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Climate pain ahead for folk in the 'kidney stone belt'
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-15 6:00)
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As the climate warms in coming years, higher rates of dehydration will encourage painful kidney stones and a big bill for hospitalisations
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Devils get pregnant early to avoid cancer
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-15 6:00)
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In a desperate bid to survive, Tasmanian devils are showing precocious sexual behaviour in populations that have been ravaged by a fatal facial tumour disease
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Ebola-like virus returns to Europe after 40 years
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-15 5:10)
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The Marburg virus has killed a Dutch woman who recently visited Uganda?takes a closer look at the virus and its history
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Sturgeon swimming towards 'extinction vortex'
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-15 2:45)
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Irrational preferences for rare products are likely to drive the few remaining caviar sturgeon in the Caspian Sea to extinction, warn biologists
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Four artificial new letters for the DNA alphabet
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-15 1:26)
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A new form of the molecule of life, with no natural bases, could find a use in tomorrow's electronic devices
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Underwater neutrino telescope looks down to see sky
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-15 0:37)
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Astronomers have finished building a detector called ANTARES under the Mediterranean Sea?it will look through the Earth at the southern sky
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Robot chef gets a boost from wireless kitchen
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-14 23:53)
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The most advanced robot butler yet can carry out simple tasks in a real kitchen, helped by electronic ID tags and, eventually, an online database
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Party laser 'blinds' Russian ravers
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-14 23:03)
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More than 30 victims seek treatment for retinal damage after a powerful outdoor laser is turned on a crowd of revellers
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World on the verge of the last great land grab
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-14 22:33)
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Booming demand for resources as the world's population surges from 6 to 9 billion will put unsustainable demand on the remaining forests
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Invention: Artificial whiskers
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2008-7-14 22:10)
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This week's patent applications include artificial hairs to act as environmental sensors, a new way of predicting extreme Atlantic hurricanes, and a smart stethoscope that can "hear" heart disease
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