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Asteroid isn't just a dry heap of rubble
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-13 3:53)
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Two teams have found evidence of water ice on the asteroid 24 Themis– the find suggests asteroids could have delivered some water to the early Earth
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Madagascar biodiversity under threat as gangs run wild
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-13 2:06)
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Since a military coup forced the president to resign in March, loggers and bushmeat traders have rushed to exploit the country's rich biodiversity
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Today on New Scientist: 12 October 2009
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-13 2:00)
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Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how to make a fusion reactor, the advantages to your brain of juggling, and the first vegetarian spider
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Virgin Galactic adds satellite launches to space tourism
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-13 0:46)
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Flight tests confirm that Virgin's launch craft WhiteKnightTwo could carry satellites as well as tourists
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Stretch and squeeze– a stress ball computer interface
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-13 0:36)
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Japanese researchers have produced an LCD-based touch device that responds when you pinch, pull or push objects made from transparent rubber
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Vegetarian spider is Gandhi of arachnids
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-13 0:00)
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It may have eight legs, but this little guy prefers a vegetarian diet to flies and critters
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Crystal is one-way street for microwaves
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-12 23:01)
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New photonic crystal acts like a diode for radiation and could form new components for optical computers
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Baby dinosaur made tracks as it fled for its life
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-12 20:17)
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The tiniest dinosaur footprints ever found were probably made by a 10-centimetre-tall hatchling running from its egg to find a hiding place
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Big banks, big pharma, big problems
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-12 20:16)
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It's time to "liberate" the pharmaceutical industry's cash mountain. Give some to the universities? they can make better use of it, argues John Martin
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Hunting for water on the moon: a brief but splashy history
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-10-12 18:48)
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NASA's LCROSS mission is the latest in a series of attempts to divine water on the moon? some have hinted that our nearest neighbour may be something of a watery oasis, while others suggest that view is just a mirage
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