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13 August 2005

Issue 2512

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Editor's picks

Do not adjust your radio

Technology

Do not adjust your radio

Features
Inbreeding: Keeping it in the family

Life

Inbreeding: Keeping it in the family

Features
The autism epidemic that never was

Life

The autism epidemic that never was

Features
Heavyweights battle to expose the naked quark

Physics

Heavyweights battle to expose the naked quark

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.

Technology

Hackers rake it in with crash attacks

CYBERCRIMINALS are making a mint bringing e-commerce firms to a standstill with distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), according to the UK's National Criminal Intelligence Service. In a report issued on 3 August, called the 2005 UK Threat Assessment ( www.ncis.co.uk/ukta.asp ) the NCIS details cases from 2004 in which a gang based in Russia …

News

Earth

Focused sunlight cleans up hydrogen production

News

Technology

Gizmo

News

Earth

Will Google Earth help save the planet?

News

Earth

Flooded metro helps sizzling Tokyo cool off

News

Technology

US shoots ahead in stun gun design

News

Distinctive woodpecker calls silence sceptics

News

Health

Blood stem cells make a better cure for leukaemia

News

Life

Fibonacci series goes microscopic

News

Technology

Spotting the bots with brains

News

Life

Sex and stress: linked right from the start

News

Life

Island law rules bacteria too

News

Health

Alcohol's link to cancer explained

News

Earth

Massive waves are no cinematic invention

News

Life

Kalahari Bushmen were early cowboys

News

Life

Pinpointing regret in the brain

News

Earth

Climate warning as Siberia melts

News

Physics

Is jiggling vacuum the origin of mass?

News

Life

Mosquitoes attracted by the smell of malaria

News

Life

Tribal language has no words for colours

News

Soundbites

News

Health

Pig cell implants in Huntington's trial

News

Physics

Decoding the genetic language of early life

News

60 Seconds

News

Space

Shuttle concerns force NASA's hand

News

Health

Italian river runs high with cocaine

News

Earth

Tiger crisis looms in India

News

Life

Movie bad guys more likely to light up

News

Life

Cute additions to the lemur clan

News

Technology

Online gaming conference plays it by the rules

News

Rift evolves between top ranking Catholics

News

Technology

No air crash miracle, just safer design

News

Opinion

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.

Health

Put donor organs on the open market

FEW ordeals could be more distressing than waiting for a replacement kidney, lung or even heart, knowing that your life depends on receiving one. In the US alone, more than 6000 people die every year while waiting for an organ transplant, and in the UK last year the figure was over 400. Many others endure …

Opinion

Space

Editorial: Keep the shuttle flying

Opinion

Brilliant scientists dare to dream

Opinion

Interview: Laird of Africa

Opinion

Features

Do not adjust your radio

Technology

Do not adjust your radio

IN EARLY June, electronics giant Texas Instruments unveiled the future of radio: a tiny receiver that took several years and millions of dollars to develop. Eagerly awaited by broadcasters and manufacturers alike, it isn't designed to pick up radio broadcasts from satellites or the internet. Instead the new chip will tune in to the old-fashioned …

Features

Life

Inbreeding: Keeping it in the family

Features

Life

The autism epidemic that never was

Features

Physics

Heavyweights battle to expose the naked quark

Features

More

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

Seven Million Years by Douglas Palmer

WHAT distinguishing characteristics of Homo sapiens made us successful while relatives such as the Neanderthals failed? Douglas Palmer explores the candidates: thought, self-awareness, altruism, bipedal walking and an opposing thumb, among others. He goes into genetics too, an area that provides rich pickings, especially now it is possible to look at ancient DNA. And along …

Books & Arts

How to Take a Penalty by Rob Eastway and John Haigh

Books & Arts

Life

The word: Walnut

Regulars

The Wisdom Paradox by Elkhonon Goldberg

Books & Arts

Regulars

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.

Feedback

Scotland on its head LONDON'S Heathrow airport has a large and obviously expensive "Visit Scotland" booth for promoting Scottish tourism and business. The centrepiece is a computer keyboard and big LCD screen. Killing time recently because of delayed flights, Feedback tried using the computer. But the welcome message, "Click Here to Start", looked odd – …

Regulars

Regulars

Letters

Regulars

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