Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Today on New Scientist: 5 November 2011

One-Minute Physics: How do we know our world is 3D?

Watch an animation that shows how to test that we live in three dimensions

Ars Electronica celebrates subversion

From an artist who injected horse plasma to hacking the news, this year's Ars Electronica festival is all about questioning - and breaking - social boundaries

WikiLeaks encryption row puts informants at risk

A password published in a book is at the centre of a row that has led to US diplomatic informants' names being published online

Gene therapy could reduce radiation sickness

Radiation therapy is more effective in some people with cancer than others. A new study reveals why - and suggests how to make the therapy more effective

Single molecule is tiniest electric motor ever

Besides vying to smash a world record, the teeny motor could help push fluid through narrow pipes in nanodevices

Particle quest: Hunting for Italian WIMPs underground

At the forefront of the hunt for elusive particles is the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, the largest underground facility of its kind

Deus Ex: A world of augmented humans

The beautifully designed new video game Deus Ex: Human revolution raises questions about augmented humanity in the future. But is it any fun to play?

Stem cells may save rhinos from extinction

Rhino skin cells have been turned into stem cells that can become any cell in the body - including sperm and eggs

Svante P??bo: The man rewriting human evolution

He sequenced the Neanderthal genome and then discovered a whole new type of human. What's next?

Quantum minds: Why we think like quarks

The fuzziness and weird logic of the way particles behave applies surprisingly well to how humans think

African ancestry boosts peanut allergy risk

People with African roots may be genetically susceptible to peanut allergies, but where milk sensitivity is concerned, culture may matter more

Automated marking takes teachers out of the loop

Software can now mark essays, but will it make students write like robots and can we really trust its judgement?

Beware the lone wolf radicals

Home-grown killers such as Anders Breivik have a distinct psychology that should make it easier for police to spot them before they strike, says Kathleen Puckett

Instant Expert: AIDS - What works?

We must factor in politics, economics and people's behaviour as well as medicine in the fight against HIV, says epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani

Clinicians no longer in favour at the Nobel Institute

Some 70 years ago, clinicians were picking up almost 80 per cent of Nobel prizes in physiology and medicine - but most of the prizes now go to their colleagues in the lab

Instant Expert: Defeating HIV

While there are good treatments for HIV, we have failed to devise effective ways of stopping new infections

Probe spots remains of Martian lake and river

Winding channels and sediment deposited in the shape of a fan speak of an ancient river that flowed into a lake on Mars

Test shows most efficient way to board a plane

A method developed in a 2008 computer simulation has now been tested with real people

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