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As US election looms, time is ripe for a new science of polling
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 23:39)
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Growing scepticism about traditional methods for predicting election outcomes is fuelling a search for a more scientific approach to polling, says Vuk Vukovic
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Pasta spirals link neutron stars and the machinery of your cells
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 23:07)
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A balancing act between forces forms similar structures inside cells and dense stellar corpses, suggesting links between astrophysics and life on Earth
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World is set to warm 3.4°C by 2100 even with Paris climate deal
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 20:31)
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Without swift reductions in emissions we’re set to warm the planet much more than safe levels and way beyond what nations have agreed through UN’s climate deal
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Bees collect honeydew from bugs before spring blossoms arrive
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 17:00)
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In the absence of nectar, bees get by on the sweet secretions of other insects? but they still need flowers for their protein-laden pollen
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Desert lizard can sip water from sand through its feet and back
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 7:00)
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No water in sight? No worries, if you're a thorny devil: you just cover yourself in soggy sand and water starts flowing to your mouth
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Drug that stops brain plaques may show if they cause Alzheimer’s
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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A drug has been shown to switch off plaque production in the brain harmlessly, but trial results due next summer might reveal?if this halts disease
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First Australians ate megafauna and used nets for hunting
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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Evidence of advanced tools and art found 200km away from the coast shows first humans conquered inner Australia 10,000 years earlier than thought
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We must do more to stop air strikes on Aleppo’s hospitals
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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The bombing of hospitals in rebel-held parts of the Syrian city is deepening a desperate health crisis, warns aid worker Pablo Marco
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If you value science, there’s only one way to vote on 8 November
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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Neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump really deserves to win the White House, but one really deserves to lose
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A huge problem still lurks at the heart of Paris climate deal
from New Scientist - News
(2016-11-3 3:00)
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As the Paris climate deal becomes legally binding, the world must stop pinning hopes on negative emissions technology, say Kevin Anderson and Glen Peters
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