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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Movers and shakers - Can the sound of one snowflake stop a plane from crashing into a mountainside? Ian Stewart puts his ear to the ground

Features

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Student books : A drop of the hard stuff

Books & Arts

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Review : One way ticket

Books & Arts

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Welcome to Camp Chaos - The swimming pool has been built on a slope, the dance floor is a weird shape and the golf course is plain crazy. Ian Stewart challenges you to salvage the holiday camp before the first coach arrives

Features

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Science : Putting randomness in order

News

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Crashing the barriers - Does it really matter if there are some things that science will never solve? Ian Stewart thinks not

Features

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Review : Looking back in chaos

Books & Arts

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Think maths

Features

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Student books : Trimmer figures

Books & Arts

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Review : Vulgar fractions to beautiful primes

Books & Arts

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Snags, setbacks and snarlups - Even going on holiday can be a deeply puzzling business, says Ian Stewart

Features

Analysis of variance

Inside Science