Niall Firth, technology editorAre you one of those people that, as soon as they are get a new plant, it is merely a matter of time before the poor thing is just a sad, dried mass of shrivelled leaves? Then a new gadget called Flower Power, unveiled at the International CES trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday, could be just the thing to help you pretend your fingers really are green.Developed...
Football: Swansea stun Chelsea in fresh League Cup shock
Label: Technology LONDON: Swansea produced the second surprise English League Cup semi-final first leg result after defeating Chelsea 2-0 at the European champions' Stamford Bridge ground on Wednesday.Though not as great an upset as fourth-tier Bradford City's 3-1 defeat of Premier League Aston Villa on Tuesday, Swansea's victory over their top flight rivals was still a surprise.Both Swansea goals in a...
Medical robot RP-VITA gets FDA approval
Label: LifestyleCall 911: RP-VITA will show your doctor's face on its screen. It has onboard tools like a phone and stethoscope. (Credit:Tim Hornyak/CNET)LAS VEGAS--How would you feel if you were hospitalized and your doctor were talking to you through a 5-foot robot?RP-VITA (Remote Presence Virtual + Independent Telemedicine Assistant) is a remote-, iPad-operated telepresence bot. It's become the first self-navigating...
Pictures: Florida Wildlife Corridor to Protect Bears, Panthers
Label: HealthPhotograph by Carlton WardBears in Florida aren't just the stuff of Disney—the Sunshine State is home to at least three thousand black bears, including M13, pictured, a male captured in Highlands County (map) in 2006.But due to human activities, bears and other Florida wildlife are increasingly isolated in remote patches of habitat, preventing them from moving freely through their territories and...
Arias Kissed New Beau Day After Killing Boyfriend
Label: Business Jodi Arias drove to the home of her new romantic interest, kissed him, and laughed with his friends just 24 hours after she stabbed and shot her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander to death, according to court testimony today.Ryan Burns, whom Arias met in the spring of 2008, took the stand today at the start of the fourth day of testimony in the trial.Arias, 32, is accused of murdering...
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Today on New Scientist: 8 January 2013
Label: World Mock Mars mission reveals salty surprise Unexpected findings from the "crew members" of the Mars 500 experiment may overturn a common assumption about how our body stores and excretes dietary salt 'Exocomets' abound in alien solar systems Planets around billions of stars may be getting pummelled by the icy dirt-balls in the same way that the young Earth once wasAustralia faces another week...
Football: Bradford stun Villa to close on League Cup final
Label: Technology BRADFORD: Fourth-tier Bradford City continued their extraordinary League Cup journey by upsetting Premier League Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of their semi-final on Tuesday.Nehki Wells, Rory McArdle and Carl McHugh scored for the hosts at a raucous Valley Parade, with Andreas Weimann replying for Villa, as the Yorkshire club closed on a first major final since their FA Cup success...
Apple prepping a less-expensive iPhone, WSJ reports
Label: LifestyleMaybe Apple really is developing a low-cost version of its flagship iPhone. Following a rumor floated this morning by the less-than-reliable Taiwanese site Digitimes, the Wall Street Journal now reports that Apple could launch a cheaper iPhone -- presumably aimed at the developing world -- as early as this year.More to c...
Pictures: Wildfires Scorch Australia Amid Record Heat
Label: HealthPhotograph by Jo Giuliani, European Pressphoto AgencySmoke from a wildfire mushrooms over a beach in Forcett, Tasmania, on January 4. (See more wildfire pictures.)Wildfires have engulfed southeastern Australia, including the island state of Tasmania, in recent days, fueled by dry conditions and temperatures as high as 113ºF (45ºC), the Associated Press reported. (Read "Australia's Dry Run" inNational...
CIA Nominee May Have 'Zero Dark Thirty' Problem
Label: Business Navy SEALs are seen fighting through a dust storm in the new thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty." (Columbia Pictures/AP Photo)There’s only one White House staffer portrayed in the new movie “Zero Dark Thirty,” and it is someone described in the credits as “National Security Advisor.”It’s a position that’s possibly filled in real life by John Brennan, the president’s counterterrorism...
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