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Earliest evidence of humans thriving on the savannah
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 2:07)
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Humans were settled on open grassland in Africa as early as 2 million years ago, making stone tools and using them to butcher zebra and other grazers
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Today on New Scientist: 21 October 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 2:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how your mind warps time, why we might need to rethink relativity, and five places astronauts could go next
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'Missing link' Ida lacks evolutionary insights
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 2:00)
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A new study dismisses a beautifully preserved fossil's usefulness, suggesting it is "surprisingly uninformative" about primate evolution
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Subterranean microbes revive tired old gas fields
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 2:00)
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Engineers are brimming with ideas of how to extract every last tonne of fossil fuel: one company is now showing that all it takes is common fertiliser
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Beyond GDP: We need a dashboard for the whole economy
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 2:00)
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From stock markets to statistics, conventional economics is in a mess. We need radical new ways to assess economic activity, says Mike Holderness
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Rethinking relativity: Is time out of joint?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 2:00)
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An analysis of ancient light from distant galaxies suggests that gravity once distorted time more than space. That's not the way Einstein saw things
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Timewarp: How your brain creates the fourth dimension
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 2:00)
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Time is an illusion: your brain stitches it together until it seems continuous. But what happens when it goes wrong?
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Solo inventors compete at invention show
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-22 1:23)
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See some of the innovative ideas battling for awards and recognition at the British Invention Show, judged by New Scientist
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Is the swine flu vaccine safe?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-21 23:01)
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The UK starts vaccinating people against swine flu today; in the US and Australia, vaccination has already begun. Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
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Antidepressants and depression may both harm a fetus
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-21 22:56)
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A US jury has said an antidepressant caused heart defects in a fetus? but leaving depression untreated can be bad news for mothers and babies alike
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