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Happy Pi day!
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-14 17:00)
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Compose a poem in Pilish in celebration of Pi day - we can't wait to read it.
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Shape-shifting polymer pulls off amazing memory tricks
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 19:00)
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The polymer, called Nafion, can "remember" three distinct shapes when heated? the best yet for a shape-memory polymer
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Does the pill help women live longer? Yes and no
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 3:20)
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A study shows the contraceptive pill could be helping women live longer, but not that it has more pros than cons, says Jessica Hamzelou
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Today on New Scientist: 12 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: better living through green chemistry, getting electric cars onto the power grid, and why 'Terminator' asteroids could re-form after being nuked
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Better living through green chemistry
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 2:51)
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For many people, "chemical" is still a dirty word? but wooden trousers, dream creams and mussel muscles are coming to the rescue
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Pi day: Five tasty facts about the famous ratio
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 2:31)
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To celebrate Pi day this weekend, New Scientist serves up some lesser-known facts about the famous ratio, from appearances in nature to unusual poetry
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Behind the scenes at Kew Gardens
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 1:09)
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See what New Scientist found when we were invited to see the botanical gardens' hidden places
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An astronomical piece of 'chiptune' music
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 0:40)
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Pixelh8, who makes music using the sounds of obscure technology, has written a suite of music inspired by astronomers– we have some excerpts
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Metal mist clears for fusion power
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-13 0:30)
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A fine mist of toxic metal will not choke off the fusion reactions inside the planned ITER reactor, as physicists had feared
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This week's top stories [12 March 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-12 23:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Adding oxygen to booze speeds sobriety Today on New Scientist: 5 March 2010 New element copernicium wins a symbol at last Automatic secretary can tame a bulging inbox The self-charging cellphone Sleep wrong and you'll feel the bad fat This week's top stories [05 March 2010] Journal editor: Tobacco-funded studies are bad for us Dark, dangerous asteroids found lurking near Earth For smaller chips, borrow 18th-century tricks
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