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6 February 2016

Issue 3059

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Editor's picks

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.

Physics

Does Germany's nuclear waste headache warrant a global fix?

Opinion
Words

Life

How humans evolved language, and who said what first

Features
Kolisi

Life

I want to bring dying languages back from the brink

Features
Flavour

Health

The flavour factory: Hijacking our senses to tailor tastes

Features
Sitting woman

Life

Our future language? English rulz OK, txtspk and mind-reading

Features
Lighthouse

Space

Galactic GPS: How dead stars will guide us in deep space

Features
Kids

Life

Happy talk: How your language shapes your brain and personality

Features

Table of contents

Leaders

phone woman

Technology

As internet giants brush up against regulation, who’s using who?

We should be wary of online firms recruiting us as advocates as they seek to expand their businesses

Opinion

Physics

Does Germany's nuclear waste headache warrant a global fix?

Opinion

News

All you need to know about whale strandings in the UK and Europe

Life

All you need to know about whale strandings in the UK and Europe

Several whales have been stranded on the coasts of the UK, Germany and the Netherlands this week. Here's the lowdown

News

Earth

Record-breaking double star may be cannibalising itself

News

Life

Octopuses resolve conflicts with many-armed body language

News

Earth

Decades-long heatwaves may hit Europe as climate change bites

News

Space

Ancient maps of Jupiter's path show Babylonians' advanced maths

News

Physics

Number of ways to arrange 128 balls exceeds atoms in universe

News

Life

Honeybees know it’s going to rain, so work more before it starts

News

Earth

Radioactive waste dogs Germany despite abandoning nuclear power

News

Technology

NHS to use drones to help chemical, bio and nuke response teams

News

Technology

Planned surveillance bill could damage UK tech sector, warn MPs

News

Life

Europe's song birds perfect their tunes when wintering in Africa

News

Life

Floods in Europe will cause five times more damage by 2050

News

Health

Our body adapts to intense exercise to burn fewer calories

News

Life

Hidden population of up to 200 lions found in remote Ethiopia

News

Physics

Nano coating lets you mould and slice liquid just like Play-Doh

News

Health

Boost C-section babies by giving them vaginal bacteria

News

Technology

Next billion people online will get odd versions of the internet

News

Technology

One Per Cent

News

Technology

Virtual auditoriums help nervous speakers boost their skills

News

Humans

Did Facebook help Cruz beat Trump in crucial Iowa vote?

News

Humans

Asian stone tools hint humans left Africa earlier than thought

News

Life

7 ways the war on Zika mosquitoes could be won

News

Life

Obama's billion-dollar 'moonshot' aims to double cancer progress

News

Life

60 Seconds

News

Space

Milky Way's central bar stirs in stars like a candy floss mixer

News

Life

Speargun-toting superbugs end up shooting each other

News

Health

Tiny doses of opioid could be first fast anti-suicide drug

News

Opinion

Doomsday Clock: The retro metaphor that's still relevant today

Earth

Doomsday Clock: The retro metaphor that's still relevant today

It can't have been easy to work out what to do with the hands on the Doomsday Clock this year. In one of the odder group rituals of the reality-based community , a panel of experts ceremoniously set the hands on a drawing of a clock on Tuesday night. They've done this every year since …

Opinion

Humans

Realising slavery's environmental impact will hasten its end

Opinion

Earth

Why do people believe Earth is flat in the 21st century?

Opinion

Features

Words

Life

How humans evolved language, and who said what first

We are the only living ape with complex language, but why? What were the first words, and who spoke them? And did Neanderthals converse too?

Features

Life

Happy talk: How your language shapes your brain and personality

Features

Life

Our future language? English rulz OK, txtspk and mind-reading

Features

Life

I want to bring dying languages back from the brink

Features

Space

Galactic GPS: How dead stars will guide us in deep space

Features

Health

The flavour factory: Hijacking our senses to tailor tastes

Features

Culturelab

chickens

Life

Meathooked: How eating meat became a global obsession

It’s one of the world’s biggest businesses, yet it harms the planet and our health. Why do we love meat so much?

CultureLab

Space

How Do You Find an Exoplanet? An insider account gives top tips

CultureLab

Earth

Competition results: Winning words to describe the Anthropocene

CultureLab

Regulars

snow cartoon

Feedback: a doggy guide to the depth of snowdrifts

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more Snow dogs A HUGE winter storm made landfall in the eastern US last week, bringing massive drifts of snow and a flurry of unusual units to measure the deluge. Many of you wrote in to comment on strange advice from …

Regulars

Regulars

Letters

Regulars

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