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Do mice with two mothers spell the end for men?
18:58 02 December 2009 | 22 comments
If you believe some reports, the future of humanity is a race of genetically-engineered women who can reproduce without men. Read this before ditching your boyfriend/husband
Today on New Scientist: 2 December 2009
18:01 02 December 2009
Today's stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how to scrape the Earth's barrel of oil dry, how our brains build social worlds, and why a split personality is good if you're a router
Computers top poll of modern discoveries
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: 18:00 02 December 2009 | 10 comments
The microprocessor has been voted the greatest innovation of the past 50 years. Rightly so, says Federico Faggin
Death of rare giant star sheds light on cosmic past
18:00 02 December 2009 | 10 comments
One of the most massive stars known exploded in 2007, creating an unusual type of supernova that was likely common in the early universe
Transparent universe reveals hidden galaxies
THIS WEEK: 18:00 02 December 2009 | 7 comments
Detection of high-energy gamma rays from distant "blazars" are forcing a rethink of our ideas about the formation and evolution of galaxies
Low-carbon future: We can afford to go green
SPECIAL REPORT: 18:00 02 December 2009 | 46 comments
An exclusive study for New Scientist shows that westerners can radically cut carbon emissions and keep their lifestyles
How our brains build social worlds
ESSAY: 18:00 02 December 2009 | 11 comments
What does a meeting of minds really mean? To understand how people interact, we need to think of their brains as a single system, say Andreas Roepstorff, Chris Frith and Uta Frith
Extreme oil: Scraping the bottom of Earth's barrel
COVER STORY: 18:00 02 December 2009 | 18 comments
The extraordinary lengths we'll have to go to if we want to keep the black stuff flowing
Climate research head steps down over email leak
17:50 02 December 2009
Phil Jones has announced he will stand down while an independent review investigates allegations of professional misconduct
ExtInked: Tattoos to save the world
15:00 02 December 2009
100 volunteers get tattoos of endangered species at this unconventional conservation event
WHO changes advice on HIV therapy
13:13 02 December 2009 | 1 comment
The World Health Organization now advises giving antiretroviral therapy to people with HIV earlier on in the infection cycle
Watch it live: dissection of famous brain
12:45 02 December 2009
In the world's first live, webcast brain dissection, scientists will cut up a human brain that revolutionised neuroscience
US and China emissions pledges won't stop 2 °C warming
UPFRONT: 12:16 02 December 2009 | 13 comments
Modelling suggests these cuts will not be enough to head off dangerous climate change – Europe may have to take up the slack
Autism and schizophrenia could be genetic opposites
11:33 02 December 2009 | 21 comments
The conditions may be two sides of the same coin, suggests a review of genetic data – the finding could help design complementary treatments
Radiator roads too hot for ice to handle
FEATURE: 10:40 02 December 2009 | 29 comments
Roads made from concrete with a nanofibre layer that heats up when fed with electricity could stay ice-free without the corrosive effects of salt
Cellphones and cancer: Interphone can't end the debate
09:00 02 December 2009 | 15 comments
The long-awaited study is about to come out – it won't convince sceptics, even though cellphones almost certainly can't cause cancer, says Michael Repacholi
Chanee Brulé: Last night a DJ saved a gibbon
09:00 02 December 2009
The Borneo-based DJ is rescuing the apes, playing matchmaker and releasing them to sing in the wild
Split-personality home routers can cut net energy use
NEWS: 08:00 02 December 2009 | 6 comments
Home broadband routers could also store web data to be shared with other users, so cutting the energy demand of internet data centres
Both of NASA's Mars orbiters are down for the count
22:15 01 December 2009 | 13 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 | 13 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 | 10 comments
The first randomised controlled trial in very young children seems to settle the question of whether early screening and treatment are worthwhile
eARTh: Art meets world
17:00 01 December 2009
Climate change gets the canvas it deserves at the Royal Academy of Arts's new exhibition
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
