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Both of NASA's Mars orbiters are down for the count
22:15 01 December 2009 | 2 comments
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been offline since August – now, the Odyssey probe is down as well, spelling delays for the twin rovers, which use the orbiters to communicate with Earth
Long-lived Titan lakes are boon to life
21:03 01 December 2009 | 11 comments
A new study suggests that lakes on the Saturn moon may not be just a 'flash in the pan', giving potential life longer to develop
Today on New Scientist: 1 December 2009
18:00 01 December 2009
Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: five eco-crimes we commit every day, why the evidence in the Amanda Knox murder trial might be flawed, and the winners of our calendar competition
Treating toddlers for autism boosts IQ later
17:18 01 December 2009 | 5 comments
The first randomised controlled trial in very young children seems to settle the question of whether early screening and treatment are worthwhile
Calendar competition: the winners
GALLERY: 16:50 01 December 2009
How have science and technology affected your world? See the answer here, in the best photos readers entered for the New Scientist 2010 calendar
The loneliness of three degrees of separation
16:33 01 December 2009
A new study suggests that loneliness can spread through society like an infection, but there may be an environmental elephant in the room
Optical pressure sensors give robots the human touch
FEATURE: 16:20 01 December 2009 | 3 comments
Sensors that work with light rather than mechanical signals could distinguish more subtle variations in pressure
Safety flaws in US next-gen nuclear reactors
15:33 01 December 2009 | 12 comments
The next-generation nuclear reactors being planned for the US and China have flaws in their design, according to safety watchdogs
Seas could rise 1.4m, warns Antarctic climate review
15:21 01 December 2009 | 64 comments
A review of Antarctic climate change forecasts that by 2100 the world's seas will have risen to levels previously thought too extreme to be realistic
UK science minister in the stocks
14:52 01 December 2009
Paul Drayson faced a hostile audience of scientists in London last night
Lotus leaf solar cells soak up more power
FEATURE: 13:13 01 December 2009 | 7 comments
Peppering the cells' surface with nanoscale domes could cut reflections and improve efficiency by as much as 25 per cent
FAVOURITE COMMENT
The nature of time: Great questions answered
"If Flavor Flav stopped wearing oversized clocks around his neck, would all creation cease to exist?" Guy
FEEDBACK
Great thinkers or feckless nobodies? You decide
The fruitloopy world of quantum psychology, evidence that rock band Slade visited Venus and why you can't order half a light bulb
CULTURELAB
eARTh: Art meets world
17:00 01 December 2009 - updated 23:06 01 December 2009
Climate change gets the canvas it deserves at the Royal Academy of Arts's new exhibition, Earth: Art of a changing world. Unlike many art-science collaborations the 34 artists here, which include household names such as Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin and...
Organising struggle: Structures of religious violence
09:00 01 December 2009
In Radical, Religious and Violent, economist Eli Berman examines the sociology and economics of effective and resilient terrorist groups
MENTAL HEALTH
The world looks different if you're depressed
People with the condition find it easy to interpret large images or scenes, but struggle to "spot the difference" in fine detail
STEM CELLS
Racing to use embryonic stem cells in humans
After years of wrangling, several therapies using human embryonic stem cells are nearly ready to be tried in people. Which will be first?
