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Probe gets clearest glimpse yet of cosmic dawn
The recently launched Planck spacecraft has imaged its first strip of sky, revealing the afterglow of the big bang in unprecedented detail
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Mutant mice living the dieter's dream
18:00 20 September 2009 | 1 comment
Blocking a gene's action reduces a mouse's appetite without altering its metabolic rate, so the weight stays off
Minimally conscious patients can learn
18:00 20 September 2009 | 3 comments
This might mean that learning new associations could help patients with consciousness disorders recover
Drug-electricity combo makes paralysed rats sprint
18:00 20 September 2009 | 4 comments
Rats with severed spinal cords and no feeling in their hind limbs can run, raising the prospect of a treatment for people with spinal injuries
Better world: Share things
COVER STORY: 11:00 20 September 2009 | 31 comments
An awful lot of energy could be saved if only people shared things more – especially their homes
Satnav means you won't touch that dial
NEWS: 09:00 20 September 2009 | 8 comments
Combining car radios with navigation systems could stop drivers being distracted as they try to stay tuned to their favourite stations
Wind, not water, may explain Red Planet's hue
13:25 19 September 2009 | 2 comments
Mars's distinctive colour may be the result of thousands of years of wind-borne sand particles colliding with one another, a new study argues
Better world: Be nice to people
COVER STORY: 11:00 19 September 2009 | 30 comments
Becoming more compassionate can improve your health, and altruism is infectious
Alan Turing gets belated apology
UPFRONT: 10:00 19 September 2009 | 62 comments
The mathematician and code-breaker was ill-treated in the 1950s, admits UK government
Why are we the naked ape?
ESSAY: 09:00 19 September 2009 | 114 comments
No one is sure why Homo sapiens is the only primate to have lost its body hair. But we must keep trying to find out, says Elaine Morgan
Today on New Scientist: 18 September 2009
18:00 18 September 2009
Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance – including how to track your trash, the coldest place in the solar system, and the mystery of the bee's waggle dance
Trash trackers: The secret life of garbage
FEATURE: 17:21 18 September 2009 | 3 comments
People fill their trash cans one day, and it's all gone the next – but no one can be sure where it goes. A pioneering experiment will find out
Moon is coldest known place in the solar system
17:02 18 September 2009 | 57 comments
Permanently shadowed craters near the moon's south pole stay at a bone-chilling -240 °C, new observations show – that's 10 °C colder than Pluto
Better world: Pimp your house
COVER STORY: 15:27 18 September 2009 | 33 comments
Our homes account for around a third of our carbon emissions, so every eco-warrior should try to make their pad a low-emission one
Army heli-Weeble hops to avoid rubble trouble
FEATURE: 13:08 18 September 2009 | 19 comments
Toy-inspired remote-controlled aircraft aims to conquer rough terrain and reach places that other drones can't – through a series of hops
Visions of data
GALLERY: 12:17 18 September 2009
See new ways of visualising data, showcased at a recent conference, from penguin tracking to beating forged signatures
Better world: Eat more plants
COVER STORY: 11:11 18 September 2009 | 42 comments
It's better for you and it's better for the environment – but if you can't go without meat, then deer, grey squirrel and Louisiana crayfish need eating
Genetic seamstress uses molecular fingers to tweak DNA
THIS WEEK: 11:10 18 September 2009 | 2 comments
Zinc "fingers" that use viral enzymes insert or delete genes could lead to safer and more accurate gene therapies
Rethinking the bee's waggle dance
FEATURE: 10:56 18 September 2009 | 35 comments
Bees that have found food tell their friends about it by dancing. Or so we thought – but it turns out their hive-mates aren't paying attention
Probe gets clearest glimpse yet of cosmic dawn
21:40 17 September 2009 | 60 comments
The recently launched Planck spacecraft has imaged its first strip of sky, revealing the afterglow of the big bang in unprecedented detail
Rare meteorite found by 'fireball' observatory
19:55 17 September 2009 | 14 comments
Robotic cameras that spotted a bright meteor, or fireball, in the night sky have led scientists to an unusual rock that holds clues to the early solar system
Raptorex – a prototype T. rex
GALLERY: 21:05 17 September 2009
Long before Tyrannosaurus rex ruled the planet, its diminutive ancestor Raptorex was terrorising smaller animals in what is now northern China
When opposite charges repel
IN BRIEF: 19:05 17 September 2009 | 14 comments
The stand-offish behaviour of some charged water droplets could result in new purification technologies
Better world: Screen your genes
COVER STORY: 19:06 17 September 2009 | 7 comments
Having your genes tested may not be much use to you, but what are you passing on to your children?
Break promises if you like but treat your workers well
16:01 17 September 2009 | 9 comments
Employees care most about the rewards and opportunities they end up getting, regardless of what they were initially promised
The art of thriving
GALLERY: 15:18 17 September 2009
A frog with no name is just one image from some of the world’s finest nature and wildlife photographers showing at London’s Saatchi Gallery this week
