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15 September 2012

Issue 2882

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'Super-recognisers' have amazing memory for faces

Life

'Super-recognisers' have amazing memory for faces

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Heaven scent: The grey gold from a sperm whale's gut

Earth

Heaven scent: The grey gold from a sperm whale's gut

Features
Reality checker: How to cut nonsense from the net

Technology

Reality checker: How to cut nonsense from the net

Features
A brief history of the human genome

Life

A brief history of the human genome

Features

Table of contents

News

Could we geoengineer the climate with CO<SUB>2</SUB>?

Earth

Could we geoengineer the climate with CO2?

Cool idea Schemes for artificially cooling the planet can often seem wild and woolly. The latest such geoengineering scheme is no different: it involves frozen carbon dioxide, Antarctica and a whole lot of freezers. While the proposal is not as daft as it sounds, the numbers may not stack up. Ernest Agee and colleagues of …

News

Space

Astrophile: Lucky strike turns a dark cloud into a star

News

Health

Muscles that do nothing can keep you warm and thin

News

Health

Mother's milk no match for virus that triggers asthma

News

Life

Metallic blue fruit shines brightest of all

News

Life

Brain scans show how crows distinguish friend from foe

News

Physics

Fiendish 'ABC proof' heralds new mathematical universe

News

Physics

Higgs boson gets peer-review seal of approval

News

Life

Arctic foxes took ice bridge to reach Iceland

News

Earth

GM corn loses its edge against pests

News

Health

Paying for healthcare benefits only the rich

News

Dawn departs Vesta to become first asteroid hopper

News

Earth

Shale gas won't make Europe energy-independent

News

60 Seconds

News

Health

Swine flu evolves under the radar

News

Earth

Lush Antarctic past suggests more monsoons in future

News

Space

Heavy photons are too light to be behind dark matter

News

Life

Inferior lizard tails weaken hopes of regrowing limbs

News

Technology

Moving plane exchanges quantum keys with Earth

News

Health

Subconscious cues might help you heal faster

News

Technology

Water-repellent balls make liquid boil with no bubbles

News

Life

Detecting a subway bioterror attack

News

Technology

Talking cars help each other see around blind corners

News

Life

Dinosaur-inspired upgrades add bite to wind turbines

News

Technology

Sea cameras scan the waves for smugglers

News

Technology

Wired is the new wireless: Spreading the web in China

News

Technology

Smart PC desktop knows when to leave you alone

News

Technology

How Facebook could help swing the US election

News

Health

Attack on dengue intensifies with two new weapons

News

Opinion

Let's use evolution to turn us green

Earth

Let's use evolution to turn us green

We say we want to save the planet, but don't change our lifestyles to do so. Is evolution an overlooked option?

Opinion

Technology

Truth v lies, tech tools fight the nonsense

Opinion

Technology

The impossibility of total vigilance against terrorism

Opinion

Health

Is medical science built on shaky foundations?

Opinion

Life

Meet the world's first transhumanist politician

Opinion

Aperture

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Don't mess with the world's largest jellyfish

See more: To see the image this article refers to, keep checking Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science

Regulars

Features

'Super-recognisers' have amazing memory for faces

Life

'Super-recognisers' have amazing memory for faces

People with an intriguing talent are proving themselves useful as a crime-fighting force. Could anyone learn their superpowers?

Features

Earth

Heaven scent: The grey gold from a sperm whale's gut

Features

Technology

Reality checker: How to cut nonsense from the net

Features

Life

A brief history of the human genome

Features

Culturelab

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Geological clues from Noah's flood?

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

CultureLab

Coping with the noisy neighbours

CultureLab

Eyes on the sky: get lost in the wonders of the air

CultureLab

Are you really making your own decisions?

CultureLab

More

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Enigma Number 1715

Open the box I started with a rectangular piece of card a whole number of centimetres long by a whole number of centimetres wide, one of those numbers being a prime. Then I cut out an identical small square from each corner of the card and discarded the four squares. I folded up the four …

Regulars

Regulars

Feedback: Electrons are so good for your feet

Feedback: Electrons are so good for your feet

Electrons are so good for your feet AUSTIN THOMPSON is worried that his shoes are preventing him from absorbing electrons. The worry stems from reading about Pluggz "Get Grounded" Flip Flops at bit.ly/groundedshoes . "People say they feel better when walking barefoot on grass or sand or earth," the promo says. "According to modern science …

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