Friday, August 17, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 17 August 2012

Incredible memory skill lets you relive your life

Watch people with exceptional memory recall events from their past when given a date

Threatwatch: West Nile - what is the actual risk?

West Nile virus is rampaging through Europe and North America, but how dangerous is this virus, and could a minor bout of the disease be a good thing?

Oldest mummies in the world explained

A new theory may explain why the Chinchorro people of South America began to mummify their dead 8000 years ago

Robot hand for bomb disposal lets its fingers fall off

A robotic hand with detachable fingers is both inexpensive and dexterous

Brain anatomy can reveal your age

Imaging technique can identify a child's age correctly 92 per cent of the time

Is space mining really feasible?

Asteroid mining will be difficult. There's the small matter of landing on one, for a start, says Tim Spahr

Nutrient-boosted Golden Rice should be embraced

Opposition to a genetically modified crop designed to prevent blindness looks increasingly like bullheadedness

Citizens know best when it comes to animal protection

The US Endangered Species Act lets citizens nominate protected species - their selections have proved to be more endangered than government-nominated ones

Feedback: No more snow on late night TV

Snorkelling outside water, goodbye to "snow" on TV screens, digitisation manuals in Ulster Scots, and more

Principal pollinators: Meet the bumblebee brigade

There are hundreds of species of bumblebee, many endangered, and we'd go hungry without them. Here we take a look at the wonders of the humble bumble

Protecting prion protein keeps stem cells young

A prion protein seems to prevent mesenchymal stem cells from ageing, potentially making them useful for repairing the body for longer

Custom Monopoly boards help visualise social data

Software creates a custom Monopoly board by analysing areas of the UK using open data on public drunkenness and volunteering

US drought could spur civil unrest around the world

Harvest failures have pushed up global food prices and the trend is likely to continue? - some predict riots and unrest could follow

The strange world of sleep

In Dreamland: Adventures in the strange science of sleep, David Randall weaves his own story of sleepwalking with the fascinating history of sleep research

Nutrient-boosted foods protect against blindness

Sweet potatoes bred to be rich in beta-carotene have helped prevent vitamin A deficiency in Uganda, while rice engineered to hold beta-carotene shows promise

Buzzing clothes could teach you to be a better athlete

Workout clothes with invisible sensors and vibrating feedback can detect body movement and help correct your posture during Pilates exercises

Asteroid miners want to turn rocks into spacecraft

For space veterans Eric Anderson and Chris Lewicki, asteroid mining will be just the start - they want to build spacecraft out of the rocks

Rubber robot pumps dyes into its body as camouflage

Now you see him, now you don't: soft, flexible robot that moves using air now comes in a range of camouflage colours - or can fill with day-glo dye to stand out

Scientific explanation of psychopathy cuts jail time

An explanation of the biological mechanisms of psychopathy could reduce the length of a criminal's sentence by a year

Books and JavaScript stored in DNA molecules

A new encoding strategy makes the use of DNA for large-scale data storage a practical option

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