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Curious liaisons: Nature's weirdest sex lives
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-6 18:09)
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Meet monkeys that father their siblings' kids, insects that embrace sexual diseases– and the chaste beasts that haven't done it for 80 million years
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Winning on home turf drives desire for future fights
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-6 4:00)
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Mice that win fights in familiar terrain cause brain changes that increase aggression and the ability to win subsequent battles
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Green machine: The dream of green cars meets reality
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-6 2:05)
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There is plenty of hype around greener cars, but meeting drivers' performance expectations is proving hard
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Today on New Scientist: 5 July 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-6 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: flying submarines, how the toucan got its bill and why not to worry about aliens
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Warm climates boost bird beak size
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-6 1:48)
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Native temperatures can be added to diet and mate attraction in explaining why tropical birds often have larger bills
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Microwave universe: Planck's first hi-res image
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-5 23:19)
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The Planck telescope gives us a view of the oldest light in the universe, with a tenfold increase in resolution over the last telescope, says Kate McAlpine
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The climate scandal that never was
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-5 23:10)
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The Climate Files by Fred Pearce covers the revelations in last year's "climategate" scandal in minute detail– and that's where its problem lies
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Rio hopes of conservation cash were never met
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-5 22:47)
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A huge new database of international aid finance reveals that donor nations have not honoured 1992 Earth Summit declarations
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If you've got great genes, it pays to be extrovert
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-5 21:35)
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Extroverts are born not made, they say. But what if we tailor our personalities to our surroundings to make the most of our genes?
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It's too late to worry that the aliens will find us
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-7-5 21:15)
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A ban on messages to possible extraterrestrial societies smacks of paranoia. The fact is, we've already blown our cover, says Seth Shostak
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