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'Credit card theft? There's an app for that'
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 21:25)
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A service industry for malware is making it possible for anyone with basic computer skills to launch state-of-the-art cyber-attacks
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Barefoot statistics: Data for the people
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 17:00)
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It's time to wrest control of statistics from the governments and corporations who pick up the tab, says Ludi Simpson
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Post-coital warfare: insect semen kills rival sperm
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 3:00)
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Males of some social insects carry on the fight for females after insemination: their seminal fluid harms sperm of other males, but not their own
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Today on New Scientist: 18 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how machines could break down language barriers, the first natural event changed by global warming, and whether miaow-miaow should be banned
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Bye bye, bluefin: bid for trade ban fails
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 2:38)
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An unprecedented effort to use world trade rules to save a species from rampant overfishing has failed, says Debora MacKenzie
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Proposal to ban polar bear trade shot down
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 1:06)
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A US proposal to outlaw trade in polar bear parts including paws, fur and teeth was voted down today at an international summit, says Andy Coghlan
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What's the point of nuclear weapons on instant alert?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 0:46)
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The US and Russians still have their missiles on a hair trigger, putting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at risk
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Briefing: Should miaow-miaow be banned?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-18 23:50)
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A slew of recent deaths linked to mephedrone have led to vociferous calls for a ban in the UK. What is– and isn't– known about this "legal high"?
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How to move the brain with a Japanese line drawing
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-18 22:25)
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Brain scans suggest how an 18th-century Japanese artist was able to evoke movement so well
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Global warming changes natural event: first causal link
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-18 21:17)
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For the first time, climate change has been shown to alter the timing of a natural event– the emergence of the common brown butterfly
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