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This week's top stories [18 December 2009]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-19 0:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. NASA to get budget boost for exploration, says analyst Today on New Scientist: 11 December 2009 Wind farms don't affect property prices How male bedbugs avoid getting shafted Google demonstrates quantum computer image search Masterworks in Petri dishes Cave 'breathing' regulates growth of stalactites BMJ criticisms of Tamiflu questioned Motion-sensing phones that predict your every move Locked-in man controls speech synthesiser with thought
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2010 preview: The space shuttle's last ride
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 23:09)
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Each of the three surviving orbiters will make their final flights, ending a dream that space exploration could become mundane
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Clearest sign yet of dark matter detected
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 21:28)
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An experiment in a Minnesota mine has seen a tantalising glimpse of dark matter, the stuff thought to make up most of the universe's mass
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Naming a mind disease
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 21:00)
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Who was Alzheimer or Parkinson or Asperger? Douwe Draaisma's Disturbances of the Mind tells the stories of these conditions and their namesakes
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Leaked Copenhagen draft suggests a win for China
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 20:45)
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New Scientist has seen a leaked draft of what the 115 heads of state who have come to the climate talks are expected to sign before they leave
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[ニュース] 「SIGGRAPH Asia 2009」開幕、ロボット関連展示レポート
from Robot Watch
(2009-12-18 17:18)
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Foot-in-mouth syndrome: Pitfalls of the party season
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 17:00)
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The more you try not to think of something, the more it comes to mind? now psychologists are starting to understand why
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China turns down Clinton's ultimatum– but hope remains
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 3:06)
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China says it will not incorporate its emissions pledge into a Copenhagen agreement, laying a diplomatic minefield, says Fred Pearce
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Clinton: If China won't become transparent, the deal is off
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 2:56)
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Amid rumours that Obama won't attend, Hillary Clinton pledges to create a $100-billion-a-year climate fund– but there are strings, says Fred Pearce
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The extraterrestrial botanist
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-18 1:00)
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Jodie Holt, botanical advisor to the film Avatar, talks about what it takes to create alien plant life
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