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30 July 2005

Issue 2510

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Editor's picks

Deception special: The great pretender

Life

Deception special: The great pretender

Features
Deception special: The truth about lies

Life

Deception special: The truth about lies

Features
The shape of universes to come

Space

The shape of universes to come

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.

Life

Deception special: The power of mediums

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.

Life

Deception special: Tricks of the magical trade

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.

Life

Deception special: Our lying minds

Features

Table of contents

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.

Earth

Smart fridges may ease burden on energy supply

IMAGINE if air conditioners and refrigerators could instantly respond to fluctuations in the national grid by reducing their energy consumption at peak times. Dynamic device control technology could do exactly that, and also reduce carbon dioxide emissions, claim the scientists campaigning for its introduction to the UK. The frequency of the country's national grid fluctuates …

News

Earth

How oil on troubled waters calms storms

News

Technology

Runway-sweeping radar seeks dangerous debris

News

Technology

Cellphone accessory warns of illness

News

Technology

Do not ditch the stylus just yet

News

Technology

Gizmo

News

Technology

Calls to end US domination of the internet

News

Health

Hormone jab joins the obesity wars

News

Life

George III's madness fuelled by arsenic

News

Technology

3D barcodes to identify stolen valuables

News

Technology

The real reason cars and cellphones do not mix

News

Earth

Stripped Amazon gets a lot wetter

News

Space

Life was unlikely on frozen Mars

News

Earth

Deer eats songbirds out of house and home

News

Health

1918 flu pandemic may have hit New York early

News

Earth

Gamma rays the likely cause of mass extinctions

News

Earth

Perhaps a tsunami sank Atlantis

News

Soundbites

News

Life

Unravelling the secrets of ageing

News

Life

New animal evolved in an instant

News

Space

Is it a cosmic string or are we seeing double?

News

Life

Fifth subspecies of chimpanzee revealed

News

Life

Reports of superweed greatly exaggerated

News

Space

Giant spy satellite ready to launch for Mars

News

Health

Depleted uranium exposure should not increase cancer risk

News

Earth

First measurements of Earth's core radioactivity

News

Life

Gruesome habits of the giant squid

News

Earth

Glacier speed triples since the 80s

News

Health

Infant deaths: Justice for the innocents

News

60 Seconds

News

Earth

Overgrown mice eat chicks alive

News

Health

Radiation-scan patients may trip airport alarms

News

Space

NASA launches space-glove design competition

News

Opinion

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Life

Equations for everyday living

I RECENTLY received an email that began, "Dear Dr Len, I do PR for a breakfast cereal company, and we would like an authoritative figure, such as yourself, to come up with an equation as to when to include the milk." I have been getting similar requests since 1998, when I agreed to provide a …

Opinion

Health

Editorial: 'Shaken baby syndrome' needs more research

Opinion

Technology

Interview: Zero tolerance for road slaughter

Opinion

Earth

Editorial: Earth needs its temperature taken

Opinion

Features

Deception special: The great pretender

Life

Deception special: The great pretender

Derren Brown is a British illusionist who specialises in psychological techniques that give the appearance of mind-reading and thought control. Some of his most famous stunts include apparently playing Russion roulette on live TV, and performing as a medium before an audience of spiritualists in the US. He shares some of his secrets with New …

Features

Life

Deception special: The truth about lies

Features

Space

The shape of universes to come

Features

Life

Deception special: The power of mediums

Features

Life

Deception special: Tricks of the magical trade

Features

Life

Deception special: Our lying minds

Features

More

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Life

Reviewed: The Evolution-Creation Struggle by Michael Ruse

THE clash between those who adhere to the scientific theory of evolution and those who believe that the biblical story of the six-day creation is literally true is a struggle between two religions. So concludes Michael Ruse in his accessible, skilfully written book. Since the Enlightenment, he says, scientists have offered up an alternative vision …

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Feedback

Everybody jump IF YOU want to stop global warming, extend daytime hours, and create a more homogeneous climate by putting planet Earth into a new orbit, put this exact time in your diary: 20 July 2006 at 11:39:13 GMT. It says at www.worldjumpday.org that these benefits can be achieved by you – yes, you – …

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Letters

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