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Science reinvents the economy: The human factor
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-6 3:00)
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Purely mathematical approaches to predicting the economy have a big drawbackndash; the irrational behaviour of peopleimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/48ae97e/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Science reinvents the economy: The human factorlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227111.800-science-reinvents-the-economy-the-human-factor.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=Science reinvents the economy: The human factorlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227111.800-science-reinvents-the-economy-the-human-factor.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=" ...
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Innovation: Behind Microsoft's full-body gaming interface
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-6 0:59)
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Demos of a revolutionary new motion-capturing gaming interface that also recognises speech and emotions wowed audiences this week, but how does it work?img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/48a3981/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: Behind Microsoft's full-body gaming interfacelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17258-innovation-behind-microsofts-fullbody-gaming-interface.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: Behind Microsoft's full-body gaming interfacelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17258-innovation-behind-microsofts-fullbody-gaming-interface.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/b ...
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Green Aria: An opera for your nose
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-6 0:20)
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A new opera combines music with smell to tell a story.bAmanda Gefter/bis unclear about the plot, but overawed by the conceptimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/489d66c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Green Aria: An opera for your noselink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17236-green-aria-an-opera-for-your-nose.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=Green Aria: An opera for your noselink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17236-green-aria-an-opera-for-your-nose.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/40960753980/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s ...
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Science reinvents the economy: Bubble math
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-5 23:50)
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Common sense would have suggested that the huge housing bubble would lead to disaster: so why did some financial institutions assess risks with models that ignored the possibility that prices might fall?img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4898e04/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Science reinvents the economy: Bubble mathlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227111.700-science-reinvents-the-economy-bubble-math.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=Science reinvents the economy: Bubble mathlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227111.700-science-reinvents-the-economy-bubble-math.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com ...
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Savant art: A window into exceptional minds
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-5 22:53)
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See a collection of art created by various prodigious savant artists from around the world? each one chosen because it shines some light on the way the mind of a savant worksimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/48071dc/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Savant art: A window into exceptional mindslink=http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/mg20227111500-savant-art" 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=Savant art: A window into exceptional mindslink=http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/mg20227111500-savant-art" 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/40960639331/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/75526620/a2.htm"img src="http://da. ...
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Comment: Stop these stealth drug adverts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-5 22:28)
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In medical publishing, the line between editorial and advertorial has become dangerously blurred, saysbSheldon Krimsky/bimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/488beb8/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Comment: Stop these stealth drug advertslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227117.200-comment-stop-these-stealth-drug-adverts.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=Comment: Stop these stealth drug advertslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227117.200-comment-stop-these-stealth-drug-adverts.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 ...
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This week's top stories [05 June 2009]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-5 22:00)
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pOur top articles ranked by reader popularity./pullia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/477c533/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn172420Erobot0Esub0Ereaches0Ethe0Eworlds0Edeepest0Eabyss0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Robot sub reaches the world's deepest abyss/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4727fe7/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn172250Ewere0Eour0Eearliest0Ehominid0Eancestors0Eeuropean0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Were our earliest hominid ancestors European?/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4778fd1/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn17240A0Emethanol0Echallenges0Ehydrogen0Eto0Ebe0Efuel0Eof0Ethe0Efuture0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Methanol challenges hydrogen to be fuel of the future/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/47871a2/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn172380Efirst0Epig0Estem0Ecells0Ecould0Emake0Ehumanised ...
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Poor countries could be paid to go nuclear
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-5 21:23)
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Nuclear power programmes in developing countries could get huge subsidies if a carbon-credit scheme is approved ahead of crucial climate change talksimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/487eb8a/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Poor countries could be paid to go nuclearlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17257-poor-countries-could-be-paid-to-go-nuclear.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=Poor countries could be paid to go nuclearlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17257-poor-countries-could-be-paid-to-go-nuclear.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=" ...
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[ニュース] 関西電力など、世界初となる超高圧送電線の活線点検ロボットを開発
from Robot Watch
(2009-6-5 19:17)
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Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-5 18:12)
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The "Obama effect" has given African Americans a huge boost, but in some respects they may now face greater obstacles than before the electionimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4865c74/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americanslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.400-obamas-success-isnt-all-good-news-for-black-americans.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=Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americanslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.400-obamas-success-isnt-all-good-news-for-black-americans.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/boo ...
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