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Smart Guide to 2012: Higgs hunt is all about catching Zs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 23:30)
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Confirming the existence of the Higgs boson will be like trying to identify the tracks of a zebra after a herd of horses has passed by
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Best videos of 2011: Animals feast on dead elephant
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 20:13)
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In fourth place, a time-lapse shows wild animals devouring an elephant carcass
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Spot of Culture: John P. Holdren loves...
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 20:00)
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President Obama's chief science adviser John P. Holdren tells CultureLab what tops his list
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Pigeons match monkeys in abstract counting skills
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 19:11)
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They may look dim, but pigeons are the first non-primates to master an abstract counting task
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Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 19:00)
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Japan also had a heroic explorer dashing to the South Pole 100 years ago? and he did it on a shoestring, says Stephanie Pain
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Today on New Scientist: 28 December 2011
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: neo-Luddites, apps for apes, a spot of culture, fingerprint flaws and salad towers
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Death-defying comet lights up huge desert telescope
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 2:00)
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The newly discovered comet Lovejoy has been caught streaking across the southern skies over the Atacama desert following a close shave with the sun
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Best videos of 2011: Magnet turns off speech
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 1:32)
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In at number 5, see how a powerful magnet interferes with words when applied to the scalp
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'Opt-in' settings don't absolve internet companies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 1:04)
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Google, Facebook, and other tech companies are hiding behind "opt-in" policies, says Evgeny Morozov
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I'm a neo-Luddite and anti-technology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-12-29 1:00)
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The Luddite spirit lives on in people like Kirkpatrick Sale , who thinks we are on a collision course with technology? although he now uses a computer (full text available to subscribers)
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