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Automatic secretary can tame a bulging inbox
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-6 19:00)
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A new planning tool makes it easier to spot the most urgent messages in a mass of emails
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Today on New Scientist: 5 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-6 3:00)
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All today's stories from newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to speak microbe, why tobacco-funded studies are bad for us, and why it's a good idea to smile
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New element copernicium wins a symbol at last
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-6 2:00)
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Element 112 has been given the symbol Cn, to avoid confusion with another element, an organic compound and an abbreviation used by physicists
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The self-charging cellphone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-6 0:30)
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An inner frame that allows components to slide up and down rails could allow the device to harvest power from its user's motion
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Build your own space station
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-6 0:15)
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New Scientist is ready for the next step in human space exploration? we've built our own space station
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This week's top stories [05 March 2010]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-5 23:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Newborns' blood used to build secret DNA database Happiness ain't all it's cracked up to be Today on New Scientist: 26 February 2010 Greener gadget designs Innovation: Bloom didn't start a fuel-cell revolution Massive Antarctic iceberg threatens ocean circulation Women and children first? How long have you got? Pest control that's too hot for bugs to handle Hella way to describe massive numbers Giant dino-eating snake killed in action
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Journal editor: Tobacco-funded studies are bad for us
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-5 22:56)
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Several journals will no longer publish research supported by the tobacco industry. Ginny Barbour , the chief editor of one of them, explains why
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Dark, dangerous asteroids found lurking near Earth
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-5 22:49)
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NASA's WISE mission has spotted 16 near-Earth objects that had previously been hidden in the dark
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Bugging bugs: Learning to speak microbe
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-5 22:36)
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Far from being silent loners, bacteria are little chatterboxes? when they're not snooping on us. Perhaps we should brush up our conversational skills
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For a long life, smile like you mean it
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-5 22:26)
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Players with honest grins lived an average of seven years longer than players who didn't smile and five years longer than those who faked it
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