There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, the physicist and mathematician Professor Stephen Hawking has said.

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There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.

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A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.

There is much more to the cosmos than meets the eye. Astrophysicist bMichael Rowan-Robinson/b explores what invisible rays from radio to gamma have shown usimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d5d1c8f/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Instant+Expert%3A+The+unseen+universelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fspecial%2Finstant-expert-the-unseen-universe%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Instant+Expert%3A+The+unseen+universelink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fspecial%2Finstant-expert-the-unseen-universe%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869406194/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224205967/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869406194/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224205967/a2.img" border="0"//a

Future spacecraft could change their orbits simply by unfurling electrically conducting tethers ndash; Japan has now tested one in a suborbital missionimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d5d97a3/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Space+ribbon+deployed+to+surf+Earth%27s+magnetic+fieldlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19393-space-ribbon-deployed-to-surf-earths-magnetic-field.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Space+ribbon+deployed+to+surf+Earth%27s+magnetic+fieldlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19393-space-ribbon-deployed-to-surf-earths-magnetic-field.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/div

All today's stories on NewScientist.com including: the flaws in criminal profiling, a birds-eye view of hurricane Earl and weird water inside planetsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d5d6ce6/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Today+on+New+Scientist%3A+2+September+2010link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fshortsharpscience%2F2010%2F09%2Ftoday-on-new-scientist-2-septe.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Today+on+New+Scientist%3A+2+September+2010link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fshortsharpscience%2F2010%2F09%2Ftoday-on-new-scientist-2-septe.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869409131/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224226534/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869409131/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224226534/a2.img" border="0"//a

A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it.

Researchers map the nervous system of worms to try and understand how the human cerebral cortex evolved.

An astronaut on the International Space Station has captured a serene-looking view of hurricane Earl #8211; but things aren't so calm down belowimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d5cdf46/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=A+birds-eye+view+of+hurricane+Earllink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fshortsharpscience%2F2010%2F09%2Fa-birds-eye-view-of-hurricane.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=A+birds-eye+view+of+hurricane+Earllink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fshortsharpscience%2F2010%2F09%2Fa-birds-eye-view-of-hurricane.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869406193/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224190278/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869406193/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224190278/a2.img" border="0"//a

By storing power for when it's needed most, speakers that plug into a USB port can produce high-quality sound without the need for mains powerimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d5cd3d4/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Smart+USB+speakers+pump+up+the+volume+from+laptopslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.800-smart-usb-speakers-pump-up-the-volume-from-laptops.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Smart+USB+speakers+pump+up+the+volume+from+laptopslink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fmg20727765.800-smart-usb-speakers-pump-up-the-volume-from-laptops.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869401278/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224187348/kg/26-63-68-168/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869401278/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224187348/kg/26-63-68-168/a2.img" border="0"//a

Stephen Hawking's new book is the biggest science news story of the day. Has he suddenly given up a religious belief, asks bRoger Highfield/bimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d5cd3d5/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Hawking+hasn%27t+changed+his+mind+about+Godlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19391-hawking-hasnt-changed-his-mind-about-god.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Hawking+hasn%27t+changed+his+mind+about+Godlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn19391-hawking-hasnt-changed-his-mind-about-god.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869401276/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224187349/kg/65/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78869401276/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224187349/kg/65/a2.img" border="0"//a

A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.

A rare Chinese tree has flowered for the first time in 23 years at Kew's country estate in West Sussex.

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Dr Andy Harland of Loughborough University analyses what new free-kick trajectory findings mean for footballers.

In his new book, The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking argues that there is no single theory of reality because there is no single realityimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/d5bfff0/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Stephen+Hawking+says+there%27s+no+theory+of+everythinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fculturelab%2F2010%2F09%2Fstephen-hawking-says-theres-no-theory-of-everything.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Stephen+Hawking+says+there%27s+no+theory+of+everythinglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fblogs%2Fculturelab%2F2010%2F09%2Fstephen-hawking-says-theres-no-theory-of-everything.html%3FDCMP%3DOTC-rss%26nsref%3Donline-news" target="_blank"img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868418935/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224133104/kg/31/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/78868418935/u/60/f/10897/c/749/s/224133104/kg/31/a2.img" border="0"//a

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