GENETIC analyses of human skin are revealing more about what makes us look old. As well as throwing up ways to smooth away wrinkles, the studies may provide a quantifiable way to test claims made for skin products.

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This article in New Scientist speaks of tracking employees and bombarding them with "White Noise" to prevent them from hearing the person standing near them.

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New Scientist continues to mislead the public by using their "Darwin was wrong" cover in promotions.

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Criticism of Creationism Pulled from New Scientist Website

New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine and website covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience.

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A growing band of experts are looking at figures like these (see graph in detail, or explore the data) and arguing that personal carbon virtue and collective environmentalism are futile as long as our economic system is built on the assumption of growth.

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A former member of one of the highest-profile teams in stem-cell biology has been found guilty of falsifying results, after New Scientist questioned the findings.

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A major evolutionary innovation has unfurled right in front of researchers' eyes. It's the first time evolution has been caught in the act of making such a rare and complex new trait.

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Genes that can be pinned to intelligence are proving frustratingly hard to find, the British weekly New Scientist reports in next Saturday's issue.

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CURVIER women may have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the fetus's brain.

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It is macabre reading and will appeal to those with a morbid streak, but New Scientist magazine has published a report on what it is like to die. This week's edition discusses various ways of dying, from being burned alive to drowning and decapitation. Evidence of death experie …

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Most of us have probably wondered what it is like to die - so scientists have tackled the issue head-on and revealed the macabre yet fascinating truth. New Scientist magazine has pondered the subject in great depth in its latest issue, discussing the various ways of meeting one' …

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Thirteen science experiments done by respectable scientists that don't fit into current physics laws.

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In the latest milestone in keyhole surgery, or laparoscopy, surgeons have succeeded in removing an entire kidney through a single 2.5-centimetre-wide hole in the belly button, barely leaving a scar.

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A team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and the University of San Diego (UCSD) have developed an interesting new sperm sorting technique, which will be presented at the upcoming Frontiers in Optics meeting next month in San Jose, California.

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The great problem besetting the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is, of course, how on Earth to spend its mountains of federal pork on vaguely security-related stuff.

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Just do what is written in the Headline !

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A dominant male mouse does not just turn a female on – he makes her brain grow. Just a whiff of his odour is enough to make her brain sprout new neurons, and this growth drives her to want to mate with him, new research has found.

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Among the survey's results: -- People have a strong preference for action in the electricity sector rather than vehicle fuel; all the electricity policies suggested won majority support, but none of the vehicle fuel policies gained majority backing.

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Last week New Scientist Space posted a provocative story titled "Mars rover finds puddles on the planet s surface." The story concerned a presentation made at the 2007 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Aerospace Conference by Lockheed Martin physicist Ro …

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Sadly a very exciting article about puddles of water on Mars has been debunked by some sleuthing by Planetary Society members. It would not be so bad except that this guy received major news coverage and he works for Lockheed Martin.

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This system seems too sensitive to vibration. A passing freight train could set up millimeter size vibrations. When calibrated right, however, it will prove difficult to defeat.

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In a windowless room on the roof of a hospital in south London, the air is being slowly sucked away. It's not enough to notice, but it keeps the sealed laboratory at a slightly lower pressure than the air outside. It's a security measure.

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A robotic caterpillar has been designed which can crawl across the surface of the heart to deliver treatment. New Scientist reports a prototype of the HeartLander device, created by US researchers, has been tested on pigs.

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you be the judge-read the comments

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Submerging computer chips in oil could make them more energy efficient, according to a UK company that hopes to start selling such systems within a year.

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