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Green machine: It's your eco-friendly funeral
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-9 16:00)
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Cleaner ways to dispose of the deceased are becoming available, from dissolving a corpse in chemicals to freeze-drying it to a powder
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Snake populations plummet
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-9 8:01)
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A study of 11 snake species in locations across the UK, France, Italy, Nigeria, and Australia suggest that snake populations may be suffering a widespread decline
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Gulf oil leak causing upheaval in marine ecology
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-9 2:01)
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Methane levels are 10,000 times higher than normal, the oil is feeding oxygen-sucking sea bacteria, and no one knows what chemical dispersants will do
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Today on New Scientist: 8 June 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-9 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how butterflies and moths go the distance, what to do with invisibility cloaks, and the pluses of lesbian parents
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Lloyd's: ditch oil, invest in renewable energy
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-9 1:20)
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A new report from Lloyd's of London calls on businesses to switch to renewable energy, says Jessica Hamzelou
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NASA offers to take your face into space
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-9 1:09)
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Upload a photo to NASA's Face in Space website and your image can join the final shuttle missions, says Kate McAlpine
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Say red to see it
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-9 1:00)
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Through the Language Glass: How words colour your world by Guy Deutscher makes a good case for the influence of language on thought
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Game over for stem-cell clinic
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-8 23:35)
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A stem-cell clinic in Costa Rica has been closed by the government on the grounds that there is no proof their treatments work
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Innovation: Invisibility cloaks and how to use them
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-8 22:39)
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Four years on from the first "invisibility cloak", the technology promises to give us sea defences and to show us how black holes work
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Long haul: How butterflies and moths go the distance
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-6-8 20:50)
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Ground speed: 90 kilometres per hour. Compass: check. Lepidoptera may be short-lived, but they complete some amazing missions before they die
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