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24 January 2009

Issue 2692

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Editor's picks

Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life

Life

Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life

Features
Why some people can't put two and two together

Life

Why some people can't put two and two together

Features
Ten sci-fi devices that could soon be in your hands

Technology

Ten sci-fi devices that could soon be in your hands

Features
Dark flow: Proof of another universe?

Space

Dark flow: Proof of another universe?

Features
How the 'Mouse Man' changed medical research

Life

How the 'Mouse Man' changed medical research

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.

Earth

US prepares to block influx of GM food

AFTER a decade of exporting its genetically modified crops all over the world, the US is preparing to block foreign GM foods from entering the country – if they are deemed to threaten its agriculture, environment or citizens' health, that is. The warning was given to the US Department of Agriculture, which polices agricultural imports …

News

Earth

Top economist calls for green revolution

News

US economic stimulus plan is all about science

News

Frogs are being 'eaten into extinction'

News

Health

Charges against Iranian medics weaken global health battle

News

Health

Stem cell stroke trial brings hopes and challenges

News

Earth

A smarter way for oil firms to pay for eco damage

News

60 Seconds

News

Health

Special investigation: Who's testing your DNA?

News

Earth

Peruvians walked their prayers into the earth

News

Life

Brain's blood surge doesn't match activity

News

'Dogs cannot use condoms, but... they can be fixed'

News

Earth

Mountain gorillas in dire straits, DNA reveals

News

Space

Magnetic 'fossils' may come from big bang

News

Space

Spinning black holes are ultimate cosmic batteries

News

Space

Did the Moon's far side once face Earth?

News

Technology

Brain trick makes robot hand feel real

News

Antarctica is warming, satellites reveal

News

Promiscuous fish have super sperm

News

Earth

Reflective crops could keep us cool

News

Health

Alarm-call chemical to speed muscle healing

News

Methane pockets may narrow search for life on Mars

News

Cancer drugs might fight antibiotic resistance

News

Health

Cunning psychopaths manipulate their way out of jail

News

Plant cells harnessed to build new drugs

News

Space

Spy satellites turn their gaze onto each other

News

Technology

Tiny motor could power microbots

News

Technology

Holographic discs could soon make Blu-ray redundant

News

Technology

'Morphing' winglets make for greener aircraft

News

Technology

Solar-powered plane will gaze down on Mars

News

Technology

Wasp inspires brain-boring surgical robot

News

Technology

Nanowire building kit could rewrite nanotech rules

News

Space

Lunar dust buster will keep moon base spotless

News

Opinion

One last chance to save mankind

Earth

One last chance to save mankind

James Lovelock thinks humanity has only one remaining option to halt climate change and save ourselves With his 90th birthday in July, a trip into space scheduled for later in the year and a new book out next month, 2009 promises to be an exciting time for James Lovelock . But the originator of the …

Opinion

Life

Editorial: Uprooting Darwin's tree

Opinion

Editorial: Limit the fallout from DNA tests

Opinion

Editorial: Doomy thinking

Opinion

Comment: Time for a green industrial revolution

Opinion

Earth

Commentary: Will Obama see sense about nuclear threat?

Opinion

Technology

How do we know the LHC really is safe?

Opinion

Features

Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life

Life

Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life

This "Tree of Life" sketch is seen in Darwin's "B" notebook, at a press preview of the new "Darwin" exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History November 15, 2005 in New York City Read our related editorial: Uprooting Darwin's tree IN JULY 1837, Charles Darwin had a flash of inspiration. In his study at …

Features

Life

Why some people can't put two and two together

Features

Technology

Ten sci-fi devices that could soon be in your hands

Features

Space

Dark flow: Proof of another universe?

Features

Life

How the 'Mouse Man' changed medical research

Features

More

Enigma No. 1529

Enigma No. 1529

Square corbel I invite you to fill in the grid with non-zero digits so that each row is a perfect square with different digits and each row contains all the digits in all rows below it. In no case must a digit be identical with the one below or above it. This can be done …

Regulars

Space

Review: The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Books & Arts

Technology

The new world of robot warcraft

Books & Arts

Review: Every Living Thing by Rob Dunn

Books & Arts

Review: Teenagers: A natural history by David Bainbridge

Books & Arts

Technology

Gallery: Painting with ice and light

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.

How big is toilet paper?

Competition: what Darwin didn't say THIS week, as we approach the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, Feedback invites readers to provide 50 words on the thought-provoking theme of: "Things you would never have heard Charles Darwin say about evolution." The editors will reward what we judge the wittiest non-Darwinism with the framed original of the …

Regulars

Regulars

Letters

Regulars

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