nurture as separate, clear-cut forces is far adrift from the complexities of developmental science, says Evelyn Fox Keller
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Can video games be art?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-20 20:50)
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Artists, gamers, designers, historians and critics answer the question that has become emblematic of the clash between technology and culture
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City-dwelling helped us evolve resistance to disease
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-20 20:20)
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Ancient urban living made our ancestors more resistant to tuberculosis, a trait they have passed on to their descendants
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Untagged: Software recognises animals it's seen before
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-20 20:02)
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When identifying individual animals in the wild, there's a limit to what we humans can do? but now there's a way to track them by their markings
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Today Playstation Move, tomorrow Playstation Mind?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-20 19:35)
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Sony's new motion-tracking controller Move is getting the thumbs-up from reviewers– but even more immersive gaming is set to emerge soon
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Arctic bugs may have the longest life-cycle on Earth
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-20 19:07)
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With a hibernation period of up to 100 million years, bacteria discovered on the Arctic sea floor may have the longest life cycle of any known organism
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What's eating the stars out of our galaxy's heart?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-20 16:00)
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The centre of the Milky Way is darker than you'd expect? and not just because it's home to a supermassive black hole
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