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Micropayments now ready to slash price of online news
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-15 2:00)
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Using online currencies like Bitcoin to make small payments could make news stories and songs a steal
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Milky Way galaxy is even lighter than thought
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-15 2:00)
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The latest weigh-in of our home galaxy shows much less mass from dark matter, which means we may live in a cosmic oddball
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Specialist care for elderly could fix crisis in ER
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-15 2:00)
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As waiting times skyrocket in UK accident and emergency units, pilot studies suggest dedicated geriatric teams could improve treatment for everyone (full text available to subscribers)
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-15 1:45)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: a new danger from the sun, genetic switch to disarm superviruses, Higgs boson may beget dark energy, and more
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Xombie rocket lands on its feet
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-15 1:03)
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A commercial rocket that takes off and lands vertically, like the Apollo module, is giving space-race era navigation code an update
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Dark energy could be the offspring of the Higgs boson
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-15 0:23)
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The famous Higgs particle could account for the existence of dark energy, in the right amount to cause the universe to fly apart at an ever-increasing rate
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Solar superflares: A new danger from the sun
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-15 0:00)
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A blast of radiation that hit Earth in AD 775 has revealed just how violent our nearest star can be, finds Stuart Clark (full text available to subscribers)
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Green turtle youngsters roam far and wide
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-14 23:56)
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Between leaving the nest and turning up as adults at foraging grounds, nothing was known about the lives of young turtles. Now genetic studies have changed that
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Mouse heart beats again thanks to human stem cells
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-14 20:38)
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A mouse's heart, stripped of cells and rebuilt with human ones, has begun beating again in a further step towards generating human organs for transplant
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South Korea bakes in extreme heat amid power cuts
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-8-14 20:07)
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Following a scandal over faked safety certificates, South Korea has shut down several nuclear reactors– just when its citizens need air conditioning
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