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Exo-evolution: Aliens who hide, survive
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-9 1:39)
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If evolution is driving aliens to be inconspicuous, it would solve the nagging Fermi paradox– and suggest Earthlings should be more careful
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Commodore 64 is back with a revamp
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-9 0:51)
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The familiar clunky beige box may be the same, replete with rainbow logo, but inside things have changed
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Online 'attack kits' let anyone become a cybercriminal
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-9 0:50)
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Joining the cyber-underworld has never been easier thanks to ready-made hackers' software packages for sale on the internet
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Penguins go bald due to mystery disease
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-9 0:25)
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What could be a new disease is causing young penguins in South Africa and Argentina to lose their feathers
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Autism treatments are falling short
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-8 23:54)
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Treatments for autism spectrum disorders are largely ineffective, though hope remains for behavioural interventions, especially in young people
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Zoologger: The African eel that travels light
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-8 23:09)
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Fins were a key innovation in the evolution of vertebrates– but one eel in Lake Taganyika hasn't let that get in the way of a minimalist lifestyle
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Ten years to save Australia's Great Barrier Reef
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-8 22:01)
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Carbon dioxide emissions must be cut within a decade to give the reef system a fighting chance of survival
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Psychedelic drug cuts brain blood flow and connections
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-8 21:00)
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Rather than expand the mind, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms decreases blood flow and connectivity
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Feedback: Air scribble and other outmoded gestures
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-8 20:44)
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Why we wave our hands about when asking for a restaurant bill, more hoovariation, inventive Amazon reviews, and the birth of an urban myth (full text available to subscribers)
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Crater 'ghost' on fresh-faced Titan
from New Scientist - Online News
(2011-4-8 19:32)
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A roughly circular patch on Saturn's moon may be the result of an impactor? which would make it the largest such structure on the icy body
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