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Apollo meets astrology: Buzz Aldrin and Gustav Holst
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-13 6:40)
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The Apollo 11 astronaut joined the Boston Pops for a performance that reminds us how much our understanding of the solar system has been transformed by scienceimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4af75a3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Apollo meets astrology: Buzz Aldrin and Gustav Holstlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17307-apollo-meets-astrology-buzz-aldrin-and-gustav-holst.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Apollo meets astrology: Buzz Aldrin and Gustav Holstlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17307-apollo-meets-astrology-buzz-aldrin-and-gustav-holst.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.g ...
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'Emergency mode' to keep cellphones running in a crisis
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-13 2:19)
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A new patent application from engineers at Apple suggests how cellphones could help every last milliwatt be put to good use when a person dials the emergency servicesimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4af1657/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title='Emergency mode' to keep cellphones running in a crisislink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17306" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title='Emergency mode' to keep cellphones running in a crisislink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17306" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42085070800/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/78583383/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/ ...
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The inside story of the Conficker worm
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-13 2:00)
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The computer worm has seized control of millions of computers in just a few monthsndash; and the people behind it are the smartest cybercriminals that security experts have ever encounteredimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4af0c2f/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The inside story of the Conficker wormlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227121.500-the-inside-story-of-the-conficker-worm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The inside story of the Conficker wormlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227121.500-the-inside-story-of-the-conficker-worm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border ...
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Innovation: Looking forward to the smarter smartphone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-13 1:37)
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The new smartphones released this week bring few truly novel features to the tablendash; take a look at the research projects that may pep up phone hardware in the futureimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4af074d/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Innovation: Looking forward to the smarter smartphonelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17302-innovation-looking-forward-to-the-smarter-smartphone.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Innovation: Looking forward to the smarter smartphonelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17302-innovation-looking-forward-to-the-smarter-smartphone.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/im ...
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Editor of journal targeted by hoaxers resigns
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-13 1:30)
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The revelation that a journal had apparently accepted a nonsensical computer-generated paper has led to the resignation of the publication's editor-in-chiefimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4af074c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Editor of journal targeted by hoaxers resignslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17303-editor-of-journal-targeted-by-hoaxers-resigns.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Editor of journal targeted by hoaxers resignslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17303-editor-of-journal-targeted-by-hoaxers-resigns.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/tabl ...
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10 scientific objects that changed the world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-13 0:18)
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See ten historical scientific objects selected as the most significant ever? and vote to pick your favouriteimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4a1d555/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=10 scientific objects that changed the worldlink=http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17273-ten-most-historic-science-objects" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=10 scientific objects that changed the worldlink=http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17273-ten-most-historic-science-objects" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084890818/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/77714773/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084890818/ ...
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Why we still love Star Trek
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-12 23:08)
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The enduring popularity of the TV and film phenomenon has much to do with our yearning to live long and prosper, saysbLawrence Krauss/bimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4ae8b26/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Why we still love Star Treklink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227126.900" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Why we still love Star Treklink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227126.900" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42085057211/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/78547750/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42085057211/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/78547750/a2.img" border="0"//a
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Why we still love Star Trek
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-12 23:08)
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The enduring popularity of the TV and film phenomenon has its roots in our hope for a better and more rational society, saysbLawrence Krauss/bimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4ae8b26/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Why we still love Star Treklink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227126.900-why-we-still-love-star-trek.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Why we still love Star Treklink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227126.900-why-we-still-love-star-trek.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42085057211/u/0/f/10897/c ...
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Male pond skaters forced to 'sing' for sex
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-12 22:33)
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By evolving a genital "shield", female pond skaters can stop males mating with them unless they tap out sufficiently impressive courtship rhythmsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4ae3a4e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Male pond skaters forced to 'sing' for sexlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17301-male-pond-skaters-forced-to-sing-for-sex.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Male pond skaters forced to 'sing' for sexlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17301-male-pond-skaters-forced-to-sing-for-sex.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://d ...
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This week's top stories [12 June 2009]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-12 22:00)
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pOur top articles ranked by reader popularity./pullia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/48b279b/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn172620Efreefloating0Eblack0Ehole0Emay0Esolve0Espace0Efirefly0Emystery0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Free-floating black hole may solve space 'firefly' mystery/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/48c6603/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A2271110B90A0A0Escience0Ereinvents0Ethe0Eeconomy0Enetwork0Esolutions0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Science reinvents the economy: Network solutions/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/48c22ba/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A2271140B70A0A0Eearths0Eclearest0Eskies0Erevealed0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Earth's clearest skies revealed/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4a51463/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn172870Efirst0Eextragalactic0Eexoplanet0Emay0Ehav ...
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