A bacterium has been engineered to make 'unnatural' proteins
29 November 2017
A microorganism with two extra letters in its genetic code, can create proteins far more complex and versatile than anything found in nature
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29 November 2017
Bitcoin's bull market, big-beaked birds, rocks on the move and more
Kids are alright whatever the family make-up, so let them be
29 November 2017
Children brought up by single parents, heterosexual partners or same-sex couples are all equally healthy and happy. The law needs to catch up with society
Old Scientist: Age, autism and animal art
29 November 2017
Prejudice – and our attempts to question it – is the thread we follow through Decembers past in New Scientist
How Japan got a fix on brain-teasing highs
29 November 2017
Sudoku was the biggest puzzle craze to hit the West from Japan, but as The Puzzle Ninja shows, there are plenty more, including Kakuro, KenKen and O'Ekaki
Politics chat on Reddit reads like it was written by 6-year-olds
28 November 2017
You’re not imagining it: after 2016, the sophistication and civility of political discourse on sites like Reddit dropped from secondary school reading levels to barely literate
What to expect if Indonesia's volcano erupts in a big way
27 November 2017
Mount Agung's last big eruption was in 1963, and a major blast could create an ash cloud that disrupts air travel for weeks, and temporarily cool the global climate as well
An AI might help identify missing children when they're older
24 November 2017
Algorithm trained on 1000 children as they age could help flag up missing kids long after they age out of their last known photographs
Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart
23 November 2017
Two “thinking” regions of human brains are much richer in a neurotransmitter called dopamine than the equivalent brain regions in apes and monkeys
The UK just missed a big chance to cut harmful diesel pollution
23 November 2017
Harmful fumes from diesel vehicles are a real problem in the UK but the government's attempt to tackle this toxic issue in its budget is feeble, says Tim Chatterton
