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6 April 2013

Issue 2911

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Lost in translation: Body language myths and reality

Life

Lost in translation: Body language myths and reality

Features
Black hole firewall: Trouble on the edge

Space

Black hole firewall: Trouble on the edge

Features
Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun

Life

Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun

Features
The brain: Milestones of neuroscience

Humans

The brain: Milestones of neuroscience

Features
The brain: More than one way to map a mind

Humans

The brain: More than one way to map a mind

Features
The brain: From tiny neurons to expansive minds

Humans

The brain: From tiny neurons to expansive minds

Features
The brain: Looking over the neuroscience horizon

Humans

The brain: Looking over the neuroscience horizon

Features

Table of contents

News

Virtual reality creates infinite maze in a single room

Technology

Virtual reality creates infinite maze in a single room

Video: Virtual environment makes space seem endless Is this a stair I see before me? STEP into the labyrinth. Imagine physically wandering through the many rooms and corridors of an endless maze, never seeing the same place twice – but without actually leaving your living room. This is the promise of a new virtual reality …

News

Life

Gut bacteria swap is key to knifeless gastric bypass

News

Health

Bumper haul of cancer genes promises better prevention

News

Health

Vaccine promises to cull foot and mouth slaughter

News

Health

Storm erupts over publishing of HeLa genome

News

Life

Termites are the 'fairies' behind weird desert rings

News

Space

Astrophile: Mighty Trojan found marching with Uranus

News

Health

Italy pushes on with controversial stem cell therapy

News

Technology

Huge online attack exposes internet's vulnerability

News

Earth

Pollution in US rivers is widespread and will persist

News

Earth

Vast cache of rare earth elements found in Japan's mud

News

Earth

Antarctic ice grows as climate warms

News

Space

Blow for 'dark flow' in Planck's new view of the cosmos

News

Speedy astronauts make fastest trip yet to the ISS

News

Stars of Jurassic Park to remain featherless

News

60 Seconds

News

Health

US will try anything to fight obesity and boost health

News

Earth

Climate modellers vindicated as forecast comes true

News

Space

Hacked medical scanner becomes a nuclear forge

News

Life

Meteorites could have been source of life's batteries

News

Life

Powder women's eggs for home storage

News

Physics

Peaceful matter-antimatter pairing looks more real

News

DNA transistors pave way for living computers

News

Life

Artificial ovary mimics real hormone levels

News

Health

Internal compass points cells towards injury

News

Life

Heaviest flying bird makes epic journeys to keep warm

News

Technology

Leap Motion hacks show what 3D gesture sensing can do

News

Technology

Smartphone kit keeps donated breast milk fit to drink

News

Space

Dark matter MRI could boost hunt for hidden particle

News

Technology

Bet you're a Liam – software puts names to faces

News

Opinion

Trade years of life to make the whole world healthier

Health

Trade years of life to make the whole world healthier

To solve the tragedy of child mortality we need to set up an international market in ill health

Opinion

Technology

I'm recording everything for the first living archive

Opinion

Life

OMG – it's the textual revolution for language

Opinion

Earth

It's too early to herald a US nuclear renaissance

Opinion

Earth

It's time we sorted out climate 'blips'

Opinion

Technology

Txtspk is a stimulating force in language evolution

Opinion

Life

OMG – it's the textual revolution for language

Opinion

Analysis

US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years

Earth

US starts building first nuclear reactors in 30 years

After a three-decade hiatus, work is finally under way on a new wave of reactors thanks to government funding – but China is already way ahead

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.

Old salt lizard at home in Darwin's primal landscape

See more: To see the image this article refers to, keep checking Picture of the Day on our news blog Short Sharp Science IF YOU wanted to go back in time to capture a pristine, ancient world untouched by the human hand, where might you start? You could do worse than the Galapagos Islands. This …

Regulars

Features

Lost in translation: Body language myths and reality

Life

Lost in translation: Body language myths and reality

Think you’re good at interpreting people's non-verbal signals? Well, there’s more – and sometimes less – to our movements and poses than meets the eye

Features

Space

Black hole firewall: Trouble on the edge

Features

Life

Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun

Features

Humans

The brain: Milestones of neuroscience

Features

Humans

The brain: More than one way to map a mind

Features

Humans

The brain: From tiny neurons to expansive minds

Features

Humans

The brain: Looking over the neuroscience horizon

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.

Enigma Number 1743

Order, order! I have written down a list of four positive whole numbers in increasing order. They are all less than 100, and no two of them have a common factor greater than 1. If I write the numbers in words, then each begins with a different letter of the alphabet and my list is …

Regulars

Health

Get off my back! How to reduce your stress levels

Books & Arts

Our enduring love affair with 'flying jewels'

Books & Arts

Technology

Software uses LinkedIn network to guide your career

Careers

Regulars

Feedback: Suitable for extremely hot air?

Feedback: Suitable for extremely hot air?

Suitable for extremely hot air? DOES the John Deere company know something we don't about global warming? The section on lubrication in the operator's manual for the small tractor that Graham Worthington bought advises him: "The recommended John Deere greases are effective within an average air temperature range of -29 to 135 ° C (-20 …

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Letters

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