Friday, November 30, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 29 November 2012

Leaping shark scores big air, but no dinner

A rubber seal decoy tempted this great white shark enough to throw itself bodily out of the waters of False Bay, South Africa

Alarming evidence points at Iran nuclear bomb effort

The International Atomic Energy Agency is meeting in Vienna to consider emerging clues that Iran is working on a nuclear weapon

Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth

An online tool that analyses factors such as birth weight and mother's professional status can predict a baby's future risk of obesity

Zapping body and brain boosts movement in paralysed

Control over movement has been improved by mimicking the passage of nerve signals to muscles

Junk radio signals track all space debris in one go

One of the world's most wide-field radio telescopes may be able to track all the space junk orbiting our planet using stray FM signals from our radios

Pressure mounts for retraction of GM crop-cancer study

Food safety experts in Europe have found serious flaws in a paper claiming GM maize caused tumours in rats

Robo-submarines learn to dive free

Robot submarines often still need a helpful human to guide them - but better software could help them become more independent

A treasure trove of natural history opens

Darwin's pigeons and the world's most expensive book - a new gallery tells the stories behind the treasures in London's Natural History Museum

The moon is still waiting for visitors

What's the point of going back to the moon? Who needs a reason? It's just there

How much will you pay for a green future?

Money's tight, but so is time to prepare for the effects of climate change

Why Google's Ingress game is a data gold mine

The new game sees players do battle via smartphones as they roam their city - but it's paving the way for something even more interesting

Countering the new horsemen of the apocalypse

Nuclear war, climate change, lab-created viruses and out-of-control machines need to be understood, but there are risks to lumping threats together

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