Finders keepers? |
Five scientific discoveries that got the wrong name
05 August 2008
By: Michael Marshall
Salmonella (Image: US federal government)" alt="Theobald Smith, discoverer of Salmonella (Image: US fede...
Posted by New Scientist on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:12:00 PST |
Found: The hottest water on Earth |
Found: The hottest water on Earth
By: Catherine Brahic
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Even Jules Verne did not foresee this one. Deep down at the very bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, geochemist Andrea Kosc...
Posted by New Scientist on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:03:00 PST |
Hidden art |
Hidden van Gogh revealed by synchrotron radiation
Check out the painting (left, click to enlarge). Obviously a Vincent van Gogh. Called "Grasgrond" ("Patch of Grass"), it was painted by van Gogh i...
Posted by New Scientist on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:07:00 PST |
Beam sharpener |
Beam sharpener produces laser 'knife'
NewScientist.com news service
By: Colin Barras
You may think of lasers as needle-like crisp beams. But the semiconductor lasers used for everything from CDs to...
Posted by New Scientist on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:13:00 PST |
Blame game |
33% of China's carbon footprint blamed on exports
NewScientist.com news service
By: Catherine Brahic
Finger-pointing, and "China bashing" in particular, is a favourite game when it comes to assignin...
Posted by New Scientist on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:04:00 PST |
Americans must diet to save their economy |
Americans must diet to save their economy
NewScientist.com news service
By: Catherine Brahic
Want to save the US economy? Go on a diet.
That's the message ecologists are trying to get across this wee...
Posted by New Scientist on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:25:00 PST |
Dinosaur Evolution |
Dinosaur evolutionary tree unveiled
NewScientist.com news service
Colin Barras & Michael Marshall
Dinosaurs may have been the largest land animals of the Cretaceous period, but a new study...
Posted by New Scientist on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:20:00 PST |
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Posted by New Scientist on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:46:00 PST |
Killer Asteroid |
Killer asteroid predictions 'off by millions of miles'
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David Shiga
YOU'D think that by now we'd have a firm grip on the trajectory...
Posted by New Scientist on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:25:00 PST |
Life Imitates TV |
Reality TV may be turning teens into their parents
The countless hours teens spend watching oversexed television shows like The Bachelor and The O.C. may actually make them more like their par...
Posted by New Scientist on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:28:00 PST |
