Designing greenhouses for the Red Planet
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 18:49)
|
The creation of a human outpost on Mars is still some way off, but that hasn't stopped us planning the garden
|
Tales of discovery from the outside in
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 18:47)
|
The Story of Science by Michael Mosley and John Lynch, a sumptuous tie-in to a BBC TV series, shows how the world beyond science drives discovery
|
Surgeon smashes computer game record
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 18:29)
|
The Donkey Kong record has been broken by a plastic surgeon– what's the link between surgery and video games, asks Celeste Biever
|
Common Mars rock can preserve microfossils after all
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 8:17)
|
Sulphate minerals– which are widespread on Mars– do not erase evidence of fossilised microbes as previously thought, a study of Earth rocks suggests
|
Biologists celebrate return of popular stem cell line
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:09)
|
After months of delay, the most widely-used line of human embryonic stem cells is eligible for US government funds once again, says Peter Aldhous
|
Today on New Scientist: 28 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:00)
|
All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: why elections are always unfair, the bizarre life story of the symbion, and a robot that folds towels
|
First twin sequences: What do they say about disease?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:00)
|
Identical twins are hugely valuable in teasing apart genetic and environmental factors, but the genomes tell us little about the origins of disease
|
There's no doubt about the health dangers of salt
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:00)
|
Excess dietary salt is a killer and you should take any evidence to the contrary with a large pinch of the stuff, say Franco Cappuccio and Simon Capewell
|
Electoral dysfunction: Why democracy is always unfair
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 2:00)
|
Worried that your vote counts for nothing? Mathematics says you might be right? no matter how governments are chosen
|
UK election: Science voters, you have the facts
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-29 1:25)
|
The three main parties have set out their science policies– this is an unprecedented opportunity for science to influence the vote, says Hilary Leevers
|