Feedback: Scentless perfumes and houses that last forever
31 May 2017
Plus, the return of the retronym, the origins of the jeep, and the alcohol that appears impossible to drink
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Old Scientist: Space travel? Waste of money
31 May 2017
You can rely on New Scientist to frown at space spendthrifts, as our scan through issues from Junes gone by reveals
Inside the SPIDER facility, preparing for nuclear fusion tests
31 May 2017
Due for completion next year, the SPIDER facility in Italy will fine-tune the heating source for ITER, the world's first experimental fusion reactor
Survival of the fittest
31 May 2017
The more physically attractive you are, the more likely you are to have lots of sex, reproduce and pass these traits on to the next generation. Or so the theory goes. So how come we don't all look like movie stars and supermodels? Or so it seems from...
Human attraction
31 May 2017
How small would something need to be for the gravitational field of a human to significantly affect it? At what point would something be attracted to someone or able to establish an orbit?
No stone unthrown
31 May 2017
Personal experience suggests that if you put human males beside a body of water with a supply of stones to hand, they will soon start throwing them into the water. What drives them to do this, and is the same true of human females? Is this unique to...
Salvaging Hubble
31 May 2017
The illustrious Hubble Space Telescope will eventually re-enter Earth's atmosphere and be destroyed – or so I understand. Could it be returned to Earth safely and put in a museum? If so, what would be the cheapest way to do it?
Sleep tight
31 May 2017
How do people in polar regions, where there can be up to 24 hours of daylight or night, cope physiologically?
