Friday 24 August 2012

Today on New Scientist: 23 August 2012

Zoologger: Wood-eating shrimp from the ocean's depths

The amphipod Hirondellea gigas has evolved a unique digestive system that allows it to survive at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

Los Angeles smog thins, but remains a threat

Fifty years of auto-emission rules have had an impact, but peak levels of harmful ozone remain high

Epigenetics gives clues to human cancer susceptibility

The presence or absence of a methyl group could mean the difference between sickness and health - and human and chimp brains

Jet-set young sun pushed baby planets off kilter

Asymmetric jets shot from the young sun's poles could explain why the planets in our solar system are strangely tilted

What popular science books have changed the world?

Competition: vote for the most influential popular science books of all time for a chance to win a set of the top 25 shortlisted books

Working hoverbike recalls Luke Skywalker's landspeeder

A working hoverbike has been built - it reminds us of hover vehicles previously seen in the Star Wars movies

Genome sequencing used to control hospital infection

Details of a pathogen's evolutionary trajectory helped hospital staff trace sources of infection that would otherwise have gone undetected

Mass autonomous cars project lets 3000 vehicles talk

Three thousand volunteer motorists in Michigan will have equipment installed for the next year to let their vehicles talk to one another

Minimals: Meet the smallest critters of all

Take a look at how the world's tiniest vertebrates have adapted to their stature

Why wood pulp is world's new wonder material

Stronger than steel, cheap, and made from renewable wood pulp, nanocrystalline cellulose is a nanomaterial that's set to take the technological world by storm

Calculated violence: Numbers that predict revolutions

The mathematics underpinning the rise and fall of empires suggest that the US faces imminent and bloody unrest. How worried should we be, asks Bob Holmes

Gibbons on helium sing like sopranos

Giving gibbons helium to breathe reveals that the songsmith apes use human-like techniques to call to each other

Location of the mind remains a mystery

A patient who preserved their self-awareness despite extensive brain damage suggests that our map of the brain needs rethinking

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