Friday, January 6, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 5 January 2012

Chimeric monkeys boast six genetic identities

The world's first chimeric monkeys have just been born - producing them was trickier than researchers had expected

Hundreds of tiny moons may be orbiting Earth

Our planet frequently captures into orbit small asteroids too dim to detect, new calculations suggest - we may even be able to bring one back to Earth

Ghouls on film: Ghost or glitch? You decide

What are modern ghost hunters catching on camera? Are technological slip-ups and wishful thinking to blame? Let New Scientist be your spirit guide...

Cut-and-splice time cloak makes events disappear

Want to steal money from a safe and get away with it? Try a time cloak, a device that makes events vanish rather like scenes edited out of a movie

Buildings and clothes could melt to save energy

Phase-change materials that freeze at around room temperature could revolutionise energy storage, cooling things that are too hot and warming them later on

Ohio magnitude 4.0 earthquake linked to fracking

Ohio has suspended work at five deep wells used to store waste water from fracking, after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake was linked to the activity

Murder trial highlights return of Dickensian killer

Lack of vitamin D is being linked to rickets, MS and asthma, so it's time to confront the Victorian villain once again

Math in a Minute: How a tortoise can win a race

See how a tortoise could triumph over the Greek hero Achilles in this ancient paradox

Eating it up: diet fads of the ages

As people start the year with new resolutions, medical historian Louise Foxcroft examines some of the more bizarre weight loss strategies of the past.

Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper

When you crumple up your gift-wrapping paper this year, you'll create a shape so complex that it has defeated the most sophisticated computers

Dolphin increasingly on the menu in poor countries

The eating of marine mammals - from whales to porpoises to manatees - is on the rise in poor nations, driven by declines in coastal fish catches

Apple power adapters could remember your passwords

Peripherals like power adapters that don't tend to get stolen could play a key part in password storage and recovery says an Apple patent filing

FBI crackdown on unproven stem cell therapies

A scientist has been named in a federal indictment as part of a team that allegedly received $1.5 million for unproven treatments

Stephen Hawking at 70: Exclusive interview

In an exclusive interview with New Scientist to mark his 70th birthday this month, physicist Stephen Hawking looks back on his life and work

Turtles' map holds if Earth's magnetic field drifts

Ensuring some offspring "read" Earth's magnetic field incorrectly may be key to how turtles deal with the shifts to the field that occur each year

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