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Brain training gains modest outside the mind gym
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 2:00)
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People who played "mind-boosting" games made the same modest cognitive gains as those who spent a similar amount of time surfing the web
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Sense of smell makes flies' time fly
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 1:32)
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Female flies deprived of the ability to smell food outlive their peers, suggesting that smells may be linked to the ageing process in people too
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Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll - and tanning salons
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 1:30)
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A growing body of research suggests that some people who regularly use tanning salons show behaviours linked to addiction, says Kate McAlpine
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Rats on junk food pass cancer down the generations
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 1:25)
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Feeding pregnant rats a fatty diet puts even granddaughters at greater risk of breast cancer
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Can we fly safely through volcanic ash?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 1:14)
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Aero engine makers can't or won't say how much ash is dangerous, while a physicist who's made an in-flight ash detector can't get funding to test it
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Tories and Lib Dems set out science policies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 1:10)
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David Cameron and Nick Clegg have spelled out their science policies in detail– but have they said anything new?
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For morality and theology, read biology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-21 1:04)
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What makes life worth living? How can we tell right from wrong? Biology has the answers, says Paul Thagard in The Brain and the Meaning of Life
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Bumpology: Active fetus, boisterous child? Uh-oh
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-20 23:46)
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"You're in for trouble," said my obstetrician. "This one's moving about all over the place." Is that just a midwives' tale?
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Happy birthday, Hubble? is your best yet to come?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-20 23:23)
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Twenty years after the telescope entered orbit, New Scientist recalls the lows and highs of its career? and predicts revelations in its third decade
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Dark matter may give neutron stars black hearts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-20 22:35)
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One theory of dark matter suggests it could gather in neutron stars and collapse into a black hole
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