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Money can buy you happiness - up to a point
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 18:05)
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The more money people earn the higher their overall life satisfaction, but your day-to-day emotional wellbeing improves only up to a $75,000 salary
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Losing weight may pollute the blood
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 17:30)
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Weight loss releases chemical pollutants into the blood, which can stick around, increasing the risk of diabetes, cancer and dementia
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'Magic mushrooms' reduce anxiety over cancer
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 5:00)
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The active chemical in magic mushroom has been shown to lessen anxiety and improve mood in people with late-stage cancer
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Forest carbon stores may be massively overestimated
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 4:00)
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We may have to dramatically revise our estimates of how much carbon rainforests contain? apparently similar forests hold vastly different amounts
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Thank mothers for large ape brains
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 4:00)
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The brains of humans, apes and monkeys are enormous compared with their bodies– it seems these brainy animals have their mothers to thank
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Did hairdryer stymie launch of human cannonball?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 2:05)
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The first rocket-launch attempted by the non-profit Copenhagen Suborbitals didn't leave the pad, but its inventors haven't given up yet
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Innovation: CERN collides with a patent reality
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 1:37)
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CERN, the organisation that gave away the World Wide Web, is finally thinking about protecting its intellectual property
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What can deliver snakebite medicine where it's needed?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-7 0:40)
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Snakebites kill hundreds of thousands, so the scarcity of proper treatment is a global tragedy. Time to bring in the law, say Nick Brown and Dev Kevat
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Astronomers are putting stars in their skies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-6 23:55)
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Astronomers can now use laser beams to create "artificial stars"– allowing them to calibrate the Very Large Telescope in the process
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New Zealand quake was 'known unknown'
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-9-6 23:00)
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The New Zealand quake that struck over the weekend happened on a previously unknown fault, says Miriam Frankel
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