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2009 review: The year in space
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-24 7:26)
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Astronomers found water on the moon and saw the most distant object yet, but space radiation hit a record high and the Spirit rover struggled for life
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Top 10 physics stories of 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-24 5:07)
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The most popular physics stories of the year include a report on an artificial black hole and an investigation into the best way to slice a pizza.
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Today on New Scientist: 23 December 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-24 3:18)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: a duck's extraordinary appendage, future gadgets and Sherlock Holmes meets the chatbots
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Video-stitched cellphone streams go widescreen
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 22:09)
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A system called Mobicast enables cellphone users at public events to combine their live streams of video, creating a patchwork feed with a richer view
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Ancient clone saw out the last ice age
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 21:36)
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Clones of an ancient bush have been discovered in California by botanists who reckon it first grew at the height of the last ice age, 13,000 years ago
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Chatbots add intelligence to Sherlock Holmes game
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 21:00)
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The online movie tie-in enables gamers posing as the great detective to question virtual suspects and witnesses in natural language
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Move over, Schrödinger's cat...
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 19:00)
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By talking to his dog, a physicist explains what quantum mechanics is - and what it isn't
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2010 preview: Waiting for ET to phone
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 18:00)
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Fifty years ago next April, Frank Drake kick-started the modern search for extraterrestrial life at a radio telescope in West Virginia
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The shape of gifts to come
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 17:00)
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The latest revolution in games consoles owes its existence to car airbags? so what hot gadgets of the future will today's technologies spawn?
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Ducks fight the battle of the sexes in their genitals
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-12-23 9:00)
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Male Muscovy ducks have evolved super-long penises– with "explosive erection" ability– while females retaliate with antagonistic vaginas
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