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12 January 2013

Issue 2899

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The hologenome: A new view of evolution

Life

The hologenome: A new view of evolution

Features
Freaky feeling: Why androids make us uneasy

Life

Freaky feeling: Why androids make us uneasy

Features
Good to glow: Auroras hide array of planetary secrets

Space

Good to glow: Auroras hide array of planetary secrets

Features
Battle of the bottle: How to curb overindulgers

Health

Battle of the bottle: How to curb overindulgers

Features

Table of contents

News

Unique meteorite hints Mars stayed moist for longer

Space

Unique meteorite hints Mars stayed moist for longer

Scorched yet satisfyingly moist A scorched rock bought in Morocco turned out to be a diamond in the rough. The unusual meteorite may be the first sample of the Red Planet's crust ever to hit Earth, and it suggests that Mars held on to its water for longer than we thought. The meteorite, dubbed Northwest …

News

Physics

Cloud of atoms goes beyond absolute zero

News

Earth

Titan holds clue to faint young sun paradox

News

Technology

Silent Skype calls can hide secret messages

News

Life

Zoologger: She's mine! Wasps tag virgins for future sex

News

Health

Abnormal timing in the womb may cause miscarriage

News

Health

World's oldest pills treated sore eyes

News

Technology

Light hits near infinite speed in silver-coated glass

News

Life

Only the toughest would survive on Tatooine worlds

News

Life

Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater

News

Space

Mock Mars mission reveals salty surprise

News

Earth

Australia faces another week of 'catastrophic' heat

News

Space

'Exocomets' abound in alien solar systems

News

Earth

Carcinogen levels soar in Canada's tar sand lakes

News

Fact and fiction blur as Captain Kirk tweets astronaut

News

Life

Global banking rules won't stop next meltdown

News

60 Seconds

News

Life

Bubbles of fat hint at origin of reproduction

News

Earth

Sea level rise could lead to cooler, stormier planet

News

Life

Sperm dance to calcium's tune en route to egg

News

Life

DNA 'identichip' gives a detailed picture of a suspect

News

Earth

Life will find a way, even in the midst of a hurricane

News

Life

3D print a fossil with virtual palaeontology

News

Life

Smartphones make identifying endangered animals easy

News

Technology

Personal assistant for your emails streamlines your life

News

Space

US no longer lists satellites as weapons

News

Health

Flu moratorium to be lifted imminently

News

Opinion

Poison pill: Not all mercury is toxic

Health

Poison pill: Not all mercury is toxic

A global treaty on mercury pollution will do more harm than good if it bans the vaccine preservative thiomersal

Opinion

Earth

Why we called off hunt for ancient Antarctic life

Opinion

Life

What Westerners can learn from tribal societies

Opinion

Health

Time to get serious about curbing drinking

Opinion

Earth

A climate of cautious prediction

Opinion

Technology

Give video games a sporting chance

Opinion

Analysis

Video games take off as a spectator sport

Technology

Video games take off as a spectator sport

The latest spectator sport Editorial: " Give video games a sporting chance " EVERY sport has its idols and superstars. Now video gaming is getting them too. Professional gaming, or e-sports, exploded in popularity in the US and Europe last year. The scene has been big in Asia – particularly South Korea – for about …

News

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.

Life

Wolves bite back in the human world

See more: To see the image this article refers to, keep checking Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science GOODNESS, what big teeth you have, and what close ties to humans you have! And what negative attitudes you elicit from rural people all over the world! Behind their cultural baggage, grey …

Regulars

Features

The hologenome: A new view of evolution

Life

The hologenome: A new view of evolution

Far from being passive hangers-on, symbiotic microbes may shape the evolution of the plants and animals that play host to them

Features

Life

Freaky feeling: Why androids make us uneasy

Features

Space

Good to glow: Auroras hide array of planetary secrets

Features

Health

Battle of the bottle: How to curb overindulgers

Features

Culturelab

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Space

Mariko Mori: From stone circles to stardust

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

CultureLab

Selling the appeal of statistics

CultureLab

Tinkerers are the real movers and shakers

CultureLab

Answers to the Christmas Photo Puzzle

CultureLab

What's the economic value of nature?

CultureLab

The hottest places on Earth

CultureLab

More

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Enigma Number 1731

Power play In the following, "^" means is raised to the power of, so 6^2 = 36. When ((2^3)^4)^5, 2^((3^4)^5) and 2^(3^(4^5)) are each divided by 13, the remainders are respectively p, q and r. What is the absolute difference between (p+q)^r and r^(p+q)? WIN £15 will be awarded to the sender of the first …

Regulars

Careers Guide 2013: What are you worth?

Careers

Careers Guide 2013: The state of pay

Careers

Careers Guide 2013: The lab diaries

Careers

Careers Guide 2013: I, scientist

Careers

Regulars

Feedback: Excessive precision at rugby World Cup

Feedback: Excessive precision at rugby World Cup

Excessive precision at the rugby union World Cup FEEDBACK doesn't pretend to understand how the International Rugby Board calculates rankings for the rugby union World Cup competition. We're just about aware that the ball is roughly ellipsoid and that in the past the players tended to be posher than in the other kind of rugby …

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