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Intense males have the best sperm
IN BRIEF: 12:00 23 January 2010 | 1 comment
Vibrant plumage is not only a sexual ornament for male great tits – it signals the quality of the birds' sperm
Quartz rods could provide instant bomb detector
FEATURE: 10:00 23 January 2010 | 3 comments
New technique promises a quick and cheap way to protect public transport from an explosive commonly used in home-made bombs
'Space diver' to attempt first supersonic freefall
21:23 22 January 2010 | 21 comments
A daredevil who parachutes from skyscrapers will try to smash the nearly 50-year-old record for the highest ever jump, becoming the first person to go supersonic in freefall
Today on New Scientist: 22 January 2010
18:00 22 January 2010
Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to zap fat with lasers, the hidden asteroids that stalk the Earth, and some good news for fans of GM maize
Floodgates open on corporate election funding
16:19 22 January 2010
The US Supreme Court has overturned laws restricting campaign funding for or against political candidates, says Peter Aldhous, begging the question: is this a victory for free speech or capitulation to rich corporations?
US sale of helium criticised
18:08 22 January 2010
Demand for helium is growing while supply is shrinking, a situation made more acute by the fact that the US is letting its reserves go to the highest bidder
Panel calls for global 'asteroid defence agency'
17:52 22 January 2010 | 10 comments
The US National Research Council panel also says that existing surveys cannot meet a congressional mandate to find potentially dangerous asteroids
Engineered maize toxicity claims roundly rebuffed
THIS WEEK: 14:00 22 January 2010 | 23 comments
Monsanto's unprecedented release of toxicology data about its GM maize has led to claim and counter-claim about its safety
Empathy with robots depends on exposure
13:00 22 January 2010 | 10 comments
Brain regions responsible for relating to others "lit up" when volunteers watched a robotic hand
Touchscreen merges the real and digital worlds
12:00 22 January 2010 | 8 comments
A new tabletop computer could allow designers to take advantage of touchscreens while continuing to use the paper and pens they are used to
Zap that fat: Can lasers make you slimmer in minutes?
FEATURE: 10:42 22 January 2010 | 30 comments
A lunchtime laser treatment promises to make fat go away – it seems to work, but some tricky questions remain
Hidden asteroids are stalking the Earth
THIS WEEK: 19:34 21 January 2010 | 20 comments
A 10-metre rock that buzzed Earth last week is the 'poster child' for a small class of asteroids whose orbits make them nearly impossible to spot
Viruses use 'hive intelligence' to focus their attack
19:00 21 January 2010 | 25 comments
By hopping over cells that are already infected, viruses can concentrate their efforts on previously uninfected cells
Beddington does the climate change shuffle
18:35 21 January 2010
The UK's chief scientific adviser delivered a politician's answer about his frustration over the recent Copenhagen summit
Today on New Scientist: 21 January 2010
18:00 21 January 2010
Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: the IPCC's error over Himalayan glaciers, why asteroids go pale when they approach Earth, and how to represent movement
Flash, whoosh, blur: how to represent movement
GALLERY: 18:06 21 January 2010
In a new exhibition, stage director and TV personality Jonathan Miller leads us through our attempts to represent movement in science and art
Embedded electronics bring pop-up books to life
17:02 21 January 2010 | 7 comments
Paint-on circuits, and off-the-shelf components are bringing lights and sounds to traditional pop-up books
Computer model gives ammo to war on salt
16:30 21 January 2010
A study based on a computer model could give new fuel to efforts in North America and Europe to limit its levels in processed foods
Climate chief admits error over Himalayan glaciers
16:00 21 January 2010 | 50 comments
The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change admits review procedures were not applied properly when report was compiled
What a maze-solving oil drop tells us of intelligence
THIS WEEK: 13:56 21 January 2010 | 52 comments
A drop of oil doped with acid has been filmed "solving" a complex maze. But is it really intelligent?
America 'imports' pollution from Asia
UPFRONT: 12:27 21 January 2010 | 12 comments
Asia may be shipping more to North America than consumer goods: the region's industrial hubs seem to be sending harmful ozone over the ocean
Approaching Earth makes asteroids go pale
11:00 21 January 2010 | 18 comments
Asteroids that venture too close to our planet suffer cataclysmic landslides, explaining why they look so fresh-faced
Bacteria rewired to flash in sync
18:18 20 January 2010 | 9 comments
The glowing microbes point the way towards implants made of engineered cells that would deliver precise doses of drugs or hormones at specific times
Death tolls may loom too large in the fog of war
UPFRONT: 18:14 20 January 2010 | 15 comments
The much-publicised claim that 5.4 million have died because of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be twice the true number
Today on New Scientist: 20 January 2010
18:00 20 January 2010
Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how to talk to aliens, a new explanation for gravity, and Asia's mystery amphibian cat
