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The mystery of the silent aliens
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 19:00)
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As SETI approaches its 50th anniversary, three books tackle the question of why we have not yet found evidence of alien intelligence
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Star and flower-shaped moulds tell stem cells what to be
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 16:00)
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The shape makes a cell become fat or bone, which could lead to new ways of coaxing stem cells into specific tissues for transplant into people
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Dino-eating snake killed in action
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 10:00)
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A snake had just slithered into a sauropod's nesting ground, looking for dinner, but a sudden landslide enveloped and killed all involved, as stunning fossils show
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Mars rover Spirit could rise again
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 9:39)
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NASA's declaration last month that the rover would henceforth be a stationary lander was "a little bit premature", says a rover scientist
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Women and children first? How long have you got?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 5:00)
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When the Titanic went down, many women, children and older people were saved– it was a different story in the much faster sinking of the Lusitania
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Massive Antarctic iceberg threatens ocean circulation
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 3:11)
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The loss of a huge tongue of ice off east Antarctica could affect local marine life and global ocean currents
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Today on New Scientist: 1 March 2010
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 3:00)
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All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: riding shotgun with the tornado chasers, how dark matter could meet its nemesis on Earth, and sniffing out the truth about pheromones
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Body acoustics can turn your arm into a touchscreen
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 2:40)
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No more fumbling with tiny touchpads: by combining acoustic sensors and a mini-projector, you can now have a keypad on your arm
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Dark matter could meet its nemesis on Earth
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 2:08)
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A spinning disc may be all that is needed to overturn Newton's second law of motion? and could call off the hunt for dark matter
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Flies' self-righting akin to early aircraft
from New Scientist - Online News
(2010-3-2 1:01)
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Experiments on fruit flies suggest their stabilisation systems are similar to the gyroscopes of early aeroplanes.
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