April 2010
iPhone Finder Regrets His ‘Mistake’: Wired identifies the 21-year-old man who discovered a next-gen.. http://bit.ly/ca5kWt [via Wired]
Moon fountains could answer astronaut’s watery wishes: Dust plumes kicked up by electrical .. http://bit.ly/bxYXCY [via New Scientist]
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care: With relations between Cuba and the United States improvi.. http://bit.ly/aPzqqI [via Wired]
Blog - Apple Expected to Acquire Siri: It’s unlikely we’ll see versions of the voice-control.. http://bit.ly/asLRVz [ via Tech Review]
Helium-3 Shortage Could Mean Nuke-Detection ‘Disaster’: America’s supply of a rare helium isotope i.. http://bit.ly/aNI8pz [via Wired]
Biodiversity: try as we might, things just keep dying: This year we were supposed to see th.. http://bit.ly/aSnNHx [via New Scientist]
Today on New Scientist: 29 April 2010: All today’s stories on newscientist.com at a glance,.. http://bit.ly/crCMRL [via New Scientist]
Steve Jobs Claims Flash Will Kill the Mobile Web: The estrangement is complete, let the messy divor.. http://bit.ly/cRv7IJ [via Wired]
Energy drinks work as soon as they touch your tongue: This pre-digestive effect is immediat.. http://bit.ly/apP6eF [via New Scientist]
Blog - Steve Jobs Unleashes Harsh Criticism of Flash: Apple’s CEO lays into Flash over issue.. http://bit.ly/cNPR9c [ via Tech Review]
Military Wants To Super-Charge Troop Smarts: The Pentagon’s been trying to get ahead of the curve o.. http://bit.ly/bYeCpA [via Wired]
Blog - Algorithm Reveals Secrets of Leaf Shape: Plant biologist have long puzzled over the h.. http://bit.ly/aJ73jR [ via Tech Review]
Laser ‘tractor beams’ to tidy up space junk: A new thruster design could make it possible f.. http://bit.ly/bCxdpE [via New Scientist]
Polaroid Lives! New Camera Uses Real Instant Film: Like a phoenix rising from the flames and gently.. http://bit.ly/bMquNJ [via Wired]
Bowel screening ‘revolution’ could slash cancer rate: Epidemiologist Wendy Atkin explains h.. http://bit.ly/9N7fcX [via New Scientist]
Biomechanical Mike Stand Gets a Gleaming Grip: Artist Chris Conte draws on his background in prosth.. http://bit.ly/aRYfG8 [via Wired]
Rising Sea Level Threatens Beaches, Warns EPA Scientist: An EPA scientist says the East Coast is at.. http://bit.ly/c2V6R4 [via Wired]
Blog - Solar Fuel Company Gets $30 million Investment: Joule Biotechnologies has completed i.. http://bit.ly/cJN0kt [ via Tech Review]
Now Apple Bans Tiger Woods Satire App. Does Big Media Care?: Making fun of Tiger Woods has become a.. http://bit.ly/atZyKs [via Wired]
Court settlement highlights DNA dilemma: How can the principle of informed consent be squar.. http://bit.ly/9cGT08 [via New Scientist]
Athletes’ sweat test road to glory: New device could help athletes attain Olympic gold by h.. http://bit.ly/b6arSu [via New Scientist]
Today on New Scientist: 27 April 2010: All today’s stories on newscientist.com at a glance,.. http://bit.ly/9HgJoQ [via New Scientist]
Spotify Takes Aim at iTunes, Befriends Facebook: Spotify revamps its widely-acclaimed on-demand mus.. http://bit.ly/aU8oiI [via Wired]
Bumpology: Can old wives’ tales tell me my baby’s sex?: Boy or girl – is there any tr.. http://bit.ly/a4jagr [via New Scientist]
Nokia N8 Packs Every Known Feature into Sleek Slab: Nokia’s new N8 smartphone has managed to squeez.. http://bit.ly/aG2MST [via Wired]
