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Today on New Scientist: 2 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: dirty tricks in the egg and sperm race, the interrogation of Phil Jones, and a dino-eating snake
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Hella way to describe massive numbers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:45)
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An online petition is calling for the introduction of a new prefix to describe ten to the power of 27
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Finding the facts that online news leaves out
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:39)
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A prototype service called Tell Me More trawls the web to source quotes, figures and other information to augment any given online article
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Brain scans now catch chemicals too
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:09)
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A way to visualise chemicals washing through the brain could vastly extend the power of fMRI, a workhorse of neuroscience
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Politicians have been misled by innovation myths
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 2:00)
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Politicians always try to squeeze profit out of science, but a new report suggests they've been going about it the wrong way
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What would you ask Ian McEwan?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-3 1:30)
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Tomorrow New Scientist is going to interview author Ian McEwan about, among other things, his latest novel Solar. Send us your questions for him
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Climategate scientist questioned in Parliament
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 22:12)
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Beleaguered climate scientist Phil Jones from the University of East Anglia yesterday answered critics before a British parliamentary committee
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Words set to music, with a few notes missing
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 22:00)
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In The Music Instinct, Philip Ball has gone further than anyone in challenging the dictum that writing about music is like dancing about architecture
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Dirty tricks of the egg and sperm race
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 21:44)
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You might think the battle of the sexes is over once mating occurs? but it's just shifted to a new, microscopic arena
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How the Chilean quake shortened the day
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 21:11)
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The Chilean earthquake on Saturday probably shifted the Earth's axis and shortened the day, says Rebecca Thomson
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