Saturday, August 4, 2012

Today on New Scientist: 3 August 2012

Astrophile: The Most Cruel Death of Cupid and Belinda

The stage is set for a dramatic collision around Uranus that hints at an epic cycle between the planet's moons and rings

Zoologger: colour tricks help put a cuckoo in the nest

Unlike most birds, female cuckoos come in different colours - it's all part of a strategy to avoid raising their own chicks

Two separate extinctions brought end to dinosaur era

Evidence of two distinct events may explain why such a high number - around three-quarters - of species died out 65 million years ago

Video reveals how a moth can become invisible

Watch a moth use a clever trick to blend seamlessly into the bark of a tree

Iran Space Agency to launch a monkey into space

A rhesus macaque may become the next space tourist after the Iran Space Agency announces plans to ramp up its space programme

Z, the diamond-melting machine with lightning veins

This picture is as close as anyone has ever got to the Z machine - the huge electromagnetic pulses it generates to research nuclear fusion are deadly

Feedback: Isaac Newton, action and reaction hero

Physics in development hell, Alan Turing meets the call-centre operative, algorithm-free software, and more

US women begin receiving free birth control

Under new US healthcare law, birth control and other women's medical services will now be free for many women

Tales of the first seafarers

Jaw-dropping insights into the first ocean-goers get lost in a sea of repetition, PLUS: letting the Mississippi flood and a hidden history of the cell

First gliders navigate ever-changing Penrose universe

Mathematical creations called gliders have negotiated a constantly shifting world made of Penrose tiles for the first time

Robot trading loses firm $440 million in 45 minutes

An "unapologetic advocate" of high-frequency computerised stock trading has suffered a massive blow - thanks to a failure of its technology

How a crash could create a supermassive black hole

Watch a simulation that could reveal how black holes can quickly become gigantic

Only you: 11 things that make each of us a one-off

No matter how alike two people seem, they're never the same. Find out the 11 features that make you truly peculiar

Thermal scavenger sounds alarm before planes crack up

Sensors that monitor aircraft for signs of stress could be powered by materials that scavenge energy from temperature gradients

Most distant black hole 'heard' munching star

The wobbles in energy produced when a far-away black hole consumes a star could help test Einstein's general relativity

Greenland loses ice in fits and starts

Predicting exactly when Greenland loses its ice will be tricky, but better models suggest the total loss may not be too severe

Bio-artists who tinker with tools of science

When working with cutting-edge technology in chemistry and biology, does an artist eventually become a scientist?

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