Big numbers, brilliant minds, mind-boggling concepts: Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Al.. http://bit.ly/9sjYbj [via New Scientist]
Top secret quantum messages for your room only: A new scheme for sending messages using ent.. http://bit.ly/cRgnUv [via New Scientist]
Cactus gum could make clean water cheap for millions: The prickly pear cactus, which grows .. http://bit.ly/9isTAG [via New Scientist]
BlackBerry Maker Overhauls Phone Operating System: In a long overdue move, BlackBerry maker Researc.. http://bit.ly/b6oXxG [via Wired]
Be a good dog and you’ll live a long, healthy life: Live fast, die young: the adage applies.. http://bit.ly/ab58yT [via New Scientist]
Green machine: Cheaper home power from sunlight: A technique borrowed from large-scale sola.. http://bit.ly/cEUEK4 [via New Scientist]
Blog - The 2-Dimensional Arrow of Biological Time: Biological time is best described by a tw.. http://bit.ly/bdH0AE [ via Tech Review]
Will the next government fix UK physics?: The UK’s physics budget is in tatters. Would any .. http://bit.ly/cJ796b [via New Scientist]
Blingtronics: Diamonds are a geek’s best friend: Gold, silver and diamonds may not be your .. http://bit.ly/d12P0P [via New Scientist]
April 27, 1791: S.F.B. Morse, ‘American Leonardo,’ Born: The man invents the telegraph (with a litt.. http://bit.ly/9Q8O28 [via Wired]
What’s in a Tweet?: The messages are hard for machines to interpret, but a new approach coul.. http://bit.ly/9U2Rsb [ via Tech Review]
TSA-Compliant Laptop Bag Takes (Some) Shame Out of Airport Security: Take advantage of new TSA rule.. http://bit.ly/cUlCDJ [via Wired]
Police Raid Reporter’s Home Over iPhone Leak: Police raided the home of a Gizmodo reporter on Frida.. http://bit.ly/9W2MES [via Wired]
Supreme Court Takes On Videogame Sales: The Supreme Court weighs in on videogame sales, agreeing to.. http://bit.ly/9BN3jo [via Wired]
Elephant-speak for ‘Beware of the bees’: Recordings of elephants trumpeting as they flee fr.. http://bit.ly/9l8Oin [via New Scientist]
Do Make Room on Your Desk for M-Audio’s Rock-Solid Boxes: M-Audio’s Studiophile AV 40 speakers do w.. http://bit.ly/aLMrhI [via Wired]
Bonnaroo Needs You: Win 2 Tickets to Music Fest: Tell us why you’re the perfect videographer to cap.. http://bit.ly/dhxhJh [via Wired]
Gene silencing prevents its first human disease: The discovery that RNA snippets can silenc.. http://bit.ly/dypbbJ [via New Scientist]
Today on New Scientist: 26 April 2010: All today’s stories on newscientist.com at a glance,.. http://bit.ly/bjVKul [via New Scientist]
Pioneer humans could be cave-dwellers on Mars too: Lava tubes on Mars may contain water ice.. http://bit.ly/dfoINR [via New Scientist]
How chimps mourn their dead: Chimps look after the corpses of their dead fellows, both old .. http://bit.ly/dejXXI [via New Scientist]
Blog - Gestures Recognition for Mobile Devices: A prototype developed at the University of T.. http://bit.ly/boZaLg [ via Tech Review]
Rhapsody Offers First US Smartphone App with Offline Playback: Apple approves Rhapsody’s new app fo.. http://bit.ly/akjmOh [via Wired]
Putting the touch into touchscreens: A featureless flat screen can be made to feel like a p.. http://bit.ly/bjHc7D [via New Scientist]
A Call for Transparency in Apple’s App Store: As advocates of transparency, members of the press sh.. http://bit.ly/berD9T [via Wired]