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Journal editor given ultimatum over peer review
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 19:03)
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The editor of a medical journal that had to withdraw a controversial paper on AIDS claims he has been told to begin peer review or be sacked
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Pointillist style could bring lifelike graphics to PCs
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 16:00)
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Conventional rendering of virtual worlds takes heavy-duty computing, but using a point-based system modest machines can create stunning images
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Is densest Kuiper belt object a wayward asteroid?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 8:50)
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Quaoar, a large body in the outer solar system, seems to be made almost entirely of rock, with very little ice– it may be a refugee from the asteroid belt
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Picking our brains: Can we make a conscious machine?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 6:00)
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Before we can replicate the mind, we must first understand it
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Picking our brains: How powerful is the subconscious?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 4:00)
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You do have free will? but you're not always the one in charge of it
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Today on New Scientist: 6 April 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 2:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the cars that drive better than you, the most powerful space storm in three years, and search engines' dirty secret
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Carnivorous plants eat toxic metal from their prey
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-7 1:37)
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Pitcher plants fed on insects contaminated with cadmium grew smaller
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Monsoons send Asian pollution round the world
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-6 23:51)
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Exceptional updraughts of air inside a monsoon's giant clouds can send pollution high into the stratosphere
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Earth struck by most powerful space storm in three years
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-6 23:32)
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The most powerful geomagnetic storm to hit Earth since December 2006 arrived on Monday, a day earlier than expected
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Gene bandage rejuvenates wasted muscle
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-4-6 22:06)
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Masking RNA mutations has allowed boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to make a missing, muscle-strengthening protein for the first time
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