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Genetic on-off switch key to evolution of complex life
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-20 18:00)
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Such switches could explain how colonies of single cells evolved into multicellular organisms
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Clouds add depth to computer landscapes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-19 21:00)
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A single camera watching the shadows of clouds moving across a landscape can allow a computer to calculate topography
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How the brain deals you a poor hand
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-19 20:00)
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Our mental image of the size and position of our hands seems not to match with reality
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Why spiderweb glue never lets go
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-19 18:00)
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Spiderweb glue is not only sticky, it is also elastic like chewing gum? making it 100 times stronger than tacky glues
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Free-falling atoms will put relativity to the test
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-19 2:14)
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A capsule loaded with a Bose-Einstein condensate has dropped down a 110-metre shaft, in preparation for a test of one of Einstein's key assumptions
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Today on New Scientist: 18 June 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-19 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: taking the heat out of climate scepticism, why rats have a sense of space, and a fish with venetian blinds
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Take the political heat out of climate scepticism
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-19 1:10)
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The public is dubious about climate change, and libertarian sceptics are on the march. How can we improve matters, asks Roger Harrabin
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Thundercloud gamma rays hint at origins of lightning
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-19 0:26)
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Mysterious gamma ray bursts that occur in the first moments of a storm, as lightning jumps between clouds, hint at where lightning comes from
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Second well on the way to cap Deepwater Horizon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-18 23:57)
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Capping the flow of oil from the striken rig by drilling another well is a huge technical challenge, but it has to work
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This week's top stories [18 June 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-18 22:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Has Jupiter sent cosmology down a false trail? Stress detector can hear it in your voice Today's cures may be tomorrow's quacks I'm smiling, so I know you're happy Did wobbly cosmic strings create huge explosions? Carbon nanotubes create underwater sonar speakers Has Jupiter sent cosmology down a false trail? How endangered at the Gulf's brown pelicans? What's wrong with the sun? Today on New Scientist: 11 June 2010
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