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8 September 2012

Issue 2881

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Neutrinos – the next big small thing

Space

Neutrinos – the next big small thing

Features
The people who are addicted to addiction

Life

The people who are addicted to addiction

Features
The ever deepening mystery of the human genome

Life

The ever deepening mystery of the human genome

Features
Up, up and away: Chimeric bicycles take to the skies

Technology

Up, up and away: Chimeric bicycles take to the skies

Features

Table of contents

News

Astrophile: Two planets with two suns up odds for life

Life

Astrophile: Two planets with two suns up odds for life

Astrophile is our weekly column covering curious cosmic objects, from within the solar system to the furthest reaches of the multiverse

News

Space

Two dead stars provide low-tech way to test Einstein

News

Health

Vitamin D may increase IVF success – depending on race

News

Health

Stem cells bring back feeling for paralysed patients

News

Earth

Organic food: no better for you, or the planet

News

Lethal virus hits Yosemite National Park

News

60 Seconds

News

Life

Online schooling is exploding in US

News

Life

Evolution could explain the placebo effect

News

Health

Tutankhamun's death and the birth of monotheism

News

Space

Moon's magnetic umbrellas may shield future spaceships

News

Space

Lithium mystery deepened by galaxy gas probe

News

Hot DOG surprise reveals new stage in galaxy evolution

News

Technology

Tough, super-stretchy gel could make better implants

News

Life

Seals use bioluminescence to hunt underwater prey

News

Technology

AI cyber-fighter: does it feel human, punk?

News

Technology

What counts as a conscious thinking machine?

News

Technology

Vivid e-ink makes ditching books a colourful choice

News

Technology

Obama's 2025 car fuel efficiency goals are already in reach

News

Technology

Unsure robots make better teachers than know-alls

News

Environment

Did Scott's own South Pole team seal his fate?

News

Space

Voyager 1: reports of my exit are greatly exaggerated

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.

Online schools: pass or fail?

Virtual learning is on the rise in the US, but does it provide children with a real education?

Opinion

Life

Don't junk the 'junk DNA' just yet

Opinion

Health

A genetic blueprint of your unborn baby

Opinion

Peace, love and Twitter

Opinion

Mind

Why IQs are rising – and why it's deadly serious

Opinion

Aperture

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.

The golden eye of the James Webb Space Telescope

See more: To see the image this article refers to, keep checking Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science COULD this be the fairest mirror of them all? It may be the most valuable. This $20-million, honeycomb-like block is one of 18 mirrors that will slot into the James Webb Space …

Regulars

Features

Neutrinos – the next big small thing

Space

Neutrinos – the next big small thing

With the Higgs safely in the bag, could ethereal neutrinos guide us towards the new physics we are so keenly seeking?

Features

Life

The people who are addicted to addiction

Features

Life

The ever deepening mystery of the human genome

Features

Technology

Up, up and away: Chimeric bicycles take to the skies

Features

Culturelab

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.

Making science fiction a reality

See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog

CultureLab

Physics

The wondrous life of the Higgs boson

CultureLab

Environment

Mutiny at the South Pole?

CultureLab

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.

Enigma Number 1714

Penny-farthing The penny-farthing was a precursor to the modern bicycle. It had one very large wheel with pedals, over which was the saddle, and one much smaller trailing wheel to enable steering. We have some very early film of my great-grandfather riding one he had built. It had a large wheel 6 metres in circumference …

Regulars

Regulars

Feedback: Excessively polite signs

Feedback: Excessively polite signs

Excessively polite signs FEEDBACK is, as regular readers have noticed, much preoccupied with signs. But we have not until now felt the need for a word denoting excessive politeness in a sign. Then a colleague spotted one in Guy's Hospital, London, that said: "Way Out – apologies for temporary sign". It was neatly printed on …

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Regulars

Letters

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