Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 6 November 2012

Protecting New York City from the next big storm

Some favour the erection of massive flood barriers, others prefer a soft approach that would engineer the natural environment, but which would work best?

Sandy aftermath: New York City is rotting at the core

Beneath the destruction brought by superstorm Sandy lies a more insidious problem. Rising sea levels are corroding the very foundations of the Big Apple

Theory of everything says universe is a transformer

Oxford visionary David Deutsch has posted a glimpse of his long-awaited theory for why the universe is just so - possibly spawning a new branch of physics

Winter forest reveals its nocturnal secrets

A forest- loving photographer hid in a Finnish wood on a winter's night to capture this award-winning long exposure of white-tailed deer

Lab mice and radar among the scientific victims of Sandy

Not content with battering New York and much of the east coast, superstorm Sandy has taken its toll on vital research and equipment

Doubt cast on Fermi's dark matter smoking gun

The strongest sign yet of dark matter interactions at the centre of our galaxy may have just faded into statistical insignificance

Orang-utans infected by mystery Ebola-like virus

The orang-utans of Borneo and Sumatra have antibodies to a host of dangerous African viruses, including Ebola and Marburg

Of lice and men: A very intimate history

We've got head, pubic and clothing lice, all with tales to tell about evolution, including how our ancestors cosied up to gorillas

Virtual traffic lights help solve commuting hell

Cars that speak to one another could decide who gets the green light at busy junctions, and slash commuting times.

Superman's home star system discovered

Comic book fans previously knew only the name of Superman's home planet, Krypton. Now thanks to Neil deGrasse Tyson, they can look for it in the night sky

Portraits of life, one cubic foot at a time

Photographer David Liittschwager visited ecosystems worldwide to snap any life he found within a single cubic foot. Here are our favourite images

Why I've built my own satellite

Technology-obsessed artist Hojun Song has built a DIY satellite, but is finding it much harder to sell T-shirts to pay for the launch

Battered north-eastern US braces for another storm

With the region struggling to recover from superstorm Sandy, residents must now prepare for a dangerous nor'easter

Local calls only for anaesthetised brain

Anaesthetics appear to shut down long distance communication in the brain, while preserving local chatter

Lethal chemicals mean mole rats never get cancer

If the cells of blind mole rats start to multiply too fast, they automatically commit mass suicide, ensuring the animal never gets cancer

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