Video shows launch of world's largest amateur rocket
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-30 7:23)
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A scaled-down replica of the Saturn V rocket once used to loft Apollo crews into space may herald the arrival of the first amateur rockets to reach orbitimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/407c943/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Video shows launch of world's largest amateur rocketlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17053-video-shows-launch-of-worlds-largest-amateur-rocket.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=Video shows launch of world's largest amateur rocketlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17053-video-shows-launch-of-worlds-largest-amateur-rocket.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" bo ...
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Eight things you didn't know about the internet
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-30 3:42)
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What forces are shaping the internet, how big has it grown, and will it ever evolve a mind of its own? We pose eight simple questionsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4077647/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Eight things you didn't know about the internetlink=http://www.newscientist.com/special/unknown-internet?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=Eight things you didn't know about the internetlink=http://www.newscientist.com/special/unknown-internet?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/38124161416/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/67597895/a2.htm"img src= ...
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NASA may abandon plans for moon base
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-30 2:33)
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The agency's acting chief says NASA will probably not build a permanent lunar base, hinting it may put more emphasis on missions to Mars or an asteroidimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40753ed/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=NASA may abandon plans for moon baselink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17052-nasa-may-abandon-plans-for-moon-base.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=NASA may abandon plans for moon baselink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17052-nasa-may-abandon-plans-for-moon-base.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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Vanishing matter points to black hole in Milky Way
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-30 2:00)
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Matter and energy are vanishing without trace at the centre of the galaxyndash; the best evidence yet that a black hole is lurking thereimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4073737/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Vanishing matter points to black hole in Milky Waylink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227064.400" 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=Vanishing matter points to black hole in Milky Waylink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227064.400" 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/38124151562/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/67581751/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/38124151562/u/0/f/10897/c/ ...
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Humanity's carbon budget set at one trillion tonnes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-30 2:00)
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To avoid dangerous climate change, we must burn no more than 25% of remaining fossil fuel reserves, two comprehensive new studies showimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4073f9c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Humanity's carbon budget set at one trillion tonneslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17051" 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=Humanity's carbon budget set at one trillion tonneslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17051" 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/38124152952/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/67583900/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/38124152952/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/67583900 ...
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'Nursemaid' cells reveal the best IVF eggs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-30 2:00)
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Genetic clues contained in the cells that nurture developing human eggs may reveal those that are most likely to produce healthy embryosimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4074c28/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title='Nursemaid' cells reveal the best IVF eggslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227064.600-nursemaid-cells-reveal-the-best-ivf-eggs.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='Nursemaid' cells reveal the best IVF eggslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227064.600-nursemaid-cells-reveal-the-best-ivf-eggs.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div
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Expert analysis: Mexican swine flundash; the story so far
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-29 22:26)
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Why have most of the deaths from the new H1N1 flu virus been in Mexico? How deadly is it? What do its genes tell us? Flu virus expertbWendy Barclay/bgivesiNew Scientist/iher opinionimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4069a85/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Expert analysis: Mexican swine flundash; the story so farlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17049-expert-analysis-mexican-swine-flu--the-story-so-far.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=Expert analysis: Mexican swine flundash; the story so farlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17049-expert-analysis-mexican-swine-flu--the-story-so-far.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.f ...
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Nanowire network measures cells' electrical signals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-29 21:25)
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Electrical signals from different parts of the same cell have been recorded together for the first time? the technique could unlock the secrets of neurons and heart cells alikeimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40653ca/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Nanowire network measures cells' electrical signalslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227056.400-nanowire-network-measures-cells-electrical-signals.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=Nanowire network measures cells' electrical signalslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227056.400-nanowire-network-measures-cells-electrical-signals.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsp ...
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Quantum computers get commercialndash; and hackable
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-29 20:35)
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Machines that compute using quantum principles are arriving on the market at last, but claims of unbreakable security look unfoundedimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/4062560/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Quantum computers get commercialndash; and hackablelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17048-quantum-computers-get-commercial--and-hackable.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=Quantum computers get commercialndash; and hackablelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17048-quantum-computers-get-commercial--and-hackable.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 ...
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Why travel bans won't prevent a flu pandemic
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-4-29 19:45)
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Restrictions on international air travel will have little effect on stemming the spread of an influenza pandemic, computer models suggestimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/405f4d9/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 travel bans won't prevent a flu pandemiclink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17046-why-travel-bans-wont-prevent-a-flu-pandemic.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 travel bans won't prevent a flu pandemiclink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17046-why-travel-bans-wont-prevent-a-flu-pandemic.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:/ ...
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