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20 April 2013

Issue 2913

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Space oddity: Putting quantum weirdness into orbit

Space

Space oddity: Putting quantum weirdness into orbit

Features
Nana from heaven? How our favourite fruit came to be

Life

Nana from heaven? How our favourite fruit came to be

Features
Survival of the shyest: Timidity's surprising benefits

Life

Survival of the shyest: Timidity's surprising benefits

Features
Oases of cool: Taking the heat out of urban living

Earth

Oases of cool: Taking the heat out of urban living

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.

Life

Brain imaging spots our abstract choices before we do

When it comes to making decisions, it seems that the conscious mind is the last to know. We already had evidence that it is possible to detect brain activity associated with movement before someone is aware of making a decision to move. Work presented this week at the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) conference in London …

News

Health

Non-amputees given an invisible phantom limb

News

Health

Memory drug trialled in people with Down's syndrome

News

Earth

Secret chamber under Old Faithful drives eruptions

News

Space

Astrophile: A handy guide to planetary parking spots

News

Technology

Drone-wrecking laser gun to sail on US warship

News

Life

New Japanese method for killing dolphins is inhumane

News

Life

Mouse hepatitis virus may help end chimp research

News

Space

Closest exoplanet sparks international naming fight

News

Technology

Analysis of Boston bombs could yield vital clues

News

Health

Measles stalks Europe after drop in vaccination

News

Space

Tentative dark matter hits fit with shadow dark sector

News

Earth

Antarctic ice melting faster than in past 1000 years

News

Earth

Briefing: Do earthquakes threaten Iran's nuclear facilities?

News

Technology

Crowd diagnosis could spot rare diseases doctors miss

News

Health

Synthetic malaria drug could stem resistance

News

60 Seconds

News

Health

Lab-grown kidney blazes trail for bespoke donor organs

News

Life

Hints of oldest human skin found on ape-like ancestor

News

Technology

Miracle mix looks like liquid but shatters like glass

News

Earth

Historic human remains yield epigenetic tags

News

Earth

Climate's role in US droughts is under scrutiny

News

Technology

Robot builders deliver architects' dreams

News

Technology

Google Glass's word on the street now easier to read

News

Space

Faint flashes reveal moment a black hole is born

News

Life

Magnetic death leaves Earth-like exoplanets dried out

News

Earth

Extinction debt suggests endangered species are doomed

News

Earth

Ozone kills by hampering gas exchange in lungs

News

Opinion

Why teenagers really do need an extra hour in bed

Life

Why teenagers really do need an extra hour in bed

Schools and wider society must wake up to the distinct sleep needs of adolescents

Opinion

Earth

We can save Iraq's 'Garden of Eden'

Opinion

Physics

It's time physics recognised that time is real

Opinion

Health

What happens when hearts become spare parts?

Opinion

Life

Heading south for the new origin of our species

Opinion

Technology

Will digital architecture build follies or glories?

Opinion

Aperture

Underground bug eyes ready to hunt missing matter

Space

Underground bug eyes ready to hunt missing matter

(Image: Enrico Sacchetti ) NESTLED deep under an Italian mountain range, the bug-eyed light detectors point inwards, poised to join the global hunt for the universe's missing matter. Observations of how stars and galaxies move show that about 80 per cent of the matter in our cosmos is invisible. This dark matter doesn't glow and, …

Regulars

Features

Space oddity: Putting quantum weirdness into orbit

Space

Space oddity: Putting quantum weirdness into orbit

What happens when our two greatest theories of reality meet? Soon quantum theory and relativity could be slugging it out above our heads

Features

Life

Nana from heaven? How our favourite fruit came to be

Features

Life

Survival of the shyest: Timidity's surprising benefits

Features

Earth

Oases of cool: Taking the heat out of urban living

Features

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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 1745

Cutting cubes I have before me a number of solid cubes. I make a single straight cut through each of them, avoiding cutting through any of the vertices. The resulting solids have between them the same number of even-sided faces as odd-sided faces. The number of cubes I started with is the minimum compatible with …

Regulars

Life

Our love affair with strange prehistoric bones

Books & Arts

US pharma industry is fighting fit

Careers

Regulars

Feedback: Monarchy set for interplanetary travel?

Feedback: Monarchy set for interplanetary travel?

Monarchy set for interplanetary travel? THE UK's royal family must be stepping up its campaign to present a modern image. On 5 April, the day after Elizabeth Windsor (bless 'er) received a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award following her appearance in last year's Olympic opening ceremony, the front page of the BBC …

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