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'Dark sun' is one of our nearest neighbours
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 2:11)
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A dim object less than 10 light years away seems to be the closest brown dwarf yet found– the discovery suggests other dark stars may lie even closer
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Atom-grabbing "black hole" created
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 2:05)
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A charged carbon nanotube has been made to act as an atom-trap, and could pave the way to previously unknown states of matter
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Today on New Scientist: 9 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: scientific expeditions without a PhD, proof that Venus still has active volcanoes, and particle physicists with a beef
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Innovation: iPad is child's play but not quite magical
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 1:02)
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Apple's new tablet computer is impressively user-friendly and has some neat features, but isn't all things to all people– especially not techies
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Save the whales, not the whalers
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-10 0:00)
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The world is poised to cave in to demands for a resumption of commercial whaling. How did it come to this, ask Mark Simmonds and Sue Fisher
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Rappers with a beef– particle physics style
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 23:30)
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"LHC rapper" Katherine McAlpine offers her verdict on a fresh rap about the Tevatron collider
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Ageing makes it harder to cope with repeated stress
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 22:24)
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Grumpy old people may be bad-tempered because their brains react differently to chronic stress? at least, that's what happens to elderly rats
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This week's top stories [09 April 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 22:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Time Lords discovered in California How your brain remembers the future Did a comet swarm strike America 13,000 years ago? Picking our brains: Why are some people smarter? Motion sensors could help tennis players serve an ace This week's top stories [02 April 2010] Animal drug trials keep mum about failures Which is the greenest US city of all? Simulator gets to the bottom of trough-led tsunamis Fight cancer by picking off cells before they go rogue
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Molten metal batteries to be clean energy reservoirs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 20:20)
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Cheap, powerful smelter-like gadgets could make electricity grids more efficient and solve the problems of renewable power
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Volcanic double-whammy says Venus still spews
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-9 19:03)
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Hot rocks on the planet's surface and the largest volcanic structure in the solar system suggest Venus hasn't lost its fire quite yet
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