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27 October 2007

Issue 2627

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The trouble with supernovae

Space

The trouble with supernovae

Features
Diabetes: One disease or two?

Health

Diabetes: One disease or two?

Features
CO<SUB>2</SUB>: Don't count on the trees

Earth

CO2: Don't count on the trees

Features
Going global: How humans conquered the world

Life

Going global: How humans conquered the world

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.

Life

Looking presidential may give you the edge

Talk about looking presidential. To predict who will win next year's race for the White House, or any other election for that matter, you need look no further than the candidates' physical attributes. That's the message from a survey of voter reactions to candidates for US elections that took place in 2006. CharlesBallew and Alexander …

News

Life

Lack of sleep is a lot like mental illness

News

Life

Immunity genes bolster fight against infection

News

Life

Albatrosses' wandering is as aimless as it seems

News

Life

Tortoise shapes evolved to avoid 'turning turtle'

News

Life

Mystery of 'missing' Shakespeare portrait

News

Earth

How the 'Yellowstone plume' saves US states

News

Life

The synchronising secret to corals' moonlit orgy

News

Life

Ancient pots yield their DNA secrets

News

Health

Blood type can confer resistance to malaria

News

Soundbites

News

Life

The fishy origin of our fingers and toes

News

Earth

Rocketing CO2 prompts criticisms of IPCC

News

Life

Why the long wait for gene-specific drugs?

News

Earth

Depleting oil supplies threaten 'meltdown in society'

News

60 Seconds

News

Life

Dietary supplement may boost egg yield for IVF

News

This week 50 years ago

News

Life

Absent prions blow hole in BSE theory

News

Space

Time travel and how to achieve it

News

Health

Drug brings hope for a universal flu vaccine

News

Life

Confidence is key to accurate police line-ups

News

Earth

Farmed salmon threat to Antarctic krill

News

Health

Epsom salts could save thousands from eclampsia

News

Technology

Nuclear nose sniffs out North Korean detonation

News

Earth

Exxon's funding of polar bear research questioned

News

Life

Neutrino detector reveals deep ocean life

News

Life

What puts the creepy into robot crawlies?

News

Technology

'Smart' lamp offers true mood lighting

News

Technology

Crash highlights risks of uncrewed aircraft

News

Life

'Wikistrangers' are as trustworthy as regular editors

News

Technology

20-year-old wins Turing maths challenge

News

Technology

Gizmo

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.

Earth

Editorial: Let's not leave marine research to chance

UNEXPECTED benefits from big science are always good news. This week, marine biologists say they have stumbled across a rich body of evidence that bioluminescence fills the water at unheard-of depths – all thanks to data from Antares, a giant underwater neutrino detector in the Mediterranean (see "Antares neutrino detector monitors deep ocean life") . …

Opinion

Earth

Interview: An inconvenient voice

Opinion

Life

Race and intelligence: Not a case of black and white

Opinion

Features

The trouble with supernovae

Space

The trouble with supernovae

IN NOVEMBER 1572, a dazzling new star appeared in the night sky. It became so bright so quickly that it soon outshone everything except the sun and the moon and could even be seen in daylight. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe tracked the star for 16 months. As it slowly faded, the star changed colour from …

Features

Health

Diabetes: One disease or two?

Features

Earth

CO2: Don't count on the trees

Features

Life

Going global: How humans conquered the world

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.

Review: Wild Amazon by Nick Gordon

THE late wildlife cameraman Nick Gordon once took his then 8-year-old daughter to his Amazon filming tower. Looking out across the canopy she said, "But dad, your films go down the TV tube in just 1 hour. Why don't you make a photography book that lasts longer?" This magnificent volume is the result. Stuffed with …

Books & Arts

The word: CamelCase

Regulars

Poisoning on an industrial scale

Books & Arts

Space

Film review: In the Shadow of the Moon

Books & Arts

Review: Citrus: A history by Pierre Laszlo

Books & Arts

Graduate special: Insider tips for getting postgrad funding

Careers

Graduate special: I have a PhD, should I apply for a graduate position?

Careers

Graduate special: Should I go abroad to work or study?

Careers

Graduate special: Work experience

Careers

Graduate special: How do I use science to start a business?

Careers

Graduate special: How a female scientist can buck the system

Careers

Graduate special: Should I stay in science?

Careers

Graduate special: How do I write a scientific CV?

Careers

Graduate special: What are employers looking for?

Careers

Graduate special: Puzzled over the future?

Careers

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

Monster bags PERHAPS this week's Feedback ought to be subtitled "Fun with figures", as all the stories feature numbers being used in what might charitably be described as original ways. We start with the environment section of the website of the UK supermarket Somerfield, which tells us: "Shoppers in Britain are estimated to use up …

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Letters

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