Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 9 July 2012

Unravelling your other selves - with string theory

In That's About the Size of It Niamh Shaw and ?na Kavanagh offer a glimpse on life from the vantage of the 10th dimension

Fukushima nuclear accident down to human factors

A report places the blame for last year's nuclear disaster on the deferential nature of Japanese culture - but will lessons be learned?

Storm-chaser: Capturing The Beast

Veteran storm-chaser Mike Hollingshead pursues and captures a supercell thunderstorm - a stunning display of lightning, giant hailstones and tornadoes

As freak weather becomes the norm, we need to adapt

Thanks to global warming, our weather is getting even more extreme than climate scientists predicted - and we're doing a lousy job of preparing for it

Chasing deadly viruses for a living

In his new autobiography, Peter Piot shares harrowing stories about a career spent pursuing the Ebola virus and HIV

Half a heartbeat changes our response to scary images

People are better at spotting a fearful face when their heartbeat is at a point of contracting rather than relaxing

App uses Earth's magnetic field to guide you indoors

A new smartphone app uses fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field to map indoor locations

Terror tactics: Science in the anarchists' cross hairs

Self-proclaimed anarchists are waging a violent campaign against science and technology. What do they want, asks anarchist scholar Randall Amster

Diagnosing Parkinson's in a phone call with a computer

A speech-processing algorithm could use the sound of your voice to diagnose a range of diseases, and spell the end of invasive physical exams

How global warming is driving our weather wild

Not only is global weather becoming much more extreme, it is becoming even more extreme than anyone expected. Stephen Battersby investigates why

Virus power harnessed to protect Red Sea coral

Hopes to preserve the coral reef are boosted by the discovery of a virus that can fight off coral-killing bacteria

Moisturiser modified to tackle skin cancer

A nanoparticle-based drug delivery system could make treating some skin cancers as simple as applying cream

Hungry and horny mantis hides in the wind

Whether hunting prey or seeking out a mate, the male Chinese mantis has a handy camouflage tool: the wind

It's a boson! But we need to know if it's the Higgs

What could the new particle be if it isn't the Higgs boson? And why would it show up right where scientists were looking for the Higgs?

Purple fringe means healthy coral

That's a healthy colour for a coral. Reef-building corals produce vivid colours as they grow, offering a new tool for monitoring these fragile environments

Computer that could outlive the universe a step closer

The heat-death of the universe need not bring an end to the computing age, if the blueprints for a time-crystal computer can be realised

Higgs in Comic Sans: the right font for physics?

Font fans were upset by the use of Comic Sans to present this week's Higgs results, but perhaps it wasn't such a bad choice

South Korea must be dissuaded from resuming whaling

Tourists gorging on whale meat intended for indigenous peoples and South Korea's bid to resume whaling are worrying developments, says Mark Simmonds

Nature Publishing Group wins libel trial

The journal Nature has won a libel case brought against it in by an Egyptian physicist

Want cheap food? Don't let the climate change

Climate change will drive up food prices, making staple foods too expensive for many people - even in affluent countries like the UK

When it comes to defence, our priorities are wrong

A tiny fraction of the money spent on weapons could keep a genuine defence project from being mothballed

Out-of-body experience highlights clues to consciousness

Brain scans of people with depersonalisation disorder - feeling disconnected from the body - hint how our sense of self relates to the external world

Sex endows evolutionary advantage in tough conditions

For yeast, sexual reproduction is better than asexual reproduction when it comes to rapidly adapting to unfavourable environments

How did humankind tame the wolf?

Documenting the dog's domestication and the plus side to procrastination

Feedback: Elephant obsessions

Stacking up elephantine units of pressure, what Namibian road signs say about their elephants, and more

Vital eye for killer asteroids could shut imminently

A lack of cash is threatening the only southern sky survey dedicated to searching for Earth-grazing asteroids

Better than sunshine: See life in an improved light

Artificial lighting is making us sick - but a new generation of LEDs could give you the right light to keep you rested, alert and happy, says Jeff Hecht

Air France 447 downed as crew ignored alarms

Alarms blared, signalling the plane was in a stall. But the crew ignored them, according to a report on why AF 447 crashed

Gene switch that turns bacteria into mighty Hulk

Parasitic worm guts contain bacteria that glow red and kill the host when the worms vomit them up - finding out why could help tackle human infections

Unofficial report ramps up Higgs significance

An independent physicist has jumped the gun and combined the two Higgs results presented on Wednesday - massively upping their statistical significance

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