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How astronauts could 'harvest' water on the moon
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-26 3:49)
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Now that we know there is water on the moon, how do we extract it? A NASA design would zap the frigid lunar soil with microwaves and collect the resulting water vapour
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Immigrant species aren't all bad
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-26 2:05)
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Non-native animals and plants get a poor press, but this often has more to do with prejudice than science, says biologist Mark Davis
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Today on New Scientist: 25 September 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-26 1:39)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: a quantum computing breakthrough, how smacking hits kids' IQ and a chance to ask Terry Pratchett a question
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Fabulous furry pterosaur unearthed in China
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-26 1:22)
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The flying reptiles that dominated the skies during the age of the dinosaurs were fuzzballs
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Get close to hundreds of insects
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-26 0:58)
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A quirky new building at London's Natural History Museum brings 17 million insect specimens under one climate-controlled roof. See some of them here
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What would you ask Terry Pratchett?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-25 23:51)
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Next week, we're going to interview Terry Pratchett, author of the enormously successful Discworld series of books– or rather, you are
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This week's top stories [25 September 2009]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-25 22:00)
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Our top articles ranked by reader popularity. Better world: Be nice to people Today on New Scientist: 18 September 2009 Alan Turing gets belated apology Why are we the naked ape? Wind, not water, may explain Red Planet's hue Video games need a more diverse cast of characters The population delusion Moon is coldest known place in the solar system Visions of data Trash trackers: The secret life of garbage
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Live video makes Google Earth cities bustle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-25 21:37)
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Data from traffic and weather cameras can bring the ghost towns of virtual earth programmes to life with people, cars and weather
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Smacking hits kids' IQ
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-25 21:19)
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Toddlers who were smacked regularly developed lower IQs than kids whose mothers didn't hit them
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Feathered dinosaur older than earliest bird
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-9-25 20:42)
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The record for the oldest feathered dinosaur, which has stood since discovery of Archaeopteryx , has fallen to an older fossil unearthed in China
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