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6 October 2007

Issue 2624

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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.

Health

How the world let malaria off the hook

Features
The camel factor: Nanobody revolution

Life

The camel factor: Nanobody revolution

Features
Assisted migration: Helping nature to relocate

Earth

Assisted migration: Helping nature to relocate

Features
Hidden text reveals Archimedes' genius

Physics

Hidden text reveals Archimedes' genius

Features
Probing the true nature of black holes

Space

Probing the true nature of black holes

Features

Table of contents

News

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Earth

Semiconductor uses the sun to split water

Using hydrogen to power vehicles could free us from our reliance on fossil fuels, and water is its obvious source, but how to get one from the other? Now a semiconductor has been discovered that uses energy from sunlight to do this efficiently. The usual way to get hydrogen from water is by splitting the …

News

Life

Satellite images may hold Burmese junta to account

News

Technology

Magnetic device to augment satellite GPS

News

Technology

Gizmo

News

Space

Could space colonies be political utopia?

News

Earth

Arctic ice shrinks to record low

News

60 Seconds

News

Earth

Bush softens stance on climate change

News

Technology

Smart sheets let gadgets talk through their feet

News

Technology

Smart composite detects and repairs airplane cracks

News

Health

A third of US kids pop dietary pills

News

Earth

Alien birds save Hawaiian natives

News

Health

Cheap cervical cancer vaccine for poor nations

News

Earth

'Green roofs' could cool warming cities

News

Life

Doctors 'switch off' feelings of empathy

News

Health

Chilli-based anaesthetic won't leave you drooling

News

Space

Are signals last gasp of a dying black hole?

News

Life

Sabre-tooth's growl was worse than its bite

News

Earth

How did the 'Little Ice Age' boost forests in Mexico?

News

Technology

Baby's errors are crucial first step for a smarter robot

News

Soundbites

News

Space

Universe explained by quantum randomness

News

Space

'Black-hole universe' might explain dark energy

News

This week 50 years ago

News

Health

Reprogrammed immune system fights cancer

News

Health

Tea might pose fluoride risk

News

Life

Ecstasy may help in the search for an anorexia drug

News

Life

Bilingual babies show language lag

News

Health

World faces polio dilemma

News

Earth

World failing on sustainable development

News

Earth

Extent of Windscale contamination was covered up

News

Life

Genetic testing: informed choice or waste of money?

News

Opinion

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Technology

Comment: Keep biodefence in the open

DISTURBING secrets have been lurking in several US biodefence labs. In the past few weeks alone, some major violations of biosafety law at Texas A&M University have come to light, with unreported lab-acquired infections and unauthorised staff handling biological weapons agents among the breaches. Meanwhile, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, researchers had been working …

Opinion

Health

Editorial: Beware gene screening advice

Opinion

Earth

Editorial: Climate change sceptics employ dubious tactics

Opinion

Earth

Evidence of climate change is everywhere in the Arctic

Opinion

Earth

Interview: Making green the new black

Opinion

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.

Health

How the world let malaria off the hook

DDT is back. For more than three decades, the most effective chemical against malarial mosquitoes was virtually banned around the world. The ban, triggered by environmental concerns, torpedoed a campaign begun in the late 1950s to eradicate malaria from the planet. Since then, the disease has returned with a vengeance, killing more than 2 million …

Features

Life

The camel factor: Nanobody revolution

Features

Earth

Assisted migration: Helping nature to relocate

Features

Physics

Hidden text reveals Archimedes' genius

Features

Space

Probing the true nature of black holes

Features

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Lab technicians: Increase your prospects

TOBY SIMMONDS took an unconventional route to becoming a scientist. A struggling farmer with no farm, he returned home from one short-term contract too many and took a job in the canteen at Cancer Research UK's laboratories. After a conversation with a researcher at the charity, he found himself looking after fish in a new …

Careers

The Word: Zeroth theorem

Regulars

Review: Storm World by Chris Mooney

Books & Arts

Review: The Joy of Physics by Arthur W. Wiggins

Books & Arts

Review: The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker

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

The secret of the secret "ONE spring day towards the end of 2004, Rhonda Byrne discovered a secret – the secret laws and principles of the universe." Or so the Australian TV producer herself announces at www.thesecret.tv – which is, as suspicious readers may already have guessed, plugging a book and a DVD. These are …

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