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This week's top stories [19 March 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 23:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Mom and dad, stop stifling me - it's damaging my brain Does the pill help women live longer? Yes and no Shape-shifting polymer pulls off amazing memory tricks Pi day: Five tasty facts about the famous ratio Today on New Scientist: 12 March 2010 Better living through green chemistry Behind the scenes at Kew Gardens Gloomy octopus is 'moody' octopus 'Wasabi' gene gives snakes night vision Evidence for life on Mars may be staring us in the face
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Caviar fish are most endangered group of animals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 22:55)
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16 of the 25 sturgeon species are now critically endangered, including the much-prized Beluga sturgeon
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Innovation: Market research wants to open your skull
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 22:33)
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Your brainwaves betray what you really think about brands and their products– and marketeers want to tune into them
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Recipe for rarity: fish threatened by cookbooks
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 22:00)
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A study of seafood recipes over 122 years has shown that the prestige of big, predatory fish has grown even as overfishing has slashed their numbers
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'Credit card theft? There's an app for that'
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 21:25)
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A service industry for malware is making it possible for anyone with basic computer skills to launch state-of-the-art cyber-attacks
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Barefoot statistics: Data for the people
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 17:00)
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It's time to wrest control of statistics from the governments and corporations who pick up the tab, says Ludi Simpson
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Post-coital warfare: insect semen kills rival sperm
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 3:00)
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Males of some social insects carry on the fight for females after insemination: their seminal fluid harms sperm of other males, but not their own
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Today on New Scientist: 18 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how machines could break down language barriers, the first natural event changed by global warming, and whether miaow-miaow should be banned
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Bye bye, bluefin: bid for trade ban fails
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 2:38)
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An unprecedented effort to use world trade rules to save a species from rampant overfishing has failed, says Debora MacKenzie
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Proposal to ban polar bear trade shot down
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-19 1:06)
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A US proposal to outlaw trade in polar bear parts including paws, fur and teeth was voted down today at an international summit, says Andy Coghlan
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