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12 April 2008

Issue 2651

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Editor's picks

Ocean biodiversity: Depths of ignorance

Earth

Ocean biodiversity: Depths of ignorance

Features
Nipping teen crime in the bud

Life

Nipping teen crime in the bud

Features
The great antimatter mystery

Space

The great antimatter mystery

Features
Why first-past-the-post voting is fundamentally flawed

Life

Why first-past-the-post voting is fundamentally flawed

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

Gizmo

A giant six-legged robot could allow future lunar astronauts to be nomads. The flat-topped All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer (ATHLETE) will be 7.5 metres across with 6-metre-long legs. It will crawl across the moon, carrying astronauts and their base on its back. When the crew wants to set up camp it will stop, moving on when …

News

Earth

'Crash-tested' skulls throw light on extinctions

News

Earth

Harnessing river whirlpools puts energy on tap

News

Technology

Bamboo 'silk' protects against UV and bugs

News

Technology

Sweat ducts could bounce emotions to remote device

News

Health

Pig cell transplants help people with diabetes

News

Health

Ultra-bugs thrive on antibiotics

News

Earth

San Andreas fault pushed around by big cousin

News

Technology

Software generates chords to back any melody

News

Life

Faeces clue IDs early Americans

News

Physics

Why a baseball 'pop-up' is tricky to catch

News

Life

Early neglect can trigger childhood aggression

News

Earth

Melting ice caps may trigger more volcanic eruptions

News

Earth

Ozone smog spoils bracing seaside air

News

Health

Asthma drug can restore lost sense of smell

News

Health

Getting to the bottom of irritable bowels

News

Earth

Curious cloud formations linked to quakes

News

Soundbites

News

Life

Could stem-cell implants 'catch' Parkinson's?

News

Health

Bird flu case raises fears of undiagnosed infections

News

Health

Minorities and elderly ignored by drug trials

News

Health

Economic crises can have health benefits

News

Technology

CSI effect gives no comfort to criminals

News

Life

Prion disease spreads through sheep milk

News

Earth

Nuclear war would punch a hole in the atmosphere

News

60 Seconds

News

Earth

Nuclear super-fuel gets too hot to handle

News

Space

Did pre-big bang universe leave its mark on the sky?

News

Earth

US bulldozing green laws to build border fence

News

Opinion

Commentary: Why we don't need 'scientism' and 'religionism'

Commentary: Why we don't need 'scientism' and 'religionism'

IN ONE of those accidental juxtapositions that make life interesting, in the same week I went from co-moderating a seminar on science and religion with a leader of the John Templeton Foundation, which funds research that aims to connect science and religion, to sharing a platform with Richard Dawkins at the annual conference of the …

Opinion

Interview: How a hacker became a freedom fighter

Opinion

Comment: Climate shocks that come out of the blue

Opinion

Editorial : Born into a life of crime

Opinion

Technology

Editorial: Nuclear industry must not forget past lessons

Opinion

Features

Ocean biodiversity: Depths of ignorance

Earth

Ocean biodiversity: Depths of ignorance

EVERY investor wants to know where to put their money for the best return. So no wonder the idea of biodiversity hotspots has taken off. No matter how much you care about the environment, there is no getting around the fact that we simply do not have enough time, funds or good will to combat …

Features

Life

Nipping teen crime in the bud

Features

Space

The great antimatter mystery

Features

Life

Why first-past-the-post voting is fundamentally flawed

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: The Music of Pythagoras by Kitty Ferguson

EINSTEIN said the biggest mystery of the world was that it should be comprehensible at all. Nearly 25 centuries earlier, Pythagoras hit on much the same revelation, awestruck that the pleasing harmonies of the lyre should have their foundation in numbers. It was the dawn of the idea that we could make sense of the …

Books & Arts

Making the right choices in climate change

Careers

Review: Tree of Rivers by John Hemming

Books & Arts

Technology

Review: The Coming Convergence by Stanley Schmidt

Books & Arts

Life

Film review: Expelled: No intelligence allowed

Books & Arts

Earth

Review: Treasures of the Arctic

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

Now with added DNA THE Coryse Salomé "Compétence Anti-Age" cream that Susan Forde was given is part of the "RNA/DNA Renaissance" line, according to the leaflet that accompanies it. The cream, it says, "is based on an exclusive complex containing RNA and DNA, fundamental cell components which contribute to basic metabolism and play a key …

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Letters

Regulars

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