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9 February 2008

Issue 2642

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Editor's picks

When pioneering photography filled the theatres

Technology

When pioneering photography filled the theatres

Features
Atomic logic: In search of shape-shifting circuits

Technology

Atomic logic: In search of shape-shifting circuits

Features
The personality factor: What makes you unique?

Life

The personality factor: What makes you unique?

Features
Mass extinctions: The microbes strike back

Life

Mass extinctions: The microbes strike back

Features
2008: Does time travel start here?

Space

2008: Does time travel start here?

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

Tech titans battle over Yahoo acquisition

WILL Microsoft's attempt to acquire Yahoo help or harm competition on the web? With only 3.4 per cent of internet searches going through Microsoft, compared with 77 per cent through Google and 12 per cent through Yahoo, Microsoft says that the acquisition is the only way to establish "a compelling number two" and promote healthy …

News

Technology

Gizmo

News

Technology

Crashing software poses flight danger

News

Technology

Web tool predicts election results and stock prices

News

Health

Pump iron to lose the pounds

News

Health

Alzheimer's plaques form 'within a day'

News

Life

Babies reveal natural gift for numbers

News

Life

Evidence of fossil bugs found in volcanic bubble

News

Technology

Hair test cuts breast cancer errors

News

Technology

Holographic memory learns to forget

News

Health

Did GSK trial data mask Paxil suicide risk?

News

Soundbites

News

Earth

Farmland is eating up the world's wildernesses

News

Health

'Nerve bridge' bypasses spinal cord injury

News

Life

Genetic map of black rat reveals its past

News

Life

Females love the sweet smell of sexual success

News

Space

'Black strings' may reveal extra dimensions

News

Life

Language evolves in fits and starts

News

Health

Stem cell transplant 'cures' diabetic mice

News

Earth

Wall Street joins battle against global warming

News

Health

Mercury compound makes for safer jabs

News

60 Seconds

News

Life

Stepping up the search for ET

News

Life

Stay-at-home baboon dads give kids a boost

News

Earth

Do nuclear plants boost leukaemia risk?

News

Earth

US pulls the plug on flagship clean coal project

News

Life

Conservation laws threaten rare orchids

News

Space

Iran celebrates 'provocative' space launch

News

Health

Is pig-brain 'mist' linked to mystery ailment?

News

Opinion

Is Big Physics peddling science pornography?

Space

Is Big Physics peddling science pornography?

Is Big Physics guilty of sexing-up, drifting away from the realm of hard data and into the softer universe of science pornography? IF SOME Russian mathematicians are right, then 2008 will be a year to remember. Extraordinary as it sounds, this could be when humanity unwittingly creates its first time machine and we receive our …

Opinion

Health

Editorial: Public health needs lawyers' help

Opinion

Earth

Editorial: Come clean on coal

Opinion

Commentary: There's no excuse for ignorance

Opinion

Life

Interview: Using nature to tackle terrorism

Opinion

Life

Perspectives: Staying strong in the rain

Opinion

Features

When pioneering photography filled the theatres

Technology

When pioneering photography filled the theatres

Video: Watch some of Eadweard Muybridge's work and see how his pioneering efforts are influencing modern artists Watch a video of some of Eadweard Muybridge's work and see how his pioneering efforts are influencing modern artists In 1899, Eadweard Muybridge decided to put his house in order. After a life as remarkable as his, he …

Features

Technology

Atomic logic: In search of shape-shifting circuits

Features

Life

The personality factor: What makes you unique?

Features

Life

Mass extinctions: The microbes strike back

Features

Space

2008: Does time travel start here?

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.

Physics

Review: The Physics of NASCAR by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky

WANT to know how many ways a stock car can crash? This exploration of the science behind the US National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing has the answer. It recounts a weekend at the speedway: building a car from scratch, testing it, rebuilding it, qualifying, strapping in – and blasting away at 300-plus kilometres …

Books & Arts

Physics

Review: The Canon by Natalie Angier

Books & Arts

Earth

Review: The Hot Topic by Gabrielle Walker and David King

Books & Arts

Regulars

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Magic number APPARENTLY, there are all sorts of uncanny coincidences in the way that DNA codes for the amino acids – the building blocks of proteins. That's the conclusion of a paper by Tidjani Négadi of the physics department of Oran University, Algeria, entitled "The genetic code multiplet structure, in one number". If you enjoy …

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