NASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath Antarctica (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:05 GMT - WASHINGTON -- In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish...

Why I'm backing Simon Singh (source: Guardian)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:21:56 GMT - Comedian Robin Ince explains why he hosted The Big Libel Gig, the climax of Libel Reform Week Last night I hosted The Big Libel Gig at the Palace Thea...

Video: The Power of Pigeons (source: CBS News)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:52:10 EDT - A former LA gang member found a new start when he decided to help kids by using pigeons. Steve Hartman has this week's "Assignment America." (source: ...

Video: Toyota Defect Disputed (source: CBS News)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:55:41 EDT - Toyota engineers are questioning the validity of a Calif. man's claims to have lost control of his Prius as it unintentionally accelerated to over 90 ...

Heart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice death (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:56 GMT - WASHINGTON -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off? (...

Germs may blow the whistle on crooks one day (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:00 GMT - WASHINGTON -- Warning to criminals: Rubbing out your fingerprints may no longer be enough. Your germs could still give you away. (source: Seattle Post...

'Bug' prints can put you at crime scene (source: NewScientist.com)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT - By comparing the unique collection of bacteria found on a person's hand to those recovered at a crime scene, microbes could act like fingerprints (sou...

FedEx fossil arrives 300m years after despatch (source: Guardian)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:34:00 GMT - A fossil amphibian has come to light on land owned by FedEx and has been named Fedexia striegeliFossil hunters have named a 300m-year-old amphibian in...

Today on New Scientist: 15 March 2010 (source: NewScientist.com)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT - All today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the extreme empaths who feel your pain, the true forces driving elephant poaching, and...

UK responds to EU noise directive (source: BBC)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:08:28 GMT - The government has responded to the EU Noise Directive by publishing a long-delayed noise policy statement. (source: BBC)

Mars moon Phobos seen in detail (source: BBC)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:32 GMT - The European Mars Express probe releases new pictures from its close flybys of the Martian moon Phobos. (source: BBC)

Animal activists' unsettling bid for freedom (source: NewScientist.com)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT - Freedom of information requests on animal experiments are unsettling researchers at British universities, says Andy Coghlan (source: NewScientist.com)...

People leave unique trail of germs (source: Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:19:50 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff -- they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help inves...

Roundup 3/15: The Hunt Is On Edition (source: Sciencemag.org)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:56:07 -0500 - Tonight's the annual Isaac Asimov debate at the Hayden Planetarium. Its summary asks, "Should... [] (source: Sciencemag.org)

Carbon-Capture Method Could Poison Oceans (source: Sciencemag.org)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:45:17 -0500 - Fertilizing algae with iron boosts levels of harmful neurotoxin [] (source: Sciencemag.org)

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