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Male hummingbirds break speed record for love
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-10 8:01)
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High-speed video footage shows that, relative to their body size, courting male Anna's hummingbirds are the fastest vertebrates in the skyimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49ecc73/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Male hummingbirds break speed record for lovelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17277-male-hummingbirds-break-speed-record-for-love.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Male hummingbirds break speed record for lovelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17277-male-hummingbirds-break-speed-record-for-love.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href= ...
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Caribbean reefs 'flattened' in just 40 years
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-10 8:01)
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In just 40 years, spectacular branched Caribbean corals have been replaced by fleshy, stumpy rivals, research revealsndash; and climate change is at least partly to blameimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49ecc74/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Caribbean reefs 'flattened' in just 40 yearslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17279-caribbean-reefs-flattened-in-just-40-years.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Caribbean reefs 'flattened' in just 40 yearslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17279-caribbean-reefs-flattened-in-just-40-years.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/t ...
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Speeding up brain networks might boost IQ
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-10 6:00)
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The most efficient brain networks tend to belong to the most intelligent people, say researchersndash; raising the possibility of IQ enhancing drugsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49eac2b/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Speeding up brain networks might boost IQlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17280-speeding-up-brain-networks-might-boost-iq.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Speeding up brain networks might boost IQlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17280-speeding-up-brain-networks-might-boost-iq.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http: ...
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Cosmic 'cannonballs' found in early universe
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-10 3:48)
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Astronomers have found a new crop of ultra-dense galaxies that formed soon after the big bangndash; curiously, there's no sign of the compact galaxies todayimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49e672c/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Cosmic 'cannonballs' found in early universelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17281-cosmic-cannonballs-found-in-early-universe.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Cosmic 'cannonballs' found in early universelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17281-cosmic-cannonballs-found-in-early-universe.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/ ...
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Science reinvents the economy: Out of kilter
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-10 1:55)
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Trying to predict markets in the same way as earthquakes comes with the same limitationsndash; it does not tell us when and where the next cataclysmic event will beimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49dc407/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Science reinvents the economy: Out of kilterlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.200-science-reinvents-the-economy-out-of-kilter.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Science reinvents the economy: Out of kilterlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227112.200-science-reinvents-the-economy-out-of-kilter.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0 ...
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Eight more bizarre species that are new to science
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-10 1:02)
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From a pea-sized seahorse to a naturally decaffeinated coffee bean, see some of the most interesting new species discovered in 2008img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49d31ce/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Eight more bizarre species that are new to sciencelink=http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17247-top-ten-new-species?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Eight more bizarre species that are new to sciencelink=http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17247-top-ten-new-species?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084828627/u/0/f/10897/c/749/ ...
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Virtual body parts take the guesswork out of medicine
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 23:39)
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Doctors could soon be testing medications or surgery on your virtual twin before you get to undergo the real treatmentimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49ca7ca/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Virtual body parts take the guesswork out of medicinelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17274-virtual-body-parts-take-the-guesswork-out-of-medicine.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Virtual body parts take the guesswork out of medicinelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17274-virtual-body-parts-take-the-guesswork-out-of-medicine.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divb ...
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Junk food gives crow chicks a weight problem
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 23:25)
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A poor diet of human waste food is stunting the growth of young suburban crows, research suggestsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49c9ddc/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Junk food gives crow chicks a weight problemlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17278-junk-food-gives-crow-chicks-a-weight-problem.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Junk food gives crow chicks a weight problemlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17278-junk-food-gives-crow-chicks-a-weight-problem.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084820178/u/0/ ...
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Computer-generated sound effects make a splash
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 22:22)
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The sound effects for computer-generated movies are still recorded from real life, but modelling the physics of the real world could change thatndash; see and hear the results for yourselfimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49c1765/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Computer-generated sound effects make a splashlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17276-computergenerated-sound-effects-make-a-splash.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Computer-generated sound effects make a splashlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17276-computergenerated-sound-effects-make-a-splash.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookm ...
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Stone Age hunting traps found deep in Great Lakes
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-6-9 21:44)
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Detailed sonar maps of the floor of Lake Huron, which flooded 8000 years ago, show possible caribou traps laid by early North Americans, say researchersimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/49bc3ff/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Stone Age hunting traps found deep in Great Lakeslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17275" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Stone Age hunting traps found deep in Great Lakeslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17275" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084809786/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/77317119/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/42084809786/u/0/f/10897/c/ ...
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