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Tortoises on the slow road to oblivion
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 19:46)
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The Last Tortoise: A tale of extinction in our lifetime by Craig Stanford tries to be upbeat but is a soulful requiem for these extraordinary animals
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Forget noisy blimps… say hello to the Airfish
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 19:10)
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Quieter, cleaner, fish-mimicking airships could swim over a crowd's heads to capture aerial shots of outdoor music gigs or sports events
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Feeling the pressure: The World Cup's altitude factor
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 16:00)
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Altitude doesn't just affect footballers' physical performance? teams in South Africa had better brush up their aerodynamic physics
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Hints of life found on Saturn moon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 9:10)
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In 2005, researchers predicted two potential signatures of life on Saturn's moon Titan– now both have been seen
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Fractal haze may have warmed the early Earth
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 7:14)
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Organic molecules in the atmosphere may have joined together in fractal patterns, boosting the greenhouse effect and explaining how the infant planet stayed warm
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What does the hottest matter ever made sound like?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 4:51)
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If you could stand the heat inside a trillion-degree soup of subatomic particles created to mimic the conditions of the big bang, this is what you would hear
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Jupiter attacked for second time in a year
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 4:30)
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By an amazing coincidence, Jupiter appears to have been hit by an impactor on the very day that news came out about what may have slammed into it in 2009
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Cancer guardian found playing a role in sex
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 3:00)
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Dubbed the "guardian of the genome" for its role in keeping cells from turning cancerous, protein 53 is also needed to make eggs and sperm
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Today on New Scientist: 3 June 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to live longer by eating less, New Scientist TV, and our mystery seafaring ancestor
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Mystery seafaring ancestor found in the Philippines
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-4 1:55)
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A fossil foot bone reveals that early humans arrived on the island of Luzon tens of thousands of years earlier than realised
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