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Powerful aftershock rattles Haiti
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-21 0:00)
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A magnitude 6.1 aftershock, the strongest since last week's devastating Haiti earthquake, rattled Port-au-Prince this morning
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Election shock rocks Obama healthcare plan
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 23:24)
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The loss of Teddy Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat jeopardises the healthcare reform for which he fought so passionately, says Andy Coghlan
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Networked airbag could save skiers from an avalanche
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 21:53)
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Avalanches can engulf off-piste skiers before they have chance to deploy safety airbags? wirelessly networking them could save lives
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Zoologger: The amphibious Asian mystery cat
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 21:00)
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A flat-headed cat with webbed feet? Such an animal exists– but it's on the last of its nine lives, and only cloning might give it another
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Trail of dust may point to fresh violence in asteroid belt
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 12:52)
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A smashup between two asteroids may explain a mysterious streak of dust that appeared just weeks ago– if so, it would be the first sign of such a collision in modern times
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Today on New Scientist: 19 January 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 3:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why Canada's brand-new nuclear reactors were mothballed, how interactive paper created greetings card 2.0, and why swine flu was not a hoax
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Analysis: Swine flu is not just a hoax by big pharma
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 2:41)
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While firms will have boosted profits as a result of H1N1, the reality of the pandemic is more complicated than a simple revenue grab
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No health risk from Haiti dead bodies
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 0:38)
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Health authorities advise that the bodies pose little infection risk and relief workers should concentrate on the living instead, says Andy Coghlan
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Ares I is 'safest choice' to replace shuttle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-20 0:32)
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An independent safety panel backed NASA's beleaguered Ares programme, because it has been designed with safe human travel in mind from the outset
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Interactive paper creates the greetings card 2.0
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-1-19 23:31)
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Electrical circuits made by printed ink are helping to create a new generation of "intelligent" greeting cards and books
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