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Water vapour worse climate change villain than thought
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-2 20:11)
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A rise in water vapour in the atmosphere drove 30 per cent of the global warming that took place during the 1990s, according to a study
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Going undercover to catch the cybercriminals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-2 20:00)
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Self-taught hacker Barrett Lyon worked with a secret service agent to stop a wave of cyberattacks? but he soon went solo
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Digital doomsday: the end of knowledge
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-2 19:59)
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Books last for centuries. Computer memories last only decades. If disaster struck, how much of our knowledge would future humans be able to retrieve?
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NASA nixes moon plan, leaving options wide open
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-2 6:30)
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The White House says it wants to focus on developing new technologies for space flight rather than choosing specific destinations
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Obama keeps his pledge to boost science
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-2-2 5:32)
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Talk of a spending freeze had made researchers jumpy, but the US administration is sticking to its emphasis on innovation
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Jittery crickets pass spidey-senses to offspring
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 21:00)
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A mother's care knows no barrier? even, it turns out, the small matter of never meeting her young
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Molecular Venus flytrap could munch nuclear waste
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 19:00)
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A sulphide-based structure can trap radioactive caesium ions, presenting a possible method for clearing up contaminated sites
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Today on New Scientist: 29 January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why you're only half human, how a laser reached a key milestone for fusion, and why there's nothing in homepathy
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New Scientist TV January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 2:49)
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We study locust behaviour, examine our ancestors' teeth and find out about a mystery orchid pollinator in the latest New Scientist vodcast
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What alien worlds orbit our nearest star?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-30 2:19)
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Simulations of the conditions in the Alpha Centauri star system suggest Earth-like planets might exist there, but gas giants are unlikely
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