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Today on New Scientist: 3 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: a measure for the multiverse, the largest arthropod to prowl the land, and where atheists come from
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Where do atheists come from?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 3:00)
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Social scientists have long wondered why so many people believe in God. We should ask why the rest don't, say Lois Lee and Stephen Bullivant
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The brain scanner that feels your pain
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 3:00)
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A new technique for determining pain intensity has reignited debate over whether it can be measured objectively
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A measure for the multiverse
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 3:00)
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Is our universe just one of many? The idea divides physicists, but now one researcher has found the first hint that the multiverse really exists
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NASA turned on by blow-up space stations
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-4 1:06)
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The agency is to invest in the idea of fabric spacecraft that can be folded up for launch and inflated in orbit– here is New Scientist 's briefing
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Oldest 'writing' found on 60,000-year-old eggshells
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 22:51)
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Could lines etched into the ancient ostrich shells be the earliest examples yet found of humans using graphic art to communicate?
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Zoologger: The largest arthropod to prowl the land
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 21:00)
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As the sun sets over a beautiful Pacific island, a monster crab emerges from its burrow
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Paul Raffaele: Meeting (almost) every great ape
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 17:00)
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The adventure writer found absent humans more frightening than a half-tonne gorilla during his quest to see all the great ape species left in the wild
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Females wear the horns in the battle for dung
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 9:01)
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It is usually the male of the species who bears arms, but in the epic battle for dung, female beetles have resorted to horned aggression
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Pest control that's too hot for bugs to handle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 9:01)
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A new heat treatment system turns bug-infested buildings into temporary ovens, hot enough to desiccate the pests but leaving the property unharmed
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